In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

December 11, 2014. 

Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 

Senate to the bill (H.R. 83) entitled ‘‘An Act to require the 

Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the 

insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated 

States through the development of energy action plans aimed 

at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including 

increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for 

other purposes.’’, with the following 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT: 

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 

amendment of the Senate to the text of the bill, insert 

the following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated and Fur3 ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 

Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. 

Sec. 6. Availability of funds. 

Sec. 7. Technical allowance for estimating differences. 

Sec. 8. Adjustments to compensation. 

Sec. 9. Study of electric rates in the insular areas. 

Sec. 10. Amendments to the Consolidated Natural Resources Act. 
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Sec. 11. Payments in lieu of taxes. 

DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 

DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

Title I—Agricultural Programs 

Title II—Conservation Programs 

Title III—Rural Development Programs 

Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 

Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 

Title VI—Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration 

Title VII—General Provisions 

Title VIII—Ebola Response and Preparedness 

DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED 

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

Title I—Department of Commerce 

Title II—Department of Justice 

Title III—Science 

Title IV—Related Agencies 

Title V—General Provisions 

Title VI—Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014 

Title VII—Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014 

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 

2015 

Title I—Military Personnel 

Title II—Operation and Maintenance 

Title III—Procurement 

Title IV—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation 

Title V—Revolving and Management Funds 

Title VI—Other Department of Defense Programs 

Title VII—Related Agencies 

Title VIII—General Provisions 

Title IX—Overseas Contingency Operations 

Title X—Ebola Response and Preparedness 

DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

Title I—Corps of Engineers—Civil 

Title II—Department of the Interior 

Title III—Department of Energy 

Title IV—Independent Agencies 

Title V—General Provisions 

DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

Title I—Department of the Treasury 

Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President 

Title III—The Judiciary 

Title IV—District of Columbia 
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Title V—Independent Agencies 

Title VI—General Provisions—This Act 

Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide 

Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia 

DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

Title I—Department of the Interior 

Title II—Environmental Protection Agency 

Title III—Related Agencies 

Title IV—General Provisions 

DIVISION G—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

Title I—Department of Labor 

Title II—Department of Health and Human Services 

Title III—Department of Education 

Title IV—Related Agencies 

Title V—General Provisions 

Title VI—Ebola Response and Preparedness 

DIVISION H—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

Title I—Legislative Branch 

Title II—General Provisions 

DIVISION I—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, 

AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

Title I—Department of Defense 

Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs 

Title III—Related Agencies 

Title IV—Overseas Contingency Operations 

Title V—General Provisions 

DIVISION J—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND 

RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

Title I—Department of State and Related Agency 

Title II—United States Agency for International Development 

Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance 

Title IV—International Security Assistance 

Title V—Multilateral Assistance 

Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance 

Title VII—General Provisions 

Title VIII—Overseas Contingency Operations 

Title IX—Ebola Response and Preparedness 

DIVISION K—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

Title I—Department of Transportation 

Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Title III—Related Agencies 

Title IV—General Provisions—This Act 
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DIVISION L—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, 2015 

DIVISION M—EXPATRIATE HEALTH COVERAGE CLARIFICATION ACT 

OF 2014 

DIVISION N—OTHER MATTERS 

DIVISION O—MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION REFORM 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of Contents. 

TITLE I—MODIFICATIONS TO MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN RULES 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Pension Protection Act of 2006 

Sec. 101. Repeal of sunset of PPA funding rules. 

Sec. 102. Election to be in critical status. 

Sec. 103. Clarification of rule for emergence from critical status. 

Sec. 104. Endangered status not applicable if no additional action is required. 

Sec. 105. Correct endangered status funding improvement plan target funded percentage. 

Sec. 106. Conforming endangered status and critical status rules during funding 

improvement and rehabilitation plan adoption periods. 

Sec. 107. Corrective plan schedules when parties fail to adopt in bargaining. 

Sec. 108. Repeal of reorganization rules for multiemployer plans. 

Sec. 109. Disregard of certain contribution increases for withdrawal liability 

purposes. 

Sec. 110. Guarantee for pre-retirement survivor annuities under multiemployer 

pension plans. 

Sec. 111. Required disclosure of multiemployer plan information. 

Subtitle B—Multiemployer Plan Mergers and Partitions 

Sec. 121. Mergers. 

Sec. 122. Partitions of eligible multiemployer plans. 

Subtitle C—Strengthening the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

Sec. 131. Premium increases for multiemployer plans. 

TITLE II—REMEDIATION MEASURES FOR DEEPLY TROUBLED 

PLANS 

Sec. 201. Conditions, limitations, distribution and notice requirements, and approval process for benefit suspensions under multiemployer plans 

in critical and declining status. 

DIVISION P—OTHER RETIREMENT-RELATED MODIFICATIONS 

Sec. 1. Substantial cessation of operations. 

Sec. 2. Clarification of the normal retirement age. 

Sec. 3. Application of cooperative and small employer charity pension plan rules 

to certain charitable employers whose primary exempt purpose 

is providing services with respect to children. 

DIVISION Q—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

Sec. 1. Budgetary Effects. 
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1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

2 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

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

4 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi5 sion. 

6 SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 

7 The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed 

8 in the House of Representatives section of the Congressional 

9 Record on or about December 11, 2014 by the Chairman 

10 of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall have 

11 the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and 

12 implementation of divisions A through K of this Act as if 

13 it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of con14 ference. 

15 SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 

17 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

18 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. 

19 SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 

20 (a) Each amount designated in this Act by the Con21 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

22 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def23 icit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if the Presi24 dent subsequently so designates all such amounts and trans25 mits such designations to the Congress. 
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1 (b) Each amount designated in this Act by the Con2 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

3 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 

4 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall 

5 be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the Presi6 dent subsequently so designates all such amounts and trans7 mits such designations to the Congress. 

8 SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ALLOWANCE FOR ESTIMATING DIF9 FERENCES. 

10 If, for fiscal year 2015, new budget authority provided 

11 in appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary spending 

12 limit for any category set forth in section 251(c) of the Bal13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

14 due to estimating differences with the Congressional Budget 

15 Office, an adjustment to the discretionary spending limit 

16 in such category for fiscal year 2015 shall be made by the 

17 Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the 

18 amount of the excess but the total of all such adjustments 

19 shall not exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted dis20 cretionary spending limits for all categories for that fiscal 

21 year. 

22 SEC. 8. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION. 

23 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjust24 ment shall be made under section 610(a) of the Legislative 

25 Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost 
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1 of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal 

2 year 2015. 

3 SEC. 9. STUDY OF ELECTRIC RATES IN THE INSULAR 

4 AREAS. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY PLAN.—The term 

7 ‘‘comprehensive energy plan’’ means a comprehensive 

8 energy plan prepared and updated under subsections 

9 (c) and (e) of section 604 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 

10 to authorize appropriations for certain insular areas 

11 of the United States, and for other purposes’’, ap12 proved December 24, 1980 (48 U.S.C. 1492). 

13 (2) ENERGY ACTION PLAN.—The term ‘‘energy 

14 action plan’’ means the plan required by subsection 

15 (d). 

16 (3) FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.—The term 

17 ‘‘Freely Associated States’’ means the Federated 

18 States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Is19 lands, and the Republic of Palau. 

20 (4) INSULAR AREAS.—The term ‘‘insular areas’’ 

21 means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 

22 Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and 

23 the Virgin Islands. 

24 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

25 the Secretary of the Interior. 
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1 (6) TEAM.—The term ‘‘team’’ means the team es2 tablished by the Secretary under subsection (b). 

3 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, within 

5 the Empowering Insular Communities activity, establish a 

6 team of technical, policy, and financial experts— 

7 (1) to develop an energy action plan addressing 

8 the energy needs of each of the insular areas and 

9 Freely Associated States; and 

10 (2) to assist each of the insular areas and Freely 

11 Associated States in implementing such plan. 

12 (c) PARTICIPATION OF REGIONAL UTILITY ORGANIZA13 TIONS.—In establishing the team, the Secretary shall con14 sider including regional utility organizations. 

15 (d) ENERGY ACTION PLAN.—In accordance with sub16 section (b), the energy action plan shall include— 

17 (1) recommendations, based on the comprehen18 sive energy plan where applicable, to— 

19 (A) reduce reliance and expenditures on fuel 

20 shipped to the insular areas and Freely Associ21 ated States from ports outside the United States; 

22 (B) develop and utilize domestic fuel energy 

23 sources; and 

24 (C) improve performance of energy infra25 structure and overall energy efficiency; 
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1 (2) a schedule for implementation of such rec2 ommendations and identification and prioritization 

3 of specific projects; 

4 (3) a financial and engineering plan for imple5 menting and sustaining projects; and 

6 (4) benchmarks for measuring progress toward 

7 implementation. 

8 (e) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 year 

9 after the date on which the Secretary establishes the team 

10 and annually thereafter, the team shall submit to the Sec11 retary a report detailing progress made in fulfilling its 

12 charge and in implementing the energy action plan. 

13 (f) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

14 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a 

15 report submitted by the team under subsection (e), the Sec16 retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con17 gress a summary of the report of the team. 

