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Union Calendar No. 471 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5393 

[Report No. 114–605] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2017, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 7, 2016 

Mr. CULBERSON, 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 Commerce 

and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 

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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses for international trade activi6 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

7 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

8 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 

9 for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 

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

11 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for depend12 ent members of immediate families of employees stationed 

13 overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel 

14 and transportation of employees of the International 

15 Trade Administration between two points abroad, without 

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

17 employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

18 contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods 

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

20 or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 

21 demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; pay22 ment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first 

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

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

25 $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; purmstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS

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1 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 

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

3 official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

4 $495,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2018, of which $12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to 

6 be retained and used by the International Trade Adminis7 tration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 

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

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

10 antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 

11 compliance activities: Provided further, That the provisions 

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

13 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

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

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

16 of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mu17 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall 

18 include payment for assessments for services provided as 

19 part of these activities. 

20 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

21 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

22 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

23 national security activities of the Department of Com24 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

25 export administration field activities both domestically and 

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1 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

2 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em3 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

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

5 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

6 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 

7 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi8 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa9 tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 

10 1979, and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 

11 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 

12 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi13 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi14 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi15 tation otherwise established by law, $114,000,000, to re16 main available until expended: Provided, That the provi17 sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec18 tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex19 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 

20 apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, 

21 That payments and contributions collected and accepted 

22 for materials or services provided as part of such activities 

23 may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activi24 ties, and for providing information to the public with re25 spect to the export administration and national security 

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1 activities of the Department of Commerce and other ex2 port control programs of the United States and other gov3 ernments. 

4 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

6 For grants for economic development assistance as 

7 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

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

9 grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

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

11 $225,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

12 which $15,000,000 shall be for grants under such section 

13 27. 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of administering the eco16 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

17 law, $39,500,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 

18 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

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

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

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

22 the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

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1 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

2 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

3 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com4 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

5 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con6 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi7 zations, $34,000,000. 

8 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco11 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

12 of Commerce, $107,000,000, to remain available until 

13 September 30, 2018. 

14 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

15 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

16 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana17 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by 

18 law, $270,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro19 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

20 and marketing activities: Provided further, That the Bu21 reau of the Census shall collect and analyze data for the 

22 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current 

23 Population Survey using the same health insurance ques24 tions included in previous years, in addition to the revised 

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1 questions implemented in the Current Population Survey 

2 beginning in February 2014. 

3 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana6 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic cen7 suses and programs provided for by law, $1,200,000,000, 

8 to remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 

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

10 for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Pro11 vided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

12 $2,580,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 

13 General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 

14 out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the 

15 Census: Provided further, That not more than 50 percent 

16 of the amounts made available under this heading for in17 formation technology related to 2020 census delivery, in18 cluding the Census Enterprise Data Collection and Proc19 essing (CEDCaP) program, may be obligated until the 

20 Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations 

21 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a plan 

22 for expenditure that: (1) identifies for each CEDCaP 

23 project/investment over $25,000: (A) the functional and 

24 performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 

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1 cluding estimates for development as well as maintenance 

2 and operations; and (C) key milestones to be met; (2) de3 tails for each project/investment: (A) reasons for any cost 

4 and schedule variances; and (B) top risks and mitigation 

5 strategies; and (3) has been submitted to the Government 

6 Accountability Office. 

7 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

11 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad12 ministration (NTIA), $36,322,000, to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2018: Provided, That, notwith14 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

15 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec16 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv17 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

18 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

19 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec20 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off21 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

22 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

23 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

24 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

25 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

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1 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

2 Government agencies shall remain available until ex3 pended. 

4 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

5 AND CONSTRUCTION

6 For the administration of prior-year grants, recov7 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro8 priated are available for the administration of all open 

9 grants until their expiration. 

10 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

14 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in15 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec16 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

17 of the USPTO, $3,230,000,000, to remain available until 

18 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

19 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec20 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

21 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

22 2017, so as to result in a fiscal year 2017 appropriation 

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

24 That during fiscal year 2017, should the total amount of 

25 such offsetting collections be less than $3,230,000,000 

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1 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided fur2 ther, That any amount received in excess of 

3 $3,230,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 and deposited in the 

4 Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 

5 available until expended: Provided further, That the Direc6 tor of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Com7 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

8 and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 

9 preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 

10 as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

11 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

13 Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in ac14 cordance with the preceding proviso shall be transferred 

15 to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Sala16 ries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That from 

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

18 made available in fiscal year 2017 for official reception 

19 and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fis20 cal year 2017 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala21 ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec22 essary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage 

23 of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 

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

25 the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 

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1 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Per2 sonnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of 

3 basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chap4 ter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the other5 wise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for 

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

7 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

8 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

9 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

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

11 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

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

13 available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 

14 Provided further, That any differences between the present 

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

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

17 specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on 

18 USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 

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

20 all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO 

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

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

23 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 

24 112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts ap25 propriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 

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1 of Inspector General’’ account for activities associated 

2 with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 

3 USPTO. 

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

5 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

8 Standards and Technology (NIST), $680,000,000, to re9 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

10 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

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

12 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

13 further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 

14 summer undergraduate research fellowship program par15 ticipants. 

16 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

17 For necessary expenses for industrial technology 

18 services, $135,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, of which $130,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 

20 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 

21 $5,000,000 shall be for the National Network for Manu22 facturing Innovation. 

23 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

24 For construction of new research facilities, including 

25 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

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1 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro2 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech3 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

4 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

5 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $50,000,000, to remain available until 

6 expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 

7 include in the budget justification materials that the Sec8 retary submits to Congress in support of the Department 

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

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

11 Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Stand12 ards and Technology construction project having a total 

13 multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and si14 multaneously the budget justification materials shall in15 clude an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each 

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

17 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

22 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

23 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

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

25 organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 

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1 pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of fa2 cilities, $3,298,000,000, to remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2018, except that funds provided for coopera4 tive enforcement shall remain available until September 

5 30, 2019: Provided, That fees and donations received by 

6 the National Ocean Service for the management of na7 tional marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for 

8 the salaries and expenses associated with those activities, 

9 notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 

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

11 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Pro12 mote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Per13 taining to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used 

14 for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy 

15 Grant Program, Cooperative Research, Annual Stock As16 sessments, Survey and Monitoring Projects, Interjurisdic17 tional Fisheries Grants, and Fish Information Networks: 

18 Provided further, That of the $3,445,664,000 provided for 

19 in direct obligations under this heading, $3,298,000,000 

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

21 provided by transfer and $17,500,000 is derived from re22 coveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 

23 any deviation from the amounts designated for specific ac24 tivities in the report accompanying this Act, or any use 

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1 ing in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 

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

3 in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 

4 Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

5 Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 

6 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend7 ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 

8 may be necessary. 

