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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5926 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 541
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5926

                          [Report No. 114-699]

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
   Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2016

Mr. Cole, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
 bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
   Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2017, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    training and employment services

    For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (referred to in this Act as ``WIOA''), and the Second Chance Act of 
2007, $3,177,115,000, plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the 
amounts provided:
            (1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 
        activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment 
        and training activities, $2,729,832,000 as follows:
                    (A) $815,556,000 for adult employment and training 
                activities, of which $103,556,000 shall be available 
                for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, and 
                of which $712,000,000 shall be available for the period 
                October 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018;
                    (B) $873,416,000 for youth activities, which shall 
                be available for the period April 1, 2017 through June 
                30, 2018; and
                    (C) $1,040,860,000 for dislocated worker employment 
                and training activities, of which $180,860,000 shall be 
                available for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 
                2018, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 
                the period October 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018:
         Provided, That the funds available for allotment to outlying 
        areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the WIOA shall not 
        be subject to the requirements of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of 
        such Act; and
            (2) for national programs, $447,283,000 as follows:
                    (A) $120,000,000 for the dislocated workers 
                assistance national reserve, which shall be available 
                for the period October 1, 2016 through September 30, 
                2018: Provided, That funds provided to carry out 
                section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to provide 
                assistance to a State for statewide or local use in 
                order to address cases where there have been worker 
                dislocations across multiple sectors or across multiple 
                local areas and such workers remain dislocated; 
                coordinate the State workforce development plan with 
                emerging economic development needs; and train such 
                eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That, of 
                the funds provided under this subparagraph, $20,000,000 
                shall be made available for applications submitted in 
                accordance with section 170 of the WIOA for training 
                and employment assistance for workers dislocated from 
                coal mines and coal-fired power plants;
                    (B) $52,000,000 for Native American programs under 
                section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
                the period April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018;
                    (C) $81,896,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
                programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including 
                $75,885,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 
                70 percent shall be for employment and training 
                services), $5,517,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 
                (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
                permanent housing), and $494,000 for other 
                discretionary purposes, which shall be available for 
                the period April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018: 
                Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
                law or related regulation, the Department of Labor 
                shall take no action limiting the number or proportion 
                of eligible participants receiving related assistance 
                services or discouraging grantees from providing such 
                services;
                    (D) $84,534,000 for YouthBuild activities as 
                described in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be 
                available for the period April 1, 2017 through June 30, 
                2018;
                    (E) $14,775,000 for technical assistance activities 
                under section 168 of the WIOA, which shall be available 
                for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018;
                    (F) $88,078,000 for ex-offender activities, under 
                the authority of section 169 of the WIOA and section 
                212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be 
                available for the period April 1, 2017 through June 30, 
                2018: Provided, That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall 
                be for competitive grants to national and regional 
                intermediaries for activities that prepare young ex-
                offenders and school dropouts for employment, with a 
                priority for projects serving high-crime, high-poverty 
                areas;
                    (G) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality 
                Initiative, under the authority of section 169 of the 
                WIOA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 
                2017 through June 30, 2018.

                                job corps

                     (including transfer of funds)

    To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including Federal 
administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and 
other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training 
centers as authorized by the WIOA, $1,700,330,000, plus reimbursements, 
as follows:
            (1) $1,583,000,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall be 
        available for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018;
            (2) $85,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and 
        acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for 
        the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020, and which may 
        include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 
        of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor (referred 
        to in this title as ``Secretary'') may transfer up to 15 
        percent of such funds to meet the operational needs of such 
        centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies: Provided 
        further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the preceding 
        proviso shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 
        2018: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
        of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
        least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and
            (3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, which 
        shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 
        2016 through September 30, 2017:
 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to 
provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers.

            community service employment for older americans

    To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (referred 
to in this Act as ``OAA''), $434,371,000, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, and may be recaptured 
and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA.

              federal unemployment benefits and allowances

    For payments during fiscal year 2017 of trade adjustment benefit 
payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 
title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for 
training, employment and case management services, allowances for job 
search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses under 
part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 
1974, and including benefit payments, allowances, training, employment 
and case management services, and related State administration provided 
pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension 
Act of 2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act 
of 2015, $849,000,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary to 
be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period 
subsequent to September 15, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropriation provided under 
this heading may remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 245(c) of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)).

     state unemployment insurance and employment service operations

    For authorized administrative expenses, $89,066,000, together with 
not to exceed $3,400,103,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (``the 
Trust Fund''), of which:
            (1) $2,660,019,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 
        States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
        laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
        (including not less than $120,000,000 to conduct in-person 
        reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
        insurance improper payment reviews, and to provide reemployment 
        services and referrals to training as appropriate, for 
        claimants of unemployment insurance for ex-service members 
        under 5 U.S.C. 8521 et. seq. and for the claimants of regular 
        unemployment compensation who are profiled as most likely to 
        exhaust their benefits in each State, and $5,000,000 for 
        continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity 
        Center of Excellence), the administration of unemployment 
        insurance for Federal employees and for ex-service members as 
        authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, and the administration of 
        trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment 
        assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance under 
        the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade 
        Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and section 405(a) 
        of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and shall be 
        available for obligation by the States through December 31, 
        2017, except that funds used for automation shall be available 
        for Federal obligation through December 31, 2017, and for State 
        obligation through September 30, 2019, or, if the automation is 
        being carried out through consortia of States, for State 
        obligation through September 30, 2022, and for expenditure 
        through September 30, 2023, and funds for competitive grants 
        awarded to States for improved operations and to conduct in-
        person reemployment and eligibility assessments and 
        unemployment insurance improper payment reviews and provide 
        reemployment services and referrals to training, as 
        appropriate, shall be available for Federal obligation through 
        December 31, 2017, and for obligation by the States through 
        September 30, 2019, and funds for the Unemployment Insurance 
        Integrity Center of Excellence shall be available for 
        obligation by the State through September 30, 2018, and funds 
        used for unemployment insurance workloads experienced by the 
        States through September 30, 2017 shall be available for 
        Federal obligation through December 31, 2017;
            (2) $14,547,000 from the Trust Fund is for national 
        activities necessary to support the administration of the 
        Federal-State unemployment insurance system;
            (3) $642,771,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 
        $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for 
        grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-
        Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for 
        the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018;
            (4) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for national 
        activities of the Employment Service, including administration 
        of the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical 
        assistance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act;
            (5) $62,948,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
        administration of foreign labor certifications and related 
        activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act and 
        related laws, of which $48,666,000 shall be available for the 
        Federal administration of such activities, and $14,282,000 
        shall be available for grants to States for the administration 
        of such activities; and
            (6) $67,653,000 from the General Fund is to provide 
        workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop 
        system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be 
        available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2017 
        through June 30, 2018:
 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 
Unemployment (``AWIU'') for fiscal year 2017 is projected by the 
Department of Labor to exceed 2,453,000, an additional $28,600,000 from 
the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 
increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any 
increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social 
Security Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title III of 
the Social Security Act may be used by such State to assist other 
States in carrying out activities under such title III if the other 
States include areas that have suffered a major disaster declared by 
the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of the Social 
Security Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of the 
National Directory of New Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for 
grants to States under title III of the Social Security Act to make 
payments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 
Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a national one-
stop career center system, or which are used to support the national 
activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance, employment 
service, or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: Provided 
further, That States awarded competitive grants for improved operations 
under title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to 
support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 
insurance system, may award subgrants to other States under such 
grants, subject to the conditions applicable to the grants: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activities 
authorized under title III of the Social Security Act and the Wagner-
Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment 
Insurance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwithstanding 
cost allocation principles prescribed under the final rule entitled 
``Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit 
Requirements for Federal Awards'' at part 200 of title 2, Code of 
Federal Regulations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the 
request of a State participating in a consortium with other States, may 
reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the Social 
Security Act to other States participating in the consortium in order 
to carry out activities that benefit the administration of the 
unemployment compensation law of the State making the request: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may collect fees for the costs associated 
with additional data collection, analyses, and reporting services 
relating to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State 
and local governments, public and private institutions of higher 
education, and nonprofit organizations and may utilize such sums, in 
accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National 
Agricultural Workers Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to 
meet the information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018, for such purposes.
    

        advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds

    For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized 
by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, and to the 
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to the 
revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social Security 
Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and 
to the ``Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances'' account, such 
sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2018.

                         program administration

    For expenses of administering employment and training programs, 
$107,376,000, together with not to exceed $50,365,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund.

               Employee Benefits Security Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 
Administration, $174,000,000.

                  Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

               pension benefit guaranty corporation fund

    The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (``Corporation'') is 
authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance 
authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
program, including associated administrative expenses, through 
September 30, 2017, for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the 
funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2017 shall be 
available for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of 
$421,006,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $98,500,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2021, for costs associated with the 
acquisition, occupancy, and related costs of headquarters space: 
Provided further, That to the extent that the number of new plan 
participants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in 
fiscal year 2017, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 
shall be available through September 30, 2018, for obligation for 
administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated 
participants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 
amounts provided in this paragraph may be incurred for unforeseen and 
extraordinary pretermination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer 
program related expenses after approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate.

                         Wage and Hour Division

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, including 
reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees 
for inspection services rendered, $215,500,000.

                  Office of Labor-Management Standards

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management 
Standards, $41,129,000.

             Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs, $100,500,000.

                Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers' Compensation 
Programs, $117,000,000, together with $2,177,000 which may be expended 
from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 
44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.

                            special benefits

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except 
administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior 
fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits as 
provided for under the heading ``Civilian War Benefits'' in the Federal 
Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation 
Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act 
(50 U.S.C. App. 2004); obligations incurred under the War Hazards 
Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the 
additional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, $220,000,000, together 
with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent 
year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other benefits 
for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current year, for deposit 
into and to assume the attributes of the Employees' Compensation Fund 
established under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That amounts appropriated 
may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse an 
employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions 
of the salary of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, 
That balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2016, 
shall remain available until expended for the payment of compensation, 
benefits, and expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall 
be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from 
any other corporation or instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C. 
8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of 
administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of 
administration for employees of such fair share entities through 
September 30, 2017: Provided further, That of those funds transferred 
to this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of 
administration of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, $63,975,000 
shall be made available to the Secretary as follows:
            (1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data 
        processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, 
        $22,740,000;
            (2) For automated workload processing operations, including 
        document imaging, centralized mail intake, and medical bill 
        processing, $22,968,000;
            (3) For periodic roll disability management and medical 
        review, $16,668,000;
            (4) For program integrity, $1,401,000; and
            (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as 
        miscellaneous receipts:
 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person 
filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 5 U.S.C. 81, or 
the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, provide as part of 
such notice and claim, such identifying information (including Social 
Security account number) as such regulations may prescribe.

               special benefits for disabled coal miners

    For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 
of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107-275, $61,319,000, to remain 
available until expended.
    For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for costs incurred 
in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.
    For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2018, $16,000,000, to remain available until expended.

    administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness 
                           compensation fund

    For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $59,846,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may require that 
any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 
such claim such identifying information (including Social Security 
account number) as may be prescribed.

                    black lung disability trust fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust 
Fund (the ``Fund''), to remain available until expended, for payment of 
all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 
interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that Act. 
In addition, the following amounts may be expended from the Fund for 
fiscal year 2017 for expenses of operation and administration of the 
Black Lung Benefits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not 
to exceed $38,246,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs, ``Salaries and Expenses''; not to exceed 
$31,994,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ``Salaries and 
Expenses''; not to exceed $330,000 for transfer to Departmental 
Management, ``Office of Inspector General''; and not to exceed $356,000 
for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 
Department of the Treasury.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, $534,442,000, including not to exceed $102,000,000 
which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States under 
section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ``Act''), 
which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State 
occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred under 
plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 of the Act; and, in 
addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fiscal year of 
training institute course tuition and fees, otherwise authorized by law 
to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety and 
health training and education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2017, to collect and retain fees for services provided to 
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, 
in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer 
national and international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 
the safety of equipment and products used by workers in the workplace: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, 
administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under 
the Act which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 
operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 
or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under 
this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 
any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with respect to 
any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is included within a category 
having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (``DART'') occupational 
injury and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification 
code for which such data are published, less than the national average 
rate as such rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting 
through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 
of the Act, except--
            (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, 
        technical assistance, educational and training services, and to 
        conduct surveys and studies;
            (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 
        to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 
        found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for 
        violations which are not corrected within a reasonable 
        abatement period and for any willful violations found;
            (3) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
        to imminent dangers;
            (4) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
        to health hazards;
            (5) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
        to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or 
        more employees or which results in hospitalization of two or 
        more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 
        investigation authorized by the Act; and
            (6) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 
        to complaints of discrimination against employees for 
        exercising rights under the Act:
 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any 
person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a 
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees.