18 (g) APPROVAL OF SECRETARY REQUIRED.—The en19 ergy action plan shall not be implemented until the Sec20 retary approves the energy action plan. 

21 SEC. 10. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSOLIDATED NATURAL 

22 RESOURCES ACT. 

23 Section 6 of Public Law 94–241 (90 Stat. 263; 122 

24 Stat. 854) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘December 

2 31, 2014, except as provided in subsections (b) and 

3 (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (d)— 

5 (A) in the third sentence of paragraph (2), 

6 by striking ‘‘not to extend beyond December 31, 

7 2014, unless extended pursuant to paragraph 5 

8 of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘ ‘ending on 

9 December 31, 2019’ ’’; 

10 (B) by striking paragraph (5); and 

11 (C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

12 paragraph (5). 

13 SEC. 11. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES. 

14 (a) For payments in lieu of taxes under chapter 69 

15 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2015, 

16 $372,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the Inte17 rior. 

18 (b) The amount made available in subsection (a) shall 

19 be in addition to amounts made available for payments in 

20 lieu of taxes by the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

21 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

22 2015. 
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1 DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE2 VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN3 ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

4 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

5 TITLE I 

6 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

7 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

11 $45,805,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 

12 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 

13 exceed $502,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal 

14 Relations; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall be available for 

15 the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordina16 tion; not to exceed $1,209,000 shall be available for the Of17 fice of Advocacy and Outreach; not to exceed $25,928,000 

18 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

19 for Administration, of which $25,124,000 shall be available 

20 for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary 

21 expenses for management support services to offices of the 

22 Department and for general administration, security, re23 pairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and 

24 expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 

25 practical and efficient work of the Department; not to ex-
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1 ceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant 

2 Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro3 grams funded by this Act, including programs involving 

4 intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 

5 branch; and not to exceed $7,750,000 shall be available for 

6 the Office of Communications: Provided, That the Secretary 

7 of Agriculture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated 

8 for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other 

9 office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That 

10 no appropriation for any office shall be increased or de11 creased by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not 

12 to exceed $11,000 of the amount made available under this 

13 paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall 

14 be available for official reception and representation ex15 penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 

16 Secretary: Provided further, That the amount made avail17 able under this heading for Departmental Administration 

18 shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this 

19 Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 

20 as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That 

21 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 

22 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 

23 transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 

24 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 

25 level: Provided further, That no funds made available under 
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1 this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Con2 gressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from 

3 the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has 

4 notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

5 of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agen6 cy. 

7 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

8 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Econo10 mist, $17,377,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for grants 

11 or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7 

12 U.S.C. 3155. 

13 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

14 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi15 sion, $13,317,000. 

16 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro18 gram Analysis, $9,392,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor21 mation Officer, $45,045,000, of which not less than 

22 $28,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the Depart23 ment. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan3 cial Officer, $6,028,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

5 RIGHTS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

7 Secretary for Civil Rights, $898,000. 

8 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

10 $24,070,000. 

11 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu14 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

15 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 

16 of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 

17 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the Depart18 ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations 

19 and other actions needed for the Department and its agen20 cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit21 able for release to the Administrator of General Services, 

22 and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re23 pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 

24 costs, $55,866,000, to remain available until expended, for 

25 buildings operations and maintenance expenses: Provided, 
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1 That the Secretary may use unobligated prior year balances 

2 of an agency or office that are no longer available for new 

3 obligation to cover shortfalls incurred in prior or current 

4 year rental payments for such agency or office. 

5 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri8 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

9 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,600,000, to remain avail12 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

13 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

14 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

15 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

16 pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 

17 lands. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen20 eral, including employment pursuant to the Inspector Gen21 eral Act of 1978, $95,026,000, including such sums as may 

22 be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with 

23 public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 

24 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and including 

25 not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational 
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1 expenses, including the payment of informants, to be ex2 pended under the direction of the Inspector General pursu3 ant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 

4 97–98. 

5 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

7 Counsel, $44,383,000. 

8 OFFICE OF ETHICS

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

10 $3,654,000. 

11 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

12 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec14 retary for Research, Education, and Economics, $898,000. 

15 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

16 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv17 ice, $85,373,000. 

18 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

19 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

20 Statistics Service, $172,408,000, of which up to $47,842,000 

21 shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri22 culture: Provided, That amounts made available for the 

23 Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current In24 dustrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and 

25 (f). 
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1 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

4 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 

5 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for 

6 land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 

7 value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 

8 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value 

9 of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 

10 $1,132,625,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 

11 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air12 craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 

13 only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 

14 be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, 

15 alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

16 unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 

17 building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses 

18 or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, 

19 and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved 

20 at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of alter21 ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

22 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building 

23 or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That 

24 the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall 

25 not apply to modernization or replacement of existing fa-
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1 cilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That ap2 propriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease3 ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Pro4 vided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply 

5 to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

6 April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 

7 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

8 easements at any Agricultural Research Service location for 

9 the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal enti10 ty for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Research 

11 Service and a condition of the easements shall be that upon 

12 completion the facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, 

13 subject to the availability of funds herein, if the Secretary 

14 finds that acceptance of the facility is in the interest of the 

15 United States: Provided further, That funds may be re16 ceived from any State, other political subdivision, organiza17 tion, or individual for the purpose of establishing or oper18 ating any research facility or research project of the Agri19 cultural Research Service, as authorized by law: Provided 

20 further, That subject to such terms and conditions as the 

21 Secretary of Agriculture considers appropriate to protect 

22 the interest of the United States, the Secretary may enter 

23 into a lease of Agricultural Research Service land in order 

24 to allow for the drilling of not more than three irrigation 

25 wells; the term of the lease may not exceed 20 years, but 
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1 the Secretary may renew the lease for one or more addi2 tional 20-year periods. 

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

4 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im5 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

6 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricul7 tural research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

8 where not otherwise provided, $45,000,000 to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

11 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

12 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

13 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

14 for other expenses, $786,874,000, which shall be for the pur15 poses, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Na16 tional Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and 

17 Education Activities’’ in the explanatory statement de18 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 

19 this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for research 

20 grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 in21 stitutions, capacity building for non-land-grant colleges of 

22 agriculture, the agriculture and food research initiative, 

23 veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural schol24 ars, graduate fellowship and institution challenge grants, 

25 and grants management systems shall remain available 
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1 until expended: Provided further, That each institution eli2 gible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen program re3 ceives no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds 

4 for education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawai5 ian-serving institutions be made available to individual eli6 gible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with 

7 funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and 

8 Hawaii: Provided further, That funds for education grants 

9 for 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 

10 eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Pro11 vided further, That not more than 5 percent of the amounts 

12 made available by this or any other Act to carry out the 

13 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 

14 450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to 

15 pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in car16 rying out that authority. 

17 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

18 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

19 Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 

20 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 

21 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

22 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

23 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 

24 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $471,691,000, 

25 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci-
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1 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri2 culture, Extension Activities’’ in the explanatory statement 

3 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 

4 of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for facility 

5 improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

6 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

7 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative exten8 sion receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That 

9 funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) 

10 of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and sec11 tion 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available for re12 tirement and employees’ compensation costs for extension 

13 agents. 

14 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

15 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

16 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex17 penses, $30,900,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

18 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Insti19 tute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the 

20 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

21 preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, 

22 That funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative 

23 shall remain available until September 30, 2016. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

2 REGULATORY PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec4 retary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $898,000. 

5 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

9 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for rep10 resentation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the 

11 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 

12 $871,315,000, of which $470,000, to remain available until 

13 expended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks of 

14 insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of 

15 pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent 

16 necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 

17 $11,520,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

18 used for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes 

19 or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which 

20 $35,339,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

21 for Animal Health Technical Services; of which $697,000 

22 shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse Pro23 tection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which 

24 $52,340,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

25 used to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to re-
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1 main available until expended, shall be for information 

2 technology infrastructure; of which $156,000,000, to remain 

3 available until expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; 

4 of which, $8,826,000, to remain available until expended, 

5 shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of 

6 which $54,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

7 shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $3,973,000, to 

8 remain available until expended, shall be for the National 

9 Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain 

10 available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program 

11 for indemnities; of which $1,500,000, to remain available 

12 until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage manage13 ment program for aviation safety: Provided, That of 

14 amounts available under this heading for wildlife services 

15 methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain available 

16 until expended: Provided further, That of amounts available 

17 under this heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 

18 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

19 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a 

20 brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year 

21 that does not require minimum matching by the States of 

22 at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropria23 tion shall be available for the operation and maintenance 

24 of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which 

25 two shall be for replacement only: Provided further, That 
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1 in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of 

2 the agricultural production industry of this country, the 

3 Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

4 available to the agencies or corporations of the Department 

5 such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available only 

6 in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con7 tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, 

8 or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 

9 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 

10 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 

11 Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any 

12 unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emer13 gency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged 

14 with such transferred amounts: Provided further, That ap15 propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law 

16 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased 

17 buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided 

18 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

19 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 

20 of the building. 

21 In fiscal year 2015, the agency is authorized to collect 

22 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, 

23 goods, or services requested by States, other political sub24 divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 

25 governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 
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1 structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is 

2 reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv3 ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 

4 be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until ex5 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 

6 assistance, goods, or services. 