9 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

12 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

13 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

14 $2,217,635,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2019, except that funds provided for acquisition and con16 struction of vessels and construction of facilities shall re17 main available until expended: Provided, That of the 

18 $2,230,635,000 provided for in direct obligations under 

19 this heading, $2,217,635,000 is appropriated from the 

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

21 of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any devi22 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 

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

24 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

2 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus3 tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 

4 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 

5 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

6 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

7 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

8 procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 

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

10 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg11 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

12 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, within 

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

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

15 associated with carrying out investigations and audits re16 lated to satellite procurement, acquisition and construc17 tion: Provided further, That none of the funds for Con18 stellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, 

19 and Climate-2 (COSMIC-2)/Global Navigation Satellite 

20 System - Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) shall be available 

21 for obligation until 15 days after the Undersecretary of 

22 Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere submits to the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent24 atives and the Senate the plan detailed in the report ac25 companying this Act. 

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1 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

2 For necessary expenses associated with the restora3 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re4 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That, 

5 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 

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

7 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Feder8 ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 

9 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con10 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 

11 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 

12 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu13 lations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights 

14 or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific 

15 coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 

16 to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided 

17 further, That all funds shall be allocated based on sci18 entific and other merit principles and shall not be available 

19 for marketing activities: Provided further, That funds dis20 bursed to States shall be subject to a matching require21 ment of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 

22 least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

23 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

24 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

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

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1 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

5 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2017, obligations of direct 

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

7 Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi8 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

9 Act of 1936. 

10 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

13 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

14 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa15 tion, $58,000,000. 

16 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod19 ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, including 

20 security-related costs, $4,000,000, to remain available 

21 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 

22 may transfer up to $8,000,000 to this account from funds 

23 available to the Department of Commerce: Provided fur24 ther, That the transfer authority provided in the first pro25 viso is in addition to any other transfer authority conmstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS

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1 tained in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer 

2 pursuant to the authority provided under this heading 

3 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

4 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex5 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

6 forth in that section. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

10 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $35,000,000. 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

14 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart15 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

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

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

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

19 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

20 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

21 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

22 public interest. 

23 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria24 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

25 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

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1 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

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

3 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

4 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

5 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria6 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De7 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be8 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

9 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans10 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

11 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec12 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga13 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce14 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

15 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap16 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

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

18 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

19 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

20 of Commerce. 

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

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

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

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

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

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1 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2017: Provided, That 

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

3 $11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geo4 stationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series 

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

6 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

8 limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security serv9 ices) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 

10 improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 

11 are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera12 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 

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

14 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec15 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

16 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 

17 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 

18 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts re19 ceived as reimbursement for services provided under this 

20 section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 

21 of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be cred22 ited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 

23 costs of such services. 

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

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1 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac2 tivity over its networks. 

3 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

4 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

5 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim6 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip7 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

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

9 local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 

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

11 any foreign government or international organization, for 

12 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

13 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos14 pheric Administration. 

15 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv16 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 

17 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 

18 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

19 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

20 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus21 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig22 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

23 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re24 producing, and delivering such report or document. 

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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com2 merce Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 

3 TITLE II 

4 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

5 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

8 Department of Justice, $115,000,000, of which not to ex9 ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart10 ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex11 pended. 

12 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech15 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

16 departmental direction, $40,000,000, to remain available 

17 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

18 transfer up to $35,400,000 to this account, from funds 

19 available to the Department of Justice for information 

20 technology, to remain available until expended, for enter21 prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur22 ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 

23 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 

24 in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 

25 to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 

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1 under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 

2 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 

3 procedures set forth in that section. 

4 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For expenses necessary for the administration of im7 migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im8 migration Review, $457,154,000, of which $4,000,000 

9 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 

10 Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 

11 Examinations Fee’’ account: Provided, That not to exceed 

12 $15,000,000 of the total amount made available under 

13 this heading shall remain available until expended. 

14 OFFICE OF THE PARDON ATTORNEY

15 For expenses necessary for the administration of par16 don and clemency petitions, $4,496,000. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

19 General, $93,709,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to 

20 meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 

21 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

24 Commission as authorized, $13,308,000: Provided, That, 

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1 ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis2 sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap3 pointed. 

4 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

6 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

7 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ8 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi9 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

10 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

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

12 in the District of Columbia, $893,000,000, of which not 

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

14 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

15 the amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues 

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

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

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

19 INTERPOL Washington for official reception and rep20 resentation expenses: Provided further, That of the 

21 amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 

22 shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 

23 and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro24 gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 

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1 sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro2 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 

3 heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 

4 shall remain available until expended. 

5 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De6 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

7 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

8 not to exceed $10,000,000, to be appropriated from the 

9 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

11 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti12 trust and kindred laws, $164,977,000, to remain available 

13 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

14 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 

15 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve16 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

17 of collection (and estimated to be $125,000,000 in fiscal 

18 year 2017), shall be retained and used for necessary ex19 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

20 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap21 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

22 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2017, 

23 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2017 appropriation 

24 from the general fund estimated at $39,977,000. 

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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

2 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

3 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop4 erative agreements, $2,050,000,000: Provided, That of the 

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

6 available for official reception and representation ex7 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 

8 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

9 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par10 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 

11 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

12 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

13 Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain avail14 able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

15 other provision of law, deposits to the United States 

16 Trustee System Fund and amounts herein appropriated 

17 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

18 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not19 withstanding any other provision of law, fees collected pur20 suant to section 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, 

21 shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 

22 appropriation and shall remain available until expended: 

23 Provided further, That to the extent that fees collected in 

24 fiscal year 2017, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds 

25 due depositors, exceed $225,908,000, those excess 

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1 amounts shall be available in future fiscal years only to 

2 the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: 

3 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

4 the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are re5 ceived during fiscal year 2017, net of amounts necessary 

6 to pay refunds due depositors, (estimated at 

7 $163,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining 

8 general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts 

9 deposited in the Fund in previous fiscal years that are not 

10 otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 

11 2017 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

12 $62,908,000. 