                 Mine Safety and Health Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $350,500,000, including purchase and bestowal of 
certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid 
work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up to 
$2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 
$10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That amounts 
available for State assistance grants may be used for the purchase and 
maintenance of new equipment required by the final rule entitled 
``Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Including 
Continuous Personal Dust Monitors'' published by the Department of 
Labor in the Federal Register on May 1, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 24813 et 
seq.), for operators that demonstrate financial need as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health and 
Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 
materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be available 
for mine safety and health education and training activities: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to 
$2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval and certification of 
equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize 
such sums for such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary is 
authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects 
in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: 
Provided further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration is 
authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the 
mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, 
and safety associations: Provided further, That the Secretary is 
authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a 
principal safety association and, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, may provide funds and, with or without reimbursement, 
personnel, including service of Mine Safety and Health Administration 
officials as officers in local chapters or in the national 
organization: Provided further, That any funds available to the 
Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to 
provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 
event of a major disaster.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for services rendered, $544,000,000, 
together with not to exceed $65,000,000 which may be expended from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 
Fund.

                 Office of Disability Employment Policy

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment 
Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award 
grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training 
and employment of people with disabilities, $38,203,000.

                        Departmental Management

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the 
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $280,879,000, together with not 
to exceed $308,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security 
Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That 
funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be 
used to administer or operate international labor activities, bilateral 
and multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, by or 
through contracts, grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided 
further, That $9,000,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall 
be available for obligation through September 30, 2018: Provided 
further, That funds available for program evaluation may be used to 
administer grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided further, That 
grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair 
and open competition: Provided further, That funds available for 
program evaluation may be transferred to any other appropriate account 
in the Department for such purpose: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: 
Provided further, That the funds available to the Women's Bureau may be 
used for grants to serve and promote the interests of women in the 
workforce: Provided further, That of the amounts made available to the 
Women's Bureau, up to $1,244,000 may be used for grants authorized by 
the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act.

                    veterans employment and training

    Not to exceed $235,520,000 may be derived from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry 
out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United 
States Code, of which:
            (1) $175,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants 
        under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support disabled veterans' 
        outreach program specialists under section 4103A of such title 
        and local veterans' employment representatives under section 
        4104(b) of such title, and for the expenses described in 
        section 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obligation 
        by the States through December 31, 2017, and not to exceed 3 
        percent for the necessary Federal expenditures for data systems 
        and contract support to allow for the tracking of participant 
        and performance information: Provided, That, in addition, such 
        funds may be used to support such specialists and 
        representatives in the provision of services to transitioning 
        members of the Armed Forces who have participated in the 
        Transition Assistance Program and have been identified as in 
        need of intensive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 
        are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in 
        military treatment facilities or warrior transition units, and 
        to the spouses or other family caregivers of such wounded, ill, 
        or injured members;
            (2) $14,600,000 is for carrying out the Transition 
        Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144;
            (3) $42,506,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 
        41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code; and
            (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans' Employment and 
        Training Services Institute under 38 U.S.C. 4109:
 Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the appropriations 
provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) above an amount not to exceed 
3 percent of the appropriation from which such reallocation is made.
    In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, $50,000,000 is 
for carrying out programs to assist homeless veterans and veterans at 
risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions 
under sections 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 
Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 
2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 30, 2017, to 
provide services under such section: Provided further, That services 
provided under section 2023 may include, in addition to services to the 
individuals described in subsection (e) of such section, services to 
veterans recently released from incarceration who are at risk of 
homelessness.

                            it modernization

    For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized 
infrastructure technology investment activities related to support 
systems and modernization, $33,698,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$85,840,000, together with not to exceed $5,660,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the 
Unemployment Trust Fund.

                           General Provisions

    Sec. 101.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the Job 
Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, 
either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate 
in excess of Executive Level II.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 102.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the 
Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 
project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall 
be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, 
That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not be used 
to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which 
no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
    Sec. 103.  In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 
shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods mined, 
produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole or 
in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host 
countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor 
prior to enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness 
and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 may be used for any purpose other 
than competitive grants for training individuals over the age of 16 who 
are not currently enrolled in school within a local educational agency 
in the occupations and industries for which employers are using H-1B 
visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 
support such training: Provided, That the preceding limitation shall 
not apply to funding provided pursuant to solicitations for grant 
applications issued prior to January 15, 2014.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ``Employment and Training Administration'' shall be used by a 
recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses 
of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 
in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to 
vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A-133. Where States are recipients of such funds, 
States may establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those 
receiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking 
into account factors including the relative cost-of-living in the 
State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local government 
employees, and the size of the organizations that administer Federal 
programs involved including Employment and Training Administration 
programs.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 106.  Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may transfer 
funds made available to the Employment and Training Administration by 
this Act, either directly or through a set-aside, for technical 
assistance services to grantees to ``Program Administration'' when it 
is determined that those services will be more efficiently performed by 
Federal employees: Provided, That this section shall not apply to 
section 171 of the WIOA.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 percent 
from each appropriation made available in this Act identified in 
subsection (b) in order to carry out evaluations of any of the programs 
or activities that are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved 
under this section shall be transferred to ``Departmental Management'' 
for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer within the 
Department of Labor, and shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That such funds shall only be available 
if the Chief Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits a 
plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried 
out 15 days in advance of any transfer.
    (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: ``Training and 
Employment Services'', ``Job Corps'', ``Community Service Employment 
for Older Americans'', ``State Unemployment Insurance and Employment 
Service Operations'', ``Employee Benefits Security Administration'', 
``Office of Workers' Compensation Programs'', ``Wage and Hour 
Division'', ``Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs'', 
``Office of Labor Management Standards'', ``Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration'', ``Mine Safety and Health Administration'', 
``Office of Disability Employment Policy'', funding made available to 
the ``Bureau of International Labor Affairs'' and ``Women's Bureau'' 
within the ``Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses'' account, 
and ``Veterans Employment and Training''.
    Sec. 108.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning 
October 1, 2016, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Agriculture may select an entity to operate a Civilian 
Conservation Center on a competitive basis in accordance with section 
147 of the WIOA, if the Secretary of Labor determines such Center has 
had consistently low performance under the performance accountability 
system in effect for the Job Corps program prior to July 1, 2016, or 
with respect to expected levels of performance established under 
section 159(c) of such Act beginning July 1, 2016.
    Sec. 109.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act providing funding for the Bureau of Land Management, National Park 
Service, and the Forest Service may be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce the Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors regulation 
published by the Department of Labor in the Federal Register on October 
7, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 60634 et seq.), with respect to Federal 
contracts, permits, or other contract-like instruments entered into 
with the Federal Government in connection with Federal property or 
lands, specifically related to offering seasonal recreational services 
or seasonal recreation equipment rental for the general public: 
Provided, That this section shall not apply to lodging and food 
services associated with seasonal recreation services.
    Sec. 110.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no rule 
issued by the Department of Labor pursuant to the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 regarding the Definition of the Term 
``Fiduciary''; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice, 
including the final rule published by the Department of Labor in the 
Federal Register on April 8, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 20945 et seq.), shall 
have an effective date or have any legal effect.
    Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule entitled ``Defining 
and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, 
Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees'' published by the 
Department of Labor in the Federal Register on May 23, 2016 (81 Fed. 
Reg. 32391 et seq.).
    Sec. 112. (a) Flexibility With Respect to the Crossing of H-2B 
Nonimmigrants.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), if a petition 
        for H-2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer is granted, the 
        employer may bring the nonimmigrants described in the petition 
        into the United States at any time during the 120-day period 
        beginning on the start date for which the employer is seeking 
        the services of the nonimmigrants without filing another 
        petition.
            (2) Requirements for crossings after 90th day.--An employer 
        may not bring H-2B nonimmigrants into the United States after 
        the date that is 90 days after the start date for which the 
        employer is seeking the services of the nonimmigrants unless 
        the employer--
                    (A) completes a new assessment of the local labor 
                market by--
                            (i) listing job orders in local newspapers 
                        on 2 separate Sundays; and
                            (ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
                        appropriate Department of Labor Electronic Job 
                        Registry and at the employer's place of 
                        employment; and
                    (B) offers the job to an equally or better 
                qualified United States worker who--
                            (i) applies for the job; and
                            (ii) will be available at the time and 
                        place of need.
            (3) Exemption from rules with respect to staggering.--The 
        Secretary of Labor shall not consider an employer who brings H-
        2B nonimmigrants into the United States during the 120-day 
        period specified in paragraph (1) to be staggering the date of 
        need in violation of section 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of 
        Federal Regulations, or any other applicable provision of law.
    (b) H-2B Nonimmigrants Defined.--In this section, the term ``H-2B 
nonimmigrants'' means aliens admitted to the United States pursuant to 
section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)).
    Sec. 113.  The determination of prevailing wage for the purposes of 
the H-2B program shall be the greater of--(1) the actual wage level 
paid by the employer to other employees with similar experience and 
qualifications for such position in the same location; or (2) the 
prevailing wage level for the occupational classification of the 
position in the geographic area in which the H-2B nonimmigrant will be 
employed, based on the best information available at the time of filing 
the petition. In the determination of prevailing wage for the purposes 
of the H-2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage surveys 
even in instances where Occupational Employment Statistics survey data 
are available unless the Secretary determines that the methodology and 
data in the provided survey are not statistically supported.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 114.  Of the funds made available under the heading 
``Employment and Training Administration-Training and Employment 
Services'' in division H of Public Law 114-113, $200,000,000 is 
rescinded, to be derived from the amount made available in paragraph 
(2)(A) under such heading for the period October 1, 2016, through 
September 30, 2017.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Labor Appropriations 
Act, 2017''.

                                TITLE II

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                          primary health care

    For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act 
(referred to in this Act as the ``PHS Act'') with respect to primary 
health care and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, 
$1,491,822,000: Provided, That no more than $400,000 shall be available 
until expended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the 
PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than $99,893,000 shall be 
available until expended for carrying out the provisions of Public Law 
104-73 and for expenses incurred by the Department of Health and Human 
Services (referred to in this Act as ``HHS'') pertaining to 
administrative claims made under such law.

                            health workforce

    For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS Act with 
respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 1921 of the Social 
Security Act, and the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, 
$823,706,000: Provided, That sections 747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), 762(k), and 
the proportional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of 
section 756(e) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available 
under this heading: Provided further, That for any program operating 
under section 751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this title as 
the ``Secretary'') may hereafter waive any of the requirements 
contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the 
full project period of a grant under such section: Provided further, 
That no funds shall be available for section 340G-1 of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That fees collected for the disclosure of information 
under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 
and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security Act shall be 
sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the programs 
authorized by such sections and shall remain available until expended 
for the National Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, That funds 
transferred to this account to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of 
part D of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year 
adjustments to awards made under such sections.

                       maternal and child health

    For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS Act with 
respect to maternal and child health, title V of the Social Security 
Act, and section 712 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, 
$845,117,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 
502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than $77,093,000 shall 
be available for carrying out special projects of regional and national 
significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,276,000 
shall be available for projects described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act.

                      ryan white hiv/aids program

    For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to the Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS program, $2,322,781,000, of which $1,970,881,000 shall 
remain available to the Secretary through September 30, 2019, for parts 
A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which not less than 
$900,313,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the 
authority of section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act.

                          health care systems

    For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with respect to 
health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 
2005, $109,193,000, of which $122,000 shall be available until expended 
for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease 
Center.

                              rural health

    For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with respect to 
rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety 
Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, 
$169,571,000, of which $45,609,000 from general revenues, 
notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be 
available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility 
grants program: Provided, That of the funds made available under this 
heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, $14,942,000 
shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant 
Program for quality improvement and adoption of health information 
technology and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants 
under section 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and implementation 
of telehealth services, including pilots and demonstrations on the use 
of electronic health records to coordinate rural veterans care between 
rural providers and the Department of Veterans Affairs electronic 
health record system: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
338J(k) of the PHS Act, $10,511,000 shall be available for State 
Offices of Rural Health.

                           program management

    For program support in the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, $155,000,000: Provided, That funds made available under 
this heading may be used to supplement program support funding provided 
under the headings ``Primary Health Care'', ``Health Workforce'', 
``Maternal and Child Health'', ``Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program'', 
``Health Care Systems'', and ``Rural Health''.

             vaccine injury compensation program trust fund

    For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust 
Fund (the ``Trust Fund''), such sums as may be necessary for claims 
associated with vaccine-related injury or death with respect to 
vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 
of title XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed 
$8,350,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary.