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte9 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al10 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

11 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 

12 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail13 able until expended. 

14 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

15 MARKETING SERVICES

16 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

17 Service, $81,192,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

18 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 

19 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

20 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

21 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 

22 of the building. 

23 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

24 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 

25 U.S.C. 9701). 
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1 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

2 Not to exceed $60,709,000 (from fees collected) shall be 

3 obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 

4 expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/ 

5 or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 

6 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

8 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

9 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 

12 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 

13 program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 

14 operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart15 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 

16 Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 

17 this Act; and (3) not more than $20,186,000 for formulation 

18 and administration of marketing agreements and orders 

19 pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 

20 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 

21 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

22 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

23 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar24 keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 

25 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000. 
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1 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, Pack5 ers and Stockyards Administration, $43,048,000: Provided, 

6 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

7 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

8 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 

9 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur10 rent replacement value of the building. 

11 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

12 EXPENSES

13 Not to exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be 

14 obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 

15 weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 

16 require additional supervision and oversight, or other un17 controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 

18 by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 

19 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec22 retary for Food Safety, $816,000. 

23 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

24 For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 

25 by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
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1 Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in2 cluding not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 

3 and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 

4 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,016,474,000; and in 

5 addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 

6 fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as au7 thorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva8 tion and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 

9 funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication 

10 Infrastructure system shall remain available until ex11 pended: Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time 

12 equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 

13 2015 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and en14 forcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: 

15 Provided further, That the Food Safety and Inspection 

16 Service shall continue implementation of section 11016 of 

17 Public Law 110–246 as further clarified by the amendments 

18 made in section 12106 of Public Law 113–79: Provided fur19 ther, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 

20 to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 

21 buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any 

22 one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per23 cent of the current replacement value of the building. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

2 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec4 retary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

5 $898,000. 

6 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

10 $1,200,180,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 

11 of the $132,364,000 made available under this heading for 

12 information technology related to farm program delivery, 

13 including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Agri14 cultural Systems (MIDAS) and other farm program deliv15 ery systems, may be obligated until the Secretary submits 

16 to the Committees on Appropriations a plan for expenditure 

17 that (1) identifies for each project/investment over $25,000 

18 (a) the functional and performance capabilities to be deliv19 ered and the mission benefits to be realized, (b) the esti20 mated lifecycle cost, including estimates for development as 

21 well as maintenance and operations, and (c) key milestones 

22 to be met; (2) demonstrates that each project/investment is, 

23 (a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information 

24 Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance 

25 with applicable lifecycle management policies and guid-
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1 ance, and (c) subject to the applicable Department’s capital 

2 planning and investment control requirements; and (3) has 

3 been submitted to the Government Accountability Office: 

4 Provided further, That the agency shall submit a report by 

5 the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015 to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations and the Government Account7 ability Office, that identifies for each project/investment 

8 that is operational (a) current performance against key in9 dicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current performance 

10 of service level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) 

11 current performance against a pre-established cost baseline, 

12 (d) a detailed breakdown of current and planned spending 

13 on operational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an as14 sessment of whether the investment continues to meet busi15 ness needs as intended as well as alternatives to the invest16 ment: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized 

17 to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the 

18 funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make pro19 gram payments for all programs administered by the Agen20 cy: Provided further, That other funds made available to 

21 the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 

22 merged with this account: Provided further, That funds 

23 made available to county committees shall remain available 

24 until expended: Provided further, That none of the funds 

25 available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to close 
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1 Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided further, That 

2 none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency 

3 shall be used to permanently relocate county based employ4 ees that would result in an office with two or fewer employ5 ees without prior notification and approval of the Commit6 tees on Appropriations. 

7 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

8 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul9 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 

10 $3,404,000. 

11 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

13 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

14 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 

15 $5,526,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

19 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

20 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

21 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

23 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de24 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

25 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
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1 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

2 12). 

3 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di7 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) 

8 and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency 

9 loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition 

10 loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), 

11 guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and 

12 Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488) to 

13 be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insur14 ance Fund, as follows: $2,000,000,000 for guaranteed farm 

15 ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 for farm ownership di16 rect loans; $1,393,443,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed op17 erating loans and $1,252,004,000 for direct operating loans; 

18 emergency loans, $34,667,000; Indian tribe land acquisi19 tion loans, $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

20 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

21 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 

22 $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the 

23 pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll 

24 weevil eradication program loans. 
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1 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 

2 including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 

3 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: 

4 farm operating loans, $63,101,000 for direct operating 

5 loans, $14,770,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating 

6 loans, and emergency loans, $856,000, to remain available 

7 until expended. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

9 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

10 $314,918,000, of which $306,998,000 shall be transferred to 

11 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

12 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

13 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

14 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, op15 erating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans 

16 may be transferred among these programs: Provided, That 

17 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con18 gress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any trans19 fer. 

20 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agen23 cy, $74,829,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

24 be available for official reception and representation ex25 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
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1 CORPORATIONS 

2 The following corporations and agencies are hereby au3 thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 

4 and borrowing authority available to each such corporation 

5 or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 

6 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 

7 as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 

8 Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro9 grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

10 such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 

11 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

12 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed13 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 

14 be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

15 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

16 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec19 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

20 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 

21 pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 

22 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to 

23 the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 

24 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 

25 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agri-
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1 cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to 

2 and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa3 tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul4 tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor5 poration business. 

6 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

7 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

8 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor9 poration shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site in10 vestigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 

11 maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 

12 section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re13 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

15 and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 

16 TITLE II 

17 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

19 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec21 retary for Natural Resources and Environment, $898,000. 

22 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

23 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions 

25 of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including 
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1 preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 

2 measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga3 tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil 

4 and water management as may be necessary to prevent 

5 floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul6 tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 

7 materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis8 semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and 

9 interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 

10 donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 

11 exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 

12 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement 

13 of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 

14 maintenance of aircraft, $846,428,000, to remain available 

15 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That appropriations 

16 hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 

17 construction and improvement of buildings and public im18 provements at plant materials centers, except that the cost 

19 of alterations and improvements to other buildings and 

20 other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Pro21 vided further, That when buildings or other structures are 

22 erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land 

23 is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided fur24 ther, That of the amounts made available under this head25 ing, $5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for 
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1 the authorities under 16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 

2 for authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary 

3 purpose of providing water to rural communities. 

4 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

5 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

6 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $12,000,000 is pro7 vided. 

8 TITLE III 

9 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

11 DEVELOPMENT

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec13 retary for Rural Development, $898,000. 

14 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis17 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De18 velopment mission area, including activities with institu19 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul20 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

21 $224,201,000: Provided, That no less than $15,000,000 shall 

22 be for the Comprehensive Loan Accounting System: Pro23 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used 

25 for advertising and promotional activities that support the 
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1 Rural Development mission area: Provided further, That 

2 any balances available from prior years for the Rural Utili3 ties Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Busi4 ness–Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts 

5 shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation. 

6 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

7 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di10 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

11 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural 

12 housing insurance fund, as follows: $900,000,000 shall be 

13 for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for unsub14 sidized guaranteed loans; $26,279,000 for section 504 hous15 ing repair loans; $28,398,000 for section 515 rental hous16 ing; $150,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family 

17 housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family 

18 housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self19 help housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for 

20 section 524 site development loans. 

21 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

22 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 

23 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 

24 502 loans, $66,420,000 shall be for direct loans; section 504 

25 housing repair loans, $3,687,000; and repair, rehabilita-
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1 tion, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

2 $9,800,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

3 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under 

4 this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees 

5 to cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant 

6 to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 

7 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be sub8 sidized: Provided further, That applicants in communities 

9 that have a current rural area waiver under section 541 

10 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treat11 ed as living in a rural area for purposes of section 502 

12 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Provided 

13 further, That of the amounts available under this para14 graph for section 502 direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 

15 shall be available for direct loans for individuals whose 

16 homes will be built pursuant to a program funded with a 

17 mutual and self-help housing grant authorized by section 

18 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2015. 

19 In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 

20 contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, 

21 $15,936,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

22 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

23 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail24 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans25 ferred to and merged with this account. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $415,100,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

4 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex5 penses’’. 

6 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

7 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re8 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

9 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

10 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

11 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,088,500,000; 

12 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author13 ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred 

14 prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 

15 program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That 

16 rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed during 

17 the current fiscal year shall be funded for a 1-year period: 

18 Provided further, That rental assistance contracts will not 

19 be renewed within the 12-month contract period: Provided 

20 further, That any unexpended balances remaining at the 

21 end of such 1-year agreements may be transferred and used 

22 for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, 

23 or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 

24 rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 

25 Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided 
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1 under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2015 for 

2 a farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 

3 section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for 

4 use in another project until such assistance has remained 

5 unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if such project 

6 has a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 

7 project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 

8 receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such re9 captured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, 

10 be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 

11 project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act. 