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

14 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

15 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

16 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

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

18 States Code, $2,374,000. 

19 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

20 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

21 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

22 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad23 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 

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

25 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

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1 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur2 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 

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

4 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up5 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se6 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 

7 the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro8 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

9 may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 

10 Act. 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

12 SERVICE

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

15 Service, $15,500,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec16 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

17 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

18 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac19 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

20 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re21 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur22 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

23 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur24 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

25 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

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1 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex2 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

3 forth in that section. 

4 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

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

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

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

8 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 

9 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar12 shals Service, $1,258,000,000, of which not to exceed 

13 $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep14 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

15 remain available until expended. 

16 CONSTRUCTION

17 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti18 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

19 holding and related support, $10,000,000, to remain avail20 able until expended. 

21 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses related to United States pris24 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

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

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1 Code, $1,475,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

2 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid3 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce4 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 

5 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

6 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

7 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: 

8 Provided further, That any unobligated balances available 

9 from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘General Ad10 ministration, Detention Trustee’’ shall be transferred to 

11 and merged with the appropriation under this heading. 

12 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

16 the National Security Division, $97,337,000, of which not 

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

18 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not19 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina20 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

21 require additional funding for the activities of the National 

22 Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 

23 amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 

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

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1 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 

2 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

3 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

4 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

5 set forth in that section. 

6 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

7 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

8 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves9 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

10 most significant drug trafficking organizations, 

11 transnational organized crime, and money laundering or12 ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter13 governmental agreements with State and local law en14 forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros15 ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 

16 crime and drug trafficking, $522,135,000, of which 

17 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 

19 under this heading may be used under authorities avail20 able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria21 tion. 

22 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In25 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

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1 crimes against the United States, $8,768,884,000, of 

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

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

4 shall be available for official reception and representation 

5 expenses. 

6 CONSTRUCTION

7 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip8 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

9 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili10 ties and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

11 law; conversion, modification and extension of Federally12 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

13 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 

14 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

15 $308,982,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad19 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un20 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

21 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex22 penses for conducting drug education and training pro23 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici24 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

25 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

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1 $2,102,976,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

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

3 shall be available for official reception and representation 

4 expenses. 

5 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

6 EXPLOSIVES

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To9 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

10 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse11 ment, including training in connection with the training 

12 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

13 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as14 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

15 or without reimbursement, $1,257,757,000, of which not 

16 to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep17 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 

18 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 

19 by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and 

20 not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex21 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

22 herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica23 tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 

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

25 further, That such funds shall be available to investigate 

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1 and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief 

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

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

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

5 to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu6 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to 

7 other agencies or Departments. 

8 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

12 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

13 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

14 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

15 related issues to foreign governments, $7,016,791,000: 

16 Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 

17 Department of Health and Human Services such amounts 

18 as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that De19 partment for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal 

20 and correctional institutions: Provided further, That the 

21 Director of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, 

22 may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal inter23 mediary claims processor to determine the amounts pay24 able to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison Sys25 tem, furnish health services to individuals committed to 

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1 the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided fur2 ther, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for offi3 cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur4 ther, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain avail5 able for necessary operations until September 30, 2018: 

6 Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con7 tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 

8 available until expended to make payments in advance for 

9 grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 

10 expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed11 eral Prison System may accept donated property and serv12 ices relating to the operation of the prison card program 

13 from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such pro14 gram in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not15 for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 

16 Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre17 release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facili18 ties. 

19 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

20 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 

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

23 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

24 thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 

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

3 force account, $140,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, of which $50,000,000 shall be available only for 

5 costs related to construction of new facilities: Provided, 

6 That labor of United States prisoners may be used for 

7 work performed under this appropriation. 

8 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

9 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here10 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

11 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

12 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit13 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

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

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

16 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

17 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

18 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

20 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

21 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

22 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com23 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

24 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys25 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

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1 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account2 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

3 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

4 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui5 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

6 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

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

8 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

9 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

10 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

11 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

14 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio15 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

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

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

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

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

20 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu21 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

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

23 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

24 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 

25 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

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

2 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

3 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Vio4 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 

5 Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and the Rape Survivor 

6 Child Custody Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 

7 2015 Act’’); and for related victims services, 

8 $527,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to 

10 exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this head11 ing may be used for expenses related to evaluation, train12 ing, and technical assistance: Provided further, That of the 

13 amount provided— 

14 (1) $215,000,000 is for grants to combat vio15 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

16 1968 Act; 

17 (2) $30,000,000 is for transitional housing as18 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat19 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

20 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

21 (3) $5,000,000 is for the National Institute of 

22 Justice for research and evaluation of violence 

23 against women and related issues addressed by 

24 grant programs of the Office on Violence Against 

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

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1 Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by the 

2 Office of Justice Programs; 

3 (4) $11,000,000 is for a grant program to pro4 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 

5 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

6 assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 

7 youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 

8 men and youth in preventing such violence; and as9 sistance to middle and high school students through 

10 education and other services related to such violence: 

11 Provided, That unobligated balances available for 

12 the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 

13 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its 

14 amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 

15 this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of 

16 the total amount available for this grant program 

17 shall be available for grants under the program au18 thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 

19 further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 

20 section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

21 program; 

22 (5) $51,000,000 is for grants to encourage ar23 rest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 

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

25 initiative; 

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1 (6) $35,000,000 is for sexual assault victims 

2 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

3 1994 Act; 

4 (7) $34,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

5 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 

6 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

7 (8) $20,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

8 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

9 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

10 (9) $45,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic11 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

12 (10) $5,000,000 is for enhanced training and 

13 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

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

15 1994 Act; 

16 (11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support fami17 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

18 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 

19 balances available for the programs authorized by 

20 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

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

22 Act, shall be available for this program; 

23 (12) $6,000,000 is for education and training 

24 to end violence against and abuse of women with 

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1 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

2 2000 Act; 

3 (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource 

4 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

5 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

6 the 1994 Act; 

7 (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 

8 violence against Indian women, including as author9 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

10 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval11 uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of12 fice of Justice Programs; 

13 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

14 that provides training and technical assistance on 

15 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

16 and Alaska Native women; 

17 (16) $5,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal 

18 governments; 

19 (17) $45,000,000 for victim services programs 

20 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

21 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, for programs au22 thorized under Public Law 109–164, or programs 

23 authorized under Public Law 113–4; and 

24 (18) $2,500,000 for the purposes authorized 

25 under the 2015 Act. 