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                 immunization and respiratory diseases

    For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and section 2821 of 
the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, with respect 
to immunization and respiratory diseases, $410,766,000.

     hiv/aids, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and 
                        tuberculosis prevention

    For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the PHS Act 
with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted 
diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, $1,122,278,000.

               emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 2821 of the 
PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and 
section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to 
emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, $625,522,000.

            chronic disease prevention and health promotion

    For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the PHS 
Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and health promotion, 
$896,321,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this account may 
be available for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for 
not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided 
further, That of the funds available under this heading, $10,000,000 
shall be available to continue and expand community specific extension 
and outreach programs to combat obesity in counties with the highest 
levels of obesity: Provided further, That the proportional funding 
requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 
funds made available under this heading.

   birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health

    For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and 
health, $135,310,000.

                   public health scientific services

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to health statistics, surveillance, health informatics, and 
workforce development, $485,397,000.

                          environmental health

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to environmental health, $143,300,000.

                     injury prevention and control

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to injury prevention and control, $261,059,000: Provided, That 
of the funds provided under this heading, $90,000,000 shall be 
available for an evidence-based opioid drug overdose prevention 
program.

         national institute for occupational safety and health

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act, sections 
101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act, section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency 
Response Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, 
$329,100,000.

       energy employees occupational illness compensation program

    For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That this amount shall be available 
consistent with the provision regarding administrative expenses in 
section 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106-554.

                             global health

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to global health, $556,721,000, of which $128,421,000 for 
international HIV/AIDS shall remain available through September 30, 
2018: Provided, That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of 
official motor vehicles in foreign countries.

                public health preparedness and response

    For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 
respect to public health preparedness and response, and for expenses 
necessary to support activities related to countering potential 
biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian 
populations, $1,485,800,000, of which $610,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Strategic National Stockpile: 
Provided, That in the event the Director of the CDC activates the 
Emergency Operations Center, the Director of the CDC may detail CDC 
staff without reimbursement for up to 90 days to support the work of 
the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Director provides a 
notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of this 
authority and a full report within 30 days after use of this authority 
which includes the number of staff and funding level broken down by the 
originating center and number of days detailed: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be used to support a contract 
for the operation and maintenance of an aircraft in direct support of 
activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to address 
public health preparedness emergencies.

                        buildings and facilities

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, 
demolition, and renovation of facilities, $10,000,000, which shall 
remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds 
previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn 
Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement 
mine safety research facility: Provided further, That in addition, the 
prior year unobligated balance of any amounts assigned to former 
employees in accounts of CDC made available for Individual Learning 
Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the amounts made 
available under this heading to support the replacement of the mine 
safety research facility.

                cdc-wide activities and program support

    For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and section 2821 of 
the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support for 
activities funded in other appropriations included in this Act for the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $413,570,000: Provided, 
That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of 
the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading 
and in all other accounts of the CDC: Provided further, That employees 
of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civilian and commissioned 
officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations 
under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas 
assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting 
purposes only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling 
applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of detail 
or assignment: Provided further, That CDC may use up to $10,000 from 
amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of 
CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such sums as may be derived 
from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation 
charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with respect to 
the previous proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation 
Program and the Respirator Certification Program shall be available 
through September 30, 2018: Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, the Director of CDC shall enter into 
an arrangement with the National Academy of Medicine to develop a 
dietary reference intake report for sodium that takes into 
consideration studies on all-cause mortality: Provided further, That 
the CDC shall not carry out or support population-wide sodium reduction 
activities until after the date of publication of such report.

                     National Institutes of Health

                       national cancer institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to cancer, $5,338,444,000, of which up to $50,000,000 may be 
used for facilities repairs and improvements at the National Cancer 
Institute--Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development Center 
in Frederick, Maryland.

               national heart, lung, and blood institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and 
blood products, $3,190,474,000.

         national institute of dental and craniofacial research

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, $425,578,000.

    national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $1,862,093,000.

        national institute of neurological disorders and stroke

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $1,751,049,000.

         national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $4,738,883,000.

             national institute of general medical sciences

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to general medical sciences, $2,583,851,000, of which 
$791,598,000 shall be from funds available under section 241 of the PHS 
Act: Provided, That not less than $333,340,000 is provided for the 
Institutional Development Awards program.

  eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human 
                              development

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to child health and human development, $1,373,408,000.

                         national eye institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $735,576,000.

          national institute of environmental health sciences

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to environmental health sciences, $710,387,000.

                      national institute on aging

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to aging, $1,982,102,000.

 national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, 
$555,181,000.

    national institute on deafness and other communication disorders

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to deafness and other communication disorders, $434,126,000.

                 national institute of nursing research

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to nursing research, $150,008,000.

           national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $480,330,000.

                    national institute on drug abuse

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to drug abuse, $1,107,700,000.

                  national institute of mental health

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to mental health, $1,599,747,000.

                national human genome research institute

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to human genome research, $531,438,000.

      national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, 
$356,978,000.

        national center for complementary and integrative health

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to complementary and integrative health, $134,549,000.

      national institute on minority health and health disparities

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to minority health and health disparities research, 
$286,446,000.

                  john e. fogarty international center

    For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of 
the PHS Act), $72,141,000.

                      national library of medicine

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to health information communications, $403,086,000: Provided, 
That of the amounts available for improvement of information systems, 
$4,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2018: Provided 
further, That in fiscal year 2017, the National Library of Medicine may 
enter into personal services contracts for the provision of services in 
facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of 
the National Institutes of Health (referred to in this title as 
``NIH'').

          national center for advancing translational sciences

    For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to translational sciences, $712,795,000: Provided, That up to 
$25,835,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, 
relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at 
least $511,500,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 
Sciences Awards program.

                         office of the director

    For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the 
Director, NIH, $1,676,167,000, of which up to $30,000,000 may be used 
to carry out section 215 of this Act: Provided, That funding shall be 
available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only: Provided further, That all funds credited to the 
NIH Management Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after 
the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided further, That 
$165,000,000 shall be for the National Children's Study Follow-on: 
Provided further, That $763,039,000 shall be available for the Common 
Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
Director of the NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 
within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 
to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities as provided 
for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That up 
to $230,000,000 of the funds provided to the Common Fund are available 
to support the trans-NIH Precision Medicine Initiative: Provided 
further, That, of the funds from Institute, Center, and Office of the 
Director accounts within ``Department of Health and Human Services, 
National Institutes of Health,'' in order to strengthen privacy 
protections for human research participants, NIH shall require 
investigators receiving NIH funding for new and competing research 
projects designed to generate and analyze data derived from human 
research participants to obtain a certificate of confidentiality.
    In addition to other funds appropriated for the Common Fund 
established under section 402A(c) of the PHS Act, $12,600,000 is 
appropriated to the Common Fund from the 10-year Pediatric Research 
Initiative Fund described in section 9008 of title 26, United States 
Code, for the purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the 
PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as authorized in the 
Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act.

                        buildings and facilities

    For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renovation of, 
and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, 
including the acquisition of real property, $128,863,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2021.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

                             mental health

    For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect 
to mental health, and the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with 
Mental Illness Act, $1,126,628,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for carrying 
out section 520A shall be available for carrying out section 1971 of 
the PHS Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 
herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act 
to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 
section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection 
and evaluation activities, and further that the total available under 
this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of 
the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided 
further, That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 
funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2017: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 565(b)(1) of the PHS Act, technical 
assistance may be provided to a public entity to establish or operate a 
system of comprehensive community mental health services to children 
with a serious emotional disturbance, without regard to whether the 
public entity receives a grant under section 561(a) of such Act: 
Provided further, That States shall expend at least 10 percent of the 
amount each receives for carrying out section 1911 of the PHS Act to 
support evidence-based programs that address the needs of individuals 
with early serious mental illness, including psychotic disorders, 
regardless of the age of the individual at onset: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall 
be subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be to carry 
out section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113-93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note).

                        substance abuse treatment

    For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect to 
substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such Act with respect to 
substance abuse treatment and prevention, $2,108,202,000: Provided, 
That in addition to amounts provided herein, $81,200,000 shall be 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds 
otherwise available for substance abuse treatment activities and to 
carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 
section 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection 
and evaluation activities, and further that the total available under 
this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of 
the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided for section 1921 of 
the PHS Act shall be subject to section 241 of such Act.

                       substance abuse prevention

     For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect to 
substance abuse prevention, $194,148,000: Provided, That in addition to 
amounts provided herein, $17,000,000 shall be available under section 
241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds otherwise available for 
substance abuse prevention activities.
    In addition, for grants under title V of the PHS Act to States, 
political subdivisions of States, territories, tribes, and tribal 
organizations for the prevention and treatment of opioid abuse, 
including heroin abuse, and related health conditions, $500,000,000: 
Provided, That such amount shall not be subject to section 241 of the 
PHS Act: Provided further, That not more than 4 percent of such amount 
shall be available for Federal administrative expenses, training, 
technical assistance, and evaluation: Provided further, That in 
awarding such grants, the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration shall give highest priority to 
States, political subdivisions of States, territories, tribes, and 
tribal organizations that have the highest rate of opioid-related 
overdose deaths: Provided further, That prevention and treatment 
activities funded through such grants may include education, treatment 
(including the provision of medication), behavioral health services for 
individuals in treatment programs, referral to treatment services, and 
medical screening associated with such treatment.

                health surveillance and program support

    For program support and cross-cutting activities that supplement 
activities funded under the headings ``Mental Health'', ``Substance 
Abuse Treatment'', and ``Substance Abuse Prevention'' in carrying out 
titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy 
for Individuals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, $131,458,000: Provided, That in 
addition to amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to carry 
out national surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and 
analyze program data, and to conduct public awareness and technical 
assistance activities: Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be 
collected for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and 
data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a 
public or private entity upon request, which shall be credited to this 
appropriation and shall remain available until expended for such 
purposes: Provided further, That amounts made available in this Act for 
carrying out section 501(m) of the PHS Act shall remain available 
through September 30, 2018: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading may be used to supplement program support funding 
provided under the headings ``Mental Health'', ``Substance Abuse 
Treatment'', and ``Substance Abuse Prevention''.

               Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

                    healthcare research and quality

    For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, part A of title 
XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, 
$280,240,000: Provided, That section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not 
apply in fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That in addition, amounts 
received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and 
interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to this 
appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 2017.

               Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

                     grants to states for medicaid

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX 
of the Social Security Act, $262,003,967,000, to remain available until 
expended.
    For making, after May 31, 2017, payments to States under title XIX 
or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of 
the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2017 for 
unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary.
    For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 on 
behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2018, $125,219,452,000, to remain 
available until expended.
    Payment under such title XIX may be made for any quarter with 
respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such 
quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved in that 
or any subsequent quarter.

                  payments to health care trust funds

    For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under 
sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D-16 of the Social Security Act, 
sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, 
section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97-248, and for administrative expenses 
incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, 
$299,187,700,000.
    In addition, for making matching payments under section 1844 and 
benefit payments under section 1860D-16 of the Social Security Act that 
were not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as may be 
necessary.

                           program management

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, 
XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of the 
PHS Act, and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, 
not to exceed $3,093,690,000, to be transferred from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical 
Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 
Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance with 
section 353 of the PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social 
Security Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 302 
of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and such sums as may be 
collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That all funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 
9701 from organizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act 
shall be credited to and available for carrying out the purposes of 
this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is directed to 
collect fees in fiscal year 2016 from Medicare Advantage organizations 
pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from 
eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 
of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be used to support research, demonstration, and evaluation activities: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, $1,985,823,000 shall be for Program Operations and 
$710,533,000 shall be for Federal Administration: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used to 
support the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight or 
activities developed, administered, or implemented by the Center.
     In addition, not more than $385,438,000, shall be derived from 
offsetting collections through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act, 
Medicare Advantage, and Recovery Audit Contractors and shall be 
credited to this account and remain available until September 30, 2018: 
Provided, That no funds shall be derived from offsetting collections 
through fees collected from qualified health plans offered through an 
Exchange established under Public Law 111-148 to operate such an 
Exchange: Provided further, That offsetting collections collected under 
this authority by such Recovery Audit Contractors under section 1893 of 
the Social Security Act shall be used only as additional funds to 
educate health care providers on how to appropriately reduce errors, to 
support the Office of Medicare Appeals to reduce its backlog, and to 
establish a process to provide educational feedback from the Office of 
Medicare Appeals to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to 
reduce the claims overturn rate from the claims that are elevated to 
the Office of Medicare Appeals.

              health care fraud and abuse control account

    In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integrity 
and program management, $681,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2018, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, 
of which $486,120,000 shall be for the Medicare Integrity Program at 
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including 
administrative costs, to conduct oversight activities for Medicare 
Advantage under Part C and the Medicare Prescription Drug Program under 
Part D of the Social Security Act and for activities described in 
section 1893(b) of such Act, of which $67,200,000 shall be for the 
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to 
carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) 
of such Act, of which $67,200,000 shall be for the Medicaid and 
Children's Health Insurance Program (``CHIP'') program integrity 
activities, and of which $60,480,000 shall be for the Department of 
Justice to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 
1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report required by section 
1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2017 shall 
include measures of the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, 
waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 
funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $311,000,000 is provided to meet 
the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and $370,000,000 is 
additional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 
251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
support the full cost of the Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat 
health care fraud and abuse from the funds provided to this account.

