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Calendar No. 250 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2131 

Making appropriations for Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 

Science, and Related Agencies and Department of Homeland Security 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 5, 2015 

Mr. COCHRAN (for himself, Mr. SHELBY, and Mr. HOEVEN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read the first time 

OCTOBER 6, 2015 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Departments of Commerce and 

Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies and Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as ‘‘An Act Making Appropria3 tions for Law Enforcement and for Other Purposes, 

4 2016’’. 

5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

6 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

Sec. 4. Statement of appropriations. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, AND 

SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 

DIVISION B—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 

7 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

8 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

9 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 

10 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi11 sion. 

12 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 

14 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

15 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. 


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1 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENTS OF COM2 MERCE AND JUSTICE, AND SCIENCE, 

3 AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA4 TIONS ACT, 2016 

5 TITLE I 

6 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

7 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

8 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

9 For necessary expenses for international trade activi10 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

11 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

12 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 

13 for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 

14 firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 

15 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for depend16 ent members of immediate families of employees stationed 

17 overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel 

18 and transportation of employees of the International 

19 Trade Administration between two points abroad, without 

20 regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States Code; 

21 employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

22 contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods 

23 not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, 

24 or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 

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1 ment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first 

2 paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 

3 when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 

4 $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur5 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 

6 not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on 

7 official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

8 $473,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2017, of which $10,000,000 is to be derived from fees to 

10 be retained and used by the International Trade Adminis11 tration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 

12 States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided under 

13 this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China 

14 antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 

15 compliance activities: Provided further, That the provisions 

16 of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 

17 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

18 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply 

19 in carrying out these activities; and that for the purpose 

20 of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mu21 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall 

22 include payment for assessments for services provided as 

23 part of these activities. 


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1 OFFICE OF UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

4 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas5 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

6 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

7 United States Code, $54,250,000, of which $1,000,000 

8 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That sec9 tion 141(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(a)) 

10 is amended by striking ‘‘Executive Office of the Presi11 dent’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of Commerce’’: Provided 

12 further, That not to exceed $124,000 shall be available for 

13 official reception and representation expenses. 

14 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

15 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

17 national security activities of the Department of Com18 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

19 export administration field activities both domestically and 

20 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

21 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em22 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

23 contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in 

24 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

25 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 


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1 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi2 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa3 tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 

4 1979, and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 

5 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 

6 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi7 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi8 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi9 tation otherwise established by law, $106,500,000, to re10 main available until expended: Provided, That the provi11 sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec12 tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex13 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 

14 apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, 

15 That payments and contributions collected and accepted 

16 for materials or services provided as part of such activities 

17 may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activi18 ties, and for providing information to the public with re19 spect to the export administration and national security 

20 activities of the Department of Commerce and other ex21 port control programs of the United States and other gov22 ernments. 


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1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

2 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

3 For grants for economic development assistance as 

4 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

5 Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for 

6 grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

7 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), 

8 $213,000,000, to remain available until expended; of 

9 which $10,000,000 shall be for grants under such section 

10 27. 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of administering the eco13 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

14 law, $37,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 

15 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

16 Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the 

17 Trade Act of 1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

18 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), and 

19 the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

20 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

21 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

22 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com23 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

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1 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi2 zations, $30,000,000. 

3 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco6 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

7 of Commerce, $100,000,000, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2017. 

9 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

10 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

11 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana12 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by 

13 law, $266,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro14 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

15 and marketing activities. 

16 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

17 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana18 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic cen19 suses and programs provided for by law, $862,000,000, 

20 to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

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

22 for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Pro23 vided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

24 $1,551,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 

25 General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 


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1 out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the 

2 Census. 

3 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 

7 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad8 ministration (NTIA), $38,200,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, notwith10 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

11 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec12 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv13 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

14 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

15 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec16 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off17 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

18 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

19 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

20 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

21 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

22 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

23 Government agencies shall remain available until ex24 pended. 


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1 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

2 AND CONSTRUCTION

3 For the administration of prior-year grants, recov4 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro5 priated are available for the administration of all open 

6 grants until their expiration. 

7 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

11 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in12 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec13 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

14 of the USPTO, $3,272,000,000, to remain available until 

15 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

16 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec17 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

18 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

19 2016, so as to result in a fiscal year 2016 appropriation 

20 from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 

21 That during fiscal year 2016, should the total amount of 

22 such offsetting collections be less than $3,272,000,000 

23 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided fur24 ther, That any amount received in excess of 

25 $3,272,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and deposited in the 


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1 Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 

2 available until expended: Provided further, That the Direc3 tor of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 

6 preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 

7 as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

8 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

9 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 

10 Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in ac11 cordance with the preceding proviso shall be transferred 

12 to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Sala13 ries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That from 

14 amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 shall be 

15 made available in fiscal year 2016 for official reception 

16 and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fis17 cal year 2016 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala18 ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec19 essary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage 

20 of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 

21 under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and 

22 the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 

23 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Per24 sonnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of 

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1 ter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the other2 wise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for 

3 USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 

4 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

5 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

6 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

7 Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 

8 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

9 Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, and shall be 

10 available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 

11 Provided further, That any differences between the present 

12 value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit 

13 letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s 

14 specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on 

15 USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 

16 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO 

18 are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) 

19 of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 

20 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 

21 112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts ap22 propriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 

23 of Inspector General’’ account for activities associated 

24 with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 

25 USPTO. 


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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

2 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

4 Standards and Technology (NIST), $684,700,000, to re5 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

6 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

7 Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 

8 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

9 further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 

10 summer undergraduate research fellowship program par11 ticipants. 

12 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

13 For necessary expenses for industrial technology 

14 services, $145,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, of which $130,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 

16 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 

17 $15,000,000 shall be for the Advanced Manufacturing 

18 Technology Consortia. 

19 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

20 For construction of new research facilities, including 

21 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

22 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro23 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech24 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

25 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 


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1 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $63,300,000, to remain available until 

2 expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 

3 include in the budget justification materials that the Sec4 retary submits to Congress in support of the Department 

5 of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 

6 President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

7 Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Stand8 ards and Technology construction project having a total 

9 multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and si10 multaneously the budget justification materials shall in11 clude an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each 

12 such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 

13 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

18 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

19 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

20 vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 

21 organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 

22 pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of fa23 cilities, $3,242,723,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2017, except that funds provided for coopera25 tive enforcement shall remain available until September 


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1 30, 2018: Provided, That fees and donations received by 

2 the National Ocean Service for the management of na3 tional marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for 

4 the salaries and expenses associated with those activities, 

5 notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 

6 Code: Provided further, That in addition, $130,164,000 

7 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Pro8 mote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Per9 taining to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used 

10 for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy 

11 Grant Program, Cooperative Research, Annual Stock As12 sessments, Survey and Monitoring Projects, Interjurisdic13 tional Fisheries Grants, and Fish Information Networks: 

14 Provided further, That of the $3,390,387,000 provided for 

15 in direct obligations under this heading, $3,242,723,000 

16 is appropriated from the general fund, $130,164,000 is 

17 provided by transfer and $17,500,000 is derived from re18 coveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 

19 the total amount available for National Oceanic and At20 mospheric Administration corporate services administra21 tive support costs shall not exceed $222,523,000: Provided 

22 further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 

23 for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, 

24 or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

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1 cedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided fur2 ther, That in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses 

3 under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and 

4 Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical 

5 care of retired personnel and their dependents under the 

6 Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums 

7 as may be necessary. 

8 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

9 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

10 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

11 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

12 $2,079,494,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2018, except that funds provided for acquisition and con14 struction of vessels and construction of facilities shall re15 main available until expended: Provided, That of the 

16 $2,092,494,000 provided for in direct obligations under 

17 this heading, $2,079,494,000 is appropriated from the 

18 general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries 

19 of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any devi20 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 

21 in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

22 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

23 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 

24 forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 

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1 tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 

2 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 

3 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

4 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

5 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

6 procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 

7 total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 

8 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg9 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

10 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, within 

11 the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000 shall be transferred 

12 to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities 

13 associated with carrying out investigations and audits re14 lated to satellite procurement, acquisition and construc15 tion. 

16 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

17 For necessary expenses associated with the restora18 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re19 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, 

20 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 

21 may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 

22 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Feder23 ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 

24 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con25 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 


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1 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 

2 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu3 lations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights 

4 or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific 

5 coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 

6 to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided 

7 further, That all funds shall be allocated based on sci8 entific and other merit principles and shall not be available 

9 for marketing activities: Provided further, That funds dis10 bursed to States shall be subject to a matching require11 ment of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 

12 least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

13 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

14 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

15 Law 95–372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from 

16 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

17 until expended. 

18 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

20 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2016, obligations of direct 

21 loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing 

22 Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi23 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

24 Act of 1936. 


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1 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

4 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

5 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa6 tion, $56,000,000: Provided, That within amounts pro7 vided, the Secretary of Commerce may use up to 

8 $2,500,000 to engage in activities to provide businesses 

9 and communities with information about and referrals to 

10 relevant Federal, State, and local government programs. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

13 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

14 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $30,596,000. 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

16 SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 

17 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart18 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

19 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 

20 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 

21 by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 

22 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

23 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

24 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

25 public interest. 


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1 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria2 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

3 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

4 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

5 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

7 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

8 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria9 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De10 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be11 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

12 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans13 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

14 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec15 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga16 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce17 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

18 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap19 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

20 or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures 

21 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

22 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

23 of Commerce. 

24 SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 

25 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 


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1 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as 

2 amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public 

3 Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 

4 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2016: Provided, That 

5 the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 

6 $11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geo7 stationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series 

8 Program is $10,828,059,000. 

9 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, the Secretary may furnish services (including but not 

11 limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security serv12 ices) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 

13 improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 

14 are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera15 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 

16 in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or 

17 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec18 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

19 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 

20 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 

21 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts re22 ceived as reimbursement for services provided under this 

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1 ited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 

2 costs of such services. 

3 SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 

4 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog5 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac6 tivity over its networks. 

7 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

8 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

9 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim10 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip11 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

12 or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, 

13 local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 

14 possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 

15 any foreign government or international organization, for 

16 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

17 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos18 pheric Administration. 

19 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding section 14 of the Act of 

20 June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Trade 

21 Zones Act’’) (48 Stat. 998, chapter 590; 19 U.S.C. 81n), 

22 none of the funds provided for in this Act, or any other 

23 appropriations Act, for the Department of Commerce shall 

24 be available to enforce or carry out any activities under 

25 15 CFR 400.43. 


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1 SEC. 109. (a) None of the funds made available by 

2 this Act or any other appropriations Act may be used by 

3 the Secretary of Commerce to manage fisheries in the Gulf 

4 of Mexico unless such management is subject to the 

5 boundaries for coastal States set out under subsection (b). 

6 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

7 the purpose of fisheries management the seaward bound8 ary of a coastal State in the Gulf of Mexico is a line 9 

9 nautical miles seaward from the baseline from which the 

10 territorial sea of the United States is measured. 

11 SEC. 110. The National Technical Information Serv12 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 

13 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 

14 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

15 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

16 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus17 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig18 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

19 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re20 producing, and delivering such report or document. 

21 SEC. 111. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na22 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

23 the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter 

24 into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on 

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1 sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex2 pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 

3 Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern4 ment, tribal government, territory, or possession or any 

5 subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 

6 permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 

7 this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na8 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper9 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail10 able until September 30, 2018 for such purposes: Provided 

11 further, That all funds within this section and their cor12 responding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 

13 SEC. 112. The Secretary of Commerce may waive the 

14 requirement for bonds under 40 U.S.C. 3131 with respect 

15 to contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of 

16 vessels, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to pay17 ment or title, when the contract is made under the Coast 

18 and Geodetic Survey Act of 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.). 

19 SEC. 113. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 

20 prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga21 tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco22 nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department 

23 of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 

24 of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census 

25 Bureau, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 


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1 agreements with appropriate entities, including any Fed2 eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of 

3 higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research, 

4 and methodology activities which further the purposes for 

5 which such amounts have been made available. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com7 merce Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

8 TITLE II 

9 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

10 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

13 Department of Justice, $109,000,000, of which not to ex14 ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart15 ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex16 pended. 

17 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

18 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech19 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

20 departmental direction, $25,842,000, to remain available 

21 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

22 transfer up to $34,400,000 to this account, from funds 

23 made available to the Department of Justice in this Act 

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1 tives: Provided further, That the transfer authority in the 

2 preceding proviso is in addition to any other transfer au3 thority contained in this Act. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For expenses necessary for the administration of par7 don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi8 ties, $411,072,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived 

9 by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Re10 view fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations 

11 Fee’’ account: Provided, That, of the amount available for 

12 the Executive Office for Immigration Review, not to ex13 ceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General, $89,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to 

17 meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 

18 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

21 Commission as authorized, $13,308,000. 

22 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

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1 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi2 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

3 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

4 General; and rent of private or Government-owned space 

5 in the District of Columbia, $885,000,000, of which not 

6 to exceed $20,000,000 for litigation support contracts 

7 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

8 the amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues 

9 payments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available 

10 until expended: Provided further, That of the total amount 

11 appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to 

12 INTERPOL Washington for official reception and rep13 resentation expenses: Provided further, That notwith14 standing section 205 of this Act, upon a determination 

15 by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances re16 quire additional funding for litigation activities of the Civil 

17 Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts 

18 to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from 

19 available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the 

20 Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond 

21 to such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer 

22 pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a 

23 reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall 

24 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

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1 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, such 

2 sums as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil 

3 Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with 

4 the election monitoring program under section 8 of the 

5 Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reim6 burse the Office of Personnel Management for such sala7 ries and expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts 

8 provided under this heading for the election monitoring 

9 program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until ex10 pended. 

11 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De12 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

13 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

14 not to exceed $9,358,000, to be appropriated from the 

15 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

17 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti18 trust and kindred laws, $162,246,000, to remain available 

19 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

20 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 

21 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve22 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

23 of collection (and estimated to be $124,000,000 in fiscal 

24 year 2016), shall be retained and used for necessary ex25 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 


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1 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap2 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

3 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2016, 

4 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation 

5 from the general fund estimated at $38,246,000. 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

7 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

8 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop9 erative agreements, $1,973,000,000: Provided, That of the 

10 total amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be 

11 available for official reception and representation ex12 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 

13 shall remain available until expended. 

14 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

15 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

16 Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain avail17 able until expended and to be derived from the United 

18 States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, notwith19 standing any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund 

20 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

21 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not22 withstanding any other provision of law, $162,000,000 of 

23 offsetting collections pursuant to section 589a(b) of title 

24 28, United States Code, shall be retained and used for 

25 necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 


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1 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

2 herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as 

3 such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 

4 2016, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropria5 tion from the Fund estimated at $63,908,000. 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

7 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

8 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

9 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

10 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

11 States Code, $2,374,000. 

12 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

13 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

14 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

15 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad16 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 

17 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

18 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

19 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur20 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 

21 witness security caravans; and not to exceed $13,000,000 

22 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up23 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se24 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 

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1 vided, That amounts made under this heading may not 

2 be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this Act. 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

4 SERVICE

5 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

6 Service, $14,446,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec7 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

8 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

9 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac10 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

11 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re12 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur13 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

14 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur15 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

16 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

17 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex18 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

19 forth in that section. 

20 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

21 For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), 

22 and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States 

23 Code, $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department 

24 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 


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1 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar4 shals Service, $1,195,000,000, of which not to exceed 

5 $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti10 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

11 holding and related support, $9,800,000, to remain avail12 able until expended. 

13 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses related to United States pris16 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

17 as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 

18 Code, $1,454,414,000, to remain available until expended: 

19 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid20 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce21 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 

22 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

23 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

24 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: 

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1 from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘General Ad2 ministration, Detention Trustee’’ shall be transferred to 

3 and merged with the appropriation under this heading. 

4 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

7 the National Security Division, $93,000,000, of which not 

8 to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems 

9 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not10 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina11 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

12 require additional funding for the activities of the National 

13 Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 

14 amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 

15 the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as 

16 may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro17 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 

18 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

19 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

20 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

21 set forth in that section. 