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1 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

2 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

3 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

4 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

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

6 Act’’); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act 

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

8 other programs, $93,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, of which— 

10 (1) $48,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

11 programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 

12 C of title I of the 1968 Act, of which up to 

13 $6,000,000 is for the National Crime Victimization 

14 Survey Sample Boost for Subnational Estimates 

15 program; 

16 (2) $40,000,000 is for research, development, 

17 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au18 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 

19 subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act; and 

20 (3) $5,000,000 is for a nationwide incident21 based crime statistics program. 

22 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

23 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

24 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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

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

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

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

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

5 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

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

7 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

9 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

10 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic11 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

12 (Public Law 106–386); the NICS Improvement Amend13 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle D of 

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

15 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 

16 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources 

17 and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 

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

19 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treat20 ment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improve21 ment Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence 

22 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

23 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and other programs, 

24 $1,199,906,000, to remain available until expended as fol25 lows— 

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1 (1) $476,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo2 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

3 by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act 

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

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

6 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), 

7 of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, 

8 $20,000,000 is for the Officer Robert Wilson III 

9 Memorial Initiative on Preventing Violence Against 

10 Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Surviv11 ability (VALOR), $22,500,000 is for the matching 

12 grant program for law enforcement armor vests, as 

13 authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 

14 Act, $4,000,000 is for use by the National Institute 

15 of Justice for research targeted toward developing a 

16 better understanding of the domestic radicalization 

17 phenomenon, and advancing evidence-based strate18 gies for effective intervention and prevention, 

19 $2,400,000 is for the operationalization, mainte20 nance and expansion of the National Missing and 

21 Unidentified Persons System, and $2,500,000 is for 

22 a program to improve juvenile indigent defense; 

23 (2) $273,906,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

24 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

25 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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

2 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

3 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 

4 detainees housed in State and local detention facili5 ties; 

6 (3) $2,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Im7 provement Grant Program, as authorized by section 

8 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 

9 wrongful conviction review; 

10 (4) $10,000,000 for white collar crime preven11 tion grants, including as authorized by section 401 

12 of Public Law 110–403; 

13 (5) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 

14 assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 

15 and related activities; 

16 (6) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 

17 Public Website; 

18 (7) $20,000,000 for competitive and evidence19 based programs to reduce gun crime and gang vio20 lence; 

21 (8) $73,000,000 for grants to States to up22 grade criminal and mental health records for the 

23 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys24 tem; 

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1 (9) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic 

2 programs and activities, of which— 

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

4 and capacity enhancement program and for 

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

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

9 Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program): 

10 Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made 

11 available under this paragraph may be used for 

12 the purposes described in the DNA Training 

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

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

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

19 108–405, section 412); and 

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

23 (10) $9,000,000 for the court-appointed special 

24 advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of 

25 the 1990 Act; 

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1 (11) $12,000,000 for prison rape prevention 

2 and prosecution grants to States and units of local 

3 government, and other programs, as authorized by 

4 the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 

5 Law 108–79); 

6 (12) $103,000,000 for comprehensive opioid 

7 abuse reduction activities, including— 

8 (A) $42,000,000 for Drug Courts, as au9 thorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of 

10 the 1968 Act; 

11 (B) $12,000,000 for mental health courts 

12 and adult and juvenile collaboration program 

13 grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of 

14 title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Of15 fender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reau16 thorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub17 lic Law 110–416); 

18 (C) $12,000,000 for grants for Residential 

19 Substance Abuse Treatment for State Pris20 oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 

21 1968 Act; 

22 (D) $7,000,000 for a veterans treatment 

23 courts program; and 

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1 (E) $14,000,000 for a program to monitor 

2 prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical 

3 products; and 

4 (13) $75,000,000 for the Comprehensive School 

5 Safety Initiative: Provided, That section 212 of this 

6 Act shall not apply with respect to the amount made 

7 available in this paragraph: 

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

9 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

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

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

12 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub13 lic sector safety service. 

14 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

15 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

16 other assistance, the following amounts are made available 

17 until expended— 

18 (1) $90,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

19 (2) $20,000,000 for programs authorized by 

20 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

21 (3) $72,250,000 for missing and exploited chil22 dren programs, including as authorized by sections 

23 404(b) and 405(a) of the Juvenile Justice and De24 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (except that sec25 tion 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children 

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

2 for purposes of this Act); and 

3 (4) $2,000,000 for child abuse training pro4 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

5 authorized by section 222 of the Victims of Child 

6 Abuse Act of 1990. 

7 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

10 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

11 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in12 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail13 able until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments au14 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu15 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

16 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not17 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina18 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

19 require additional funding for such disability and edu20 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

21 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail22 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

23 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

24 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro25 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

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1 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

2 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

3 set forth in that section. 

4 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

5 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

8 other assistance, the following amounts are made available 

9 until expended: Provided, That any balances made avail10 able through prior year deobligations shall only be avail11 able in accordance with section 505 of this Act— 

12 (1) $11,000,000 for anti-methamphetamine-re13 lated activities, which shall be transferred to the 

14 Drug Enforcement Administration upon enactment 

15 of this Act; 

16 (2) $65,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes; 

17 (3) $75,000,000 for initiatives to improve po18 lice-community relations, as described in the report 

19 accompanying this Act; 

20 (4) $45,000,000 for a grant program for com21 munity-based sexual assault response reform; 

22 (5) $68,000,000 for offender reentry programs 

23 and research, as authorized by the Second Chance 

24 Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199), without regard 

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

2 such Act; and 

3 (6) $35,000,000 is for regional information 

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

5 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

6 of 1968. 

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

10 available in this title for official reception and representa11 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

12 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

13 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re14 ception and representation expenses. 

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

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

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

18 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro19 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu20 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 

21 shall be null and void. 

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

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

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

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1 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re2 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris3 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in4 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

5 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin6 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil7 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

8 Prisons. 

9 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria10 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De11 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be12 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex13 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

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

15 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

16 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

17 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com18 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

19 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under 

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

21 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

22 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

23 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

24 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

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

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1 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

2 such a prisoner. 

3 SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

4 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele5 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec6 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

7 purposes. 

8 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main9 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

10 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

11 programs. 

12 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under 

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

14 enhanced information technology program having total es15 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un16 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re17 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

18 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 

19 information technology program has appropriate program 

20 management controls and contractor oversight mecha21 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

22 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

23 SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 

24 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi25 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

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1 in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and 

2 to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

3 this title in previous years. 