                Administration for Children and Families

  payments to states for child support enforcement and family support 
                                programs

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV-D, X, 
XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 
1960, $3,010,631,000, to remain available until expended; and for such 
purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, $1,400,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.
    For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except 
as otherwise provided, titles I, IV-D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the 
Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months 
of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.

                   low income home energy assistance

    For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of section 2602 
of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, $3,490,304,000: 
Provided, That all but $591,000,000 of this amount shall be allocated 
as though the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 
2017 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 2609A(a), of the amounts appropriated under 
section 2602(b), not more than $2,988,000 of such amounts may be 
reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, training, and 
monitoring of program activities for compliance with internal controls, 
policies and procedures and may, in addition to the authorities 
provided in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with 
private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organizations.

                     refugee and entrant assistance

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance 
activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, 
and for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 
section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (``TVPA''), and the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, 
$1,674,691,000, of which $1,645,201,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2019 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 
235: Provided, That amounts available under this heading to carry out 
the TVPA shall also be available for research and evaluation with 
respect to activities under such Act and for the national 
communications system under section 107(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act (added 
under section 603 of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 
2015, P.L. 114-22) to assist victims of severe forms of trafficking in 
persons: Provided further, That the limitation in section 205 of this 
Act regarding transfers increasing any appropriation shall apply to 
transfers to appropriations under this heading by substituting ``10 
percent'' for ``3 percent''.

   payments to states for the child care and development block grant

    For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
2014 (``CCDBG Act''), $2,801,000,000 shall be used to supplement, not 
supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-
income families: Provided, That technical assistance under section 
658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, or through the use of 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or interagency agreements: 
Provided further, That all funds made available to carry out section 
418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including funds 
appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 or any other 
provision of law, shall be subject to the reservation of funds 
authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 658O(a) of the CCDBG 
Act.

                      social services block grant

    For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social 
Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable 
percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out 
State programs pursuant to title XX-A of such Act shall be 10 percent.

                children and families services programs

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and 
Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act, 
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of 
the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), 
part B-1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 
1115 of the Social Security Act; for making payments under the 
Community Services Block Grant Act (``CSBG Act''), and the Assets for 
Independence Act; for necessary administrative expenses to carry out 
titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX-A of the Social Security Act, 
the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
1981, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 
of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; and for the 
administration of prior year obligations made by the Administration for 
Children and Families under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance 
and Bill of Rights Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 
$11,382,896,000, of which $37,943,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2018, shall be for grants to States for adoption and 
legal guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 473A of 
the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions completed before 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That $9,309,724,000 shall be for making 
payments under the Head Start Act: Provided further, That of the amount 
in the previous proviso, $8,639,724,000 shall be available for payments 
under section 640 of the Head Start Act, of which $131,629,000 shall be 
available for a cost of living adjustment notwithstanding section 
640(a)(3)(A) of such Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
for making payments under the Head Start Act, $25,000,000 shall be 
available for allocation by the Secretary to supplement activities 
described in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of such Act 
under the Designation Renewal System, established under the authority 
of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12) and 645A(d) of such Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding such section 640, of the amount provided 
for making payments under the Head Start Act, and in addition to funds 
otherwise available under such section 640, $645,000,000 shall be 
available through March 31, 2018 for Early Head Start programs as 
described in section 645A of such Act, for conversion of Head Start 
services to Early Head Start services as described in section 
645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, for discretionary grants for high quality 
infant and toddler care through Early Head Start-Child Care 
Partnerships, to entities defined as eligible under section 645A(d) of 
such Act, for training and technical assistance for such activities, 
and for up to $14,000,000 in Federal costs of administration and 
evaluation, and, notwithstanding section 645A(c)(2) of such Act, these 
funds are available to serve children under age 4: Provided further, 
That funds described in the preceding two provisos shall not be 
included in the calculation of ``base grant'' in subsequent fiscal 
years, as such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act:  
Provided further, That $250,000,000 shall be available until December 
31, 2017 for carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student 
Succeeds Act: Provided further, That up to 3 percent of the funds in 
the previous proviso shall be available for technical assistance and 
evaluation related to grants awarded under such section 9212: Provided 
further, That $752,383,000 shall be for making payments under the CSBG 
Act: Provided further, That $37,733,000 shall be for sections 680 and 
678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not less than $29,883,000 shall be 
for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $7,500,000 shall be for section 
680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
section 675C(a)(3) of such Act to the extent Community Services Block 
Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible 
entity as provided under such Act, and have not been expended by such 
entity, they shall remain with such entity for carryover into the next 
fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent with program 
purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish 
procedures regarding the disposition of intangible assets and program 
income that permit such assets acquired with, and program income 
derived from, grant funds authorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act 
to become the sole property of such grantees after a period of not more 
than 12 years after the end of the grant period for any activity 
consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, 
That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity investments and 
other debt instruments, and program income may be used by grantees for 
any eligible purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG 
Act: Provided further, That these procedures shall apply to such grant 
funds made available after November 29, 1999: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be 
available for financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or 
investments in private business enterprises owned by community 
development corporations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue performance standards for entities receiving funds from State and 
territorial grantees under the CSBG Act, and such States and 
territories shall assure the implementation of such standards prior to 
September 30, 2017, and include information on such implementation in 
the report required by section 678E(2) of such Act: Provided further, 
That, to the extent funds for the Assets for Independence (AFI) Act 
provided in this Act are distributed as grant funds to a qualified 
entity and have not been expended by such entity within 3 years after 
the date of the award, such funds may be recaptured and, during the 
fiscal year of such recapture, reallocated among other qualified 
entities, to remain available to such entities for 5 years:  Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding section 404(5)(A)(i) of such Act, 
contributions to an individual development account shall be allowable 
through any mechanism allowed by the financial institution at which the 
account is held: Provided further, That $1,864,000 shall be for a human 
services case management system for federally declared disasters, to 
include a comprehensive national case management contract and Federal 
costs of administering the system: Provided further, That up to 
$2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting 
Information System, including grants to States to support data 
collection for a study of the system's effectiveness.

                   promoting safe and stable families

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 436 of the 
Social Security Act, $325,000,000 and, for carrying out, except as 
otherwise provided, section 437 of such Act, $79,765,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding sections 438(c)(3)(A) and 436(b)(2) of such Act, 
$10,000,000 shall be available for such section 436(b)(2), of which no 
funds shall be available for carrying out sections 438(c)(3)(A)(ii) and 
(iii) of such Act: Provided further, That of the funds available to 
carry out such section 437, $20,000,000 shall be reserved for allotment 
to Indian tribes or tribal consortia in accordance with subsection 
(c)(1) of such section (in addition to amounts otherwise reserved for 
such purpose under subsection (b)(3) of such section): Provided 
further, That for the purposes of applying subsection (b) of such 
section 437, the amount appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of such 
section for fiscal year 2017 shall be deemed to be $59,765,000: 
Provided further, That section 432(b)(2)(B) of such Act shall not apply 
to funds provided under this heading for fiscal year 2017:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 433(a) of such Act, each Indian 
tribe or tribal consortium with an approved plan shall receive an 
allotment of not less than $10,000.

                payments for foster care and permanency

    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E of the 
Social Security Act, $5,764,000,000.
    For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV-E of the 
Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, 
$2,500,000,000.
    For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except 
as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV-E of the Social Security 
Act, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated 
costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be 
necessary.

                  Administration for Community Living

                 aging and disability services programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 (``OAA''), titles III and XXIX of the PHS Act, 
sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, section 119 of the Medicare 
Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, title XX-B of the 
Social Security Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill 
of Rights Act, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, titles 
II and VII (and section 14 with respect to such titles) of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of 
policy and program activities that assist individuals with 
disabilities, $1,929,160,000, together with $52,115,000 to be 
transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 
4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That 
amounts appropriated under this heading may be used for grants to 
States under section 361 of the OAA only for disease prevention and 
health promotion programs and activities which have been demonstrated 
through rigorous evaluation to be evidence-based and effective: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
funds made available under this heading to carry out section 311 of the 
OAA may be transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance 
with such section: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to support alternative financing programs that 
provide for the purchase of assistive technology devices, such as a 
low-interest loan fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving loan 
fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: Provided further, That 
applicants shall provide an assurance that, and information describing 
the manner in which, the alternative financing program will expand and 
emphasize consumer choice and control: Provided further, That State 
agencies and community-based disability organizations that are directed 
by and operated for individuals with disabilities shall be eligible to 
compete: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading may be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 
102 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness 
Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue any legal action in a 
Federal or State court on behalf of an individual or group of 
individuals with a developmental disability (as defined in section 
102(8)(A) of the Developmental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of 
Rights Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to a 
mental impairment (or a combination of mental and physical 
impairments), that has as the requested remedy the closure of State 
operated intermediate care facilities for people with intellectual or 
developmental disabilities, unless reasonable public notice of the 
action has been provided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental 
incapacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically awarded 
authority by the courts to make healthcare and residential decisions on 
behalf of such individuals) who are affected by such action, within 90 
days of instituting such legal action, which informs such individuals 
(or such legal guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise 
such rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: 
Provided further, That the limitations in the immediately preceding 
proviso shall not apply in the case of an individual who is neither 
competent to consent nor has a legal guardian, nor shall the proviso 
apply in the case of individuals who are a ward of the State or subject 
to public guardianship.

                        Office of the Secretary

                    general departmental management

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 
departmental management, including hire of six passenger motor 
vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XXI, and section 229 
of the PHS Act, the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, 
and research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, 
$365,009,000, together with $58,028,000 from the amounts available 
under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national health or human 
services research and evaluation activities: Provided, That of this 
amount, $53,900,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment 
activities: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $20,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants which 
exclusively implement education in sexual risk avoidance (defined as 
voluntarily refraining from non-marital sexual activity): Provided 
further, That funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk 
avoidance shall use medically accurate information referenced to peer-
reviewed publications by educational, scientific, governmental, or 
health organizations; implement an evidence-based approach integrating 
research findings with practical implementation that aligns with the 
needs and desired outcomes for the intended audience; and teach the 
benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequencing for 
poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting 
sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors such 
as underage drinking or illicit drug use without normalizing teen 
sexual activity: Provided further, That no more than 10 percent of the 
funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be 
available for technical assistance and administrative costs of such 
programs: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for embryo 
adoption activities may be used to provide to individuals adopting 
embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, medical and 
administrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: Provided 
further, That such services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 
59.5(a)(4).

                office of medicare hearings and appeals

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare Hearings and 
Appeals, $107,381,000, to be transferred in appropriate part from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

  office of the national coordinator for health information technology

    For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and 
cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of 
interoperable health information technology, $65,367,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 
including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$85,000,000: Provided, That of such amount, necessary sums shall be 
available for providing protective services to the Secretary and 
investigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment 
is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228.

                        office for civil rights

    For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$38,798,000.

     retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers

    For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service 
Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the 
Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, 
and for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 
Dependents' Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required during 
the current fiscal year.

            public health and social services emergency fund

    For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering 
potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chemical, and 
cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and for other public 
health emergencies, $959,258,000, of which $520,000,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018, for expenses necessary to support 
advanced research and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS 
Act and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced 
Research and Development Authority: Provided, That funds provided under 
this heading for the purpose of acquisition of security countermeasures 
shall be in addition to any other funds available for such purpose: 
Provided further, That products purchased with funds provided under 
this heading may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in 
the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F-2 of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made available to 
support emergency operations shall remain available through September 
30, 2019.
    For expenses necessary for procuring security countermeasures (as 
defined in section 319F-2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act), $600,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.
    For an additional amount for expenses necessary to prepare for or 
respond to an influenza pandemic, $72,000,000; of which $40,000,000 
shall be available until expended, for activities including the 
development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical 
supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be used for 
the construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for the 
production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, if the 
Secretary finds such construction or renovation necessary to secure 
sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics.