22 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

23 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

24 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves25 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 


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1 most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 

2 laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in3 clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 

4 law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 

5 prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 

6 trafficking, $507,194,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re7 main available until expended: Provided, That any 

8 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 

9 may be used under authorities available to the organiza10 tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 

11 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In14 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

15 crimes against the United States, $8,433,492,000, of 

16 which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available 

17 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $184,500 

18 shall be available for official reception and representation 

19 expenses. 

20 CONSTRUCTION

21 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip22 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

23 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili24 ties and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

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1 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

2 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 

3 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

4 $108,982,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad8 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un9 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

10 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex11 penses for conducting drug education and training pro12 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici13 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

14 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

15 $2,033,320,000; of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

16 remain available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 

17 shall be available for official reception and representation 

18 expenses. 

19 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

20 EXPLOSIVES

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To23 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

24 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse25 ment, including training in connection with the training 


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1 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

2 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as3 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

4 or without reimbursement, $1,201,000,000, of which not 

5 to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000 shall be avail7 able for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by sec8 tion 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and not 

9 to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

11 herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica12 tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 

13 section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided 

14 further, That such funds shall be available to investigate 

15 and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief 

16 from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of 

17 title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That no 

18 funds made available by this or any other Act may be used 

19 to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu20 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to 

21 other agencies or Departments. 


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1 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

5 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

6 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

7 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

8 related issues to foreign governments, $6,848,000,000: 

9 Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 

10 Department of Health and Human Services such amounts 

11 as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that De12 partment for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal 

13 and correctional institutions: Provided further, That the 

14 Director of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, 

15 may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal inter16 mediary claims processor to determine the amounts pay17 able to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison Sys18 tem, furnish health services to individuals committed to 

19 the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided fur20 ther, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for offi21 cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur22 ther, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain avail23 able for necessary operations until September 30, 2017: 

24 Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con25 tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 


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1 available until expended to make payments in advance for 

2 grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 

3 expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed4 eral Prison System may accept donated property and serv5 ices relating to the operation of the prison card program 

6 from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such pro7 gram in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not8 for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 

9 Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre10 release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facili11 ties: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 1345 

12 of title 31, United States Code, or any other provision of 

13 law, up to $540,000 may be used to pay expenses associ14 ated with reentry programs to assist inmates in prepara15 tion for successful return to the community, including 

16 prison institution and Residential Reentry Center pro17 grams that involve inmates’ family members and signifi18 cant others, community sponsors, and volunteers. 

19 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

20 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 

21 new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re22 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

23 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

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1 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ2 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

3 force account, $106,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, and of which not less than $81,000,000 shall be 

5 available only for modernization, maintenance and repair, 

6 and of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available 

7 to construct areas for inmate work programs: Provided, 

8 That labor of United States prisoners may be used for 

9 work performed under this appropriation. 

10 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

11 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here12 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

13 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

14 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit15 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

16 by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 

17 be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 

18 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

19 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

20 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

21 Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 

22 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

23 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

24 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com25 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 


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1 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys2 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

3 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account4 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

5 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

6 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui7 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

8 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

9 belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 

10 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

11 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

12 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

13 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

14 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

15 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio16 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

17 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 

18 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and 

19 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

20 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

21 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu22 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

23 of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the 

24 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

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1 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

2 Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Violence Against 

3 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

4 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); and the 

5 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

6 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and for related vic7 tims services, $479,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended, of which $245,000,000 shall be derived by trans9 fer from amounts available for obligation in this Act from 

10 the Fund established by section 1402 of chapter XIV of 

11 title II of Public Law 98–473 (42 U.S.C. 10601), notwith12 standing section 1402(d) of such Act of 1984: Provided, 

13 That except as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 

14 5 percent of funds made available under this heading may 

15 be used for expenses related to evaluation, training, and 

16 technical assistance: Provided further, That of the amount 

17 provided— 

18 (1) $215,000,000 is for grants to combat vio19 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

20 1968 Act; 

21 (2) $30,000,000 is for transitional housing as22 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat23 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

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1 (3) $3,000,000 is for the National Institute of 

2 Justice for research and evaluation of violence 

3 against women and related issues addressed by 

4 grant programs of the Office on Violence Against 

5 Women, which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, 

6 Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by the 

7 Office of Justice Programs; 

8 (4) $11,000,000 is for a grant program to pro9 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 

10 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

11 assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 

12 youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 

13 men and youth in preventing such violence; and as14 sistance to middle and high school students through 

15 education and other services related to such violence: 

16 Provided, That unobligated balances available for 

17 the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 

18 41303 and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its 

19 amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 

20 this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of 

21 the total amount available for this grant program 

22 shall be available for grants under the program au23 thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 

24 further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 


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1 section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

2 program; 

3 (5) $51,000,000 is for grants to encourage ar4 rest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 

5 Act, of which $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction 

6 initiative; 

7 (6) $35,000,000 is for sexual assault victims 

8 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

9 1994 Act; 

10 (7) $35,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

11 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 

12 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

13 (8) $20,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

14 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

15 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

16 (9) $45,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic17 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

18 (10) $5,000,000 is for enhanced training and 

19 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

20 in later life, as authorized by section 40802 of the 

21 1994 Act; 

22 (11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support fami23 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

24 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 

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1 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

2 the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 

3 Act, shall be available for this program; 

4 (12) $6,000,000 is for education and training 

5 to end violence against and abuse of women with 

6 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

7 2000 Act; 

8 (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource 

9 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

10 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

11 the 1994 Act; 

12 (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 

13 violence against Indian women, including as author14 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

15 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval16 uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of17 fice of Justice Programs; 

18 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

19 that provides training and technical assistance on 

20 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

21 and Alaska Native women; and 

22 (16) $5,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal 

23 governments in exercising special domestic violence 

24 criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 904 of 

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1 section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

2 program. 

3 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

4 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

5 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

6 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

7 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 

8 Act’’); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

9 Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s As10 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 

11 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil12 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice 

13 for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Violence 

14 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza15 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 

16 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 

17 647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 

18 199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98– 

19 473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 

20 of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); 

21 the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 

22 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security 

23 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the 

24 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

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1 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 

2 and other programs, $117,000,000, to remain available 

3 until expended, of which— 

4 (1) $41,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

5 programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 

6 C of title I of the 1968 Act; 

7 (2) $36,000,000 is for research, development, 

8 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au9 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 

10 subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act; 

11 (3) $35,000,000 is for regional information 

12 sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title I 

13 of the 1968 Act; and 

14 (4) $5,000,000 is for activities to strengthen 

15 and enhance the practice of forensic sciences, of 

16 which $4,000,000 is for transfer to the National In17 stitute of Standards and Technology to support Sci18 entific Area Committees. 

19 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

20 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

21 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

22 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

23 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

24 Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All 

25 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child 


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1 Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 

2 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

3 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against 

4 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

5 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the 

6 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

7 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic8 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

9 (Public Law 106–386); the NICS Improvement Amend10 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle D of 

11 title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 

12 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 

13 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources 

14 and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 

15 (Public Law 110–403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 

16 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treat17 ment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improve18 ment Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence 

19 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

20 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and other programs, 

21 $1,009,000,000, to remain available until expended as fol22 lows— 

23 (1) $382,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo24 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

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1 (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules 

2 for Puerto Rico under section 505(g) of title I of the 

3 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), 

4 of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, 

5 $15,000,000 is for a Preventing Violence Against 

6 Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Surviv7 ability Initiative (VALOR), $10,000,000 is for an 

8 initiative to support evidence-based policing, 

9 $2,500,000 is for an initiative to enhance prosecu10 torial decision-making, $15,000,000 is for an Ed11 ward Byrne Memorial criminal justice innovation 

12 program, $20,000,000 is for a competitive matching 

13 grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras 

14 for State, local and tribal law enforcement, and 

15 $2,400,000 is for the operationalization, mainte16 nance and expansion of the National Missing and 

17 Unidentified Persons System; 

18 (2) $75,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

19 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

20 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

21 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)): Provided, That no jurisdiction 

22 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

23 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 

24 detainees housed in State and local detention facili25 ties; 


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1 (3) $41,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized 

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

3 (4) $10,000,000 for mental health courts and 

4 adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 

5 authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 

6 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 

7 Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

8 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 

9 (5) $12,000,000 for grants for Residential Sub10 stance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as au11 thorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 

12 (6) $4,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Im13 provement Grant Program, as authorized by section 

14 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 

15 wrongful conviction review; 

16 (7) $13,000,000 for economic, high technology 

17 and Internet crime prevention grants, including as 

18 authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110–403, 

19 of which not more than $2,500,000 is for intellectual 

20 property enforcement grants, including as authorized 

21 by Section 401 of Public Law 110–403; 

22 (8) $3,000,000 for a student loan repayment 

23 assistance program pursuant to section 952 of Pub24 lic Law 110–315; 


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1 (9) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 

2 assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 

3 and related activities; 

4 (10) $22,500,000 for the matching grant pro5 gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 

6 by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, 

7 That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the Na8 tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s Of9 fice of Law Enforcement Standards for research, 

10 testing and evaluation programs; 

11 (11) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 

12 Public Website; 

13 (12) $8,500,000 for competitive and evidence14 based programs to reduce gun crime and gang vio15 lence; 

16 (13) $55,000,000 for grants to States to up17 grade criminal and mental health records for the 

18 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys19 tem, of which no less than $12,000,000 shall be for 

20 grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im21 provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 

22 110–180); 

23 (14) $15,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic 

24 Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 

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1 (15) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and foren2 sic programs and activities, of which— 

3 (A) $117,000,000 is for a DNA analysis 

4 and capacity enhancement program and for 

5 other local, State, and Federal forensic activi6 ties, including the purposes authorized under 

7 section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi8 nation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) (the 

9 Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program): 

10 Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made 

11 available under this paragraph may be used for 

12 the purposes described in the DNA Training 

13 and Education for Law Enforcement, Correc14 tional Personnel, and Court Officers program 

15 (Public Law 108–405, section 303); 

16 (B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes de17 scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic18 tion DNA Testing Program (Public Law 108– 

19 405, section 412); and 

20 (C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo21 rensic Exam Program grants, including as au22 thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 

23 (16) $41,000,000 for a grant program for com24 munity-based sexual assault response reform; 


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1 (17) $68,000,000 for offender reentry programs 

2 and research, as authorized by the Second Chance 

3 Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199), without regard 

4 to the time limitations specified at section 6(1) of 

5 such Act, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 is for 

6 a program to improve State, local, and tribal proba7 tion or parole supervision efforts and strategies, and 

8 $5,000,000 is for Children of Incarcerated Parents 

9 Demonstrations to enhance and maintain parental 

10 and family relationships for incarcerated parents as 

11 a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy: Provided, 

12 That up to $7,500,000 of funds made available in 

13 this paragraph may be used for performance-based 

14 awards for Pay for Success projects, of which up to 

15 $5,000,000 shall be for Pay for Success programs 

16 implementing the Permanent Supportive Housing 

17 Model; 

18 (18) $5,000,000 for a veterans treatment 

19 courts program; 

20 (19) $7,000,000 for a program to monitor pre21 scription drugs and scheduled listed chemical prod22 ucts; 

23 (20) $22,000,000 for a justice reinvestment ini24 tiative, for activities related to criminal justice re25 form and recidivism reduction; 


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1 (21) $4,000,000 for additional replication sites 

2 employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation 

3 with Enforcement model implementing swift and cer4 tain sanctions in probation, and for a research 

5 project on the effectiveness of the model; and 

6 (22) $75,000,000 for the Comprehensive School 

7 Safety Initiative, and for related hiring: Provided, 

8 That section 213 of this Act shall not apply with re9 spect to the amount made available in this para10 graph: 

11 Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 

12 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

13 the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 

14 government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 

15 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub16 lic sector safety service. 

17 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

18 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

19 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 

20 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the 

21 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

22 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and De23 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

24 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 

25 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 


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1 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil2 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims 

3 of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 

4 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 

5 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh 

6 Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public 

7 Law 110–401); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza8 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 

9 and other juvenile justice programs, $253,500,000, to re10 main available until expended as follows— 

11 (1) $65,500,000 for programs authorized by 

12 section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and 

13 technical assistance to assist small, nonprofit organi14 zations with the Federal grants process: Provided, 

15 That of the amounts provided under this paragraph, 

16 $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 

17 grant program to support emergency planning 

18 among State, local and tribal juvenile justice resi19 dential facilities; 

20 (2) $75,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

21 (3) $40,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as 

22 authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, 

23 pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 

24 (A) $10,000,000 shall be for the Tribal 

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

2 youth violence education, prevention and inter3 vention, and related activities; 

4 (4) $68,000,000 for missing and exploited chil5 dren programs, including as authorized by sections 

6 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that sec7 tion 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children 

8 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall not apply 

9 for purposes of this Act); 

10 (5) $500,000 for an Internet site providing in11 formation and resources on children of incarcerated 

12 parents; 

13 (6) $2,000,000 for competitive grants focusing 

14 on girls in the juvenile justice system; and 

15 (7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juve16 nile indigent defense: 

17 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 

18 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi19 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author20 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 

21 the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (3) 

22 may be used for training and technical assistance: Pro23 vided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not 

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1 tions 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and 

2 exploited children programs. 

3 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

4 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

5 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

6 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in7 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail8 able until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments au9 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu10 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

11 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not12 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina13 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

14 require additional funding for such disability and edu15 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

16 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail17 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

18 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

19 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro20 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

21 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

22 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

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1 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

2 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

3 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con4 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

5 322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

6 of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); and the Violence Against 

7 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

8 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’), 

9 $212,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That any balances made available through prior 

11 year deobligations shall only be available in accordance 

12 with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the 

13 amount provided under this heading— 

14 (1) $11,000,000 is for anti-methamphetamine15 related activities, which shall be transferred to the 

16 Drug Enforcement Administration upon enactment 

17 of this Act; 

18 (2) $187,000,000 is for grants under section 

19 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) 

20 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 

21 enforcement officers under part Q of such title not22 withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro23 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such 

24 title (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3(c)), funding for hiring or 

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1 exceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of 

2 Community Oriented Policing Services grants a 

3 waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That 

4 within the amounts appropriated under this para5 graph, $30,000,000 is for improving tribal law en6 forcement, including hiring, equipment, training, and 

7 anti-methamphetamine activities: Provided further, 

8 That of the amounts appropriated under this para9 graph, $10,000,000 is for community policing devel10 opment activities in furtherance of the purposes in 

11 section 1701: Provided further, That within the 

12 amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 

13 $10,000,000 is for the collaborative reform model of 

14 technical assistance in furtherance of the purposes 

15 in section 1701; 

16 (3) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

17 State law enforcement agencies in States with high 

18 seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth19 amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei20 zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

21 paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 

22 to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 

23 precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet24 amine traffickers; and 


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1 (4) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

2 statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 

3 high rates of primary treatment admissions for her4 oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 

5 shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 

6 or investigate illicit activities, including activities re7 lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis8 tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 

9 and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 

10 collaboration. 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

12 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

13 available in this title for official reception and representa14 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

15 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

16 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re17 ception and representation expenses. 

18 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 

19 title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 

20 the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 

21 were carried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, 

22 That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional 

23 by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be 

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1 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 

2 title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 

3 facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 

4 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re5 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris6 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in7 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

8 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin9 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil10 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

11 Prisons. 

12 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria13 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De14 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be15 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex16 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

17 by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 

18 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

19 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

20 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com21 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

22 SEC. 206. Funds appropriated by this or any other 

23 Act under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire24 arms, and Explosives, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 

25 available for retention pay for any employee who would 


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1 otherwise be subject to a reduction in pay upon termi2 nation of the Bureau’s Personnel Management Dem3 onstration Project (as transferred to the Attorney General 

4 by section 1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 

5 Public Law 107–296 (28 U.S.C. 599B)): Provided, That 

6 such retention pay shall comply with section 5363 of title 

7 5, United States Code, and related Office of Personnel 

8 Management regulations, except as provided in this sec9 tion: Provided further, That such retention pay shall be 

10 paid at the employee’s rate of pay immediately prior to 

11 the termination of the demonstration project and shall not 

12 be subject to the limitation set forth in section 5304(g)(1) 

13 of title 5, United States Code, and related regulations. 