4 SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 

6 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

7 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc8 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

9 work performed by employees of Federal Prison Indus10 tries, Incorporated. 

11 SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

13 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

14 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

15 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

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

17 United States Code. 

18 SEC. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 

19 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

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

21 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head22 ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 

23 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus24 tice Programs’’— 

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

2 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim3 bursement programs may be used by such Office to 

4 provide training and technical assistance; and 

5 (2) up to 3 percent of funds made available for 

6 grant or reimbursement programs under such head7 ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 

8 research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis9 tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 

10 Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 

11 and merged with funds provided to the National In12 stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis13 tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 

14 statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza15 tions for such grant or reimbursement programs. 

16 SEC. 213. None of the funds made available under 

17 this or any other Act, for fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal 

18 year thereafter, other than for the national instant crimi19 nal background check system established under section 

20 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 

21 U.S.C. 922 note), may be used by a Federal law enforce22 ment officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable fire23 arm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement officer 

24 knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a drug 

25 cartel, unless law enforcement personnel of the United 

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1 States continuously monitor or control the firearm at all 

2 times. 

3 SEC. 214. (a) None of the income retained in the De4 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

5 title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 

6 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 

7 year 2017, except up to $40,000,000 may be obligated for 

8 implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan9 cial management system. 

10 (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal11 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 

12 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 

13 Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 

14 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2017, and 

15 any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds 

16 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec17 tion 505 of this Act. 

18 (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli19 gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 

20 title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga21 tion during fiscal year 2017, and any use, obligation, 

22 transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 

23 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 

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

25 Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 

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1 TITLE III 

2 SCIENCE 

3 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

5 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na6 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

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

8 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

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

10 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

11 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum12 bia, $5,555,000. 

13 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

14 SCIENCE

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

16 in the conduct and support of science research and devel17 opment activities, including research, development, oper18 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa19 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

20 and communications activities; program management; per21 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

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

23 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

25 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

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1 aircraft, $5,597,000,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That the formulation and de3 velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 

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

5 James Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed 

6 $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi7 vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 

8 30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 

9 the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de10 velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi11 tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin12 istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 

13 the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec14 tion 30104: Provided further, That, of the amounts pro15 vided, $260,000,000 is for an orbiter and a lander to meet 

16 the science goals for the Jupiter Europa mission as out17 lined in the most recent planetary science decadal survey: 

18 Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and 

19 Space Administration shall use the Space Launch System 

20 as the launch vehicle or vehicles for the Jupiter Europa 

21 mission, plan for an orbiter launch no later than 2022 and 

22 a lander launch no later than 2024, and include in the 

23 fiscal year 2018 budget the 5-year funding profile nec24 essary to achieve these goals. 

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1 AERONAUTICS

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

4 development activities, including research, development, 

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

6 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con7 trol, and communications activities; program manage8 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

9 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

10 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur11 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

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

13 administrative aircraft, $712,000,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2018. 

15 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

17 in the conduct and support of space technology research 

18 and development activities, including research, develop19 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

20 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space21 craft control, and communications activities; program 

22 management; personnel and related costs, including uni23 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

24 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex25 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

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

2 mission and administrative aircraft, $739,200,000, to re3 main available until September 30, 2018. 

4 EXPLORATION

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

7 development activities, including research, development, 

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

9 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con10 trol, and communications activities; program manage11 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

12 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

13 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur14 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

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

16 administrative aircraft, $4,183,000,000, to remain avail17 able until September 30, 2018: Provided, That not less 

18 than $1,350,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 

19 Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

20 $2,000,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 

21 (SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 

22 less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele23 ments and an exploration upper stage developed simulta24 neously: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 

25 for SLS, not less than $250,000,000 shall be for explomstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS

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1 ration upper stage development: Provided further, That 

2 $429,000,000 shall be for exploration ground systems: 

3 Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and 

4 Space Administration shall provide to the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

6 Senate, concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 

7 5-year budget profile and funding projection that adheres 

8 to a 70 percent Joint Confidence Level and is consistent 

9 with the Key Decision Point C (KDP–C) for the SLS and 

10 with the management agreement contained in the KDP– 

11 C for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Provided fur12 ther, That $404,000,000 shall be for exploration research 

13 and development. 

14 SPACE OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

16 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

17 and development activities, including research, develop18 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space19 craft control and communications activities, including op20 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re21 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 

22 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow23 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

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

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

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1 charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin2 istrative aircraft, $4,890,300,000, to remain available 

3 until September 30, 2018. 

4 EDUCATION

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

7 education research and development activities, including 

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

9 program management; personnel and related costs, includ10 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec11 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

12 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

13 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

14 of mission and administrative aircraft, $115,000,000, to 

15 remain available until September 30, 2018, of which 

16 $18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 

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

18 for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro19 gram. 

20 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

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

23 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

24 research and development activities, including research, 

25 development, operations, support, and services; maintemstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS

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1 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

2 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

3 program management; personnel and related costs, includ4 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec5 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

6 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

7 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen8 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte9 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air10 craft, $2,835,400,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2018. 

12 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

13 RESTORATION

14 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

15 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi16 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad17 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

18 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

19 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli20 ance and restoration, $398,000,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2022: Provided, That proceeds from 

22 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

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

24 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

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1 able for obligation for fiscal year 2017 in an amount not 

2 to exceed $9,470,300: Provided further, That each annual 

3 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 

4 receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col5 lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 

6 Code. 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

10 $38,100,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

11 until September 30, 2018. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

15 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

16 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

17 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

18 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero19 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

20 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap21 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

22 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans23 fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 

24 available for the same purposes and the same time period 

25 as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 

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1 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram2 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

3 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

4 procedures set forth in that section. 

5 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro6 vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ7 ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 

8 change of an amount established in that spending plan 

9 that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 

10 this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec11 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga12 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce13 dures set forth in that section. 

14 The unexpired balances for Commercial Spaceflight 

15 Activities contained within the Exploration account may 

16 be transferred to the Space Operations account for such 

17 activities. Balances so transferred shall be merged with 

18 the funds in the Space Operations account and shall be 

19 available under the same terms, conditions and period of 

20 time as previously appropriated. 

21 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

22 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

23 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

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

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

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

2 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

3 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air4 craft; and authorized travel; $6,079,430,000, to remain 

5 available until September 30, 2018, of which not to exceed 

6 $544,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

7 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse8 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

9 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

10 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

11 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

12 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

13 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

14 to this appropriation. 