                           General Provisions

    Sec. 201.  Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for 
not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary.
    Sec. 202.  None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be 
used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other 
extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.
    Sec. 203.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, except for funds 
specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and 
assessments made by any office located in HHS, prior to the preparation 
and submission of a report by the Secretary to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
the planned uses of such funds.
    Sec. 204.  Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS Act, such 
portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more than 2.4 
percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized under such 
Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 
or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of programs 
funded in this title.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 205.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for HHS in 
this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or 
activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, 
That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer.
    Sec. 206.  In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 338E(c)(2) 
of the PHS Act, terminations described in such section may occur up to 
60 days after the execution of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2017 
under section 338B of such Act.
    Sec. 207.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made 
available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act unless the 
applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages 
family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning 
services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist 
attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.
    Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider 
of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be exempt from any State 
law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child 
molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.
    Sec. 209.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including 
funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the 
Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary denies participation in 
such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider 
Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 
it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals 
for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall make appropriate 
prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity 
(based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of 
providing the service to such entity's enrollees): Provided further, 
That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare 
program's coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage 
organization described in this section shall be responsible for 
informing enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare 
covered services.
    Sec. 210.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.
    Sec. 211.  The Secretary shall make available through assignment 
not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in 
child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with 
funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United 
Nations International Children's Emergency Fund or the World Health 
Organization.
    Sec. 212.  In order for HHS to carry out international health 
activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic 
and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during 
fiscal year 2017:
            (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent to that 
        available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the 
        State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary 
        shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of 
        Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section 
        is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the 
        Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes 
        administered by the Department of State.
            (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds by 
        advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be 
        necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, 
        renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United 
        States for the use of HHS. The Department of State shall 
        cooperate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has 
        secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable 
        regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities 
        requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. 
        The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary 
        of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to make 
        available to public or nonprofit private institutions or 
        agencies in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 
        lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as 
        necessary to conduct programs of assistance for international 
        health activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS 
        and other infectious diseases, chronic and environmental 
        diseases, and other health activities abroad.
            (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel 
        appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, 
        allowances and benefits similar to those provided under chapter 
        9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 
        4081 through 4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by 
        the Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to provide 
        locality-based comparability payments (stated as a percentage) 
        up to the amount of the locality-based comparability payment 
        (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such 
        personnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code if 
        such personnel's official duty station were in the District of 
        Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 
        shall be on the same basis as that provided under subchapter I 
        of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 
        the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in the 
        Foreign Service.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 213.  The Director of the NIH, jointly with the Director of 
the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among 
institutes and centers from the total amounts identified by these two 
Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human 
immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 
days in advance of any transfer.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 214.  Of the amounts made available in this Act for NIH, the 
amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as 
jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Director of the 
Office of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the ``Office of 
AIDS Research'' account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research 
shall transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 
2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act.
    Sec. 215. (a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Director of NIH (``Director'') may use funds available under 
section 402(b)(7) or 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into 
transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) 
to carry out research identified pursuant to such section 402(b)(7) 
(pertaining to the Common Fund) or research and activities described in 
such section 402(b)(12).
    (b) Peer Review.--In entering into transactions under subsection 
(a), the Director may utilize such peer review procedures (including 
consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the Director 
determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and 
technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in 
lieu of the peer review and advisory council review procedures that 
would otherwise be required under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 
405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the PHS Act.
    Sec. 216.  Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appropriated by this 
Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health 
may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of facilities, as 
necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities 
authorized herein, at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 217.  Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 percent of the 
amount made available for National Research Service Awards (``NRSA'') 
shall be made available to the Administrator of the Health Resources 
and Services Administration to make NRSA awards for research in primary 
medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have received 
grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 
1 percent of the amount made available for NRSA shall be made available 
to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to 
make NRSA awards for health service research.
    Sec. 218.  In addition to amounts provided herein, payments made 
for research organisms or substances, authorized under section 301(a) 
of the PHS Act, shall be retained and credited to the appropriations 
accounts of the Institutes and Centers of the NIH making the substance 
or organism available under section 301(a). Amounts credited to the 
account under this authority shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2018.
    Sec. 219. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 
Authority (``BARDA'') may enter into a contract, for more than one but 
no more than 10 program years, for purchase of research services or of 
security countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F-
2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(c)(1)(B)), if--
            (1) funds are available and obligated--
                    (A) for the full period of the contract or for the 
                first fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; 
                and
                    (B) for the estimated costs associated with a 
                necessary termination of the contract; and
            (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year contract 
        will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by 
        encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy in 
        administration, performance, and operation of BARDA's programs.
    (b) A contract entered into under this section--
            (1) shall include a termination clause as described by 
        subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code; 
        and
            (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 
        requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section.
    Sec. 220. (a) The Secretary shall establish a publicly accessible 
Web site to provide information regarding the uses of funds made 
available under section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act of 2010 (``ACA'').
    (b) With respect to funds provided under section 4002 of the ACA, 
the Secretary shall include on the Web site established under 
subsection (a) at a minimum the following information:
            (1) In the case of each transfer of funds under section 
        4002(c), a statement indicating the program or activity 
        receiving funds, the operating division or office that will 
        administer the funds, and the planned uses of the funds, to be 
        posted not later than the day after the transfer is made.
            (2) Identification (along with a link to the full text) of 
        each funding opportunity announcement, request for proposals, 
        or other announcement or solicitation of proposals for grants, 
        cooperative agreements, or contracts intended to be awarded 
        using such funds, to be posted not later than the day after the 
        announcement or solicitation is issued.
            (3) Identification of each grant, cooperative agreement, or 
        contract with a value of $25,000 or more awarded using such 
        funds, including the purpose of the award and the identity of 
        the recipient, to be posted not later than 5 days after the 
        award is made.
            (4) A report detailing the uses of all funds transferred 
        under section 4002(c) during the fiscal year, to be posted not 
        later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year.
    (c) With respect to awards made in fiscal years 2013 through 2017, 
the Secretary shall also include on the Web site established under 
subsection (a), semi-annual reports from each entity awarded a grant, 
cooperative agreement, or contract from such funds with a value of 
$25,000 or more, summarizing the activities undertaken and identifying 
any sub-grants or sub-contracts awarded (including the purpose of the 
award and the identity of the recipient), to be posted not later than 
30 days after the end of each 6-month period.
    (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall--
            (1) present the information required in subsection (b)(1) 
        on a single webpage or on a single database;
            (2) ensure that all information required in this section is 
        directly accessible from the single webpage or database; and
            (3) ensure that all information required in this section is 
        able to be organized by program or State.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 221. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section 4002 of the 
ACA to the accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the 
activities specified under the heading ``Prevention and Public Health 
Fund'' in the committee report accompanying this Act.
    (b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the Secretary may 
not further transfer these amounts.
    (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under section 2821 
of the PHS Act shall be made available without reference to section 
2821(b) of such Act.
    Sec. 222. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal year 2018 
budget justification and on Departmental Web sites information 
concerning the employment of full-time equivalent Federal employees or 
contractors for the purposes of implementing, administering, enforcing, 
or otherwise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the amendments 
made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and each fiscal year 
since the enactment of the ACA.
    (b) With respect to employees or contractors supported by all funds 
appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA (and the amendments 
made by that Act), the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the 
following information:
            (1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such Act 
        under which such funds were appropriated, a statement 
        indicating the program, project, or activity receiving such 
        funds, the Federal operating division or office that 
        administers such program, and the amount of funding received in 
        discretionary or mandatory appropriations.
            (2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full-time 
        equivalent employees or contracted employees assigned to each 
        authorized and funded provision detailed in accordance with 
        paragraph (1).
    (c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude from 
the report employees or contractors who--
            (1) are supported through appropriations enacted in laws 
        other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior to 
        the passage of the ACA;
            (2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities 
        funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or
            (3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not a 
        requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts.
    Sec. 223.  The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal year 
2018 budget of the President submitted under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, information that details the uses of all funds 
used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services specifically for 
Health Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enactment of 
the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal year 2018. Such 
information shall include, for each such fiscal year, the amount of 
funds used for each activity specified under the heading ``Health 
Insurance Exchange Transparency''committee report accompanying this 
Act.
    Sec. 224. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
            (1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the Exchanges 
        established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
        Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments during the open 
        enrollment period; and
            (2) Notification of any new or competitive grant awards, 
        including supplements, authorized under section 330 of the 
        Public Health Service Act.
    (b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate must 
be notified at least 2 business days in advance of any public release 
of enrollment information or the award of such grants.
    Sec. 225.  None of the funds made available by this Act from the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Supplemental 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred from other accounts funded 
by this Act to the ``Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services--
Program Management'' account, may be used for payments under section 
1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111-148 (relating to risk corridors).

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 226. (a) The ``Nonrecurring expenses fund'' established in 
section 223 of division G of Public Law 110-161 is terminated, the 
amount of expired discretionary funds available for reappropriation by 
transfer into such Fund under such section is reduced to $0, and the 
unobligated balance of amounts available in such Fund is rescinded.
    (b) Section 223 of division G of Public Law 110-161 is repealed.
    (c) Subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on October 1, 2016.
    Sec. 227.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
discretionary funds appropriated by this Act may be used to support any 
patient-centered outcomes research.
    Sec. 228.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to carry out title X of the PHS Act.
    Sec. 229.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to implement, further, enforce, or advance the Navigators program as 
provided under Section 1311(i) of Public Law 111-148 and title I and 
subtitle B of title II of Public Law 111-152.
    Sec. 230.  The Secretary shall include in the fiscal year 2018 
budget justification an analysis of how section 2713 of the PHS Act 
will impact eligibility for discretionary HHS programs.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 231.  There is established in the Treasury a reserve fund to 
be known as the ``Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund'' 
(the ``Reserve Fund''): Provided, That of the funds provided under the 
heading ``CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support'', up to 
$300,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available to 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the 
``CDC'') for deposit in the Reserve Fund: Provided further, That 
amounts in the Reserve Fund shall remain available until expended to 
carry out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act to prevent, prepare 
for, or respond to an infectious disease emergency under this section, 
including, in connection with such activities, to purchase or lease and 
provide for the insurance of passenger motor vehicles for official use 
in foreign countries: Provided further, That amounts in the Reserve 
Fund may only be provided for an infectious disease emergency if the 
infectious disease emergency (1) is declared by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services under section 319 of the PHS Act; or (2) as 
determined by the Secretary, has significant potential to imminently 
occur and potential, on occurrence, to affect national security or the 
health and security of United States citizens, domestically or 
internationally: Provided further, That amounts in the Reserve Fund may 
be transferred by the Director of the CDC to other accounts of the CDC, 
to accounts of the National Institutes of Health, or to the Public 
Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, to be merged with such 
accounts or Fund for the purposes provided in this section: Provided 
further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate shall be notified at least 15 days prior 
to any transfer or obligation made under the authority provided in this 
section, including notification on the anticipated uses of such funds 
by program, project or activity: Provided further, That the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall 
receive a report not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter 
in a fiscal year on the unobligated balances in the Reserve Fund and 
all actual obligations incurred for that fiscal year, including 
obligations by program, project or activity: Provided further, That 
amounts in the Reserve Fund shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 
available to the Department of Health and Human Services for the 
purposes provided in this section: Provided further, That the transfer 
authorities in this section are in addition to any transfer authority 
otherwise available to the Department of Health and Human Services: 
Provided further, That products purchased using amounts in the Reserve 
Fund may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under 
section 319F-2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That this section 
shall be in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act through 
each fiscal year hereafter.
    Sec. 232.  Effective during the period beginning on November 1, 
2015 and ending January 1, 2019, any provision of law that refers 
(including through cross-reference to another provision of law) to the 
current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task 
Force with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and 
prevention shall be administered by the Secretary involved as if--
            (1) such reference to such current recommendations were a 
        reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with 
        respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention 
        last issued before 2009; and
            (2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 applied to 
        any screening mammography modality under section 1861(jj) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)).
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Health and Human 
Services Appropriations Act, 2017''.

                               TITLE III

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    Education for the Disadvantaged

    For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of title II of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act 
as ``ESEA'') and section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(referred to in this Act as ``HEA''), $15,986,790,000, of which 
$4,897,006,000 shall become available on July 1, 2017, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018, and of which $11,041,177,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2017, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2018, for academic year 2017-2018: Provided, That 
$6,909,401,000 shall be for basic grants under section 1124 of the 
ESEA: Provided further, That up to $3,984,000 of these funds shall be 
available to the Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as 
``Secretary'') on October 1, 2016, to obtain annually updated local 
educational agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the 
Census: Provided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for 
concentration grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, 
That $3,544,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 1125 of 
the ESEA: Provided further, That $3,544,050,000 shall be for education 
finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided 
further, That $160,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of part 
B of title II:  Provided further, That $44,623,000 shall be for 
carrying out section 418A of the HEA.