14 SEC. 207. None of the funds made available under 

15 this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 

16 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

17 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

18 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

19 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

20 than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 

21 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

22 such a prisoner. 

23 SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

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1 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

2 purposes. 

3 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main4 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

5 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

6 programs. 

7 SEC. 209. None of the funds made available under 

8 this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 

9 enhanced information technology program having total es10 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un11 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re12 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

13 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 

14 information technology program has appropriate program 

15 management controls and contractor oversight mecha16 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

17 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

18 SEC. 210. The notification thresholds and procedures 

19 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi20 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

21 in this Act and in the accompanying report and to any 

22 use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this 

23 title in previous years. 

24 SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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1 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

2 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc3 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

4 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

5 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

6 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 

8 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

9 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

10 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

11 from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 

12 United States Code. 

13 SEC. 213. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 

14 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

15 available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with 

16 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head17 ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 

18 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus19 tice Programs’’— 

20 (1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to 

21 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim22 bursement programs may be used by such Office to 

23 provide training and technical assistance; 

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1 ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 

2 research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis3 tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 

4 Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 

5 and merged with funds provided to the National In6 stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis7 tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 

8 statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza9 tions for such grant or reimbursement programs; 

10 and 

11 (3) up to 7 percent of funds made available for 

12 grant or reimbursement programs: (1) under the 

13 heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assist14 ance’’; or (2) under the headings ‘‘Research, Evalua15 tion, and Statistics’’ and ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro16 grams’’, to be transferred to and merged with funds 

17 made available under the heading ‘‘State and Local 

18 Law Enforcement Assistance’’, shall be available for 

19 tribal criminal justice assistance without regard to 

20 the authorizations for such grant or reimbursement 

21 programs. 

22 SEC. 214. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 

23 Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard24 ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap25 propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 


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1 for fiscal years 2013 through 2016 for the following pro2 grams, waive the following requirements: 

3 (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 

4 and local reentry demonstration projects under part 

5 FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

6 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(g)(1)), 

7 the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 

8 part. 

9 (2) For State, Tribal, and local reentry courts 

10 under part FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (42 

11 U.S.C. 3797w–2(e)(1) and (2)), the requirements 

12 under section 2978(e)(1) and (2) of such part. 

13 (3) For the prosecution drug treatment alter14 natives to prison program under part CC of title I 

15 of such Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797q–3), the re16 quirements under section 2904 of such part. 

17 (4) For grants to protect inmates and safe18 guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 

19 Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 

20 15605(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 

21 such Act. 

22 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 

24 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 


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1 U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail2 able by this or any other Act. 

3 SEC. 216. None of the funds made available under 

4 this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back5 ground check system established under section 103 of the 

6 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 

7 note), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 

8 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi9 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus10 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un11 less law enforcement personnel of the United States con12 tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

13 SEC. 217. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

14 to deny the Inspector General of the Department of Jus15 tice timely access to all records, documents, and other ma16 terials in the custody or possession of the Department or 

17 to prevent or impede the Inspector General’s access to 

18 such records, documents and other materials, unless in ac19 cordance with an express limitation of section 6(a) of the 

20 Inspector General Act, as amended, consistent with the 

21 plain language of the Inspector General Act, as amended. 

22 The Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall 

23 report to the Committees on Appropriations within five 

24 calendar days any failures to comply with this require25 ment. 


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1 SEC. 218. Section 8(e) of Public Law 108–79 (42 

2 U.S.C. 15607(e)) shall not apply to funds appropriated 

3 to or administered by the Office on Violence Against 

4 Women, including funds appropriated in previous appro5 priations acts that remain available for obligation. 

6 SEC. 219. Discretionary funds that are made avail7 able in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may 

8 be used to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots 

9 authorized under section 526 of division H of Public Law 

10 113–76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, 

11 and such authorities as are enacted for Performance Part12 nership Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 

13 2016. 

14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 

15 Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

16 TITLE III 

17 SCIENCE 

18 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

20 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na21 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

22 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 

23 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

24 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 

25 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 


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1 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum2 bia, $5,555,000. 

3 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

4 SCIENCE

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 in the conduct and support of science research and devel7 opment activities, including research, development, oper8 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa9 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

10 and communications activities; program management; per11 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

12 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

13 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

14 of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 

15 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

16 aircraft, $5,295,000,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the formulation and de18 velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 

19 section 30104 of title 51, United States Code) for the 

20 James Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed 

21 $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi22 vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 

23 30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 

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1 tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin2 istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 

3 the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec4 tion 30104. 

5 AERONAUTICS

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

7 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

8 development activities, including research, development, 

9 operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 

10 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con11 trol, and communications activities; program manage12 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

13 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

14 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur15 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

16 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 

17 administrative aircraft, $524,700,000, to remain available 

18 until September 30, 2017. 

19 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 in the conduct and support of space technology research 

22 and development activities, including research, develop23 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

24 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space25 craft control, and communications activities; program 


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1 management; personnel and related costs, including uni2 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

3 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex4 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

5 purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 

6 mission and administrative aircraft, $600,000,000, to re7 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

8 $150,000,000 shall be for the RESTORE satellite serv9 icing program for completion of pre-formulation and initi10 ation of formulation activities for RESTORE, and such 

11 funds are independent of the asteroid rendezvous mission 

12 or satellite servicing demonstration activities on the Inter13 national Space Station. 

14 EXPLORATION

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

16 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

17 development activities, including research, development, 

18 operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 

19 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con20 trol, and communications activities; program manage21 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

22 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

23 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur24 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

25 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 


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1 administrative aircraft, $3,831,200,000, to remain avail2 able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That not less 

3 than $1,200,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 

4 Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

5 $2,310,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, 

6 which shall have a lift capability not less than 130 metric 

7 tons and which shall have an upper stage and other core 

8 elements developed simultaneously: Provided further, That 

9 of the funds made available for the Space Launch System, 

10 $1,900,000,000 shall be for launch vehicle development 

11 and $410,000,000 shall be for exploration ground sys12 tems: Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and 

13 Space Administration (NASA) shall provide to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate, concurrent with the annual budget sub16 mission, a 5 year budget profile and funding projection 

17 that adheres to a 70 percent Joint Confidence Level 

18 (JCL) and is consistent with the Key Decision Point C 

19 (KDP–C) for the Space Launch System and with the fu20 ture KDP–C for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: 

21 Provided further, That funds made available for the Orion 

22 Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Space Launch System 

23 are in addition to funds provided for these programs under 

24 the ‘‘Construction and Environmental Compliance and 

25 Restoration’’ heading: Provided further, That 


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1 $321,200,000 shall be for exploration research and devel2 opment. 

3 SPACE OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

5 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

6 and development activities, including research, develop7 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space8 craft control and communications activities, including op9 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re10 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 

11 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow12 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

13 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 

14 and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 

15 charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin16 istrative aircraft, $4,756,400,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2017. 

18 EDUCATION

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

20 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

21 education research and development activities, including 

22 research, development, operations, support, and services; 

23 program management; personnel and related costs, includ24 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec25 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 


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1 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

2 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

3 of mission and administrative aircraft, $108,000,000, to 

4 remain available until September 30, 2017, of which 

5 $18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 

6 Stimulate Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be 

7 for the National Space Grant College program. 

8 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

10 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 

11 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

12 research and development activities, including research, 

13 development, operations, support, and services; mainte14 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

15 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

16 program management; personnel and related costs, includ17 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec18 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

19 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

20 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen21 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte22 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air23 craft, $2,784,000,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2017. 


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1 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

2 RESTORATION

3 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

4 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi5 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad6 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

7 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

8 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli9 ance and restoration, $352,800,000, to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That proceeds from 

11 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

12 period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 

13 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

14 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail15 able for obligation for fiscal year 2016 in an amount not 

16 to exceed $6,905,600: Provided further, That each annual 

17 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 

18 receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col19 lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 

20 Code. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

24 $37,400,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

25 until September 30, 2017. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

3 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

4 the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

5 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

6 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero7 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

8 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap9 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

10 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans11 fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 

12 available for the same purposes and the same time period 

13 as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 

14 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram15 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

16 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

17 procedures set forth in that section. 

18 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro19 vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ20 ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 

21 change of an amount established in that spending plan 

22 that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 

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1 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce2 dures set forth in that section. 

3 For the closeout of all Space Shuttle contracts and 

4 associated programs, amounts that have expired but have 

5 not been cancelled in the Exploration, Space Operations, 

6 Human Space Flight, Space Flight Capabilities, and Ex7 ploration Capabilities appropriations accounts shall re8 main available through fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation 

9 of valid obligations incurred during the period of fiscal 

10 year 2001 through fiscal year 2013. 

11 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

12 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

13 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

14 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 

15 and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 

16 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

17 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

18 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air19 craft; and authorized travel; $5,933,645,000, to remain 

20 available until September 30, 2017, of which not to exceed 

21 $540,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

22 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse23 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

24 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

25 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 


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1 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

2 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

3 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

4 to this appropriation. 

5 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

6 CONSTRUCTION

7 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc8 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

9 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu10 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

11 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 

12 $200,310,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

14 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math15 ematics and engineering education and human resources 

16 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

17 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ18 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

19 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con20 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $866,000,000, 

21 to remain available until September 30, 2017. 

22 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

23 For agency operations and award management nec24 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

25 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 


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1 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas2 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

3 authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 

4 States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 

5 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

6 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

7 $325,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,250 is for 

8 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

9 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 

10 heading in fiscal year 2016 for maintenance and operation 

11 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

12 the next fiscal year. 

13 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

14 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala15 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

16 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

17 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec18 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car19 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

20 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 

21 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 

22 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 

23 and representation expenses. 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

4 1978, $14,450,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail5 able until September 30, 2017. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

7 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

8 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

9 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be10 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

11 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans12 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

13 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

14 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com15 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria17 tions Act, 2016’’. 

18 TITLE IV 

19 RELATED AGENCIES 

20 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

23 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

24 $9,200,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro25 priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 


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1 of eight full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex2 cepted Service: Provided further, That none of the funds 

3 appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 

4 Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 

5 exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 

6 days: Provided further, That none of the funds appro7 priated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity 

8 or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 

9 of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 

10 1975a). 

11 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

14 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

15 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em16 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 

17 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 

18 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 

19 1991, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act 

20 (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend21 ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 

22 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in23 cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

24 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 

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1 Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 

2 $29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 

3 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

4 $364,500,000: Provided, That the Commission is author5 ized to make available for official reception and represen6 tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 

7 Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 

8 to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 

9 or reorganization until such time as the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

11 Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 

12 with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of 

13 this Act: Provided further, That the Chair is authorized 

14 to accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the 

15 work of the Commission. 

16 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

19 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

20 and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

21 United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 

22 reception and representation expenses, $84,500,000, to re23 main available until expended. 


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1 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

3 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

4 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

5 Act of 1974, $385,000,000, of which $353,000,000 is for 

6 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

7 $4,500,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

8 such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 

9 additional audits of recipients; $18,500,000 is for manage10 ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self11 help and information technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro 

12 Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay13 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor14 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

15 and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 

16 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em17 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

18 States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 

19 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996(d)): Provided 

20 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

21 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora22 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 

23 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

24 considered an agency of the United States Government. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

2 CORPORATION

3 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

4 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur5 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

6 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 

7 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 

8 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

9 the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 

10 except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 

11 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2015 and 

12 2016, respectively. 

13 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com16 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 

17 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 

18 $3,431,000. 

19 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

22 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 

23 Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,121,000, of 

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1 able for official reception and representation expenses: 

2 Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 

3 of this Act, the State Justice Institute shall be considered 

4 an agency of the United States Government. 

5 TITLE V 

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

8 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

9 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

10 not authorized by the Congress. 

11 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

12 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

13 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

14 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

15 under this Act for any consulting service through procure16 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

17 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

18 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

19 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

20 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

21 issued pursuant to existing law. 

22 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica23 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

24 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica25 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 


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1 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af2 fected thereby. 

3 SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 

4 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

5 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli6 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from 

7 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

8 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

10 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini11 tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 

12 a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per13 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 

14 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of15 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro16 grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

17 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em18 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac19 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

20 less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 

21 project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 

22 or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 

23 from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 

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1 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

2 of such reprogramming of funds. 

3 SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 

4 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 

5 affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 

6 or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 

7 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 

8 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re9 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

10 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen11 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

12 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula13 tions. 

14 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au15 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

16 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 

17 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

18 States, its territories or possessions. 

19 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 

20 given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 

21 Item (1)(f)(3). 

22 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 

23 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na24 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

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1 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta2 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 

3 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com4 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 

5 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

6 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 

7 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

8 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

9 obligation. 

10 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 

11 submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

12 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 

13 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

14 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 

15 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

16 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys17 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re18 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

19 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 

20 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre21 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re22 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

23 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

24 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be25 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 


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1 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

2 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

3 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

4 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

5 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

6 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 

7 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

8 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 

9 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

10 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 

11 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

12 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

13 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

14 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

15 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

16 products of the same type. 

17 SEC. 510. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

18 of law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab19 lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 

20 Law 98–473 (42 U.S.C. 10601) in any fiscal year in ex21 cess of $2,602,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 

22 until the following fiscal year: 

23 (b) Notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such Act of 

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1 tion, the following amounts shall be available without fis2 cal year limitation— 

3 (1) to the Assistant Attorney General for the 

4 Office of Justice Programs— 

5 (A) $50,000,000 for victim services pro6 grams for victims of trafficking as authorized 

7 by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, or 

8 programs authorized under Public Law 113–4; 

9 (B) $16,000,000 for an initiative relating 

10 to children exposed to violence; 

11 (C) $12,000,000 for the court-appointed 

12 special advocate program, as authorized by sec13 tion 217 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 

14 1990; 

15 (D) $15,000,000 for supplemental victims’ 

16 services and other victim-related programs and 

17 initiatives, including research and statistics, 

18 and for tribal assistance for victims of violence; 

19 (E) $20,000,000 for programs authorized 

20 by the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

21 (F) $3,000,000 for child abuse training 

22 programs for judicial personnel and practi23 tioners, as authorized by section 222 of the Vic24 tims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; and 


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1 (G) $18,000,000 for community-based vio2 lence prevention initiatives, including for public 

3 health approaches to reducing shootings and vi4 olence. 

5 (2) to the Director of the Office for Victims of 

6 Crime, $52,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes 

7 only for supplementing victims’ services and other 

8 victim-related programs and initiatives. 

9 (3) to the Department of Justice Office of In10 spector General, $10,000,000 for oversight and au11 diting purposes. 

12 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 

13 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi14 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

15 students who participate in programs for which financial 

16 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

17 or legal guardians of such students. 

18 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in20 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

21 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro22 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

23 SEC. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to im24 plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 

25 procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart2 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na3 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na4 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor5 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

6 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 

7 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

8 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 

9 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

10 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi11 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

12 any such audit is completed. 

13 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

14 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 

15 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis16 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

17 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter18 net website maintained by the Department, Administra19 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

20 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

21 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

22 title 5, United States Code; and 

23 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi24 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 


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1 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

2 unlawful purposes. 

3 (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

4 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state5 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

6 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

7 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

8 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

9 other manner to another person who has a financial inter10 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

11 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 

12 this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 

13 which the Director of the Office of Management and 

14 Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 

15 Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 

16 and requirements, substantially similar to the require17 ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 

18 executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart19 ments, agencies, and entities. 

20 SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available under this Act may be used by the 

22 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer23 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

24 Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact information 

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1 tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) 

2 Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 

3 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal 

4 Information and Information Systems’’ unless the agency 

5 has— 

6 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor7 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

8 to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact infor9 mation systems within the Federal Government and 

10 against international standards and guidelines, in11 cluding those developed by NIST; 

12 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre13 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

14 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 

15 of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 

16 (3) developed, in consultation with NIST and 

17 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 

18 strategy for any identified risks. 