15 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

16 CONSTRUCTION

17 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc18 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

19 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu20 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

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

22 $87,120,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

24 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math25 ematics and engineering education and human resources 

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1 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

2 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ3 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

4 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con5 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $880,000,000, 

6 to remain available until September 30, 2018. 

7 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

8 For agency operations and award management nec9 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

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

11 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas12 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

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

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

15 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

16 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

17 $340,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 

18 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

19 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 

20 heading in fiscal year 2017 for maintenance and operation 

21 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

22 the next fiscal year: Provided further, That of the amount 

23 provided for costs associated with the acquisition, occu24 pancy, and related costs of new headquarters space, not 

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1 more than $40,700,000 shall remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

4 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala5 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

7 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec8 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car9 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

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

11 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,380,000: Provided, That not 

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

13 and representation expenses. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

17 1978, $15,200,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail18 able until September 30, 2018. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

22 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

23 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be24 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

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1 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 

2 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

3 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 

4 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria6 tions Act, 2017’’. 

7 TITLE IV 

8 RELATED AGENCIES 

9 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

12 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

13 $9,200,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro14 priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi15 viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 

16 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe17 cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 

18 That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 

19 shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 

20 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 

21 who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 

22 none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 

23 used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au24 thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 

25 of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 

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1 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

4 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

5 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em6 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 

7 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 

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

9 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 

10 (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend11 ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 

12 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in13 cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

14 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 

15 authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 

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

17 $29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 

18 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

19 $364,500,000: Provided, That the Commission is author20 ized to make available for official reception and represen21 tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 

22 Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept 

23 and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 

24 Commission. 

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1 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

4 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

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

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

7 reception and representation expenses, $90,000,000, to re8 main available until expended. 

9 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

10 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

11 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

12 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

13 Act of 1974, $350,000,000, of which $314,300,000 is for 

14 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

15 $5,200,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

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

17 additional audits of recipients; $19,500,000 is for manage18 ment and grants oversight; $5,000,000 is for client self19 help and information technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro 

20 Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay21 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor22 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

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

24 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em25 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

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

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

3 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

4 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora5 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 

6 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

7 considered an agency of the United States Government. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

9 CORPORATION

10 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

11 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur12 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

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

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

15 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

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

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

18 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2016 and 

19 2017, respectively. 

20 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com23 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 

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

25 $3,431,000. 

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1 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

2 REPRESENTATIVE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

5 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

7 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

8 United States Code, $50,000,000, of which $1,000,000 

9 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not 

10 to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 

11 and representation expenses. 

12 TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For activities of the United States Trade Representa15 tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 

16 and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 

17 including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 

18 Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 

19 transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 

20 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

21 Act. 

22 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

25 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 

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1 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,121,000, of which $500,000 

2 shall remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 

3 That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 

4 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

5 That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 

6 Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 

7 United States Government. 

8 TITLE V 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

13 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

14 not authorized by the Congress. 

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

16 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

17 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

18 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

19 under this Act for any consulting service through procure20 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

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

22 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

23 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

24 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

25 issued pursuant to existing law. 

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1 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica2 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

3 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica4 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

5 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af6 fected thereby. 

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

8 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

9 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli10 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2017, or provided from 

11 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

12 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

14 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini15 tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 

16 a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per17 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 

18 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of19 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro20 grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

21 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em22 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac23 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

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

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

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

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

3 change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap4 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com5 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

6 of such reprogramming of funds. 

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

8 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 

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

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

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

12 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re13 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

14 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen15 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

16 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula17 tions. 

18 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au19 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

20 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 

21 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

22 States, its territories or possessions. 

23 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 

24 given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 

25 Item (1)(f)(3). 

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1 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 

2 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na3 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta6 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 

7 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com8 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 

9 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

10 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 

11 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

12 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

13 obligation. 

14 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 

15 submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

16 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 

17 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

18 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 

19 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

20 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys21 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re22 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

23 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 

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1 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

2 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

3 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be4 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

5 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

6 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

7 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

8 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

9 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

11 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

12 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 

13 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

14 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 

15 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

16 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

17 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

18 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

19 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

20 products of the same type. 

21 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per23 sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 

24 $2,737,000,000 during fiscal year 2017 from the fund es25 tablished by section 1402 of Public Law 98–473 (42 

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1 U.S.C. 10601): Provided, That notwithstanding such sec2 tion 1402(d), of the amounts available from the Fund for 

3 obligation, 5 percent shall be available for grants to Indian 

4 tribal governments to improve services and justice for vic5 tims of crime. 

6 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 

7 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi8 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

9 students who participate in programs for which financial 

10 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

11 or legal guardians of such students. 

12 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in14 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

15 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro16 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

17 SEC. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to im18 plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 

19 procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 

20 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth21 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 

22 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer23 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

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1 egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 

2 Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

3 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat4 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys5 tems’’ unless the agency has— 

6 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor7 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

8 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 

9 inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

10 moderate-impact information systems within the 

11 Federal Government; 

12 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre13 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

14 threat information provided by the FBI and other 

15 appropriate agencies; and 

16 (3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap17 propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 

18 any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 

19 with the acquisition of such system, including any 

20 risk associated with such system being produced, 

21 manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 

22 identified by the United States Government as pos23 ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 

24 those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 

25 the People’s Republic of China. 

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1 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 

3 high-impact or moderate-impact information system re4 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

5 of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 

6 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 

7 FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 

8 mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 

9 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

10 the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 

11 the national interest of the United States; and 

12 (3) reported that determination to the Commit13 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa14 tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen15 eral. 

16 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 

18 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em19 ployee of the United States Government. 

20 SEC. 516. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

21 of law or treaty, in fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year 

22 thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

23 made available under this Act or any other Act may be 

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1 penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

2 United States in connection with requiring an export li3 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac4 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

5 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

6 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

7 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 

8 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

9 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

10 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

11 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex12 port license— 

13 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

14 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

15 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

16 under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 

17 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub18 section (a); and 

19 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

20 of— 

21 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo22 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

23 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

24 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

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1 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

2 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

3 listed in Category I, other than for end use by 

4 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu5 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

6 (C) articles for export from Canada to an7 other foreign destination. 

8 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di9 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per10 manent or temporary export without a license of any un11 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

12 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem13 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

14 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

15 Canadian citizen. 

16 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

17 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter18 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

19 the Government of Canada has implemented or main20 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

21 in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 

22 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter23 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an24 other nation. The President shall terminate the requiremstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS

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1 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require2 ments have ceased. 