                               Impact Aid

    For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally 
affected schools authorized by title VII of the ESEA, $1,328,603,000, 
of which $1,191,233,000 shall be for basic support payments under 
section 7003(b), $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with 
disabilities under section 7003(d), $17,406,000, to remain available 
for obligation through September 30, 2018, shall be for construction 
under section 7007 (b), $66,813,000 shall be for Federal property 
payments under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 7008: 
Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment for an 
eligible local educational agency under section 7003(a) for school year 
2016-2017, children enrolled in a school of such agency that would 
otherwise be eligible for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such 
Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, or a 
parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such children, or due 
to the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on active 
duty (so long as such children reside on Federal property as described 
in section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 
shall be considered as eligible students under such section, provided 
such students remain in average daily attendance at a school in the 
same local educational agency they attended prior to their change in 
eligibility status.

                      School Improvement Programs

    For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by part B 
of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of part A of title IV, part B 
of title IV, part B of title V, and parts B and C of title VI of the 
ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 
Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
$4,799,912,000, of which $2,980,902,000 shall become available on July 
1, 2017, and remain available through September 30, 2018, and of which 
$1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2017, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2018, for academic year 2017-
2018: Provided, That $300,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: 
Provided further, That $33,397,000 shall be for part B of the title VI: 
Provided further, That $32,453,000 shall be for part C of title VI: 
Provided further, That $48,445,000 shall be available to carry out 
section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and the 
Secretary shall make such arrangements as determined to be necessary to 
ensure that the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services 
provided under this section: Provided further, That $16,699,000 shall 
be available to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program for 
the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to 5 
percent of the amount referred to in the previous proviso to provide 
technical assistance in the implementation of these grants: Provided 
further, That $175,840,000 shall be for part B of title V: Provided 
further, That $1,166,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV.

                            Indian Education

    For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, $174,939,000, of which 
$67,993,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part A of title VI and $6,565,000 
shall be for subpart 3 of part A of title VI.

                       Innovation and Improvement

    For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 3 and 4 of 
part B of title II, and part C and subpart 4 of part F of title IV of 
the ESEA, $632,938,000:  Provided, That $262,025,000 shall be for 
subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made available 
without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b), and 2241: Provided further, 
That the funds available for part C and subpart 4 of part F of title IV 
shall be available without regard to sections 4311 and 4601: Provided 
further, That of the funds available for part C of title IV, the 
Secretary shall use not less than $26,000,000 to carry out section 
4304, of which not more than $10,000,000 shall be available to carry 
out section 4304(k), not more than $60,000,000 to carry out section 
4305(b), and not less than $16,000,000 to carry out the activities in 
section 4305(a)(3).

                 Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

    For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 2 of part F of 
title IV of the ESEA, $73,254,000.

                      English Language Acquisition

    For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $737,400,000, 
which shall become available on July 1, 2017, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018, except that 6.5 percent of such 
amount shall be available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018, to carry out activities under 
section 3111(c)(1)(C).

                           Special Education

    For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
(IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, 
$13,406,517,000, of which $3,956,259,000 shall become available on July 
1, 2017, and shall remain available through September 30, 2018, and of 
which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 2017, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2018, for academic year 
2017-2018: Provided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 
shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for that activity 
during fiscal year 2016, increased by the amount of inflation as 
specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in 
the funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 
than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2016: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of 
the IDEA, distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in 
section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount by which a 
State's allocation under section 611(d), from funds appropriated under 
this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), according to the 
following: 85 percent on the basis of the States' relative populations 
of children aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children with 
disabilities for whom the State ensures the availability of a free 
appropriate public education under this part, and 15 percent to States 
on the basis of the States' relative populations of those children who 
are living in poverty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 
distribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State whose 
reduction in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading made 
funds available for such a distribution: Provided further, That the 
States shall allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso 
to local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 
Provided further, That the amount by which a State's allocation under 
section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and 
the amounts distributed to States under the previous provisos in fiscal 
year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 
the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any 
subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in which a 
State's allocation under section 611(d) is reduced for failure to 
comply with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may 
apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period of 
consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed five, until the entire 
reduction is applied: Provided further, That the Secretary may, in any 
fiscal year in which a State's allocation under section 611 is reduced 
in accordance with section 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may 
reserve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same 
relation to the maximum amount described in that paragraph as the 
reduction under section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the 
State would have received in that fiscal year under section 611(d) in 
the absence of the reduction: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall either reduce the allocation of funds under section 611 for any 
fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the State fails to 
comply with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 
section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under section 452 of 
the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided 
further, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used 
to provide technical assistance to States to improve the capacity of 
the States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 616 and 
618 and to administer and carry out other services and activities to 
improve data collection, coordination, quality, and use under parts B 
and C of the IDEA: Provided further, That the Secretary may use funds 
made available for the State Personnel Development Grants program under 
part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such 
subpart.

                        Rehabilitation Services

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center Act, 
$3,534,027,000, of which $3,398,554,000 shall be for grants for 
vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilitation 
Act.

           Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities

                 american printing house for the blind

    For carrying out the Act to promote the Education of the Blind of 
March 3, 1879, $25,431,000.

               national technical institute for the deaf

    For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I 
and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $70,016,000: Provided, 
That from the total amount available, the Institute may at its 
discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under 
section 207 of such Act.

                          gallaudet university

    For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 
Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet 
University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986, $121,275,000: Provided, That from the total amount available, the 
University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as 
authorized under section 207 of such Act.

                 Career, Technical, and Adult Education

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 and the Adult 
Education and Family Literacy Act (``AEFLA''), $1,720,686,000, of which 
$929,686,000 shall become available on July 1, 2017, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018, and of which $791,000,000 shall 
become available on October 1, 2017, and shall remain available through 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the amounts made available for 
AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities under 
section 242.

                      Student Financial Assistance

    For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part C of 
title IV of the HEA, $22,888,210,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2018.
    The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during 
award year 2017-2018 shall be $4,860.

                       Student Aid Administration

    For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of title I, 
and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, C, D, and E of 
title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A of title VII of the Public 
Health Service Act, $1,551,854,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That the Secretary shall, allocate new 
student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan servicers on 
the basis of their performance compared to all loan servicers utilizing 
established common metrics, and on the basis of the capacity of each 
servicer to process new and existing accounts.

                            Higher Education

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles III, 
IV, V, VI, and VII of the HEA, the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006, $1,976,666,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in 
this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to 
support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who are 
participating in advanced foreign language training and international 
studies in areas that are vital to United States national security and 
who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these 
countries in the fields of government, the professions, or 
international development: Provided further, That of the funds referred 
to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program 
evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination 
activities: Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 
available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA 
may be used for evaluation.

                           Howard University

    For partial support of Howard University, $221,821,000, of which 
not less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant 
pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and shall remain 
available until expended.

         College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program

    For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related 
to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the HEA, 
$435,000.

  Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
                                Account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as authorized 
pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $282,212,885: Provided 
further, That these funds may be used to support loans to public and 
private Historically Black Colleges and Universities without regard to 
the limitations within section 344(a) of the HEA.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 
entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $334,000.

                    Institute of Education Sciences

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational Progress 
Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 
Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act, $536,049,000, which shall remain available through 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That funds available to carry out section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used to link 
Statewide elementary and secondary data systems with early childhood, 
postsecondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop such 
systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act 
may be used for awards to public or private organizations or agencies 
to support activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use at 
the local, State, and national levels.

                        Departmental Management

                         program administration

    For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three 
passenger motor vehicles, $432,000,000, of which up to $1,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, may be for relocation of, and 
renovation of buildings occupied by, Department staff.

                        office for civil rights

    For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as 
authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $100,000,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, as 
authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization 
Act, $59,256,000.

                           General Provisions

    Sec. 301.  No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the 
transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of 
equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial 
imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of 
students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such 
transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of 
any school or school system.
    Sec. 302.  None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to 
require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a 
school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, 
except for a student requiring special education, to the school 
offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an 
indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the 
transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the 
reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of 
schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade 
restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The prohibition described in 
this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools.
    Sec. 303.  No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent 
the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in 
the public schools.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 304.  Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 
(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this 
Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 
transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or 
activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, 
That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any 
transfer.
    Sec. 305.  Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall 
be applied by substituting ``2017'' for ``2016''.
    Sec. 306.  Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated for 
evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the ESEA shall be 
available from July 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.
    Sec. 307. (a) An institution of higher education that maintains an 
endowment fund supported with funds appropriated for title III or V of 
the HEA for fiscal year 2017 may use the income from that fund to award 
scholarships to students, subject to the limitation in section 
331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such purposes, 
prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be considered to have been an 
allowable use of that income, subject to that limitation.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V of the 
HEA are reauthorized.
    Sec. 308.  Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) is 
amended by striking ``2016'' and inserting ``2017''.
    Sec. 309.  Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)) is 
amended in paragraph (4) by striking ``2016'' and inserting ``2017''.
    Sec. 310.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to--
            (1) implement, administer or enforce section 600.4(a)(3), 
        600.5(a)(4), 600.6(a)(3), 600.9, or 668.43(b) of title 34, Code 
        of Federal Regulations (relating to state authorization), as 
        added or amended by the final regulations published by the 
        Department of Education in the Federal Register on October 29, 
        2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66832 et. seq.);
            (2) implement, administer, or enforce the final regulations 
        on Program Integrity: Gainful Employment published by the 
        Department of Education on October 31, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 64889 
        et seq.);
            (3) promulgate or enforce any new regulation or rule with 
        respect to the definition or application of the term gainful 
        employment under the Higher Education Act of 1965 on or after 
        the date of enactment of this Act;
            (4) promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce the 
        proposed rule establishing a teacher preparation program 
        accountability system as published by the Department of 
        Education in the Federal Register on December 3, 2014 (79 Fed. 
        Reg. 71819 et seq.), or any new regulation or rule with respect 
        to a teacher preparation program accountability system;
            (5) implement, administer, or enforce the definition of the 
        term credit hour in section 600.2 of title 34, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, as added by the final regulations published by the 
        Department of Education in the Federal Register on October 29, 
        2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66946) and clauses (i)(A), (ii), and (iii) 
        of subsection (k)(2) of section 668.8 of such title, as amended 
        by such final regulations; or
            (6) promulgate or enforce any new regulation or rule with 
        respect to the definition or application of the term credit 
        hour under the Higher Education Act of 1965 on or after the 
        date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 311.  None of the funds made available by this Act to the 
Department of Education may be used to withhold Federal financial 
assistance to public educational institutions for alleged violations 
described in the letter dated May 13, 2016, issued jointly by the 
Department of Justice and the Department of Education, or substantially 
similar alleged violations, until such violations have been generally 
recognized by appropriate courts of the United States in final and 
unappealable judgments (including the exhaustion of or expiration of 
the time for any appeals), and such alleged violations have been 
determined by the applicable court to have occurred.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 2017''.

                                TITLE IV

                            RELATED AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From People 
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established under section 8502 of 
title 41, United States Code, $8,597,000: Provided, That in order to 
authorize any central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 
8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform contract 
requirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 51-3.2 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a 
written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency: Provided 
further, That such agreement entered into under the preceding proviso 
shall contain such auditing, oversight, and reporting provisions as 
necessary to implement chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code: 
Provided further, That such agreement shall include the elements listed 
under this heading in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 
114-113: Provided further, That a fee may not be charged under section 
51-3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, unless such fee is 
under the terms of the written agreement between the Committee and any 
such central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That no less than 
$1,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Inspector General.

                        administrative provision

    Sec. 401.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year 
quarter, the Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 
Severely Disabled shall submit to the Committees on Oversight and 
Government Reform and Education and the Workforce of the House of 
Representatives, the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, the reports described under the heading ``Committee For 
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled--Requested 
Reports'' in the committee report accompanying this Act.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (referred to in this title as ``CNCS'') to carry out 
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (referred to in this title 
as ``1973 Act'') and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(referred to in this title as ``1990 Act''), $787,929,000, 
notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds may be 
used to defray the costs of conducting grant application reviews, 
including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic management 
of the grants cycle; (2) $50,000,000 shall be available for expenses to 
carry out section 198K of the 1990 Act; (3) $16,038,000 shall be 
available to provide assistance to State commissions on national and 
community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and 
notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (4) $30,000,000 
shall be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and (5) 
$3,800,000 shall be available for expenses authorized under section 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: Provided 
further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying 
the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of 
need by the local community: Provided further, That not to exceed 20 
percent of funds made available under section 198K of the 1990 Act may 
be used for Social Innovation Fund Pilot Program-related performance-
based awards for Pay for Success projects and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2018: Provided further, That, with respect to the 
previous proviso, any funds obligated for such projects shall remain 
available for disbursement until expended, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
1552(a): Provided further, That any funds deobligated from projects 
under section 198K of the 1990 Act shall immediately be available for 
activities authorized under section 198K of such Act.

                 payment to the national service trust

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For payment to the National Service Trust established under 
subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $205,792,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That CNCS may transfer additional 
funds from the amount provided within ``Operating Expenses'' allocated 
to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National 
Service Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary to 
support the activities of national service participants and after 
notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That amounts 
appropriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust may be 
invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the 
requirement to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b).