19 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 

21 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em22 ployee of the United States Government. 

23 SEC. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

24 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 


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1 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in2 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 

3 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

4 United States in connection with requiring an export li5 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac6 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

7 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

8 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

9 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 

10 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

11 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

12 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

13 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex14 port license— 

15 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

16 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

17 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

18 under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 

19 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub20 section (a); and 

21 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

22 of— 

23 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo24 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 


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1 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

2 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

3 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

4 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

5 listed in Category I, other than for end use by 

6 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu7 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

8 (C) articles for export from Canada to an9 other foreign destination. 

10 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di11 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per12 manent or temporary export without a license of any un13 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

14 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem15 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

16 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

17 Canadian citizen. 

18 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

19 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter20 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

21 the Government of Canada has implemented or main22 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

23 in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 

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1 other nation. The President shall terminate the require2 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require3 ments have ceased. 

4 SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

6 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 

7 or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 

8 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 

9 of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 

10 any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 

11 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 

12 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori13 gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

14 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi16 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

17 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

18 States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

19 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

20 States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

21 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 

22 States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

23 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 

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1 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

2 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The 

3 Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 

4 Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA 

5 Freedom Act; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

6 SEC. 521. If at any time during any quarter, the pro7 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

8 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero9 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

10 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason11 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in12 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 

13 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis14 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di15 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

16 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 

17 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 

18 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 

19 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 

20 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 

21 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 

22 to which such changes have contributed to the increase 

23 in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti24 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 

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1 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 

2 costs. 

3 SEC. 522. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

4 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel5 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

6 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec7 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

8 414) during fiscal year 2016 until the enactment of the 

9 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016. 

10 SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

12 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

13 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro14 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

15 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

16 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

17 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

18 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

19 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

20 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi21 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

22 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as23 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

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1 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

2 judicial proceeding. 

3 (RESCISSIONS)

4 SEC. 524. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

5 to the Department of Justice, the following funds are 

6 hereby rescinded, not later than September 30, 2016, from 

7 the following accounts in the specified amounts— 

8 (1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $55,000,000; 

9 (2) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 

10 $362,945,000, of which $58,945,000 is permanently 

11 rescinded; 

12 (3) ‘‘United States Marshals Service, Federal 

13 Prisoner Detention’’, $69,500,000; 

14 (4) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigations, Salaries 

15 and Expenses’’, $80,000,000; 

16 (5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi17 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

18 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro19 grams’’, $5,020,000; and 

20 (6) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi21 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

22 $10,000,000. 

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

24 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent25 atives and the Senate a report no later than September 


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1 1, 2016, specifying the amount of each rescission made 

2 pursuant to subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

5 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

6 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

7 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend9 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart10 ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 

11 at any single conference occurring outside the United 

12 States unless such conference is a law enforcement train13 ing or operational conference for law enforcement per14 sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in attend15 ance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the 

16 United States. 

17 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available in this Act may be used in a manner 

19 that is inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective 

20 of the United States with respect to trade remedy laws 

21 to preserve the ability of the United States— 

22 (1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, includ23 ing antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard 

24 laws; 

25 (2) to avoid agreements that— 


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1 (A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

2 and international disciplines on unfair trade, es3 pecially dumping and subsidies; or 

4 (B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

5 and international safeguard provisions, in order 

6 to ensure that United States workers, agricul7 tural producers, and firms can compete fully on 

8 fair terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal 

9 trade concessions; and 

10 (3) to address and remedy market distortions 

11 that lead to dumping and subsidization, including 

12 overcapacity, cartelization, and market-access bar13 riers. 

14 SEC. 528. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer, 

16 release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within 

17 the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid 

18 Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

19 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

20 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

21 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

22 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

23 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

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1 struct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, 

2 its territories, or possessions to house any individual de3 scribed in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 

4 imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 

5 of the Department of Defense. 

6 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

7 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

8 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

9 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

10 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

11 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

12 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

13 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

14 and 

15 (2) is— 

16 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

17 control of the Department of Defense; or 

18 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

19 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

20 SEC. 530. To the extent practicable, funds made 

21 available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs 

22 that are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal En23 ergy Management Program’’ designation. 

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1 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro2 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

3 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform4 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

5 following: 

6 (1) Details on future action the department, 

7 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

8 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

9 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

10 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

11 in expired grant accounts. 

12 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex13 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

14 Treasury of the United States. 

15 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

16 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

17 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

18 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

19 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

20 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

21 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per23 sonnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the 

24 importation of any model of shotgun if— 


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1 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

2 the proposed importation are met; and 

3 (2) no application for the importation of such 

4 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 

5 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu6 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 

7 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

8 sporting purposes. 

9 SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds made available in 

10 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

11 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

12 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

13 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

14 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

15 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi16 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

17 SEC. 534. The Departments of Commerce and Jus18 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

19 and the National Science Foundation shall submit spend20 ing plans, signed by the respective department or agency 

21 head, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

22 of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days after 

23 the date of enactment of this Act. 

24 SEC. 535. (a) The head of any executive branch de25 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 


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1 this Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector Gen2 eral or senior ethics official for any entity without an In3 spector General, regarding the costs and contracting pro4 cedures related to each conference held by any such de5 partment, agency, board, commission, or office during fis6 cal year 2016 for which the cost to the United States Gov7 ernment was more than $100,000. 

8 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con9 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica10 ble period— 

11 (1) a description of its purpose; 

12 (2) the number of participants attending; 

13 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

14 United States Government, including— 

15 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

16 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

17 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

18 travel to and from the conference; and 

19 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

20 to determine which costs relate to the con21 ference; and 

22 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

23 used including— 

24 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

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1 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

2 conducted by the departmental component or 

3 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

4 conference. 

5 (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

6 by any executive branch department, agency, board, com7 mission, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 

8 2016 for which the cost to the United States Government 

9 was more than $20,000, the head of any such department, 

10 agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the In11 spector General or senior ethics official for any entity 

12 without an Inspector General, of the date, location, and 

13 number of employees attending such conference. 

14 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro15 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 

16 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a banquet 

17 or conference that is not directly and programmatically 

18 related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was 

19 awarded, such as a banquet or conference held in connec20 tion with planning, training, assessment, review, or other 

21 routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant 

22 or contract. 

23 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

24 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con25 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 


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1 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 

2 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 

3 memorandum. 

4 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

6 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

7 ratification for the Treaty. 

8 SEC. 537. The head of any executive branch depart9 ment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this 

10 Act shall require that all contracts within their purview 

11 that provide award fees link such fees to successful acqui12 sition outcomes, specifying the terms of cost, schedule, 

13 and performance. 

14 SEC. 538. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

16 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

17 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

18 judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per19 formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 

20 contract. 

21 SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

23 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

24 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor25 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 


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1 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

2 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un3 less a Federal agency has considered suspension or debar4 ment of the corporation and has made a determination 

5 that this further action is not necessary to protect the in6 terests of the Government. 

7 SEC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

9 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

10 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor11 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

12 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

13 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

14 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree15 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

16 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

17 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

18 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter19 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro20 tect the interests of the Government. 

21 SEC. 541. None of the funds made available under 

22 this Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 

23 (‘‘Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agri24 cultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Depart25 ment of Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 


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1 SEC. 542. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with re3 spect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 

4 California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, 

5 Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, 

6 Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 

7 Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, 

8 New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, 

9 Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Ten10 nessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and 

11 Wisconsin, or with respect to either the District of Colum12 bia or Guam, to prevent any of them from implementing 

13 their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, posses14 sion, or cultivation of medical marijuana. 

15 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Jus16 tice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

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1 DIVISION B—DEPARTMENT OF HOME2 LAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS 

3 ACT, 2016 

4 TITLE I 

5 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 

6 OPERATIONS 

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE

8 MANAGEMENT

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

10 of Homeland Security, as authorized by section 102 of the 

11 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and exec12 utive management of the Department of Homeland Secu13 rity, as authorized by law, $133,362,000: Provided, That 

14 not to exceed $45,000 shall be for official reception and 

15 representation expenses: Provided further, That all official 

16 costs associated with the use of government aircraft by 

17 Department of Homeland Security personnel to support 

18 official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 

19 shall be paid from amounts made available for the Imme20 diate Office of the Secretary and the Immediate Office of 

21 the Deputy Secretary: Provided further, That, not later 

22 than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

23 Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

25 of Representatives, the Committees on the Judiciary of the 


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1 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

2 on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, 

3 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern4 mental Affairs of the Senate the comprehensive plan for 

5 implementation of the biometric entry and exit data sys6 tem as required under this heading in Public Law 114– 

7 4 and a report on visa overstay data by country as re8 quired by section 1376 of title 8, United States Code: Pro9 vided further, That the report on visa overstay data shall 

10 also include— 

11 (1) overstays from all nonimmigrant visa cat12 egories under the immigration laws, delineated by 

13 each of the classes and sub-classes of such cat14 egories; and 

15 (2) numbers as well as rates of overstays for 

16 each class and sub-class of such nonimmigrant cat17 egories on a per-country basis: 

18 Provided further, That, of the funds provided under this 

19 heading, $13,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 

20 the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management 

21 until both the comprehensive plan and the report are sub22 mitted. 

23 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

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1 through 705 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

2 U.S.C. 341 through 345), $184,465,000, of which not to 

3 exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and represen4 tation expenses: Provided, That, of the total amount made 

5 available under this heading, $2,931,000 shall remain 

6 available until September 30, 2017, solely for the alter7 ation and improvement of facilities, tenant improvements, 

8 and relocation costs to consolidate Department head9 quarters operations at the Nebraska Avenue Complex; and 

10 $7,778,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2017, for the Human Resources Information Technology 

12 program: Provided further, That the Under Secretary for 

13 Management shall include in the President’s budget pro14 posal for fiscal year 2017, submitted pursuant to section 

15 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a Comprehensive 

16 Acquisition Status Report, which shall include the infor17 mation required under the heading ‘‘Office of the Under 

18 Secretary for Management’’ under title I of division D of 

19 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 

20 112–74), and shall submit quarterly updates to such re21 port not later than 45 days after the completion of each 

22 quarter. 

23 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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1 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), $53,420,000: 

2 Provided, That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

3 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

4 and the House of Representatives, at the time the Presi5 dent’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 is submitted 

6 pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

7 Code, the Future Years Homeland Security Program, as 

8 authorized by section 874 of Public Law 107–296 (6 

9 U.S.C. 454). 

10 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In12 formation Officer, as authorized by section 103 of the 

13 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113), and De14 partmentwide technology investments, $304,479,000; of 

15 which $104,790,000 shall be available for salaries and ex16 penses; and of which $199,689,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2017, shall be available for develop18 ment and acquisition of information technology equip19 ment, software, services, and related activities for the De20 partment of Homeland Security. 

21 ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

22 For necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and 

23 operations coordination activities, as authorized by title II 

24 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et 

25 seq.), $263,467,000; of which not to exceed $3,825 shall 


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1 be for official reception and representation expenses; of 

2 which not to exceed $2,000,000 is available for facility 

3 needs associated with secure space at fusion centers, in4 cluding improvements to buildings; and of which 

5 $109,639,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

6 2017. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

10 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $134,488,000; of 

11 which not to exceed $300,000 may be used for certain con12 fidential operational expenses, including the payment of 

13 informants, to be expended at the direction of the Inspec14 tor General. 

15 TITLE II 

16 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

17 INVESTIGATIONS 

18 U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses for enforcement of laws relat21 ing to border security, immigration, customs, agricultural 

22 inspections and regulatory activities related to plant and 

23 animal imports, and transportation of unaccompanied 

24 minor aliens; purchase and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 

25 for replacement only) police-type vehicles; and contracting 


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1 with individuals for personal services abroad; 

2 $8,779,325,000; of which $3,274,000 shall be derived 

3 from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for administra4 tive expenses related to the collection of the Harbor Main5 tenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the Internal 

6 Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and not7 withstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security 

8 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which not to exceed 

9 $34,425 shall be for official reception and representation 

10 expenses; of which such sums as become available in the 

11 Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject to section 

12 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Rec13 onciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be de14 rived from that account; of which not to exceed $150,000 

15 shall be available for payment for rental space in connec16 tion with preclearance operations; and of which not to ex17 ceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to 

18 informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate 

19 of the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided, That, 

20 of the amounts made available under this heading for In21 spection and Detection Technology Investments, 

22 $18,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2018: Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2016, the 

24 overtime limitation prescribed in section 5(c)(1) of the Act 

25 of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1)) shall be 


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1 $35,000; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be avail3 able to compensate any employee of U.S. Customs and 

4 Border Protection for overtime, from whatever source, in 

5 an amount that exceeds such limitation, except in indi6 vidual cases determined by the Secretary of Homeland Se7 curity, or the designee of the Secretary, to be necessary 

8 for national security purposes, to prevent excessive costs, 

9 or in cases of immigration emergencies: Provided further, 

10 That the Border Patrol shall maintain an active duty pres11 ence of not less than 21,370 full-time equivalent agents 

12 protecting the borders of the United States in the fiscal 

13 year. 

14 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

15 For necessary expenses for U.S. Customs and Border 

16 Protection for operation and improvement of automated 

17 systems, including salaries and expenses, $854,029,000; 

18 of which $463,059,000 shall remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2018; and of which not less than $151,062,000 

20 shall be for the development of the Automated Commercial 

21 Environment. 


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1 BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND

2 TECHNOLOGY

3 For expenses for border security fencing, infrastruc4 ture, and technology, $373,461,000, to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2017. 

6 AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS

7 For necessary expenses for the operations, mainte8 nance, and procurement of marine vessels, aircraft, un9 manned aircraft systems, the Air and Marine Operations 

10 Center, and other related equipment of the air and marine 

11 program, including salaries and expenses, operational 

12 training, and mission-related travel, the operations of 

13 which include the following: the interdiction of narcotics 

14 and other goods; the provision of support to Federal, 

15 State, and local agencies in the enforcement or adminis16 tration of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland 

17 Security; and, at the discretion of the Secretary of Home18 land Security, the provision of assistance to Federal, 

19 State, and local agencies in other law enforcement and 

20 emergency humanitarian efforts; $754,614,000; of which 

21 $303,445,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses; 

22 and of which $451,169,000 shall remain available until 

23 September 30, 2018: Provided, That no aircraft or other 

24 related equipment, with the exception of aircraft that are 

25 one of a kind and have been identified as excess to U.S. 


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1 Customs and Border Protection requirements and aircraft 

2 that have been damaged beyond repair, shall be trans3 ferred to any other Federal agency, department, or office 

4 outside of the Department of Homeland Security during 

5 fiscal year 2016 without prior notice to the Committees 

6 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep7 resentatives: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

8 Homeland Security shall report to the Committees on Ap9 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa10 tives, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act, on any changes to the 5-year strategic plan 

12 of the air and marine program required under the heading 

13 ‘‘Air and Marine Interdiction, Operations, and Mainte14 nance’’ in Public Law 112–74. 

15 CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

16 For necessary expenses to plan, acquire, construct, 

17 renovate, equip, furnish, operate, manage, and maintain 

18 buildings, facilities, and related infrastructure necessary 

19 for the administration and enforcement of the laws relat20 ing to customs, immigration, and border security, 

21 $313,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2020. 