12 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

13 ACCOUNT

14 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

15 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwith16 standing subsection (b) of such section, and for additional 

17 costs to conduct a demonstration program for the preserva18 tion and revitalization of multi-family rental housing prop19 erties described in this paragraph, $24,000,000, to remain 

20 available until expended: Provided, That of the funds made 

21 available under this heading, $7,000,000, shall be available 

22 for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household (in23 cluding those not receiving rental assistance) residing in 

24 a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 

25 prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That 
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1 the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between 

2 comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the 

3 tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further, That funds 

4 made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the 

5 availability of annual appropriations: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent prac7 ticable, administer such vouchers with current regulations 

8 and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 hous9 ing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Depart10 ment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided fur11 ther, That if the Secretary determines that the amount 

12 made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is not 

13 needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for 

14 the demonstration program for the preservation and revital15 ization of multi-family rental housing properties described 

16 in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds made 

17 available under this heading, $17,000,000 shall be available 

18 for a demonstration program for the preservation and revi19 talization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 

20 rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 

21 multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro22 priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has 

23 sufficient resources to preserve the project for the purpose 

24 of providing safe and affordable housing for low-income 

25 residents and farm laborers including reducing or elimi-
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1 nating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, re2 ducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial as3 sistance including advances, payments and incentives (in4 cluding the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns 

5 on investment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

7 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

8 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided fur9 ther, That if the Secretary determines that additional funds 

10 for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, funds 

11 for the preservation and revitalization demonstration pro12 gram may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That 

13 if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a 

14 multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program 

15 similar to the demonstration program described herein, the 

16 Secretary may use funds made available for the demonstra17 tion program under this heading to carry out such legisla18 tion with the prior approval of the Committees on Appro19 priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That 

20 in addition to any other available funds, the Secretary may 

21 expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program 

22 funds made available under this heading, for administra23 tive expenses for activities funded under this heading. 
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1 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

3 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 

4 $27,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

6 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

7 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

8 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 

9 $32,239,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di13 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 

14 described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm 

15 and Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for direct loans 

16 and $73,222,000 for guaranteed loans. 

17 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of 

18 modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,500,000, to remain available 

20 until expended. 

21 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

22 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in sec23 tion 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel24 opment Act, $26,778,000, to remain available until ex25 pended: Provided, That $4,000,000 of the amount appro-
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1 priated under this heading shall be available for a Rural 

2 Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That 

3 such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and 

4 ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and 

5 community development organizations, low-income rural 

6 communities, and Federally Recognized Native American 

7 Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community 

8 facilities, community and economic development projects in 

9 rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

10 made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 

11 intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a pro12 gram of financial and technical assistance: Provided fur13 ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 

14 matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds 

15 for related activities, in an amount not less than funds pro16 vided: Provided further, That $5,778,000 of the amount ap17 propriated under this heading shall be to provide grants 

18 for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemploy19 ment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106– 

20 387), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity 

21 building in the State rural development offices: Provided 

22 further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 

23 this heading shall be available for community facilities 

24 grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) 

25 of such Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 
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1 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

2 are not applicable to the funds made available under this 

3 heading. 

4 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

5 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 

8 rural business development programs authorized by section 

9 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of 

10 section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop11 ment Act, $74,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

12 Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 

13 heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 

14 one grant to a qualified national organization to provide 

15 technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 

16 promote economic development and $3,000,000 shall be for 

17 grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa 

18 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 

19 purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated 

20 Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not more than 

21 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses: Pro22 vided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 

23 under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 

24 Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

25 $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 
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1 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

2 order to promote economic development: Provided further, 

3 That for purposes of determining eligibility or level of pro4 gram assistance the Secretary shall not include incarcerated 

5 prison populations: Provided further, That sections 381E– 

6 H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop7 ment Act are not applicable to funds made available under 

8 this heading. 

9 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

12 by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 

13 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

14 For the cost of direct loans, $5,818,000, as authorized 

15 by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 

16 U.S.C 1936b), of which $531,000 shall be available through 

17 June 30, 2015, for Federally Recognized Native American 

18 Tribes; and of which $1,021,000 shall be available through 

19 June 30, 2015, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 

20 determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro21 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

22 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

23 Budget Act of 1974. 

24 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

25 the direct loan programs, $4,439,000 shall be transferred 
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1 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop2 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

3 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

6 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

7 under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 

8 purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 

9 creation projects, $33,077,000. 

10 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

11 credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 

12 Electrification Act of 1936, $179,000,000 shall not be obli13 gated and $179,000,000 are rescinded. 

14 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

15 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

16 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

17 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $22,050,000, of which 

18 $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap19 propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Pro20 vided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants for 

21 cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or 

22 groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged 

23 groups and a majority of the boards of directors or gov24 erning boards of which are comprised of individuals who 

25 are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which 
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1 $10,750,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

2 for value-added agricultural product market development 

3 grants, as authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural 

4 Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a). 

5 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

6 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under 

7 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

8 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

9 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $1,350,000: Provided, That the cost 

10 of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

11 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

12 Budget Act of 1974. 

13 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

14 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 

17 grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and 

18 solid waste management programs authorized by sections 

19 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in 

20 sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the 

21 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

22 $464,857,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

23 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural util24 ities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, 

25 and of which not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for 
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1 the rural utilities program described in section 306E of 

2 such Act: Provided, That $66,500,000 of the amount appro3 priated under this heading shall be for loans and grants 

4 including water and waste disposal systems grants author5 ized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm 

6 and Rural Development Act, Federally Recognized Native 

7 American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the Depart8 ment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): 

9 Provided further, That funding provided for section 306D 

10 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 

11 be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 

12 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That not more 

13 than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D 

14 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 

15 be used by the State of Alaska for training and technical 

16 assistance programs and not more than 2 percent of the 

17 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

18 Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by a consor19 tium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105– 

20 83 for training and technical assistance programs: Pro21 vided further, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the amount 

22 appropriated under this heading shall be for technical as23 sistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 

24 to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 

25 makes a determination of extreme need, of which $6,000,000 
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1 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit 

2 multi-State regional technical assistance organization, with 

3 experience in working with small communities on water 

4 and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such 

5 grant shall be to assist rural communities with populations 

6 of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, de7 velopment, operation, and management of water and waste 

8 water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall 

9 be for a qualified national Native American organization 

10 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for 

11 tribal communities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

12 $15,919,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 

13 shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza14 tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist15 ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That not 

16 to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste management 

17 grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount 

18 appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and 

19 merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 

20 Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 

21 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 

22 Provided further, That any prior year balances for high23 energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural 

24 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be trans25 ferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High 
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1 Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That sec2 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 

3 Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds 

4 made available under this heading. 

5 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

6 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

9 as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec10 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 

11 made as follows: loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 

12 Act, rural electric, $5,000,000,000; guaranteed under13 writing loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 5 

14 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money rural 

15 telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursuant to 

16 section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 

17 $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be 

18 used for the construction, acquisition, or improvement of 

19 fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether new or ex20 isting) that utilize carbon sequestration systems. 

21 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

22 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

23 $34,478,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with 

24 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 

25 Expenses’’. 
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1 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

2 PROGRAM

3 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni4 cation loans, $24,077,000. 

5 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv6 ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 

7 seq., $22,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants 

9 authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

10 Development Act: Provided further, That funding provided 

11 under this heading for grants under 379G of the Consoli12 dated Farm and Rural Development Act may only be pro13 vided to entities that meet all of the eligibility criteria for 

14 a consortium as established by this section. 

15 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by sec16 tion 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $4,500,000, to re17 main available until expended: Provided, That the cost of 

18 direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con19 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

20 In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans22 mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 

23 Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 

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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec6 retary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

7 $816,000. 

8 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

9 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

12 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), 

13 except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

14 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; 

15 $21,300,170,000 to remain available through September 30, 

16 2016, of which such sums as are made available under sec17 tion 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 

18 of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this Act, 

19 shall be merged with and available for the same time period 

20 and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total 

21 amount available, $17,004,000 shall be available to carry 

22 out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

23 1771 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 

24 available, $25,000,000 shall be available to provide competi25 tive grants to State agencies for subgrants to local edu-
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1 cational agencies and schools to purchase the equipment 

2 needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and 

3 to help support the establishment, maintenance, or expan4 sion of the school breakfast program: Provided further, That 

5 of the total amount available, $16,000,000 shall remain 

6 available until expended to carry out section 749(g) of the 

7 Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 

8 80). 

9 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

10 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple12 mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 

13 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 

14 $6,623,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

15 2016: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of 

16 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), 

17 not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding 

18 peer counselors and other related activities, $14,000,000 

19 shall be used for infrastructure, $30,000,000 shall be used 

20 for management information systems, and $25,000,000 

21 shall be used for WIC electronic benefit transfer systems and 

22 activities: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

23 in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant 

24 formula except in accordance with the cost containment and 

25 competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
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1 such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

2 shall be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed 

3 by other Federal Government departments or agencies un4 less authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, 

5 That upon termination of a federally mandated vendor 

6 moratorium and subject to terms and conditions established 

7 by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement 

8 at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency. 