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of administration as provided under section 
501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of the 1973 Act, 
including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $81,737,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $6,300,000.

                       administrative provisions

    Sec. 402.  CNCS shall make any significant changes to program 
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice and 
comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2017, during any grant selection 
process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose 
any covered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer or employee 
of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive such information.
    Sec. 403.  AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the National 
Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum share requirement 
of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps 
funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share 
requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations, without regard to the operating costs match requirement in 
section 121(e) or the member support Federal share limitations in 
section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent 
with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 404.  Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 1990 Act 
for the purposes of financing programs and operations under titles I 
and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 
Act shall be used to supplement and not supplant current programs and 
operations.
    Sec. 405.  In addition to the requirements in section 146(a) of the 
1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose described in 
section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to individuals who are veterans as 
defined under section 101 of the Act.
    Sec. 406.  For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of the 1990 
Act--
            (1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such section 
        shall be considered ``qualified entities'' under section 3 of 
        the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (``NCPA''); and
            (2) individuals described in such section shall be 
        considered ``volunteers'' under section 3 of NCPA; and
            (3) State Commissions on National and Community Service 
        established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are 
        authorized to receive criminal history record information, 
        consistent with Public Law 92-544.

                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (``CPB''), 
as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which shall 
be available within limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal 
year 2019, $445,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, 
parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government officials or 
employees: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to 
CPB by this Act shall be available or used to aid or support any 
program or activity from which any person is excluded, or is denied 
benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, 
national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to apply any 
political test or qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, or 
taking any other personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and 
employees of CPB: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available to CPB by this Act shall be used to support the Television 
Future Fund or any similar purpose.
    In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and upgrading 
the public broadcasting interconnection system, $10,000,000.

               Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service (``Service'') to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out 
the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 
$46,488,000, including up to $750,000 to remain available through 
September 30, 2018, for activities authorized by the Labor-Management 
Cooperation Act of 1978: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities 
and other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, 
including those provided to foreign governments and international 
organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 
merged with this account, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 
only for education, training, and professional development of the 
agency workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service is 
authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of 
services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of any 
projects or functions within the Director's jurisdiction.

            Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $17,184,000.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

    office of museum and library services: grants and administration

    For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 and 
the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act, 
$230,000,000.

            Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social 
Security Act, $7,000,000.

                  Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $12,000,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

                     National Council on Disability

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as 
authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $3,250,000.

                     National Labor Relations Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to 
carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations 
Act, 1947, and other laws, $215,000,000: Provided, That no part of this 
appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 
agricultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, 
hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of 
agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 
5, 1935, and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, 
and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 
including in said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and 
operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained 
or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the 
water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes.

                       administrative provisions

    Sec. 407.  None of the funds provided by this Act or previous Acts 
making appropriations for the National Labor Relations Board may be 
used to issue any new administrative directive or regulation that would 
provide employees any means of voting through any electronic means in 
an election to determine a representative for the purposes of 
collective bargaining.
    Sec. 408.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement or enforce any rule amending parts 101, 102, and 103 of 
title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to the filing and 
processing of petitions pursuant to the representation of employees for 
the purposes of collective bargaining with their employer), including 
the final rule published by the National Labor Relations Board in the 
Federal Register on December 15, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 74308).
    Sec. 409. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to enforce the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152) 
against any Indian tribe, including any enterprise or institution owned 
and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its Indian lands.
    (b) For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``Indian tribe'' means any Indian tribe, band, 
        nation, pueblo, Native Alaskan group, or other organized group 
        or community which is recognized as eligible for the special 
        programs and services provided by the United States to Indians 
        because of their status as Indians;
            (2) the term ``Indian'' means any individual who is a 
        member of an Indian tribe; and
            (3) the term ``Indian lands''' means--
                    (A) all lands within the limits of any Indian 
                reservation;
                    (B) any lands title to which is either held in 
                trust by the United States for the benefit of any 
                Indian tribe or individual or held by any Indian tribe 
                or individual subject to restriction by the United 
                States against alienation; and
                    (C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma that are 
                within the boundaries of a former reservation (as 
                defined by the Secretary of the Interior) of a 
                federally recognized Indian tribe.
    Sec. 410.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to investigate, issue, enforce or litigate any administrative 
directive, regulation, representation issue or unfair labor practice 
proceeding or any other administrative complaint, charge, claim or 
proceeding that would change the interpretation or application of the 
standard to determine whether entities are ``joint employers'' in 
effect as of January 1, 2014.
    Sec. 411.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to implement, 
create, apply or enforce through prosecution, adjudication, rulemaking, 
or the issuing of any interpretation, opinion, certification, decision 
or policy, any standard for initial bargaining unit determinations that 
conflicts with the standard articulated in the majority opinion in 
Wheeling Island Gaming Inc. and United Food and Commercial Workers 
International Union, Local 23, 355 NLRB 127 (August 27, 2010) 
(including but not limited to the majority opinion in footnote 2), 
except for unit determinations currently governed by section 103.30 of 
title 34, Code of Federal Regulations for employers currently covered 
by such rules. Further, no funds in this Act shall be used to 
implement, create, apply or enforce through prosecution, adjudication, 
rulemaking, or the issuing of any interpretation, opinion, 
certification, decision or policy, any standard for initial bargaining 
unit determinations that utilize the overwhelming community of interest 
test except in accretion cases.

                        National Mediation Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway 
Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the President, 
$13,300,000.

            Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $12,975,000.

                       Railroad Retirement Board

                     dual benefits payments account

    For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under 
section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $25,000,000, 
which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2017 
pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98-76; and in addition, 
an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall 
be available proportional to the amount by which the product of 
recipients and the average benefit received exceeds the amount 
available for payment of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total 
amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal 
amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal year.

          federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts

    For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the 
payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest 
earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2018, which shall be the maximum amount available for 
payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98-76.

                      limitation on administration

    For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 
(``Board'') for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the 
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $111,225,000, to be derived in 
such amounts as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement 
accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment 
insurance administration fund: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limitation may be used to 
hire attorneys only through the excepted service: Provided further, 
That the previous proviso shall not change the status under Federal 
employment laws of any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board 
prior to January 1, 2013.

             limitation on the office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for 
audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $8,437,000, to be derived 
from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment 
insurance account.

                     Social Security Administration

                payments to social security trust funds

    For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under 
sections 201(m) and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,400,000.

                  supplemental security income program

    For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 
section 401 of Public Law 92-603, section 212 of Public Law 93-66, as 
amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95-216, including payment to the 
Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred 
pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$43,162,469,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any 
portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and 
not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to the 
Treasury: Provided further, That not more than $58,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, 
and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and remain available through 
September 30, 2019.
    For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for 
unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary.
    For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, $15,000,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor 
vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, not more than $10,348,945,000 may be expended, 
as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any 
one or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: Provided, 
That not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory 
Board: Provided further, That unobligated balances of funds provided 
under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2017 not needed for 
fiscal year 2017 shall remain available until expended to invest in the 
Social Security Administration information technology and 
telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, including 
related equipment and administrative expenses associated with 
information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided 
further, That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate prior to making unobligated balances available under the 
authority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement 
to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for official 
time for employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services for labor 
organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred 
to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general fund not 
otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are 
made.
     In addition, for the costs associated with continuing disability 
reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, including 
work related continuing disability reviews to determine whether 
earnings derived from services demonstrate an individual's ability to 
engage in substantial gainful activity for the cost associated with 
conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act, for the cost of co-operative disability 
investigations units, and for the cost associated with the Special 
Assistant United States Attorneys program which helps prosecute fraud 
cases in the programs and operations of the Social Security 
Administration, $1,426,000,000 may be expended, as authorized by 
section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of 
the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That, of such amount, 
$273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, and $1,153,000,000 is additional new 
budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such 
Act: Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the 
Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the 
obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar to the reports that 
were required by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104-121 for fiscal 
years 1996 through 2002.
    In addition, $123,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in 
excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 
1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 
93-66, which shall remain available until expended. To the extent that 
the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 2017 
exceed $123,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2018 
only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
    In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 
pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, which 
shall remain available until expended.

                      office of inspector general

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$29,787,000, together with not to exceed $75,713,000, to be transferred 
and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security 
Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
    In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ``Limitation 
on Administrative Expenses'', Social Security Administration, to be 
merged with this account, to be available for the time and purposes for 
which this account is available: Provided, That notice of such 
transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 
15 days in advance of any transfer.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 501.  The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior 
appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations 
provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the 
same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were 
originally appropriated.
    Sec. 502.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 
transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111-148 shall be 
used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the 
preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video 
presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation 
before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative 
body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State or local 
legislature itself, or designed to support or defeat any proposed or 
pending regulation, administrative action, or order issued by the 
executive branch of any State or local government, except in 
presentation to the executive branch of any State or local government 
itself.
    (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 
transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111-148 shall be 
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, 
or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to 
influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, 
administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or local 
legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative relationships or participation by an agency or 
officer of a State, local or tribal government in policymaking and 
administrative processes within the executive branch of that 
government.
    (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall include any 
activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or future 
Federal, State or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, or 
future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, 
including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the 
advocacy or promotion of gun control.
    Sec. 504.  The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to 
make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from 
funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, 
respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the 
Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 
authorized to make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for ``Federal 
Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and Expenses''; and the 
Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make 
available for official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $5,000 from funds available for ``National Mediation Board, 
Salaries and Expenses''.
    Sec. 505.  When issuing statements, press releases, requests for 
proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or 
programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees 
receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited 
to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research 
grants, shall clearly state--
            (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 
        project which will be financed with Federal money;
            (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or 
        program; and
            (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 
        project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 
        sources.
    Sec. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none 
of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this 
Act, shall be expended for any abortion.
    (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the 
funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, 
shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage 
of abortion.
    (c) The term ``health benefits coverage'' means the package of 
services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to 
a contract or other arrangement.
    Sec. 507. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section 
shall not apply to an abortion--
            (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
        incest; or
            (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
        disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a 
        life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from 
        the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, 
        place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is 
        performed.
    (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private 
person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State's or 
locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds).
    (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering 
abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract 
separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds 
(other than a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds).
    (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be made 
available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local 
government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any 
institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the 
basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide 
coverage of, or refer for abortions.
    (2) In this subsection, the term ``health care entity'' includes an 
individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a 
provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a 
health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, 
organization, or plan.
    Sec. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used for--
            (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 
        purposes; or
            (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
        destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury 
        or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in 
        utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)).
    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``human embryo or 
embryos'' includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under 
45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived 
by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one 
or more human gametes or human diploid cells.
    Sec. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or 
other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled 
substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances 
Act except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 
communications.
    (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is 
significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of 
such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical 
trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.
    Sec. 510.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the 
Social Security Act providing for, or providing for the assignment of, 
a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual's 
capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation 
is enacted specifically approving the standard.
    Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity 
if--
            (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 
        States and is subject to the requirement in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) 
        regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of 
        Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and
            (2) such entity has not submitted a report as required by 
        that section for the most recent year for which such 
        requirement was applicable to such entity.
    Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 513.  None of the funds made available by this Act to carry 
out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available to 
any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as 
amended by the Children's Internet Protection Act, unless such library 
has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section.
    Sec. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2017, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) creates new programs;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
        project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
        restricted;
            (4) relocates an office or employees;
            (5) reorganizes or renames offices;
            (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or
            (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
        presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such reprogramming 
or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, 
whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in 
advance of such reprogramming.
    (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under 
previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2017, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less, that--
            (1) augments existing programs, projects (including 
        construction projects), or activities;
            (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
        project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as 
        approved by Congress; or
            (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
        personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
        activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such reprogramming 
or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, 
whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in 
advance of such reprogramming.
    Sec. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal 
scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or 
voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate 
holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and 
necessary for the work of the committee involved.
    (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to 
disseminate information that is deliberately false or misleading.
    Sec. 516.  Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each department 
and related agency funded through this Act shall submit an operating 
plan that details at the program, project, and activity level any 
funding allocations for fiscal year 2017 that are different than those 
specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the committee 
report accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 2017 budget request.
    Sec. 517.  The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education shall each prepare and submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report 
on the number and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements exceeding $500,000 in value and awarded by the Department on 
a non-competitive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2017, but 
not to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by law. 
Such report shall include the name of the contractor or grantee, the 
amount of funding, the governmental purpose, including a justification 
for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 
transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the end of the 
quarter for which the report is submitted.
    Sec. 518.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social Security, for 
purposes of administering Social Security benefit payments under title 
II of the Social Security Act, to process any claim for credit for a 
quarter of coverage based on work performed under a social security 
account number that is not the claimant's number and the performance of 
such work under such number has formed the basis for a conviction of 
the claimant of a violation of section 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social 
Security Act.
    Sec. 519.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security 
Administration to pay the compensation of employees of the Social 
Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit payments, 
under any agreement between the United States and Mexico establishing 
totalization arrangements between the social security system 
established by title II of the Social Security Act and the social 
security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise be payable but for 
such agreement.
    Sec. 520.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no 
funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase sterile 
needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug: 
Provided, That such limitation does not apply to the use of funds for 
elements of a program other than making such purchases if the relevant 
State or local health department, in consultation with the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or local 
jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at risk for, a 
significant increase in hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to 
injection drug use, and such program is operating in accordance with 
State and local law.
    Sec. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 522.  None of the funds made available under this or any other 
Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may be provided to the 
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any 
of its affiliates, subsidiaries, allied organizations, or successors.
    Sec. 523.  For purposes of carrying out Executive Order 13589, 
Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012, 
and requirements contained in the annual appropriations bills relating 
to conference attendance and expenditures:
            (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered 
        independent agencies; and
            (2) attendance at and support for scientific conferences 
        shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency 
        totals.
    Sec. 524.  Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly 
state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or 
educational purposes, including emails or Internet postings, that the 
communication is printed, published, or produced and disseminated at 
U.S. taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 
this requirement shall be derived from amounts made available to the 
agency for advertising or other communications regarding the programs 
and activities of the agency.
    Sec. 525.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar 
quarter, beginning with the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and the 
Social Security Administration shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate a quarterly 
report on the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That for 
balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and obligated 
but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 
with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal 
years) from which balances were derived.
    Sec. 526.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, enforce, or further any provision of Public 
Law 111-148 or title I or subtitle B of title II of Public Law 111-152 
and the amendment made by such provision: Provided, That funds in this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or further the rate 
setting process for calendar year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 for 
Medicare under title XVIII of the Social Security Act: Provided 
further, That funds in this Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or further the final rules for the provisions of (and 
amendments made by) sections 2501(c), 2501(d), and 2503 of Public Law 
111-148, as amended by sections 1206(a) and 1101(c) of Public Law 111-
152, insofar as each respective rule relates to calendar year 2017.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 527.  Of the funds made available for fiscal year 2017 [for 
the Independent Payment Advisory Board] under section 3403 of Public 
Law 111-148, $15,000,000 are rescinded.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 528.  Of the funds made available [for the Center for Medicare 
& Medicaid Innovation] under section 3021(a) of Public Law 111-148, 
$7,000,000,000 is rescinded.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 529.  Of the funds made available for fiscal year 2017 [for 
the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund] under section 
6301(e) of Public Law 111-148, $150,000,000 is rescinded.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 530.  Amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment Contingency 
Fund from the appropriation to the Fund for the first semi-annual 
allotment period for fiscal year 2017 under section 2104(n)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Social Security Act and the income derived from investment of 
those funds pursuant to 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, shall not be 
available for obligation in this fiscal year.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 531.  Of any available amounts appropriated under section 108 
of Public Law 111-3, as amended, $541,900,000 are hereby rescinded.