3 SEC. 517. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, in fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

5 no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

6 States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 

7 other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 

8 to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 

9 officer or employee of the United States to deny any appli10 cation submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) 

11 and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or 

12 .113, for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios 

13 or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

14 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi16 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

17 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

18 States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

19 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

20 States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

21 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 

22 States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

23 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 

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1 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

2 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 

3 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 

4 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu5 rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 

6 Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

7 SEC. 520. If at any time during any quarter, the pro8 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

9 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero10 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

11 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason12 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in13 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 

14 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis15 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di16 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

17 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 

18 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 

19 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 

20 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 

21 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 

22 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 

23 to which such changes have contributed to the increase 

24 in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti25 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 

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1 statement validating that the project’s management struc2 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 

3 costs. 

4 SEC. 521. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

5 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel6 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

7 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec8 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

9 3094) during fiscal year 2017 until the enactment of the 

10 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017. 

11 SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

13 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

14 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro15 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

16 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

17 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

18 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

19 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

20 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

21 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi22 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

23 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as24 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

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1 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess2 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

3 judicial proceeding. 

4 (RESCISSIONS)

5 SEC. 523. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

6 to the Department of Justice, the following funds are 

7 hereby rescinded, not later than September 30, 2017, from 

8 the following accounts in the specified amounts— 

9 (1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $300,000,000; 

10 (2) ‘‘United States Marshals Service, Federal 

11 Prisoner Detention’’, $24,000,000; 

12 (3) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 

13 and Expenses’’, $140,000,000 from fees collected to 

14 defray expenses for the automation of fingerprint 

15 identification and criminal justice information serv16 ices and associated costs; 

17 (4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi18 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

19 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro20 grams’’, $15,000,000; 

21 (5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi22 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $40,000,000; 

23 (6) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi24 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

25 $10,000,000; 

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1 (7) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 

2 $304,000,000. 

3 (8) ‘‘Drug Enforcement Administration, Sala4 ries and Expenses’’, $6,192,000; and 

5 (9) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 

6 and Expenses’’, $51,600,000. 

7 (b) The Department of Justice shall submit to the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent9 atives and the Senate a report no later than September 

10 1, 2017, specifying the amount of each rescission made 

11 pursuant to subsection (a). 

12 SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

14 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

15 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

16 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend18 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart19 ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 

20 at any single conference occurring outside the United 

21 States unless such conference is a law enforcement train22 ing or operational conference for law enforcement per23 sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in attend24 ance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the 

25 United States. 

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1 SEC. 526. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

3 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

4 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

5 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

6 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

7 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

8 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

9 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

10 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

11 SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth12 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

13 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 

14 States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi15 vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de16 tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec17 tive control of the Department of Defense. 

18 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

19 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

20 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

21 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

22 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

23 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

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1 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

2 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

3 and 

4 (2) is— 

5 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

6 control of the Department of Defense; or 

7 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

9 SEC. 528. The Director of the Office of Management 

10 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in11 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro12 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

13 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform14 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

15 following: 

16 (1) Details on future action the department, 

17 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

18 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

19 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

20 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

21 in expired grant accounts. 

22 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex23 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

24 Treasury of the United States. 

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1 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

2 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

3 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

4 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

5 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

6 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

7 SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds made available by 

8 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 

9 Space Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science 

10 and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, 

11 promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, pro12 gram, order, or contract of any kind to participate, col13 laborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China 

14 or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are 

15 specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of 

16 enactment of this Act. 

17 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

18 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

19 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

20 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

21 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP, 

22 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have certified— 

23 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

24 technology, data, or other information with national 

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1 security or economic security implications to China 

2 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

3 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

4 officials who have been determined by the United 

5 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

6 human rights. 

7 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 

8 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate, no later than 

10 30 days prior to the activity in question and shall include 

11 a description of the purpose of the activity, its agenda, 

12 its major participants, and its location and timing. 

13 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 

14 or any other Act, for fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year 

15 thereafter, may be used to pay the salaries or expenses 

16 of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for 

17 the importation of any model of shotgun if— 

18 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

19 the proposed importation are met; and 

20 (2) no application for the importation of such 

21 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 

22 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu23 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 

24 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

25 sporting purposes. 

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1 SEC. 531. (a) None of the funds made available in 

2 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

3 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

4 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

5 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

6 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

7 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi8 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law 

9 enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 

10 SEC. 532. The Departments of Commerce and Jus11 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

12 the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 

13 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

14 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 

15 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 

16 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 

17 Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute 

18 shall submit spending plans, signed by the respective de19 partment or agency head, to the Committees on Appro20 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

21 within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

22 SEC. 533. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

24 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

25 ratification for the Treaty. 

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1 SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to relinquish the responsibility of the Na3 tional Telecommunications and Information Administra4 tion with respect to Internet domain name system func5 tions, including responsibility with respect to the authori6 tative root zone file and the Internet Assigned Numbers 

7 Authority functions. 

8 SEC. 535. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

9 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 

10 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail11 able to the department or agency over which that Inspec12 tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen13 eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 

14 General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma15 terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 

16 law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and ex17 pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 

18 department or agency covered by this section shall provide 

19 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu20 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In21 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 

22 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro23 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen24 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 

25 of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 

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1 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal3 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 

4 SEC. 536. The Department of Commerce, the Na5 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na6 tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 

7 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 

9 by any employee of such Department or agency, including 

10 the purpose of such travel. 

11 SEC. 537. (a) No funds made available in this Act 

12 may be used to facilitate, permit, license, or promote ex13 ports to the Cuban military or intelligence service or to 

14 any officer of the Cuban military or intelligence service, 

15 or an immediate family member thereof. 

16 (b) This section does not apply to exports of goods 

17 permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

18 Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 

19 (c) In this section— 

20 (1) the term ‘‘Cuban military or intelligence 

21 service’’ includes, but is not limited to, the Ministry 

22 of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Min23 istry of the Interior, of Cuba, and any subsidiary of 

24 either such Ministry; and 

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1 (2) the term ‘‘immediate family member’’ 

2 means a spouse, sibling, son, daughter, parent, 

3 grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or neph4 ew. 