9 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nu11 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $81,837,570,000, 

12 of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through Sep13 tember 30, 2016, shall be placed in reserve for use only in 

14 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 

15 to carry out program operations: Provided, That funds pro16 vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 

17 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, 

18 That of the funds made available under this heading, 

19 $998,000 may be used to provide nutrition education serv20 ices to State agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes par21 ticipating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian 

22 Reservations: Provided further, That this appropriation 

23 shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re24 quirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 

25 That funds made available for Employment and Training 
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1 under this heading shall remain available through Sep2 tember 30, 2016: Provided further, That funds made avail3 able under this heading for a study on Indian tribal admin4 istration of nutrition programs, as provided in title IV of 

5 the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79), and a 

6 study of the removal of cash benefits in Puerto Rico, as pro7 vided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public 

8 Law 113–79) shall be available until expended: Provided 

9 further, That funds made available under this heading for 

10 section 28(d)(1) and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri11 tion Act of 2008 shall remain available through September 

12 30, 2016: Provided further, That funds made available 

13 under this heading for employment and training pilot 

14 projects, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 

15 2014 (Public Law 113–79), shall remain available through 

16 September 30, 2018: Provided further, That funds made 

17 available under this heading may be used to enter into con18 tracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or 

19 to conduct activities related to program integrity provided 

20 that such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutri21 tion Act of 2008. 

22 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

23 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 

24 and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au25 thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 
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1 Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency 

2 Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nu3 clear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of 

4 the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 

5 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition 

6 Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri7 tion Act of 1966, $278,501,000, to remain available through 

8 September 30, 2016, of which $2,800,000 shall be to begin 

9 service in seven additional States that have plans approved 

10 by the Department for the commodity supplemental food 

11 program but are not currently participating: Provided, 

12 That none of these funds shall be available to reimburse the 

13 Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated to 

14 the program: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

15 other provision of law, effective with funds made available 

16 in fiscal year 2015 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market 

17 Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the 

18 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such 

19 funds shall remain available through September 30, 2016: 

20 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

21 section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

22 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 10 percent 

23 for costs associated with the distribution of commodities. 
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1 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

2 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 

3 Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 

4 assistance program, $150,824,000: Provided, That of the 

5 funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the pur6 poses of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as amended 

7 by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 

8 TITLE V 

9 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

10 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

14 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representation 

15 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

16 Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

17 $181,423,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad18 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expend19 itures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and pri20 vate organizations and institutions under agreements exe21 cuted pursuant to the agricultural food production assist22 ance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance 

23 programs of the United States Agency for International De24 velopment: Provided further, That funds made available for 

25 middle-income country training programs, funds made 
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1 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 

2 Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 

3 $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria4 tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in inter5 national currency exchange rates, subject to documentation 

6 by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available 

7 until expended. 

8 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR

9 PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

12 program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 

13 480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,528,000, 

14 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

15 for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’: Pro16 vided, That of the unobligated balances provided pursuant 

17 to title I of the Food for Peace Act, $13,000,000 are re18 scinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be re19 scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

20 as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 

21 Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

23 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

24 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other25 wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
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1 ing interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public 

2 Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connection with 

3 dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

4 $1,466,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 amounts made available under this heading shall be used 

7 to provide not less than the minimum level of funding re8 quired by section 412(e)(2) of the Food for Peace Act (7 

9 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(2)) to carry out nonemergency food assist10 ance programs under title II of such Act. 

11 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

12 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

14 section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

15 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $191,626,000, to remain 

16 available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 

17 Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa18 cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 

19 such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro20 vided herein. 

21 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

22 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com25 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 
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1 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,748,000; to cover common over2 head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 

3 Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 

4 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,394,000 

5 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

6 for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, 

7 and of which $354,000 shall be transferred to and merged 

8 with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 

9 and Expenses’’. 

10 TITLE VI 

11 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

12 ADMINISTRATION 

13 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

14 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis17 tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve18 hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu19 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 

20 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 

21 this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District 

22 of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency 

23 expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved 

24 by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Sec25 retary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwith-
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1 standing section 521 of Public Law 107–188; 

2 $4,443,356,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

3 under this heading, $798,000,000 shall be derived from pre4 scription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and 

5 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

6 expended; $128,282,000 shall be derived from medical device 

7 user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited 

8 to this account and remain available until expended; 

9 $312,116,000 shall be derived from human generic drug 

10 user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be 

11 credited to this account and remain available until ex12 pended; $21,014,000 shall be derived from biosimilar bio13 logical product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, 

14 and shall be credited to this account and remain available 

15 until expended; $22,464,000 shall be derived from animal 

16 drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall 

17 be credited to this account and remain available until ex18 pended; $6,944,000 shall be derived from animal generic 

19 drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall 

20 be credited to this account and remain available until ex21 pended; $566,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product 

22 user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited 

23 to this account and remain available until expended: Pro24 vided further, That in addition and notwithstanding any 

25 other provision under this heading, amounts collected for 
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1 prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, human 

2 generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user 

3 fees, animal drug user fees, and animal generic drug user 

4 fees that exceed the respective fiscal year 2015 limitations 

5 are appropriated and shall be credited to this account and 

6 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

7 fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, human 

8 generic drug, biosimilar biological product, animal drug, 

9 and animal generic drug assessments for fiscal year 2015, 

10 including any such fees collected prior to fiscal year 2015 

11 but credited for fiscal year 2015, shall be subject to the fiscal 

12 year 2015 limitations: Provided further, That the Secretary 

13 may accept payment during fiscal year 2015 of user fees 

14 specified under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 

15 2016, prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts 

16 of such fees assessed for fiscal year 2016 for which the Sec17 retary accepts payment in fiscal year 2015 shall not be in18 cluded in amounts under this heading: Provided further, 

19 That none of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, 

20 or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 

21 9701: Provided further, That of the total amount appro22 priated: (1) $903,403,000 shall be for the Center for Food 

23 Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities 

24 in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,337,948,000 shall 

25 be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and 
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1 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

2 (3) $344,267,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Eval3 uation and Research and for related field activities in the 

4 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $173,976,000 shall be for 

5 the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field ac6 tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $420,548,000 

7 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health 

8 and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 

9 Affairs; (6) $63,331,000 shall be for the National Center for 

10 Toxicological Research; (7) $531,527,000 shall be for the 

11 Center for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 

12 in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed 

13 $163,079,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 

14 which $47,116,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 

15 than the amounts paid to the General Services Administra16 tion for rent; (9) not to exceed $227,674,000 shall be for 

17 payments to the General Services Administration for rent; 

18 and (10) $277,603,000 shall be for other activities, includ19 ing the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the 

20 Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Med21 ical and Tobacco Products, the Office of Global and Regu22 latory Policy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the 

23 Chief Scientist, and central services for these offices: Pro24 vided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount 

25 shall be for official reception and representation expenses, 
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1 not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commis2 sioner: Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursu3 ant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos4 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts 

5 made available under this heading for other activities: Pro6 vided further, That of the amounts that are made available 

7 under this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not 

8 derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to 

9 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of 

10 Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ 

11 for oversight of the programs and operations of the Food 

12 and Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds 

13 otherwise made available for oversight of the Food and Drug 

14 Administration: Provided further, That funds may be 

15 transferred from one specified activity to another with the 

16 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

17 Houses of Congress. 

18 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 

19 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 

20 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 21 

21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food rein22 spection fees, and voluntary qualified importer program 

23 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing facility 

24 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription drug 

25 wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees author-
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1 ized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), and third-party logistics pro2 vider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

3 360eee–3(c)(1), shall be credited to this account, to remain 

4 available until expended. 

5 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

6 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten7 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili8 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where 

9 not otherwise provided, $8,788,000, to remain available 

10 until expended. 

11 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

12 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

13 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

14 Not to exceed $60,500,000 (from assessments collected 

15 from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agri16 cultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during 

17 the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as au18 thorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limita19 tion shall not apply to expenses associated with receiver20 ships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed this 

21 limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 

5 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart6 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

7 Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 

8 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 

9 motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement only, 

10 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith11 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

12 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

13 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce operational 

14 costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public 

15 safety. 

16 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

17 Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 

18 balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act 

19 or any other available unobligated discretionary balances 

20 that are remaining available of the Department of Agri21 culture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 

22 plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of 

23 financial, administrative, and information technology serv24 ices of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department 

25 of Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain available 
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1 until expended: Provided, That none of the funds made 

2 available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred 

3 to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval 

4 of the agency administrator: Provided further, That none 

5 of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pur6 suant to this section shall be available for obligation with7 out written notification to and the prior approval of the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 

9 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by 

10 this Act or made available to the Department’s Working 

11 Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or expendi12 ture to make any changes to the Department’s National Fi13 nance Center without written notification to and prior ap14 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

15 of Congress as required by section 719 of this Act: Provided 

16 further, That of annual income amounts in the Working 

17 Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture allocated 

18 for the National Finance Center, the Secretary may reserve 

19 not more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 

20 of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve21 ment and implementation of a financial management plan, 

22 information technology, and other systems of the National 

23 Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary 

24 cost of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 

25 none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga-
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1 tion unless the Secretary submits written notification of the 

2 obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

3 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 

4 That the limitation on the obligation of funds pending noti5 fication to Congressional Committees shall not apply to any 

6 obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, is necessary 

7 to respond to a declared state of emergency that signifi8 cantly impacts the operations of the National Finance Cen9 ter; or to evacuate employees of the National Finance Center 

10 to a safe haven to continue operations of the National Fi11 nance Center. 