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1 U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for enforcement of immigra4 tion and customs laws, detention and removals, and inves5 tigations, including intellectual property rights and over6 seas vetted units operations; and purchase and lease of 

7 up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type vehi8 cles; $5,762,494,000; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 

9 shall be available until expended for conducting special op10 erations under section 3131 of the Customs Enforcement 

11 Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081); of which not to exceed 

12 $11,475 shall be for official reception and representation 

13 expenses; of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for 

14 awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted 

15 for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of Home16 land Security; of which not less than $305,000 shall be 

17 for promotion of public awareness of the child pornog18 raphy tipline and activities to counter child exploitation; 

19 of which not less than $5,400,000 shall be used to facili20 tate agreements consistent with section 287(g) of the Im21 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)); of 

22 which not to exceed $40,000,000, to remain available until 

23 September 30, 2018, is for maintenance, construction, and 

24 lease hold improvements at owned and leased facilities; 

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1 to fund or reimburse other Federal agencies for the costs 

2 associated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of 

3 smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States: 

4 Provided, That none of the funds made available under 

5 this heading shall be available to compensate any employee 

6 for overtime in an annual amount in excess of $35,000, 

7 except that the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the 

8 designee of the Secretary, may waive that amount as nec9 essary for national security purposes and in cases of immi10 gration emergencies: Provided further, That, of the total 

11 amount provided, $15,770,000 shall be for activities to en12 force laws against forced child labor, of which not to ex13 ceed $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

14 Provided further, That, of the total amount available, not 

15 less than $1,600,000,000 shall be available to identify 

16 aliens convicted of a crime who may be deportable, and 

17 to remove them from the United States once they are 

18 judged deportable: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

19 Homeland Security shall prioritize the identification and 

20 removal of aliens convicted of a crime by the severity of 

21 that crime: Provided further, That funding made available 

22 under this heading shall maintain a level of not less than 

23 34,000 detention beds through September 30, 2016: Pro24 vided further, That, of the total amount provided, not less 

25 than $3,201,977,000 is for enforcement, detention, and 


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1 removal operations, including transportation of unaccom2 panied minor aliens: Provided further, That, of the amount 

3 provided for Custody Operations in the previous proviso, 

4 $45,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2020: Provided further, That, of the total amount provided 

6 for the Visa Security Program, $13,300,000 shall remain 

7 available until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That 

8 not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for investiga9 tion of intellectual property rights violations, including op10 eration of the National Intellectual Property Rights Co11 ordination Center: Provided further, That none of the 

12 funds provided under this heading may be used to con13 tinue a delegation of law enforcement authority authorized 

14 under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 

15 Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland 

16 Security Inspector General determines that the terms of 

17 the agreement governing the delegation of authority have 

18 been materially violated: Provided further, That none of 

19 the funds provided under this heading may be used to con20 tinue any contract for the provision of detention services 

21 if the two most recent overall performance evaluations re22 ceived by the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ 

23 or the equivalent median score in any subsequent perform24 ance evaluation system: Provided further, That nothing 

25 under this heading shall prevent U.S. Immigration and 


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1 Customs Enforcement from exercising those authorities 

2 provided under immigration laws (as defined in section 

3 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

4 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))) during priority operations per5 taining to aliens convicted of a crime: Provided further, 

6 That, without regard to the limitation as to time and con7 dition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may 

8 propose to reprogram and transfer funds within and into 

9 this appropriation necessary to ensure the detention of 

10 aliens prioritized for removal. 

11 AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION

12 For expenses of immigration and customs enforce13 ment automated systems, $53,000,000, to remain avail14 able until September 30, 2018. 

15 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

16 AVIATION SECURITY

17 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu18 rity Administration related to providing civil aviation secu19 rity services pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation 

20 Security Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 

21 U.S.C. 40101 note), $5,582,528,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2017; of which not to exceed $7,650 

23 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

24 Provided, That any award to deploy explosives detection 

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1 ance on other screening solutions, lobby congestion result2 ing in increased security concerns, high injury rates, air3 port readiness, and increased cost effectiveness: Provided 

4 further, That security service fees authorized under section 

5 44940 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited 

6 to this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be 

7 available only for aviation security: Provided further, That 

8 the sum appropriated under this heading from the general 

9 fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such 

10 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2016 

11 so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 

12 the general fund estimated at not more than 

13 $3,452,528,000: Provided further, That the funds depos14 ited pursuant to section 515 of Public Law 108–334 that 

15 are currently unavailable for obligation are hereby perma16 nently cancelled: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

17 section 44923 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal 

18 year 2016, any funds in the Aviation Security Capital 

19 Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, United 

20 States Code, may be used for the procurement and instal21 lation of explosives detection systems or for the issuance 

22 of other transaction agreements for the purpose of funding 

23 projects described in section 44923(a) of such title: Pro24 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

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1 hereafter, mobile explosives detection systems purchased 

2 and deployed using funds made available under this head3 ing may be moved and redeployed to meet evolving pas4 senger and baggage screening security priorities at air5 ports: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

6 available in this Act may be used for any recruiting or 

7 hiring of personnel into the Transportation Security Ad8 ministration that would cause the agency to exceed a staff9 ing level of 43,000 full-time equivalent screeners: Provided 

10 further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply to per11 sonnel hired as part-time employees: Provided further, 

12 That, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall sub14 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

15 and the House of Representatives a detailed report on— 

16 (1) the Department of Homeland Security ef17 forts and resources being devoted to develop more 

18 advanced integrated passenger screening tech19 nologies for the most effective security of passengers 

20 and baggage at the lowest possible operating and ac21 quisition costs, including projected funding levels for 

22 each fiscal year for the next 5 years or until project 

23 completion, whichever is earlier; 

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1 gage screener workforce in the most cost effective 

2 manner; and 

3 (3) labor savings from the deployment of im4 proved technologies for passenger and baggage 

5 screening, including high-speed baggage screening 

6 and how those savings are being used to offset secu7 rity costs or reinvested to address security 

8 vulnerabilities: 

9 Provided further, That the Administrator of the Transpor10 tation Security Administration shall submit to the Com11 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

12 of Representatives, a semiannual report updating informa13 tion on a strategy to increase the number of air passengers 

14 eligible for expedited screening as specified under this 

15 heading in Public Law 114–4: Provided further, That 

16 Members of the United States House of Representatives 

17 and United States Senate, including the leadership; the 

18 heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the 

19 Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and As20 sistant Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Secu21 rity; the United States Attorney General, Deputy Attorney 

22 General, Assistant Attorneys General, and the United 

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1 fice of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from 

2 Federal passenger and baggage screening. 

3 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY

4 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu5 rity Administration related to surface transportation secu6 rity activities, $122,728,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2017. 

8 INTELLIGENCE AND VETTING

9 For necessary expenses for the development and im10 plementation of intelligence and vetting activities, 

11 $225,315,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2017. 

13 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY SUPPORT

14 For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu15 rity Administration related to transportation security sup16 port pursuant to the Aviation and Transportation Security 

17 Act (Public Law 107–71; 115 Stat. 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 

18 note), $918,867,000, to remain available until September 

19 30, 2017. 

20 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

21 OPERATING EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte23 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur24 chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehi25 cles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease 


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1 of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 

2 (at a unit cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs 

3 and service-life replacements, not to exceed a total of 

4 $31,000,000; purchase or lease of boats necessary for 

5 overseas deployments and activities; purchase or lease of 

6 other equipment (at a unit cost of no more than 

7 $250,000); minor shore construction projects not exceed8 ing $1,000,000 in total cost on any location; payments 

9 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 U.S.C. 

10 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and welfare; 

11 $6,996,365,000, of which $500,002,000 shall be for de12 fense-related activities, of which $160,002,000 is des13 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper14 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

15 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be available only 

17 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

18 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress; 

19 of which $24,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 

20 Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 

21 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

22 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to exceed $30,600 shall be 

23 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro24 vided, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

25 shall be for expenses incurred for recreational vessels 


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1 under section 12114 of title 46, United States Code, ex2 cept to the extent fees are collected from owners of yachts 

3 and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That, 

4 to the extent fees are insufficient to pay expenses of rec5 reational vessel documentation under such section 12114, 

6 and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applications, 

7 then personnel performing non-recreational vessel docu8 mentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 

9 of title 46, United States Code, may perform documenta10 tion under section 12114: Provided further, That, of the 

11 funds provided under this heading, $85,000,000 shall be 

12 withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters 

13 Directorates until a future-years capital investment plan 

14 for fiscal years 2017–2021, as specified under the heading 

15 ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Improve16 ments’’ of this Act, is submitted to the Committees on 

17 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent18 atives: Provided further, That funds made available under 

19 this heading for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

20 War on Terrorism may be allocated by program, project, 

21 and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act: Pro22 vided further, That, without regard to the limitation as 

23 to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after 

24 June 30, up to $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or 


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1 from Military Pay and Allowances in according with sub2 sections (a), (b), and (c) of section 503. 

3 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the environ5 mental compliance and restoration functions of the Coast 

6 Guard under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 

7 $13,221,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2020. 

9 RESERVE TRAINING

10 For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, 

11 as authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the 

12 Coast Guard reserve program; personnel and training 

13 costs; and equipment and services; $110,614,000. 

14 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

15 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 

16 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 

17 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 

18 thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper19 ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 

20 $1,573,269,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived 

21 from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the 

22 purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act 

23 of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the fol24 lowing amounts, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2020 (except as subsequently specified), shall be available 


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1 as follows: $1,069,900,000 to acquire, effect major repairs 

2 to, renovate, or improve vessels, small boats, and related 

3 equipment; $200,000,000 to acquire, effect major repairs 

4 to, renovate, or improve aircraft or increase aviation capa5 bility; $65,100,000 for other acquisition programs; 

6 $121,400,000 for shore facilities and aids to navigation, 

7 including facilities at Department of Defense installations 

8 used by the Coast Guard; and $116,869,000, to remain 

9 available until September 30, 2016, for personnel com10 pensation and benefits and related costs: Provided, That, 

11 of the funds provided by this Act, not less than 

12 $640,000,000 shall be immediately available and allotted 

13 to contract for the production of the ninth National Secu14 rity Cutter notwithstanding the availability of funds for 

15 postproduction costs: Provided further, That the Com16 mandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Commit17 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

18 Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

19 and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 

20 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep21 resentatives, at the time the President’s budget proposal 

22 for fiscal year 2017 is submitted pursuant to section 

23 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a future-years 

24 capital investment plan for the Coast Guard that identifies 

25 for each requested capital asset— 


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1 (1) the proposed appropriations included in that 

2 budget; 

3 (2) the total estimated cost of completion, in4 cluding and clearly delineating the costs of associ5 ated major acquisition systems infrastructure and 

6 transition to operations; 

7 (3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year 

8 for the next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition pro9 grams baseline or project completion, whichever is 

10 earlier; 

11 (4) an estimated completion date at the pro12 jected funding levels; and 

13 (5) a current acquisition program baseline for 

14 each capital asset, as applicable, that— 

15 (A) includes the total acquisition cost of 

16 each asset, subdivided by fiscal year and includ17 ing a detailed description of the purpose of the 

18 proposed funding levels for each fiscal year, in19 cluding for each fiscal year funds requested for 

20 design, pre-acquisition activities, production, 

21 structural modifications, missionization, post22 delivery, and transition to operations costs; 

23 (B) includes a detailed project schedule 

24 through completion, subdivided by fiscal year, 

25 that details— 


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1 (i) quantities planned for each fiscal 

2 year; and 

3 (ii) major acquisition and project 

4 events, including development of oper5 ational requirements, contracting actions, 

6 design reviews, production, delivery, test 

7 and evaluation, and transition to oper8 ations, including necessary training, shore 

9 infrastructure, and logistics; 

10 (C) notes and explains any deviations in 

11 cost, performance parameters, schedule, or esti12 mated date of completion from the original ac13 quisition program baseline and the most recent 

14 baseline approved by the Department of Home15 land Security’s Acquisition Review Board, if ap16 plicable; 

17 (D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to 

18 mission requirements by defining existing capa19 bilities of comparable legacy assets, identifying 

20 known capability gaps between such existing ca21 pabilities and stated mission requirements, and 

22 explaining how the acquisition of each asset will 

23 address such known capability gaps; 

24 (E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset 

25 and the date of the estimate on which such 


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1 costs are based, including all associated costs of 

2 major acquisitions systems infrastructure and 

3 transition to operations, delineated by purpose 

4 and fiscal year for the projected service life of 

5 the asset; 

6 (F) includes the earned value management 

7 system summary schedule performance index 

8 and cost performance index for each asset, if 

9 applicable; and 

10 (G) includes a phase-out and decommis11 sioning schedule delineated by fiscal year for 

12 each existing legacy asset that each asset is in13 tended to replace or recapitalize: 

14 Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast 

15 Guard shall ensure that amounts specified in the future16 years capital investment plan are consistent, to the max17 imum extent practicable, with proposed appropriations 

18 necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities 

19 of the Coast Guard in the President’s budget proposal for 

20 fiscal year 2017, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) 

21 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That any 

22 inconsistencies between the capital investment plan and 

23 proposed appropriations shall be identified and justified: 

24 Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Man25 agement and Budget shall not delay the submission of the 


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1 capital investment plan referred to by the preceding pro2 visos: Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 

3 Management and Budget shall have no more than a single 

4 period of 10 consecutive business days to review the cap5 ital investment plan prior to submission: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 

7 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

8 House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, 

9 Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Com10 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

11 of Representatives one day after the capital investment 

12 plan is submitted to the Office of Management and Budg13 et for review and the Director of the Office of Manage14 ment and Budget shall notify the Committees on Appro15 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

16 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

17 of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and 

18 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives when such 

19 review is completed. 

20 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

21 For necessary expenses for applied scientific re22 search, development, test, and evaluation; and for mainte23 nance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and 

24 equipment; as authorized by law; $18,019,000, to remain 

25 available until September 30, 2018, of which $500,000 


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1 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 

2 to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil 

3 Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): Provided, 

4 That there may be credited to and used for the purposes 

5 of this appropriation funds received from State and local 

6 governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 

7 foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, devel8 opment, testing, and evaluation. 

9 RETIRED PAY

10 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 

11 otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur12 pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

13 Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for ca14 reer status bonuses, concurrent receipts, and combat-re15 lated special compensation under the National Defense 

16 Authorization Act, and payments for medical care of re17 tired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of 

18 title 10, United States Code, $1,604,000,000, to remain 

19 available until expended. 

20 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 

23 Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 

24 for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger 

25 motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the 


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1 United States; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses 

2 at such rates as may be determined by the Director of 

3 the United States Secret Service; rental of buildings in 

4 the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard 

5 booths, and other facilities on private or other property 

6 not in Government ownership or control, as may be nec7 essary to perform protective functions; payment of per 

8 diem or subsistence allowances to employees in cases in 

9 which a protective assignment on the actual day or days 

10 of the visit of a protectee requires an employee to work 

11 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at a post of duty; 

12 conduct of and participation in firearms matches; presen13 tation of awards; travel of United States Secret Service 

14 employees on protective missions without regard to the 

15 limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act 

16 if approval is obtained in advance from the Committees 

17 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep18 resentatives; research and development; grants to conduct 

19 behavioral research in support of protective research and 

20 operations; and payment in advance for commercial ac21 commodations as may be necessary to perform protective 

22 functions; $1,837,165,000; of which not to exceed $19,125 

23 shall be for official reception and representation expenses; 

24 of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide tech25 nical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement 


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1 organizations in counterfeit investigations; of which 

2 $2,366,000 shall be for forensic and related support of 

3 investigations of missing and exploited children; of which 

4 $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related to 

5 investigations of missing and exploited children and shall 

6 remain available until September 30, 2017; and of which 

7 not less than $10,000,000 shall be for activities related 

8 to training in electronics crimes investigations and 

9 forensics: Provided, That $18,000,000 for protective travel 

10 shall remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided 

11 further, That, of the amounts made available under this 

12 heading for security improvements at the White House 

13 complex, $8,200,000 shall remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2017: Provided further, That $4,500,000 for 

15 National Special Security Events shall remain available 

16 until expended: Provided further, That the United States 

17 Secret Service is authorized to obligate funds in anticipa18 tion of reimbursements from Federal agencies and enti19 ties, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States 

20 Code, for personnel receiving training sponsored by the 

21 James J. Rowley Training Center, except that total obliga22 tions at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total 

23 budgetary resources available under this heading at the 

24 end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the 

25 funds made available under this heading shall be available 


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1 to compensate any employee for overtime in an annual 

2 amount in excess of $35,000, except that the Secretary 

3 of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, 

4 may waive that amount as necessary for national security 

5 purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

6 available to the United States Secret Service by this Act 

7 or by previous appropriations Acts may be made available 

8 for the protection of the head of a Federal agency other 

9 than the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided fur10 ther, That the Director of the United States Secret Service 

11 may enter into an agreement to provide such protection 

12 on a fully reimbursable basis: Provided further, That none 

13 of the funds made available to the United States Secret 

14 Service by this Act or by previous appropriations Acts may 

15 be obligated for the purpose of opening a new permanent 

16 domestic or overseas office or location unless the Commit17 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

18 Representatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 

19 obligation: Provided further, That, for purposes of section 

20 503(b) of this Act, $15,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

21 is less, may be transferred between Protection of Persons 

22 and Facilities and Domestic Field Operations. 