                              (rescission)

    Sec. 532.  Of the funds made available for purposes of carrying out 
section 2105(a)(3) of the Social Security Act, $195,640,000 are hereby 
rescinded.
    Sec. 533. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
``Health Care Conscience Rights Act''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) As Thomas Jefferson declared to New London Methodists 
        in 1809, ``[n]o provision in our Constitution ought to be 
        dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience 
        against the enterprises of the civil authority''.
            (2) Jefferson's conviction on respect for conscience is 
        deeply embedded in the history and traditions of our Nation, 
        and codified in numerous Federal laws approved by congressional 
        majorities and Presidents of both parties, including in the 
        Public Health Service Act; the United States Leadership Against 
        HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act; the Religious Freedom 
        Restoration Act; longstanding provisions on respect for 
        conscience rights in the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
        Program and District of Columbia appropriations; and laws to 
        protect individuals from being forced to participate in Federal 
        executions or prosecutions.
            (3) Following enactment of the Patient Protection and 
        Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148, in this section 
        referred to as ``PPACA''), the Federal Government has sought to 
        impose specific requirements that infringe on the rights of 
        conscience of those who offer or purchase health coverage.
            (4) While PPACA provides an exemption for some religious 
        groups that object to participation in health insurance 
        generally, and exempts millions of Americans from most of the 
        Act's provisions, including the preventive services mandate, it 
        fails to provide statutory protection for those seeking to 
        offer and purchase health coverage who have a religious or 
        moral objection only to specific items or services.
            (5) Nurses and other health care providers have 
        increasingly been subjected to discrimination for abiding by 
        their conscience rather than providing, paying for, or 
        referring for abortion.
            (6) Conscience rights protections for health care providers 
        are an important part of civil rights protections in Federal 
        law and are indispensable to the continued viability of the 
        health care system in the United States. The increasingly 
        significant discrimination suffered by faith-based nonprofit 
        health care providers risks undermining access to high-quality 
        compassionate care for some of the most vulnerable populations 
        in our country.
    (c) Applying Longstanding Policy on Conscience Rights to the 
Affordable Care Act.--
            (1) In general.--Title I of the Patient Protection and 
        Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating the second section 1563 
                (relating to conforming amendments and as redesignated 
                by section 10107(b)(1) of the Patient Protection and 
                Affordable Care Act) as section 1564;
                    (B) by redesignating the third section 1563 
                (relating to the Sense of the Senate promoting fiscal 
                responsibility) as section 1565; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1566. RESPECTING CONSCIENCE RIGHTS IN HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
title, no provision of this title (and no amendment made by any such 
provision) shall--
            ``(1) require an individual to purchase individual health 
        insurance coverage that includes coverage of an abortion or 
        other item or service to which such individual has a moral or 
        religious objection, or prevent an issuer from offering or 
        issuing, to such individual, individual health insurance 
        coverage that excludes such item or service;
            ``(2) require a sponsor (or, in the case of health 
        insurance coverage offered to students through an institution 
        of higher education, the institution of higher education 
        offering such coverage) to sponsor, purchase, or provide any 
        health benefits coverage or group health plan that includes 
        coverage of an abortion or other item or service to which such 
        sponsor or institution, respectively, has a moral or religious 
        objection, or prevent an issuer from offering or issuing to 
        such sponsor or institution, respectively, health insurance 
        coverage that excludes such item or service;
            ``(3) require an issuer of health insurance coverage or the 
        sponsor of a group health plan to include, in any such coverage 
        or plan, coverage of an abortion or other item or service to 
        which such issuer or sponsor has a moral or religious 
        objection; or
            ``(4) authorize the imposition of a tax, penalty, fee, 
        fine, or other sanction, or the imposition of coverage of the 
        item or service to which there is a moral or religious 
        objection, in relation to health insurance coverage or a group 
        health plan that excludes an item or service pursuant to this 
        section.
    ``(b) Restriction on Contrary Governmental Action.--No provision in 
this title (or amendment made by such provision) or law, regulation, 
guideline or other governmental action that implements such provision 
or amendment, or derives its authority therefrom, shall be given legal 
effect to the extent that it violates this section.
    ``(c) No Effect on Other Laws.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to preempt, modify, or otherwise have any effect on--
            ``(1) the Civil Rights Act of 1964;
            ``(2) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990;
            ``(3) the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978;
            ``(4) the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996; or
            ``(5) any other State or Federal law, other than a 
        provision in this title (or an amendment made by such 
        provision) or a law, regulation, guideline or other 
        governmental action that implements such provision or amendment 
        or derives its authority therefrom.
    ``(d) Aggregate Actuarial Value.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to prohibit the Secretary from issuing regulations or other 
guidance to ensure that health insurance coverage or group health plans 
excluding abortion or other items or services under this section shall 
have an aggregate actuarial value at least equivalent to that of health 
insurance coverage or group health plans at the same level of coverage 
that do not exclude such items or services.
    ``(e) Continued Application of Nondiscrimination Rules.--Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to permit a health insurance issuer, 
group health plan, or other health care provider to act in a manner 
inconsistent with subparagraph (B) or (D) of section 1302(b)(4).''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents of the 
        Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking the following items:

``1563. Conforming amendments.
``1563. Sense of the Senate promoting fiscal responsibility.'';
                and
                    (B) by inserting after the item relating to the 
                section 1563 relating to small business procurement the 
                following items:

``1564. Conforming amendments.
``1565. Sense of the Senate promoting fiscal responsibility.
``1566. Respecting conscience rights in health coverage.''.
    (d) Nondiscrimination for Health Care Providers.--Section 245 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238n) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``and licensing of 
        physicians'' and inserting ``, licensing, and practice of 
        physicians and other health care entities'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(1) the entity refuses--
                    ``(A) to undergo training in the performance of 
                induced abortions;
                    ``(B) to require or provide such training;
                    ``(C) to perform, participate in, provide coverage 
                of, or pay for induced abortions; or
                    ``(D) to provide referrals for such training or 
                such abortions;'';
            (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``standards'' and 
        inserting ``standard'';
            (4) in subsection (c), by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) 
        to read as follows:
            ``(1) The term `financial assistance', with respect to a 
        government program, means governmental payments to cover the 
        cost of health care services or benefits, or other Federal 
        payments, grants, or loans to promote or otherwise facilitate 
        health-related activities.
            ``(2) The term `health care entity' includes an individual 
        physician or other health professional, a postgraduate 
        physician training program, a participant in a program of 
        training in the health professions, a hospital, a provider-
        sponsored organization as defined in section 1855(d) of the 
        Social Security Act, a health maintenance organization, an 
        accountable care organization, an issuer of health insurance 
        coverage, any other kind of health care facility, organization, 
        or plan, and an entity that provides or authorizes referrals 
        for health care services.'';
            (5) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(4) The term `State or local government that receives 
        Federal financial assistance' includes any agency or other 
        governmental unit of a State or local government if such 
        government receives Federal financial assistance.'';
            (6) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (7) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c) Administration.--The Secretary shall designate the Director 
of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human 
Services--
            ``(1) to receive complaints alleging a violation of this 
        section, section 1566 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
        Care Act, or any of subsections (b) through (e) of section 401 
        of the Health Programs Extension Act of 1973; and
            ``(2) to pursue the investigation of such complaints, in 
        coordination with the Attorney General.''.
    (e) Remedies for Violations of Federal Conscience Laws.--Title II 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 245 the following:

``SEC. 245A. CIVIL ACTION FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--A qualified party may, in a civil action, obtain 
appropriate relief with regard to a designated violation.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `qualified party' means--
                    ``(A) the Attorney General; or
                    ``(B) any person or entity adversely affected by 
                the designated violation; and
            ``(2) the term `designated violation' means an actual or 
        threatened violation of section 245 of this Act, section 1566 
        of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or any of 
        subsections (b) through (e) of section 401 of the Health 
        Programs Extension Act of 1973.
    ``(c) Administrative Remedies Not Required.--An action under this 
section may be commenced, and relief may be granted, without regard to 
whether the party commencing the action has sought or exhausted 
available administrative remedies.
    ``(d) Defendants in Actions Under This Section May Include 
Governmental Entities as Well as Others.--
            ``(1) In general.--An action under this section may be 
        maintained against, among others, a party that is a Federal or 
        State governmental entity. Relief in an action under this 
        section may include money damages even if the defendant is such 
        a governmental entity.
            ``(2) Definition.--For the purposes of this subsection, the 
        term `State governmental entity' means a State, a local 
        government within a State, or any agency or other governmental 
        unit or authority of a State or of such a local government.
    ``(e) Nature of Relief.--The court shall grant--
            ``(1) all necessary equitable and legal relief, including, 
        where appropriate, declaratory relief and compensatory damages, 
        to prevent the occurrence, continuance, or repetition of the 
        designated violation and to compensate for losses resulting 
        from the designated violation; and
            ``(2) to a prevailing plaintiff, reasonable attorneys' fees 
        and litigation expenses as part of the costs.''.
    Sec. 534.  Any funds made available by this Act or any other Act 
may be used by a health care delivery system that furnishes services 
predominantly through facilities of the Federal Government for payment 
for or delivery of in vitro fertilization treatments only if such 
treatments do not result in the discarding or destruction of viable 
human embryos before embryo transfer.

                       spending reduction account

    Sec. 535.  The amount by which the applicable allocation of new 
budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2017''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 541

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5926

                          [Report No. 114-699]

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                                 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
   Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.

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                             July 22, 2016

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed
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