12 SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 

13 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

14 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

15 SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

16 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

17 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

18 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu19 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the 

20 agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange21 ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 

22 the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay23 ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 

24 institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 
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1 similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 

2 provided in this Act. 

3 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri4 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

5 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

6 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

7 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop8 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica9 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

10 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

11 SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the De12 partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 

13 new information technology systems or significant up14 grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 

15 Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi16 cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech17 nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith18 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap19 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 

20 transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 

21 without written notification to and the prior approval of 

22 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con23 gress: Provided further, That none of the funds available 

24 to the Department of Agriculture for information technology 

25 shall be obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt 
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1 of written approval by the Chief Information Officer: Pro2 vided further, That the Chief Information Officer may au3 thorize an agency to obligate funds without written ap4 proval from the Chief Information Officer for projects up 

5 to $250,000 based upon the performance of an agency meas6 ured against the performance plan requirements described 

7 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 

8 matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

9 SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 1240I 

10 and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and 

11 section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

12 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

13 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

14 fiscal year. 

15 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an 

17 insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Elec18 trification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility that 

19 is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such 

20 Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

21 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 

22 under such Act. 

23 SEC. 709. Of the unobligated balances provided pursu24 ant to section 12033 and section 15101 of the Food, Con-
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1 servation, and Energy Act of 2008, $125,000,000 are re2 scinded. 

3 SEC. 710. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

4 law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances 

5 from appropriations made available for salaries and ex6 penses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain 

7 available through September 30, 2016, for information tech8 nology expenses: Provided, That except as otherwise specifi9 cally provided by law, unobligated balances from appro10 priations made available for salaries and expenses in this 

11 Act for the Rural Development mission area shall remain 

12 available through September 30, 2016, for information tech13 nology expenses. 

14 SEC. 711. The Secretary of Agriculture may authorize 

15 a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to exceed 

16 the maximum amount of liquid infant formula specified in 

17 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid infant formula to par18 ticipants. 

19 SEC. 712. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel 

21 by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in con22 travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 

23 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

24 SEC. 713. In the case of each program established or 

25 amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
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1 79), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such 

2 Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts were pro3 vided in that Act, that is authorized or required to be car4 ried out using funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora5 tion— 

6 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and 

7 related administrative expenses, including technical 

8 assistance, associated with the implementation of the 

9 program, without regard to the limitation on the total 

10 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 

11 section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 

12 Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 

13 (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 

14 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

15 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

16 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 

17 such section. 

18 SEC. 714. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 

19 more than $2,000,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex20 penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan21 els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri22 culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 

23 rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 

24 awarded grants. 
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1 SEC. 715. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 

3 research, education, or extension grant awards issued by the 

4 National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 30 

5 percent of total Federal funds provided under each award: 

6 Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of the Na7 tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Pol8 icy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this 

9 Act for grants awarded competitively by the National Insti10 tute of Food and Agriculture shall be available to pay full 

11 allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec12 tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 

13 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

14 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

15 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the 

16 following: 

17 (1) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au18 thorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed and 

19 Flood Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)) in excess 

20 of $73,000,000. 

21 (2) The Environmental Quality Incentives Pro22 gram as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the 

23 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 

24 3839aa–8) in excess of $1,347,000,000: Provided, 

25 That this limitation shall apply only to funds pro-
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1 vided by section 1241(a)(5)(B) of the Food Security 

2 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(5)(B)). 

3 (3) The Conservation Stewardship Program as 

4 authorized by sections 1238D–1238G of the Food Se5 curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d–3838g) in excess 

6 of 7,741,000 acres. 

7 (4) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program au8 thorized by section 9011 of the Farm Security and 

9 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111) in ex10 cess of $23,000,000 in new obligational authority. 

11 (5) The Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and 

12 Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance program 

13 as authorized by section 9003 of the Farm Security 

14 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) in 

15 excess of $30,000,000. 

16 SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

17 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

18 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a 

19 program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(vii) of section 14222 of 

20 Public Law 110–246 in excess of $959,000,000, as follows: 

21 Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities— 

22 $465,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; Re23 moval of Defective Commodities—$2,500,000: Provided, 

24 That none of the funds made available in this Act or any 

25 other Act shall be used for salaries and expenses to carry 
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1 out in this fiscal year section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard 

2 B. Russell National School Lunch Act, as amended, except 

3 in an amount that excludes the transfer of $122,000,000 

4 of the funds to be transferred under subsection (c) of section 

5 14222 of Public Law 110–246, until October 1, 2015: Pro6 vided further, That $122,000,000 made available on October 

7 1, 2015, to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. 

8 Russell National School Lunch Act, as amended, shall be 

9 excluded from the limitation described in subsection 

10 (b)(2)(A)(viii) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246: 

11 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or 

12 otherwise made available by this or any other Act shall be 

13 used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the 

14 Department of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity 

15 Credit Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of 

16 the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74– 

17 320, 7 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus re18 moval activities or price support activities under section 

19 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Pro20 vided further, That of the available unobligated balances 

21 under (b)(2)(A)(vii) of section 14222 of Public Law 110– 

22 246, $203,000,000 are rescinded. 

23 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

24 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 

25 of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan-
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1 guage as part of the President’s budget submission to the 

2 Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appro3 priations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Develop4 ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen5 cies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the 

6 previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been 

7 enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget unless 

8 such budget submission identifies which additional spend9 ing reductions should occur in the event the user fees pro10 posals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening 

11 of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2016 appro12 priations Act. 

13 SEC. 719. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

14 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

15 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

16 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 

17 accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

18 available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail19 able for obligation or expenditure through a reprogram20 ming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized 

21 by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of 

22 Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by sec23 tion 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act 

24 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89– 

25 106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
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1 (1) creates new programs; 

2 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

3 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

4 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

5 denied or restricted; 

6 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

7 (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 

8 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

9 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

10 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

11 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

12 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 

14 in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use 

15 of such authority. 

16 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

17 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 

18 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

19 in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 

20 in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 

21 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

22 obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 

23 projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities 

24 referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 

25 $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
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1 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac2 tivities; 

3 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist4 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per5 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

6 (3) results from any general savings from a re7 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

8 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap9 proved by Congress; 

10 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

11 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

12 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 

14 in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds 

15 or the use of such authority. 

16 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

17 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 

18 receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations of 

19 both Houses of Congress before implementing any program 

20 or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year 

21 unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or spe22 cifically funded by any other Act. 

23 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

24 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 

25 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
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1 in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 

2 in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 

3 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for— 

4 (1) modifying major capital investments funding 

5 levels, including information technology systems, that 

6 involves increasing or decreasing funds in the current 

7 fiscal year for the individual investment in excess of 

8 $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, whichever is 

9 less; 

10 (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 

11 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

12 establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 

13 with five or more personnel; or 

14 (3) carrying out activities or functions that were 

15 not described in the budget request; 

16 unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 

17 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con18 gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 

19 these purposes. 

20 (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 

21 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the 

22 Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from the 

23 Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

24 written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the no25 tification as required in this section. 
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1 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 

2 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

3 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any 

4 guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that 

5 does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal por6 tion of the loan. 

7 SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

8 made available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food 

9 and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Administra10 tion shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available 

11 to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of 

12 Health and Human Services, or non-Farm Credit Adminis13 tration employee questions or responses to questions that 

14 are a result of information requested for the appropriations 

15 hearing process. 

16 SEC. 722. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 

17 none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an 

18 executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news 

19 story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United 

20 States unless the story includes a clear notification within 

21 the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 

22 prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that ex23 ecutive branch agency. 

24 SEC. 723. No employee of the Department of Agri25 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 
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1 funded by this Act or any other Act to any other agency 

2 or office of the Department for more than 60 days in a 

3 fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency or of4 fice is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 

5 for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period 

6 of assignment. 

7 SEC. 724. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per9 sonnel who provide nonrecourse marketing assistance loans 

10 for mohair under section 1201 of the Agricultural Act of 

11 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

12 SEC. 725. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to 

13 carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 

14 SEC. 726. There is hereby appropriated $600,000 for 

15 the purposes of section 727 of division A of Public Law 

16 112–55. 

17 SEC. 727. Not later than 30 days after the date of en18 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com19 missioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and the 

20 Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall submit 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Senate a detailed spending plan by 

23 program, project, and activity for all the funds made avail24 able under this Act including appropriated user fees, as de25 fined in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
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1 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

2 Act). 

3 SEC. 728. Funds made available under title II of the 

4 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 

5 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

6 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis7 trator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, 

8 are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is received 

9 by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food short10 ages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappropriate 

11 purposes. 