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1 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

2 RELATED EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for acquisition, construction, 

4 repair, alteration, and improvement of physical and tech5 nological infrastructure, $86,974,000; of which 

6 $26,432,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2020, shall be for acquisition, construction, improvement, 

8 and maintenance of the James J. Rowley Training Center; 

9 and of which $60,542,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2018, shall be for Information Integration and 

11 Technology Transformation program execution. 

12 TITLE III 

13 PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 

14 RECOVERY 

15 NATIONAL PROTECTION AND PROGRAMS DIRECTORATE

16 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

17 For the management and administration of the Na18 tional Protection and Programs Directorate, and support 

19 for operations and information technology, $57,971,000: 

20 Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official 

21 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

22 That the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2017, 

23 submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

24 States Code, shall be detailed by office, and by program, 


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1 project, and activity level, for the National Protection and 

2 Programs Directorate. 

3 INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION AND INFORMATION

4 SECURITY

5 For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection 

6 and information security programs and activities, as au7 thorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

8 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $1,297,000,000, of which 

9 $271,363,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2017. 

11 FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

12 The revenues and collections of security fees credited 

13 to this account shall be available until expended for nec14 essary expenses related to the protection of federally 

15 owned and leased buildings and for the operations of the 

16 Federal Protective Service: Provided, That the Director of 

17 the Federal Protective Service shall submit at the time 

18 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 is 

19 submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

20 States Code, a strategic human capital plan that aligns 

21 fee collections to personnel requirements based on a cur22 rent threat assessment. 

23 OFFICE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

24 For necessary expenses for the Office of Biometric 

25 Identity Management, as authorized by section 7208 of 


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1 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

2 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1365b), $283,265,000: Provided, That, of 

3 the total amount made available under this heading, 

4 $159,054,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2018. 

6 OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Health Af8 fairs, $122,924,000; of which $25,865,000 is for salaries 

9 and expenses and $83,278,000 is for BioWatch oper10 ations: Provided, That, of the amount made available 

11 under this heading, $13,781,000 shall remain available 

12 until September 30, 2017, for biosurveillance, chemical de13 fense, medical and health planning and coordination, and 

14 workforce health protection. 

15 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency 

18 Management Agency, $928,806,000, including activities 

19 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

20 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

22 seq.), the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act of 2000 (divi23 sion C, title I, 114 Stat. 583), the Earthquake Hazards 

24 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the De25 fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et 


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1 seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act 

2 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404, 405), Reorganization Plan No. 

3 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the National Dam Safety Pro4 gram Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.), the Homeland Security 

5 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the Implementing Rec6 ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Pub7 lic Law 110–53), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 

8 Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Post-Katrina 

9 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 

10 109–295; 120 Stat. 1394), the Biggert-Waters Flood In11 surance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 

12 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Afford13 ability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89): Provided, That 

14 not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and 

15 representation expenses: Provided further, That, of the 

16 total amount made available under this heading, 

17 $35,180,000 shall be for the Urban Search and Rescue 

18 Response System, of which none is available for Federal 

19 Emergency Management Agency administrative costs: 

20 Provided further, That, of the total amount made available 

21 under this heading, $27,500,000 shall remain available 

22 until September 30, 2017, for capital improvements and 

23 other expenses related to continuity of operations at the 

24 Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Provided 

25 further, That, of the total amount made available, 


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1 $3,422,000 shall be for the Office of National Capital Re2 gion Coordination: Provided further, That the Adminis3 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in 

4 consultation with the Department of Homeland Security 

5 Chief Information Officer, shall submit to the Committees 

6 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep7 resentatives an expenditure plan including results to date, 

8 plans for the program, and a list of projects with associ9 ated funding provided from prior appropriations and pro10 vided by this Act for automated systems. 

11 STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS

12 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

13 other activities, $1,500,000,000, which shall be allocated 

14 as follows: 

15 (1) $467,000,000 shall be for the State Home16 land Security Grant Program under section 2004 of 

17 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), 

18 of which $55,000,000 shall be for Operation 

19 Stonegarden: Provided, That, notwithstanding sub20 section (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 

21 2016, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make 

22 available to local and tribal governments amounts 

23 provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under 

24 this paragraph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) 

25 of such section 2004. 


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1 (2) $600,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area 

2 Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Home3 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which 

4 not less than $25,000,000 shall be for organizations 

5 (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 

6 Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 

7 section 501(a) of such code) determined by the Sec8 retary of Homeland Security to be at high risk of a 

9 terrorist attack. 

10 (3) $100,000,000 shall be for Public Transpor11 tation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assist12 ance, and Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance 

13 under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Imple14 menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

15 Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1135, 

16 1163, and 1182), of which not less than 

17 $10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security: Provided, 

18 That such public transportation security assistance 

19 shall be provided directly to public transportation 

20 agencies. 

21 (4) $100,000,000 shall be for Port Security 

22 Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107. 

23 (5) $233,000,000 shall be to sustain current 

24 operations for training, exercises, technical assist25 ance, and other programs, of which $162,991,000 


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1 shall be for training of State, local, and tribal emer2 gency response providers: 

3 Provided, That, for grants under paragraphs (1) through 

4 (4), applications for grants shall be made available to eligi5 ble applicants not later than 60 days after the date of en6 actment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall submit 

7 applications not later than 80 days after the grant an8 nouncement, and the Administrator of the Federal Emer9 gency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 

10 the receipt of an application: Provided further, That, not11 withstanding section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Secu12 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)) or any other provi13 sion of law, a grantee may not use more than 5 percent 

14 of the amount of a grant made available under this head15 ing for expenses directly related to administration of the 

16 grant: Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs 

17 (1) and (2), the installation of communications towers is 

18 not considered construction of a building or other physical 

19 facility: Provided further, That grantees shall provide re20 ports on their use of funds, as determined necessary by 

21 the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, 

22 That, notwithstanding section 509 of this Act, the Admin23 istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

24 may use the funds provided in paragraph (5) to acquire 

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1 priately extending the security buffer zones around Fed2 eral Emergency Management Agency training facilities. 

3 FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS

4 For grants for programs authorized by the Federal 

5 Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 

6 et seq.), $680,000,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2017, of which $340,000,000 shall be available 

8 to carry out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and 

9 $340,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 

10 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

11 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS

12 For emergency management performance grants, as 

13 authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

14 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

16 seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 

17 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 

18 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $350,000,000. 

19 RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM

20 The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 

21 2016, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Vet22 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 

23 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 

24 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the 

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1 curity necessary for its radiological emergency prepared2 ness program for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the 

3 methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be 

4 fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such 

5 services, including administrative costs of collecting such 

6 fees: Provided further, That fees received under this head7 ing shall be deposited in this account as offsetting collec8 tions and will become available for authorized purposes on 

9 October 1, 2016, and remain available until expended. 

10 UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION

11 For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Ad12 ministration and for other purposes, as authorized by the 

13 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 

14 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and the Homeland Security Act of 

15 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $44,000,000. 

16 DISASTER RELIEF FUND

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert 

19 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $7,374,693,000, to remain avail21 able until expended, of which $24,000,000 shall be trans22 ferred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of 

23 Inspector General for audits and investigations related to 

24 disasters: Provided, That the Administrator of the Federal 

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1 ture plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen2 ate and the House of Representatives detailing the use of 

3 the funds made available in this or any other Act for dis4 aster readiness and support not later than 60 days after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 

6 the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

7 Agency shall submit to such Committees a semiannual re8 port detailing obligations against the expenditure plan and 

9 a justification for any changes from the initial plan: Pro10 vided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 

11 Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

13 of Representatives the following reports, including a spe14 cific description of the methodology and the source data 

15 used in developing such reports— 

16 (1) an estimate of the following amounts shall 

17 be submitted for the budget year at the time that 

18 the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 

19 is submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 

20 United States Code— 

21 (A) the unobligated balance of funds to be 

22 carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 

23 budget year; 


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1 (B) the unobligated balance of funds to be 

2 carried over from the budget year to the budget 

3 year plus 1; 

4 (C) the amount of obligations for non-cata5 strophic events for the budget year; 

6 (D) the amount of obligations for the 

7 budget year for catastrophic events delineated 

8 by event and by State; 

9 (E) the total amount that has been pre10 viously obligated or will be required for cata11 strophic events delineated by event and by State 

12 for all prior years, the current year, the budget 

13 year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year 

14 plus 2, and the budget year plus 3 and beyond; 

15 (F) the amount of previously obligated 

16 funds that will be recovered for the budget 

17 year; 

18 (G) the amount that will be required for 

19 obligations for emergencies, as described in sec20 tion 102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

21 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 5122(1)), major disasters, as described 

23 in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis24 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

25 U.S.C. 5122(2)), fire management assistance 


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1 grants, as described in section 420 of the Rob2 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

3 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activi4 ties, and disaster readiness and support activi5 ties; and 

6 (H) the amount required for activities not 

7 covered under section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the 

8 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con9 trol Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii); 

10 Public Law 99–177); and 

11 (2) an estimate or actual amounts, if available, 

12 of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 

13 submitted not later than the fifth day of each month 

14 and shall be published by the Administrator on the 

15 Agency’s Web site not later than the fifth day of 

16 each month— 

17 (A) a summary of the amount of appro18 priations made available by source, the trans19 fers executed, the previously allocated funds re20 covered, and the commitments, allocations, and 

21 obligations made; 

22 (B) a table of disaster relief activity delin23 eated by month, including— 

24 (i) the beginning and ending balances; 


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1 (ii) the total obligations to include 

2 amounts obligated for fire assistance, 

3 emergencies, surge, and disaster support 

4 activities; 

5 (iii) the obligations for catastrophic 

6 events delineated by event and by State; 

7 and 

8 (iv) the amount of previously obli9 gated funds that are recovered; 

10 (C) a summary of allocations, obligations, 

11 and expenditures for catastrophic events delin12 eated by event; 

13 (D) in addition, for a disaster declaration 

14 related to Hurricane Sandy, the cost of the fol15 lowing categories of spending: public assistance, 

16 individual assistance, mitigation, administrative, 

17 operations, and any other relevant category (in18 cluding emergency measures and disaster re19 sources); and 

20 (E) the date on which funds appropriated 

21 will be exhausted: 

22 Provided further, That the Administrator shall publish on 

23 the Agency’s Web site not later than 5 days after an 

24 award of a public assistance grant under section 406 of 

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1 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) the specifics of the grant 

2 award: Provided further, That, for any mission assignment 

3 or mission assignment task order to another Federal de4 partment or agency regarding a major disaster, not later 

5 than 5 days after the issuance of the mission assignment 

6 or task order, the Administrator shall publish on the 

7 Agency’s Web site the following: the name of the impacted 

8 State and the disaster declaration for such State, the as9 signed agency, the assistance requested, a description of 

10 the disaster, the total cost estimate, and the amount obli11 gated: Provided further, That, not later than 10 days after 

12 the last day of each month until the mission assignment 

13 or task order is completed and closed out, the Adminis14 trator shall update any changes to the total cost estimate 

15 and the amount obligated: Provided further, That, of the 

16 amount provided under this heading, $6,712,953,000 shall 

17 be for major disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. 

18 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That the 

20 amount in the preceding proviso is designated by the Con21 gress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

22 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 FLOOD HAZARD MAPPING AND RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses, including administrative 

3 costs, under section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance 

4 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), and under sections 

5 100215, 100216, 100226, 100230, and 100246 of the 

6 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, 

7 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), $190,000,000, and 

8 such additional sums as may be provided by State and 

9 local governments or other political subdivisions for cost10 shared mapping activities under section 1360(f)(2) of such 

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available until ex12 pended. 

13 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

14 For activities under the National Flood Insurance 

15 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster 

16 Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the 

17 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 

18 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Home19 owner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public 

20 Law 113–89, 128 Stat. 1020): $181,198,000, which shall 

21 remain available until September 30, 2017, and shall be 

22 derived from offsetting amounts collected under section 

23 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 

24 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which $25,299,000 shall be available 

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1 ment and flood insurance operations and $155,899,000 

2 shall be available for flood plain management and flood 

3 mapping: Provided, That any additional fees collected pur4 suant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 

5 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as an 

6 offsetting collection to this account, to be available for 

7 flood plain management and flood mapping: Provided fur8 ther, That, in fiscal year 2016, no funds shall be available 

9 from the National Flood Insurance Fund under section 

10 1310 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 

11 (1) $133,252,000 for operating expenses; 

12 (2) $1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes 

13 of agents; 

14 (3) such sums as are necessary for interest on 

15 Treasury borrowings; and 

16 (4) $175,000,000 which shall remain available 

17 until expended, for flood mitigation actions and for 

18 flood mitigation assistance under section 1366 of the 

19 National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

20 4104c), notwithstanding subsection (e) of section 

21 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

22 (42 U.S.C. 4104c) and notwithstanding subsection 

23 (a)(7) of section 1310 of the National Flood Insur24 ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017): 


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1 Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 

2 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 

3 U.S.C. 4012a) and section 1366(e) of the National Flood 

4 Insurance Act of 1968 shall be deposited in the National 

5 Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts speci6 fied as available for section 1366 of the National Flood 

7 Insurance Act of 1968, notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), 

8 section 1366(e), and paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 

9 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 

10 4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administra11 tive costs shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropria12 tion: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 is available 

13 to carry out section 24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance 

14 Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4033). 

15 NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND

16 For the predisaster mitigation grant program under 

17 section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

18 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), 

19 $100,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER

21 To carry out the emergency food and shelter program 

22 pursuant to title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As23 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.), $100,000,000, to 

24 remain available until expended: Provided, That total ad25 ministrative costs shall not exceed 3.5 percent of the total 


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1 amount made available under this heading: Provided fur2 ther, That the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

3 Management Agency shall transfer funds appropriated 

4 under this heading to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban 

5 Development, Homeless Assistance Grants’’: Provided fur6 ther, That, when funds are transferred pursuant to the 

7 previous proviso, notwithstanding the references to the 

8 Administrator in 42 U.S.C. 11331 through 11335 and 

9 11341, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

10 shall carry out the functions of the Administrator with re11 spect to the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, in12 cluding with respect to the National Board: Provided fur13 ther, That the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

14 and the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

15 shall execute an Interagency Agreement within 60 days 

16 of the date of enactment of this Act detailing how the pro17 gram will be transitioned and ensuring that the program 

18 structure continues consistent with current law: Provided 

19 further, That the President’s budget for fiscal year 2017 

20 submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

21 States Code, shall include language effectuating the trans22 fer: Provided further, That the Administrator shall be ac23 countable for any amounts obligated from the ‘‘Federal 

24 Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Food and 

25 Shelter’’ 70 × 0707 account prior to the date of enactment 


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1 of this Act until such time as all funds have been expended 

2 and all recoveries have been transferred to ‘‘Department 

3 of Housing and Urban Development, Homeless Assistance 

4 Grants’’. 

5 TITLE IV 

6 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND 

7 SERVICES 

8 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

9 SERVICES

10 For necessary expenses for citizenship and immigra11 tion services, $119,671,000 for the E-Verify Program, as 

12 described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration Re13 form and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 

14 1324a note), to assist United States employers with main15 taining a legal workforce: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

16 any other provision of law, funds otherwise made available 

17 to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

18 may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up 

19 to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the 

20 Administrator of General Services does not provide vehi21 cles for lease: Provided further, That the Director of 

22 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services may 

23 authorize employees who are assigned to those areas to 

24 use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ resi25 dences and places of employment. 