5 SEC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to approve the registration or renewal 

7 of, or maintain the registration of, a mark, trade name, 

8 or commercial name, under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 

9 provide for the registration and protection of trademarks 

10 used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain 

11 international conventions, and for other purposes’’, ap12 proved July 6, 1946 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Trade13 mark Act of 1946’’; 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.), including 

14 the receipt or acceptance of post-registration affidavits or 

15 declarations, where such mark, trade name, or commercial 

16 name is the same or substantially similar to a mark, trade 

17 name, or commercial name that was used in connection 

18 with a business or assets that were confiscated, as that 

19 term is defined in section 4(4) of the Cuban Liberty and 

20 Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 

21 U.S.C. 6023(4)), unless the original owner of the mark, 

22 trade name, or commercial name, or the bona-fide suc23 cessor-in-interest has expressly consented. 

24 SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to enter into a civil settlement agreement 

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1 on behalf of the United States that includes a term requir2 ing that any donation be made to any non-party by any 

3 party-defendant to such agreement. 

4 SEC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 

6 923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 

7 to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul8 tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 

9 SEC. 541. (a)(1) The Secretary, subject to paragraph 

10 (2), shall develop and conduct a nonnative predator fish 

11 research and removal pilot program to study the effects 

12 of removing striped bass, smallmouth bass, largemouth 

13 bass, black bass, and other nonnative predator fish species 

14 from the Stanislaus River, California, to benefit native 

15 anadromous fish. The program shall— 

16 (A) be scientifically based, with research ques17 tions determined jointly by National Marine Fish18 eries Service scientists and the districts’ technical 

19 experts; 

20 (B) be implemented as quickly as possible; and 

21 (C) be conducted for not to exceed 5 years. 

22 (2)(A) The Secretary shall develop and conduct the 

23 program only jointly with the districts. 

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1 (B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re2 quire the districts to participate in the development or 

3 conduct of the program. 

4 (b) The management of the program shall be the 

5 joint responsibility of the Secretary and the districts. 

6 (c) By agreement between the Secretary and the dis7 tricts, the program may be conducted by— 

8 (1) the districts’ personnel; 

9 (2) qualified private contractors hired by the 

10 districts; 

11 (3) personnel of, on loan to, or otherwise as12 signed to the National Marine Fisheries Service; or 

13 (4) a combination of the foregoing. 

14 (d)(1) The districts shall be responsible for 100 per15 cent of the cost of the program. 

16 (2) The Secretary of Commerce may accept and use 

17 contributions of funds from the districts to carry out ac18 tivities under the program. 

19 (e)(1) The program under this section is deemed to 

20 be consistent with the requirements of the Central Valley 

21 Project Improvement Act (title XXXIV of Public Law 

22 102–575). No provision, plan, or definition established or 

23 required by such Act shall be used to prohibit the imposi24 tion of the program, or to prevent the accomplishment of 

25 its goals. 

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1 (2) For purposes of the application of the Central 

2 Valley Project Improvement Act with respect to the pro3 gram, striped bass shall not be treated as anadromous 

4 fish. 

5 (f) In this section: 

6 (1) The term ‘‘districts’’ means the Oakdale Ir7 rigation District and the South San Joaquin Irriga8 tion District, California. 

9 (2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

10 of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Adminis11 trator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and At12 mospheric Administration. 

13 SEC. 542. (a) Not later than two years after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, 

15 in consultation with the Director of the California Depart16 ment of Fish and Wildlife, shall develop and implement 

17 the expanded use of conservation fish hatchery programs 

18 to enhance, supplement, and rebuild salmonid fish and 

19 other species listed as endangered species or threatened 

20 species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

21 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), under the biological opinion issued 

22 under that Act by the National Marine Fisheries Service, 

23 dated June 4, 2009, on the long-term effects of the Cen24 tral Valley Project and State Water Project in California. 

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1 (b) The conservation fish hatchery programs estab2 lished under subsection (a) and their associated hatchery 

3 and genetic management plans shall be designed— 

4 (1) to benefit, enhance, support, and otherwise 

5 recover naturally spawning fish species to the point 

6 where the measures under the Endangered Species 

7 Act of 1973 are no longer necessary for such spe8 cies; 

9 (2) to address the recommendations of the Cali10 fornia Hatchery Scientific Review Group; and 

11 (3) to minimize adverse effects to operations of 

12 the Central Valley Project and State Water Project 

13 (as those terms are used in the Central Valley 

14 Project Improvement Act of 2002 (title XXXIV of 

15 Public Law 102–575)). 

16 (c) In implementing this section, the Secretary— 

17 (1) shall give priority to existing and prospec18 tive hatchery programs and facilities within the Sac19 ramento-San Joaquin Delta and the riverine tribu20 taries thereto; and 

21 (2) may enter into cooperative agreements for 

22 the operation of conservation hatchery programs 

23 with the State of California, tribes, and other non24 Governmental entities for the benefit, enhancement, 

25 and support of naturally spawning fish species. 

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1 SEC. 543. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to carry out the program known as ‘‘Op3 eration Choke Point’’. 

4 SEC. 544. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 

5 not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 

6 respectively, for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 

7 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

8 and Safe Streets Act of 1968; Public Works grants au9 thorized by the Public Works and Economic Development 

10 Act of 1965; and grants authorized by section 27 of the 

11 Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 

12 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated for assistance in persistent 

13 poverty counties: Provided, That for purposes of this sec14 tion, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any 

15 county that has had 20 percent or more of its population 

16 living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 

17 the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the most recent 

18 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. 

19 SEC. 545. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used by the Equal Employment Opportunity 

21 Commission for the ‘‘collection of information’’, as defined 

22 in the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

23 § 3502(3)(A)), from employers as set forth in the notice 

24 published by the Commission on February 1, 2016, in the 

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1 Federal Register (81 Fed. Reg. 5113) or for any final 

2 ‘‘collection of information’’ related to such notice. 

3 SEC. 546. (a) A State may, in a civil action, obtain 

4 all appropriate relief against any party for the purpose 

5 of restoring the original autonomous sovereignty reserved 

6 to the States by the structure of the Constitution, includ7 ing the tenth article of amendment thereto. The court 

8 shall promptly hear and determine any such civil action, 

9 and shall afford the State any necessary preliminary relief. 

10 The courts shall interpret this section liberally to effec11 tuate its remedial purposes. 

12 (b) The section shall take effect on the date of enact13 ment of this Act for fiscal year 2017 and continue in effect 

14 through all fiscal years hereafter. 

15 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

16 SEC. 547. The amount by which the applicable alloca17 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

18 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec19 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex20 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

21 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

22 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 471 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5393 

[Report No. 114–605] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

2017, and for other purposes. Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 

JUNE 7, 2016 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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