12 SEC. 729. The Secretary shall continue the pilot pro13 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re14 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec15 retary shall continue agreements with current intermediary 

16 organizations and not later than 90 days after enactment 

17 of this Act enter into additional agreements that increase 

18 the number of participating intermediary organizations to 

19 not less than 10. The Secretary shall work with these orga20 nizations to increase the effectiveness of the section 502 sin21 gle family direct loan program in rural communities and 

22 shall set aside and make available from the national reserve 

23 section 502 loans an amount necessary to support the work 

24 of such intermediaries and provide a priority for review 

25 of such loans. 
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1 SEC. 730. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

2 require budget authority and the program level has been 

3 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

4 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran5 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior to 

6 the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary 

7 notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance. 

9 SEC. 731. None of the funds made available by this 

10 or any other Act may be used to write, prepare, or publish 

11 a final rule or an interim final rule in furtherance of, or 

12 otherwise to implement or enforce the proposed rule entitled 

13 ‘‘Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title XI, 

14 of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct 

15 in Violation of the Act’’ published by the Department of 

16 Agriculture in the Federal Register on June 22, 2010 (75 

17 Fed. Reg. 35338 et seq.) unless the combined annual cost 

18 to the economy of such rules does not exceed $100,000,000: 

19 Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 

20 or any other Act may be used to publish a final or interim 

21 final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement, sec22 tions 201.2(l), 201.2(t), 201.2(u), 201.3(c), 201.210, 

23 201.211, 201.213, or 201.214, as proposed to be added to 

24 title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations, by such proposed 

25 rule: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
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1 able by this or any other Act may be used to implement, 

2 enforce, or to take regulatory action other than rescission 

3 or repeal based on, or in furtherance of, 201.2(o), 201.3(a), 

4 or 201.215(a), of title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

5 (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act), or 

6 to write, prepare, or publish a final or interim final rule 

7 in furtherance of, or otherwise to implement, the definitions 

8 or criteria specified in such sections: Provided further, That 

9 sections 201.2(o), 201.3(a), and 201.215(a), of title 9 of the 

10 Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of en11 actment of this Act) are hereby indefinitely declared null 

12 and void and shall have no force under the laws, and the 

13 Secretary of Agriculture shall, within 60 days after the date 

14 of enactment of this Act, rescind sections 201.2(o), 201.3(a), 

15 and 201.215(a), of title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

16 (as in effect on such date). 

17 SEC. 732. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

18 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec19 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

20 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria21 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) shall 

22 be available for obligation without written notification to, 

23 and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropria24 tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 

25 or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation 
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1 only for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment nec2 essary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and in3 formation technology services of primary benefit to the 

4 agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

5 SEC. 733. For the 2014 fiscal year and each fiscal year 

6 thereafter, losses under section 1501 of Public Law 113– 

7 79 shall not be considered the same loss for the purposes 

8 of 7 U.S.C. 7333(i)(3) and 7 U.S.C. 1508(n). 

9 SEC. 734. Of the funds made available to the Food and 

10 Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses, Office of the 

11 Commissioner, $20,000,000 shall not be available for obliga12 tion until the Food and Drug Administration finalizes the 

13 draft guidance of January 2013 entitled ‘‘Guidance for In14 dustry: Abuse-Deterrent Opioids- Evaluation and Label15 ing’’: Provided, That if the Food and Drug Administration 

16 fails to finalize such guidance by June 30, 2015, such funds 

17 shall be made available for obligation to the Food and Drug 

18 Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigation for the 

19 purpose of assisting Federal, state, and local agencies to 

20 combat the diversion and illegal sales of controlled sub21 stances. 

22 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

23 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

24 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out sec25 tion 307(b) of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and 
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1 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public 

2 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–640) in excess of $4,000,000. 

3 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to procure processed poultry products im5 ported into the United States from the People’s Republic 

6 of China for use in the school lunch program under the 

7 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Food Care Program 

9 under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the Summer 

10 Food Service Program for Children under section 13 of such 

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast program under 

12 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 

13 SEC. 737. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

14 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

15 of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to re16 main available until expended, to implement non-renewable 

17 agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural 

18 lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water 

19 Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 

20 SEC. 738. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health 

21 and Human Services, on behalf of the United States may 

22 hereafter, whenever the Secretary deems desirable, relin23 quish to the State of Arkansas all or part of the jurisdiction 

24 of the United States over the lands and properties encom-
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1 passing the Jefferson Labs campus in the State of Arkansas 

2 that are under the supervision or control of the Secretary. 

3 (b) TERMS.—Relinquishment of jurisdiction under 

4 this section may be accomplished, under terms and condi5 tions that the Secretary deems advisable— 

6 (1) by filing with the Governor of the State of 

7 Arkansas a notice of relinquishment to take effect 

8 upon acceptance thereof; or 

9 (2) as the laws of such State may otherwise pro10 vide. 

11 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Jefferson 

12 Labs campus’’ means the lands and properties of the Na13 tional Center for Toxicological Research and the Arkansas 

14 Regional Laboratory. 

15 (d) AGREEMENT REGARDING JEFFERSON COUNTY

16 TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION CEN17 TER.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may hereafter 

19 enter into an agreement with the State of Arkansas 

20 or an agency of such State or a public or private en21 tity with respect to the establishment or operation of 

22 a technology research and commercialization center in 

23 Jefferson County, Arkansas, proximate to the Jeffer24 son Labs campus. 
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1 (2) RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.— 

2 Pursuant to such agreement, the Secretary may here3 after receive and retain funds from such entity and 

4 use such funds, in addition to such other funds as are 

5 made available by this act or future acts for the oper6 ation of the National Center for Toxicological Re7 search, for the purposes listed in paragraph (3). 

8 Funds received from such entity shall be deemed to be 

9 appropriated for such purposes and shall remain 

10 available until expended. 

11 (3) PURPOSES.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Funds described by 

13 paragraph (2) shall be available to defray— 

14 (i) the costs of creating, upgrading, 

15 and maintaining connections between such 

16 center and roads, communications facilities, 

17 and utilities that are on the Jefferson Labs 

18 campus; and 

19 (ii) the costs of upgrades, relocation, 

20 repair, and new constructions of roads, 

21 communications facilities, and utilities on 

22 such campus as may be necessary for such 

23 agreement. 

24 (B) OTHER ACTS.—For purposes of this 

25 and any subsequent Act, the operation of the Na-
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1 tional Center for Toxicological Research shall be 

2 deemed to include the purposes listed in subpara3 graph (A). 

4 SEC. 739. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Eco5 nomic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 

6 2015, an amount of funds made available in title III as 

7 follows: (a) with respect to funds under the headings of 

8 Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, Mutual 

9 and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural Community Facili10 ties Program Account, Rural Development Loan Fund Pro11 gram Account, and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Pro12 gram Account the set aside shall equal the amount obligated 

13 in REAP Zones with respect to funds provided under such 

14 headings during the 2008 fiscal year; and (b) with respect 

15 to funds under the headings of Rural Business Program Ac16 count, and Rural Housing Assistance Grants the set aside 

17 shall equal the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re18 spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 

19 recent fiscal year funds were obligated under the heading. 

20 SEC. 740. In response to an eligible community where 

21 the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural 

22 disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including drought 

23 or severe weather, the Secretary may provide potable water 

24 through the Emergency Community Water Assistance 

25 Grant Program for an additional period of time not to ex-
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1 ceed 120 days beyond the established period provided under 

2 the Program in order to protect public health. 

3 SEC. 741. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated 

4 by this or any other Act may be used to carry out section 

5 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) 

6 or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 

7 U.S.C. 471). 

8 SEC. 742. There is hereby established in the Treasury 

9 of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Non10 recurring expenses fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, That unob11 ligated balances of expired discretionary funds appro12 priated in this or any succeeding fiscal year from the Gen13 eral Fund of the Treasury to the Department of Agriculture 

14 (except the Forest Service) by this or any other Act may 

15 be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year 

16 after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available 

17 for the purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund: 

18 Provided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall 

19 be available until expended, and in addition to such other 

20 funds as may be available for such purposes, for facilities 

21 infrastructure capital acquisition necessary for the oper22 ation of the Department of Agriculture, subject to approval 

23 by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, 

24 That amounts in the Fund may be obligated only after the 

25 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
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1 tives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad2 vance of the planned use of funds. 

3 SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated for the ‘‘Emer4 gency Watershed Protection Program’’, $78,581,000, to re5 main available until expended; for the ‘‘Emergency For6 estry Restoration Program’’, $3,203,000, to remain avail7 able until expended; and for the ‘‘Emergency Conservation 

8 Program’’, $9,216,000, to remain available until expended: 

9 Provided, That funds under this section are for necessary 

10 expenses resulting from a major disaster declared pursuant 

11 to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

12 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), and are designated 

13 by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to sec14 tion 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 SEC. 744. Of the funding provided in section 743 of 

17 division A of Public Law 113–76, not more than $75,000 

18 may be used for administrative purposes, including a modi19 fication to an existing contract to allow reimbursement for 

20 travel and other administrative purposes. 

21 SEC. 745. Of the unobligated balances identified by 

22 Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1401, 

23 $1,530,000 are rescinded. 
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1 SEC. 746. The unobligated balances identified by 

2 Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X2271 are re3 scinded. 

4 SEC. 747. Section 501(f)(1)(C)(ii)(II) of the Federal 

5 Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 

6 7401(f)(1)(C)(ii)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 514’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘a commodity promotion law’’. 