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1 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforce4 ment Training Center, including materials and support 

5 costs of Federal law enforcement basic training; the pur6 chase of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and 

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles; expenses for student ath8 letic and related activities; the conduct of and participa9 tion in firearms matches and presentation of awards; pub10 lic awareness and enhancement of community support of 

11 law enforcement training; room and board for student in12 terns; a flat monthly reimbursement to employees author13 ized to use personal mobile phones for official duties; and 

14 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

15 States Code; $219,443,000; of which up to $59,908,000 

16 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, for mate17 rials and support costs of Federal law enforcement basic 

18 training; of which $300,000 shall remain available until 

19 expended to be distributed to Federal law enforcement 

20 agencies for expenses incurred participating in training ac21 creditation; and of which not to exceed $7,180 shall be 

22 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro23 vided, That the Center is authorized to obligate funds in 

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1 tions at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total 

2 budgetary resources available at the end of the fiscal year: 

3 Provided further, That section 1202(a) of Public Law 

4 107–206 (42 U.S.C. 3771 note), as amended under this 

5 heading in division F of Public Law 113–76, is further 

6 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘December 31, 2018’’: Provided further, That the Director 

8 of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall 

9 schedule basic or advanced law enforcement training, or 

10 both, at all four training facilities under the control of the 

11 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure that 

12 such training facilities are operated at the highest capacity 

13 throughout the fiscal year: Provided further, That the Fed14 eral Law Enforcement Training Accreditation Board, in15 cluding representatives from the Federal law enforcement 

16 community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved 

17 in law enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law 

18 enforcement training accreditation process to continue the 

19 implementation of measuring and assessing the quality 

20 and effectiveness of Federal law enforcement training pro21 grams, facilities, and instructors. 

22 ACQUISITIONS, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

23 RELATED EXPENSES

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1 cility improvements, and related expenses of the Federal 

2 Law Enforcement Training Center, $26,453,000, to re3 main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 

4 the Center is authorized to accept reimbursement to this 

5 appropriation from government agencies requesting the 

6 construction of special use facilities. 

7 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

8 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

9 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 

10 Secretary for Science and Technology and for manage11 ment and administration of programs and activities, as 

12 authorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 

13 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $130,431,000: Provided, 

14 That not to exceed $7,650 shall be for official reception 

15 and representation expenses. 

16 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND

17 OPERATIONS

18 For necessary expenses for science and technology re19 search, including advanced research projects, development, 

20 test and evaluation, acquisition, and operations as author21 ized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

22 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), and the purchase or lease of not 

23 to exceed 5 vehicles, $634,435,000 shall remain available 

24 until September 30, 2018. 


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1 DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE

2 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries and expenses of the Domestic Nuclear 

4 Detection Office, as authorized by title XIX of the Home5 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), for man6 agement and administration of programs and activities, 

7 $37,518,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 

8 be for official reception and representation expenses. 

9 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS

10 For necessary expenses for radiological and nuclear 

11 research, development, testing, evaluation, and operations, 

12 $196,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2018. 

14 SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

15 For necessary expenses for the Domestic Nuclear De16 tection Office acquisition and deployment of radiological 

17 detection systems in accordance with the global nuclear 

18 detection architecture, $86,745,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2018. 

20 TITLE V 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

24 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

25 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 


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1 SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 

2 of this Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropria3 tions provided for activities in this Act may be transferred 

4 to appropriation accounts for such activities established 

5 pursuant to this Act, may be merged with funds in the 

6 applicable established accounts, and thereafter may be ac7 counted for as one fund for the same time period as origi8 nally enacted. 

9 SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

10 provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

11 in or transferred to the Department of Homeland Security 

12 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

13 year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

14 of the United States derived by the collection of fees avail15 able to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 

16 for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

17 funds that— 

18 (1) creates a new program, project, or activity; 

19 (2) eliminates a program, project, office, or ac20 tivity; 

21 (3) increases funds for any program, project, or 

22 activity for which funds have been denied or re23 stricted by the Congress; 

24 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

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1 tions of the Senate or the House of Representatives 

2 for a different purpose; or 

3 (5) contracts out any function or activity for 

4 which funding levels were requested for Federal full5 time equivalents in the object classification tables 

6 contained in the fiscal year 2016 Budget Appendix 

7 for the Department of Homeland Security, as modi8 fied by the report accompanying this Act, unless the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

10 House of Representatives are notified 15 days in ad11 vance of such reprogramming of funds. 

12 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 

13 by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies in or 

14 transferred to the Department of Homeland Security that 

15 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

16 year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

17 of the United States derived by the collection of fees or 

18 proceeds available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 

19 be available for obligation or expenditure for programs, 

20 projects, or activities through a reprogramming of funds 

21 in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

22 that— 

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1 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist2 ing program, project, or activity; 

3 (3) reduces by 10 percent the numbers of per4 sonnel approved by the Congress; or 

5 (4) results from any general savings from a re6 duction in personnel that would result in a change 

7 in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap8 proved by the Congress, unless the Committees on 

9 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep10 resentatives are notified 15 days in advance of such 

11 reprogramming of funds. 

12 (c) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

13 made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart14 ment of Homeland Security by this Act or provided by 

15 previous appropriations Acts may be transferred between 

16 such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 

17 otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

18 than 10 percent by such transfers: Provided, That any 

19 transfer under this section shall be treated as a re20 programming of funds under subsection (b) and shall not 

21 be available for obligation unless the Committees on Ap22 propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa23 tives are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer. 

24 (d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 

25 this section, no funds shall be reprogrammed within or 


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1 transferred between appropriations based upon an initial 

2 notification provided after June 30, except in extraor3 dinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety 

4 of human life or the protection of property. 

5 (e) The notification thresholds and procedures set 

6 forth in this section shall apply to any use of deobligated 

7 balances of funds provided in previous Department of 

8 Homeland Security Appropriations Acts. 

9 SEC. 504. The Department of Homeland Security 

10 Working Capital Fund, established pursuant to section 

11 403 of Public Law 103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), shall 

12 continue operations as a permanent working capital fund 

13 for fiscal year 2016: Provided, That none of the funds ap14 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

15 of Homeland Security may be used to make payments to 

16 the Working Capital Fund, except for the activities and 

17 amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal year 2016 budg18 et: Provided further, That funds provided to the Working 

19 Capital Fund shall be available for obligation until ex20 pended to carry out the purposes of the Working Capital 

21 Fund: Provided further, That all departmental components 

22 shall be charged only for direct usage of each Working 

23 Capital Fund service: Provided further, That funds pro24 vided to the Working Capital Fund shall be used only for 

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1 vided further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be 

2 paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will return 

3 the full cost of each service: Provided further, That the 

4 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

5 of Representatives shall be notified of any activity added 

6 to or removed from the fund: Provided further, That the 

7 Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 

8 Security shall submit a quarterly execution report with ac9 tivity level detail, not later than 30 days after the end of 

10 each quarter. 

11 SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

12 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

13 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016, as re14 corded in the financial records at the time of a reprogram15 ming request, but not later than June 30, 2016, from ap16 propriations for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2016 

17 in this Act shall remain available through September 30, 

18 2017, in the account and for the purposes for which the 

19 appropriations were provided: Provided, That, prior to the 

20 obligation of such funds, a request shall be submitted to 

21 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

22 House of Representatives for approval in accordance with 

23 section 503 of this Act. 

24 SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intel25 ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 


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1 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na2 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 

3 year 2016 until the enactment of an Act authorizing intel4 ligence activities for fiscal year 2016. 

5 SEC. 507. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 

6 and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 

7 be used to— 

8 (1) make or award a grant allocation, grant, 

9 contract, other transaction agreement, or task or de10 livery order on a Department of Homeland Security 

11 multiple award contract, or to issue a letter of intent 

12 totaling in excess of $1,000,000; 

13 (2) award a task or delivery order requiring an 

14 obligation of funds in an amount greater than 

15 $10,000,000 from multi-year Department of Home16 land Security funds; or 

17 (3) announce publicly the intention to make or 

18 award items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) includ19 ing a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition 

20 Regulation. 

21 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive 

22 the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary noti23 fies the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

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1 in advance of making an award or issuing a letter as de2 scribed in that subsection. 

3 (c) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 

4 that compliance with this section would pose a substantial 

5 risk to human life, health, or safety, an award may be 

6 made without notification, and the Secretary shall notify 

7 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

8 House of Representatives not later than 5 full business 

9 days after such an award is made or letter issued. 

10 (d) A notification under this section— 

11 (1) may not involve funds that are not available 

12 for obligation; and 

13 (2) shall include the amount of the award; the 

14 fiscal year for which the funds for the award were 

15 appropriated; the type of contract; and the account 

16 from which the funds are being drawn. 

17 (e) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

18 Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appro19 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

20 5 full business days in advance of announcing publicly the 

21 intention of making an award under ‘‘State and Local 

22 Programs’’. 

23 SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, no agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any ad25 ditional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing 


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1 locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal 

2 law enforcement training without advance notification to 

3 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

4 House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 

5 Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the 

6 temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, 

7 or other agreement for training that cannot be accommo8 dated in existing Center facilities. 

9 SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be used for expenses 

11 for any construction, repair, alteration, or acquisition 

12 project for which a prospectus otherwise required under 

13 chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, has not been 

14 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended 

15 for each project for required expenses for the development 

16 of a proposed prospectus. 

17 SEC. 510. (a) Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the De18 partment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 

19 (division E of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 

20 2074) shall apply with respect to funds made available in 

21 this Act in the same manner as such sections applied to 

22 funds made available in that Act. 

23 (b) The third proviso of section 537 of the Depart24 ment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (6 


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1 U.S.C. 114), shall hereafter not apply with respect to 

2 funds made available in this or any other Act. 

3 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used in contravention of the applicable provi5 sions of the Buy American Act. For purposes of the pre6 ceding sentence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means 

7 chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

8 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used to amend the oath of allegiance required 

10 by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

11 (8 U.S.C. 1448). 

12 SEC. 513. Not later than 30 days after the last day 

13 of each month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart14 ment of Homeland Security shall submit to the Commit15 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

16 Representatives a monthly budget and staffing report for 

17 that month that includes total obligations of the Depart18 ment for that month for the fiscal year at the appropria19 tion and program, project, and activity levels, by the 

20 source year of the appropriation: Provided, That total obli21 gations for staffing shall also be provided by subcategory 

22 of on-board and funded full-time equivalent staffing levels, 

23 respectively: Provided further, That the report shall specify 

24 the number of, and total obligations for, contract employ25 ees for each office of the Department. 


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1 SEC. 514. Except as provided in section 44945 of title 

2 49, United States Code, funds appropriated or transferred 

3 to Transportation Security Administration ‘‘Aviation Se4 curity’’, ‘‘Administration’’, and ‘‘Transportation Security 

5 Support’’ for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 that are recov6 ered or deobligated shall be available only for the procure7 ment or installation of explosives detection systems, air 

8 cargo, baggage, and checkpoint screening systems, subject 

9 to notification: Provided, That semiannual reports shall be 

10 submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 Senate and the House of Representatives on any funds 

12 that are recovered or deobligated. 

13 SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

14 may be used to process or approve a competition under 

15 Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for serv16 ices provided by employees (including employees serving 

17 on a temporary or term basis) of United States Citizen18 ship and Immigration Services of the Department of 

19 Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Infor20 mation Officers, Immigration Service Analysts, Contact 

21 Representatives, Investigative Assistants, or Immigration 

22 Services Officers. 

23 SEC. 516. Any funds appropriated to ‘‘Coast Guard, 

24 Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’ for fiscal 

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1 123 foot patrol boat conversion that are recovered, col2 lected, or otherwise received as the result of negotiation, 

3 mediation, or litigation, shall be available until expended 

4 for the Fast Response Cutter program. 

5 SEC. 517. The functions of the Federal Law Enforce6 ment Training Center instructor staff shall be classified 

7 as inherently governmental for the purpose of the Federal 

8 Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 

9 note). 

10 SEC. 518. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security 

11 shall submit a report not later than October 15, 2016, 

12 to the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland 

13 Security listing all grants and contracts awarded by any 

14 means other than full and open competition during fiscal 

15 year 2016. 

16 (b) The Inspector General shall review the report re17 quired by subsection (a) to assess Departmental compli18 ance with applicable laws and regulations and report the 

19 results of that review to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later 

21 than February 15, 2017. 

22 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used by United States Citizenship and Immi24 gration Services to grant an immigration benefit unless 

25 the results of background checks required by law to be 


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1 completed prior to the granting of the benefit have been 

2 received by United States Citizenship and Immigration 

3 Services, and the results do not preclude the granting of 

4 the benefit. 

5 SEC. 520. Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act 

6 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Until Sep8 tember 30, 2015,’’ and inserting ‘‘Until September 

9 30, 2016,’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘September 

11 30, 2015,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016,’’. 

12 SEC. 521. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

13 require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland 

14 Security that provide award fees link such fees to success15 ful acquisition outcomes (which outcomes shall be speci16 fied in terms of cost, schedule, and performance). 

17 SEC. 522. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 

19 shall be used to approve a waiver of the navigation and 

20 vessel-inspection laws pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 501(b) for 

21 the transportation of crude oil distributed from the Stra22 tegic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland 

23 Security, after consultation with the Secretaries of the De24 partments of Energy and Transportation and representa25 tives from the United States flag maritime industry, takes 


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1 adequate measures to ensure the use of United States flag 

2 vessels: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

4 of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

5 and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 

6 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep7 resentatives within 2 business days of any request for 

8 waivers of navigation and vessel-inspection laws pursuant 

9 to 46 U.S.C. 501(b). 

10 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act for U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used 

12 to prevent an individual not in the business of importing 

13 a prescription drug (within the meaning of section 801(g) 

14 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) from im15 porting a prescription drug from Canada that complies 

16 with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Provided, 

17 That this section shall apply only to individuals trans18 porting on their person a personal-use quantity of the pre19 scription drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided 

20 further, That the prescription drug may not be— 

21 (1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 

22 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

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1 (2) a biological product, as defined in section 

2 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 262). 

4 SEC. 524. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

5 to reduce the United States Coast Guard’s Operations 

6 Systems Center mission or its government-employed or 

7 contract staff levels. 

8 SEC. 525. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

9 consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall no10 tify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

11 the House of Representatives of any proposed transfers 

12 of funds available under section 9703.1(g)(4)(B) of title 

13 31, United States Code (as added by Public Law 102– 

14 393) from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture 

15 Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland 

16 Security: Provided, That none of the funds identified for 

17 such a transfer may be obligated until the Committees on 

18 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Represent19 atives approve the proposed transfers. 

20 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be used for planning, testing, piloting, or devel22 oping a national identification card. 

23 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

24 may be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, 

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1 Circular A–76 for activities performed with respect to the 

2 Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 

3 SEC. 528. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), and 30 

5 days after the date on which the President determines 

6 whether to declare a major disaster because of an event 

7 and any appeal is completed, the Administrator shall pub8 lish on the Web site of the Federal Emergency Manage9 ment Agency a report regarding that decision that shall 

10 summarize damage assessment information used to deter11 mine whether to declare a major disaster. 

12 (b) The Administrator may redact from a report 

13 under subsection (a) any data that the Administrator de14 termines would compromise national security. 

15 (c) In this section— 

16 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad17 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

18 Agency; and 

19 (2) the term ‘‘major disaster’’ has the meaning 

20 given that term in section 102 of the Robert T. 

21 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 

23 SEC. 529. Any official that is required by this Act 

24 to report or to certify to the Committees on Appropria25 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives may 


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1 not delegate such authority to perform that act unless spe2 cifically authorized herein. 

3 SEC. 530. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

5 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

6 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

7 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

8 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

9 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

10 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

11 at the United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo 

12 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

13 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used for first-class travel by the employees 

15 of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

16 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Fed17 eral Regulations. 

18 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used to employ workers described in section 

20 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

21 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 

22 SEC. 533. Funds made available in this Act may be 

23 used to alter operations within the Civil Engineering Pro24 gram of the Coast Guard nationwide, including civil engi25 neering units, facilities design and construction centers, 


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1 maintenance and logistics commands, and the Coast 

2 Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 

3 in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any 

4 Civil Engineering Unit unless specifically authorized by a 

5 statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

6 SEC. 534. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

8 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

9 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

10 judged to be below satisfactory performance or perform11 ance that does not meet the basic requirements of a con12 tract. 

13 SEC. 535. In developing any process to screen avia14 tion passengers and crews for transportation or national 

15 security purposes, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

16 shall ensure that all such processes take into consideration 

17 such passengers’ and crews’ privacy and civil liberties con18 sistent with applicable laws, regulations, and guidance. 

19 SEC. 536. (a) Notwithstanding section 1356(n) of 

20 title 8, United States Code, of the funds deposited into 

21 the Immigration Examinations Fee Account, up to 

22 $10,000,000 may be allocated by United States Citizen23 ship and Immigration Services in fiscal year 2016 for the 

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1 (b) None of the funds made available to United 

2 States Citizenship and Immigration Services for grants for 

3 immigrant integration may be used to provide services to 

4 aliens who have not been lawfully admitted for permanent 

5 residence. 

6 SEC. 537. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office 

7 of the Under Secretary for Management’’, $212,303,000, 

8 to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses 

9 to plan, acquire, design, construct, renovate, remediate, 

10 equip, furnish, improve infrastructure, and occupy build11 ings and facilities for the department headquarters con12 solidation project and associated mission support consoli13 dation: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall re15 ceive an expenditure plan not later than 90 days after the 

16 date of enactment of the Act detailing the allocation of 

17 these funds. 

18 SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De20 partment of Homeland Security to enter into any Federal 

21 contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance 

22 with the requirements of subtitle I of title 41, United 

23 States Code or chapter 137 of title 10, United States 

24 Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 


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1 contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered 

2 into without regard to the above referenced statutes. 

3 SEC. 539. (a) For an additional amount for financial 

4 systems modernization, $36,113,000 to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2017. 

6 (b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for finan7 cial systems modernization may be transferred by the Sec8 retary of Homeland Security between appropriations for 

9 the same purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 

10 (c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur 

11 until 15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of 

12 the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified 

13 of such transfer. 

14 SEC. 540. Notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation 

15 contained in section 503(c) of this Act, the Secretary of 

16 Homeland Security may transfer to the fund established 

17 by 8 U.S.C. 1101 note, up to $20,000,000 from appro18 priations available to the Department of Homeland Secu19 rity: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Com20 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

21 of Representatives 5 days in advance of such transfer. 

22 SEC. 541. The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

23 Border Protection and the Assistant Secretary of Home24 land Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce25 ment shall, with respect to fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, 


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1 and 2019, submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of the Senate and the House of Representatives, at the 

3 time that the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 

4 2017 is submitted pursuant to the requirements of section 

5 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the information 

6 required in the multi-year investment and management 

7 plans required, respectively, under the heading ‘‘U.S. Cus8 toms and Border Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’ 

9 under title II of division D of the Consolidated Appropria10 tions Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74); under the heading 

11 ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Security 

12 Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’ under such 

13 title; and by section 568 of such Act. 

14 SEC. 542. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

15 ensure enforcement of all immigration laws (as defined in 

16 section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

17 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))). 

18 SEC. 543. (a) None of the funds made available in 

19 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

20 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

21 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

22 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

23 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

24 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi25 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 


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1 SEC. 544. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to 

3 facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi4 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus5 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless 

6 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu7 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

8 SEC. 545. None of the funds provided in this or any 

9 other Act may be obligated to implement the National Pre10 paredness Grant Program or any other successor grant 

11 programs unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 

12 SEC. 546. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used to provide funding for the position of 

14 Public Advocate, or a successor position, within U.S. Im15 migration and Customs Enforcement. 

16 SEC. 547. Section 559(e)(3)(D) of Public Law 113– 

17 76 is amended by striking ‘‘five pilots per year’’ and in18 serting ‘‘10 pilots per year’’. 

19 SEC. 548. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance 

21 of more than 50 employees of a single component of the 

22 Department of Homeland Security, who are stationed in 

23 the United States, at a single international conference un24 less the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a designee, 

25 determines that such attendance is in the national interest 


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1 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen2 ate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 

3 days of that determination and the basis for that deter4 mination: Provided, That for purposes of this section the 

5 term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference 

6 occurring outside of the United States attended by rep7 resentatives of the United States Government and of for8 eign governments, international organizations, or non9 governmental organizations: Provided further, That the 

10 total cost to the Department of Homeland Security of any 

11 such conference shall not exceed $500,000. 

12 SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 

13 or any other Act may be used by the Administrator of 

14 the Transportation Security Administration to implement, 

15 administer, or enforce, in abrogation of the responsibility 

16 described in section 44903(n)(1) of title 49, United States 

17 Code, any requirement that airport operators provide air18 port-financed staffing to monitor exit points from the ster19 ile area of any airport at which the Transportation Secu20 rity Administration provided such monitoring as of De21 cember 1, 2013. 

22 SEC. 550. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department 

24 or agency for its participation in a National Special Secu25 rity Event. 


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1 SEC. 551. With the exception of countries with 

2 preclearance facilities in service prior to 2013, none of the 

3 funds made available in this Act may be used for new U.S. 

4 Customs and Border Protection air preclearance agree5 ments entering into force after February 1, 2014, unless: 

6 (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 

7 with the Secretary of State, has certified to Congress that 

8 air preclearance operations at the airport provide a home9 land or national security benefit to the United States; (2) 

10 U.S. passenger air carriers are not precluded from oper11 ating at existing preclearance locations; and (3) a U.S. 

12 passenger air carrier is operating at all airports con13 templated for establishment of new air preclearance oper14 ations. 

15 SEC. 552. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Fire16 fighter Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waiv17 ers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), 

18 (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 

19 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 

20 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

21 SEC. 553. (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall not— 

23 (1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any 

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1 Southern border or the Northern border at a land 

2 port of entry; or 

3 (2) conduct any study relating to the imposition 

4 of a border crossing fee. 

5 (b) BORDER CROSSING FEE DEFINED.—In this sec6 tion, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a fee that 

7 every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of a 

8 private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege 

9 of crossing the Southern border or the Northern border 

10 at a land port of entry. 

11 SEC. 554. (a) DEPOSITS OF PAYMENTS PENDING

12 AMENDMENT OF REGULATION.—Notwithstanding the 

13 provisions of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset 

14 Act, 19 U.S.C. 1675c (2000), repealed by section 7601(a) 

15 of subtitle F of title VII of Public Law 109–171, 120 Stat. 

16 4, 154 (Feb. 8, 2006) as amended by section 822(2)(A) 

17 of Public Law 111–291 and section 504 of Public Law 

18 111–312 (Dec 17, 2010) (collectively, the CDSOA), none 

19 of the funds appropriated in this or previous appropria20 tions Acts or otherwise made available to the Department 

21 of Homeland Security may be used to deposit any payment 

22 tendered by a surety under, or in connection with, a cus23 toms bond on an entry for which the duties and 19 U.S.C. 

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1 ury other than an unavailable receipt account (020– 

2 5688.003) related to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy 

3 Offset account (020 × 5688) until the Commissioner of 

4 U.S. Customs and Border Protection completes the rule5 making process concerning the amendment of section 

6 24.3a(c)(4) of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations: Pro7 vided, That the payment referenced in the previous proviso 

8 is limited to a payment pursuant to a court ordered award 

9 or judgment entered as a result of a lawsuit that was filed 

10 by the Government against the surety from whom pay11 ment was obtained if that lawsuit was for the purpose of 

12 collecting duties or interest owed on that particular entry, 

13 or a settlement of any such lawsuit between the Govern14 ment and the surety that was executed after the time that 

15 the lawsuit was filed by the Government: Provided further, 

16 That once the rulemaking process concerning the amend17 ment of section 24.3a(c)(4) of title 19, Code of Federal 

18 Regulations, is complete, funds subject to CDSOA dis19 tribution shall then be transferred into the Antidumping 

20 and Countervailing Duties, Continued Dumping and Sub21 sidy Offset receipt account (020 × 5688.001) for distribu22 tion in accordance with the provisions of the CDSOA and 

23 shall be allocated between principal and interest in accord24 ance with the amended section 24.3a(c)(4) of title 19, 

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1 the provision of section 24.3a(c)(4) of title 19, Code of 

2 Federal Regulations, that was in effect at the time that 

3 the payment was made to the Government: Provided fur4 ther, That the funds that are not subject to CDSOA dis5 tribution shall be transferred into other accounts as other6 wise provided by law: Provided further, That authority to 

7 enforce compliance with this section is vested exclusively 

8 in Congress and nothing in this section is intended to, or 

9 does, create a private right of action against the Govern10 ment. 

11 (b) AUTHORITY TO AMEND REGULATION.—For this 

12 fiscal year and hereafter, notwithstanding 6 U.S.C. 212 

13 and Treasury Department Order No. 100–16, 1(a)(i), the 

14 Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is 

15 hereby granted authority to approve amendment of section 

16 24.3a(c)(4) of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations, to 

17 amend the order in which a payment is allocated between 

18 principal and interest for only those payments described 

19 in subsection (a): Provided, That the authority provided 

20 to the Commissioner by this section includes the authority 

21 to allocate a payment, as defined above, between the forms 

22 of interest a surety owes, including interest pursuant to 

23 19 U.S.C. 1677g, sections 580 and 1505 of title 19, Code 

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1 SEC. 555. Of the unobligated balance available to 

2 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, Disaster Relief 

3 Fund’’, $1,025,062,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, 

4 That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

5 were designated by the Congress as an emergency require6 ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 

7 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

8 Act of 1985: Provided further, That no amounts may be 

9 rescinded from the amounts that were designated by the 

10 Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

11 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 SEC. 556. As authorized by section 601(b) of the 

14 United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Im15 plementation Act (Public Law 112–42) fees collected from 

16 passengers arriving from Canada, Mexico, or an adjacent 

17 island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of the Consolidated 

18 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 

19 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 

20 SEC. 557. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

21 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex22 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

23 language as part of the President’s budget submission to 

24 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

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1 Department of Homeland Security that assumes revenues 

2 or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user 

3 fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior 

4 to the submission of the budget unless such budget sub5 mission identifies which additional spending reductions 

6 should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not 

7 enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee 

8 of conference for the fiscal year 2017 appropriations Act. 

9 SEC. 558. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

11 available, including any funds or fees collected or other12 wise made available for expenditure, by this or any other 

13 Act of this or any other fiscal year may be used to imple14 ment, administer, carry-out, or enforce Executive Order 

15 13690 (80 Fed. Reg. 6425; relating to the Federal Flood 

16 Risk Management Standard) or the amendments made by 

17 such Order. 

18 SEC. 559. Notwithstanding the limitations as to 

19 threshold, time, and condition of section 503 of this Act, 

20 the Secretary may propose to reprogram or transfer to the 

21 Coast Guard for the Offshore Patrol Cutter Project: (1) 

22 discretionary appropriations made available by this Act, 

23 to remain available until September 30, 2017, and (2) the 

24 unobligated balances of discretionary appropriations made 

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1 propriations Acts: Provided, That any amounts proposed 

2 for reprogramming or transfer under this section shall not 

3 be available for obligation until the Committees on Appro4 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

5 approve of such reprogramming or transfer: Provided fur6 ther, That this section shall not apply to amounts that 

7 were (1) classified as being in the revised security cat8 egory, as defined under section 250(c)(4)(D) of the Bal9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

10 as amended (BBEDCA); (2) designated by the Congress 

11 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter12 rorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 

13 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or BBEDCA; or (3) 

14 designated as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

15 251(b)(2)(D) of BBEDCA. 

16 SEC. 560. None of the funds made available to the 

17 Department of Homeland Security by this or any other 

18 Act may be obligated for any structural pay reform that 

19 affects more than 100 full-time equivalent employee posi20 tions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year be21 fore the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date 

22 on which the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to 

23 Congress a notification that includes— 

24 (1) the number of full-time equivalent employee 

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1 (2) funding required for such change for the 

2 current year and through the Future Years Home3 land Security Program; 

4 (3) justification for such change; and 

5 (4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to 

6 such change that were considered by the Depart7 ment. 

8 SEC. 561. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail9 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

10 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re11 quired to be submitted by the Committees on Appropria12 tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives in 

13 this Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 

14 that it shall serve the national interest. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

16 (1) the public posting of the report com17 promises homeland or national security; or 

18 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

19 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

20 do so only after such report has been made available to 

21 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

22 no less than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law. 

23 SEC. 562. Of amounts transferred to the Disaster As24 sistance Direct Loan Program pursuant to the Community 

25 Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–88), 


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1 $27,338,101 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 

2 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des3 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

4 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

5 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

6 1985. 

7 SEC. 563. The Administrator of the Federal Emer8 gency Management Agency shall transfer $56,872,752 in 

9 unobligated balances made available for the appropriations 

10 account for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

11 Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program Account’’ by 

12 section 4502 of Public Law 110–28 to the appropriations 

13 account for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

14 Disaster Relief Fund’’: Provided, That amounts trans15 ferred to such account under this section shall be available 

16 for any authorized purpose of such account: Provided fur17 ther, That amounts transferred pursuant to this section 

18 that were previously designated by the Congress as an 

19 emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu20 tion on the budget are designated by the Congress as an 

21 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

23 Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be transferred only 

24 if the President subsequently so designates the entire 

25 transfer and transmits such designation to the Congress. 


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1 SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be obligated or expended to sustain domestic 

3 prosecutions based on any charge related to the Arms 

4 Trade Treaty, or to implement the Treaty, until the Sen5 ate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty and 

6 the Senate and the House of Representatives adopt imple7 menting legislation for the Treaty. 

8 SEC. 565. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart9 ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are here10 by rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

11 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 

12 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 

13 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con14 current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 

15 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 

16 99–177): 

17 (1) $7,324,000 from unobligated prior year bal18 ances from ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’ from the Of19 fice of Intelligence and Analysis; 

20 (2) $7,000,000 from unobligated prior year bal21 ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

22 Automation Modernization’’; 

23 (3) $21,856,000 from unobligated prior year 

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1 tion, Border Security, Fencing, Infrastructure, and 

2 Technology’’; 

3 (4) $12,000,000 from unobligated prior year 

4 balances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec5 tion, Air and Marine Operations’’; 

6 (5) $4,500,000 from unobligated prior year bal7 ances from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

8 Construction and Facilities Management’’; and 

9 (6) $13,758,918 from ‘‘Federal Emergency 

10 Management Agency, National Predisaster Mitiga11 tion Fund’’ account 70 × 0716; 

12 (7) $5,800,000 from Public Law 112–74 under 

13 the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construc14 tion, and Improvements’’; 

15 (8) $16,445,000 from Public Law 113–76 

16 under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Con17 struction, and Improvements’’; 

18 (9) $28,000,000 from Public Law 114–4 under 

19 the heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administra20 tion, Aviation Security’’; 

21 (10) $5,000,000 from unobligated prior year 

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1 (11) $393,000 from Public Law 113–6 under 

2 the heading ‘‘Science and Technology, Research, De3 velopment, Acquisition, and Operations’’; 

4 (12) $8,500,000 from Public Law 113–76 

5 under the heading ‘‘Science and Technology, Re6 search, Development, Acquisition, and Operations’’; 

7 and 

8 (13) $1,107,000 from Public Law 114–4 under 

9 the heading ‘‘Science and Technology, Research, De10 velopment, Acquisition, and Operations’’. 

11 SEC. 566. From the unobligated balances made avail12 able in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

13 established by section 9703 of title 31, United States 

14 Code, (added by section 638 of Public Law 102–393), 

15 $175,000,000 shall be rescinded. 

16 VISA WAIVER PROGRAM COUNTRY DESIGNATION FOR

17 POLAND

18 SEC. 567. Notwithstanding any provision of section 

19 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

20 1187), the Secretary of Homeland Security may designate 

21 Poland as a program country under the visa waiver pro22 gram established by that section. 

23 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 

24 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 


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Calendar No. 250 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2131 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Departments of Comand for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, Agencies and Department of Homeland Security merce and Justice, and Science, and Related 

OCTOBER 6, 2015 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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