8 SEC. 748. Of the unobligated balances provided pursu9 ant to section 9004(d)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural 

10 Investment Act of 2002, as amended, (7 U.S.C. 8104(d)(1)), 

11 $8,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

12 SEC. 749. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro13 priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Initia14 tive under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available without 

15 regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 

16 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching requirements in 

17 laws in effect on the date before the date of enactment of 

18 such section: Provided, That the requirements of 7 U.S.C. 

19 450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply. 

20 SEC. 750. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per22 sonnel— 

23 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed24 eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
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1 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

2 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

3 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

4 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

5 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

6 regulation). 

7 SEC. 751. For the period beginning on the date of en8 actment of this Act through school year 2015–2016, with 

9 respect to the school lunch program established under the 

10 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 1751 et seq.) or the school breakfast program established 

12 under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et 

13 seq.) and final regulations published by the Department of 

14 Agriculture in the Federal Register on January 26, 2012 

15 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et seq.), the Secretary shall allow States 

16 to grant an exemption from the whole grain requirements 

17 that took effect on or after July 1, 2014, and the States 

18 shall establish a process for evaluating and responding, in 

19 a reasonable amount of time, to requests for an exemption: 

20 Provided, That school food authorities demonstrate hard21 ship, including financial hardship, in procuring specific 

22 whole grain products which are acceptable to the students 

23 and compliant with the whole grain-rich requirements: Pro24 vided further, That school food authorities shall comply 

25 with the applicable grain component or standard with re-
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1 spect to the school lunch or school breakfast program that 

2 was in effect prior to July 1, 2014. 

3 SEC. 752. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

4 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

5 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to implement 

6 any regulations under the Richard B. Russell National 

7 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child Nutri8 tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the Healthy, Hun9 ger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–296), or any 

10 other law that would require a reduction in the quantity 

11 of sodium contained in federally reimbursed meals, foods, 

12 and snacks sold in schools below Target 1 (as described in 

13 section 220.8(f)(3) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations 

14 (or successor regulations)) until the latest scientific research 

15 establishes the reduction is beneficial for children. 

16 SEC. 753. (a) None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act or any other Act may be used to exclude or restrict, 

18 or to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to exclude 

19 or restrict, the eligibility of any variety of fresh, whole, or 

20 cut vegetables (except for vegetables with added sugars, fats, 

21 or oils) from being provided under the Special Supple22 mental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Chil23 dren under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

24 (42 U.S.C. 1786) (in this section referred to as the ‘‘pro25 gram’’). 
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1 (b) Not later than 15 days after the date of enactment 

2 of this Act, each State agency shall carry out the program 

3 in a manner consistent with subsection (a). 

4 (c) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall commence 

6 under section 17(f)(11)(C) of the Child Nutrition Act of 

7 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(11)(C)) the next regular review of 

8 the supplemental foods available under this program, in9 cluding a review of the nutrient value of all vegetables. 

10 (d) If, upon completing the review under subsection 

11 (c), the Secretary of Agriculture recommends that a vege12 table be eligible for purchase under the program, none of 

13 the funds made available under this Act or any other Act 

14 may be used to exclude or restrict the eligibility of that vari15 ety of vegetable (except if that vegetable has added sugars, 

16 fats, or oils) from being purchased under the program, and 

17 subsection (a) shall continue to be effective. 

18 (e) If the review in subsection (c) recommends that any 

19 vegetable shall not be available for purchase under the pro20 gram, based upon the nutritional content of the vegetable 

21 and the nutrition needs of WIC participants, subsection (a) 

22 shall expire upon the publication of the regularly scheduled 

23 review. 

24 (f) Not later than 90 days after completing the review 

25 under subsection (c), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
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1 make publicly available all scientific research and data 

2 used to make the final recommendations and explain the 

3 results of the review by submitting a report containing such 

4 information to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

5 and Forestry of the Senate, the Committee on Education 

6 and Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the 

7 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

8 of Representatives. 

9 (g) Upon completion of the review under subsection (c) 

10 by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Comptroller General of 

11 the United States shall conduct an audit of the review which 

12 shall include an audit of the scientific research and data 

13 used to conduct the review. 

14 TITLE VIII 

15 EBOLA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS 

16 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

17 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex20 penses’’, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Ebola 

21 virus domestically and internationally, and to develop nec22 essary medical countermeasures and vaccines, including the 

23 review, regulations, post market surveillance of vaccines 

24 and therapies, and administrative activities, $25,000,000, 

25 to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
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1 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re2 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal3 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

4 Provided further, That of the amounts provided, $4,800,000 

5 is for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research; 

6 $2,400,000 is for the Center for Devices and Radiological 

7 Health; $400,000 is for the Office of the Commissioner; 

8 $1,900,000 is for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Re9 search; $500,000 is for the Office of Regulatory Affairs; and 

10 $15,000,000 is for the Medical Countermeasures Initiative. 

11 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 

12 Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

13 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

14 DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, 

15 SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES AP16 PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

17 TITLE I 

18 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

19 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

20 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

21 For necessary expenses for international trade activi22 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

23 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

24 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for 

25 the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms, 
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1 without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United 

2 States Code; full medical coverage for dependent members 

3 of immediate families of employees stationed overseas and 

4 employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transpor5 tation of employees of the International Trade Administra6 tion between two points abroad, without regard to section 

7 40118 of title 49, United States Code; employment of citi8 zens of the United States and aliens by contract for services; 

9 rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, 

10 and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; pur11 chase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition 

12 structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 

13 manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 

14 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in 

15 foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official rep16 resentation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor 

17 vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per 

18 vehicle; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and 

19 rental of tie lines, $472,000,000, to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2016, of which $10,000,000 is to be derived 

21 from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade 

22 Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 

23 United States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided 

24 under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for 

25 China antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement 
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1 and compliance activities: Provided further, That the provi2 sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 

3 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

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

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

6 of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual 

7 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall in8 clude payment for assessments for services provided as part 

9 of these activities. 

10 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

11 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

12 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

13 national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 

14 including costs associated with the performance of export 

15 administration field activities both domestically and 

16 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of im17 mediate families of employees stationed overseas; employ18 ment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract 

19 for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner 

20 authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 

21 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign 

22 countries; not to exceed $13,500 for official representation 

23 expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers 

24 under the Export Administration Act of 1979, and as au25 thorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 
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1 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger 

2 motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law 

3 enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible 

4 for purchase without regard to any price limitation other5 wise established by law, $102,500,000, to remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That the provisions of the first 

7 sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the 

8 Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 

9 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 

10 out these activities: Provided further, That payments and 

11 contributions collected and accepted for materials or serv12 ices provided as part of such activities may be retained for 

13 use in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing 

14 information to the public with respect to the export admin15 istration and national security activities of the Department 

16 of Commerce and other export control programs of the 

17 United States and other governments. 

18 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

19 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

20 For grants for economic development assistance as pro21 vided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 

22 of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, for the cost of loan 

23 guarantees authorized by section 26 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

24 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3721), for 

25 grants authorized by section 27 (15 U.S.C. 3722) of such 
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1 Act, and for grants, $213,000,000, to remain available until 

2 expended; of which $5,000,000 shall be for projects to facili3 tate the relocation, to the United States, of a source of em4 ployment located outside the United States; of which 

5 $4,000,000 shall be for loan guarantees under such section 

6 26; and of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants under such 

7 section 27: Provided, That the costs for loan guarantees, in8 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

9 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro10 vided further, That these funds for loan guarantees under 

11 such section 26 are available to subsidize total loan prin12 cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

13 $70,000,000. 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of administering the economic 

16 development assistance programs as provided for by law, 

17 $37,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to 

18 monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public 

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

20 of 1974, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act 

21 of 1977. 

22 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

23 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

24 For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce 

25 in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
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1 enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 

2 other agreements with public or private organizations, 

3 $30,000,000. 

4 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco7 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

8 of Commerce, $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2016. 

10 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana13 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by 

14 law, $248,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts provided 

15 herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and 

16 marketing activities: Provided further, That the Bureau of 

17 the Census shall collect data for the Annual Social and Eco18 nomic Supplement to the Current Population Survey using 

19 the same health insurance questions included in previous 

20 years, in addition to the revised questions implemented in 

21 the Current Population Survey beginning in February 

22 2014. 

23 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

24 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana25 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic cen-
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1 suses and programs provided for by law, $840,000,000, to 

2 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That, 

3 from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for pro4 motion, outreach, and marketing activities: Provided fur5 ther, That within the amounts appropriated, $1,551,000 

6 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ ac7 count for activities associated with carrying out investiga8 tions and audits related to the Bureau of the Census. 

9 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 

13 National Telecommunications and Information Adminis14 tration (NTIA), $38,200,000, to remain available until 

15 September 30, 2016: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 

16 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge 

17 Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage18 ment, analysis, operations, and related services, and such 

19 fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for 

20 costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until 

21 expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com22 merce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collec23 tions all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 

24 other Government agencies for all costs incurred in tele25 communications research, engineering, and related activi-
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1 ties by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of 

2 NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this 

3 paragraph, and such funds received from other Government 

4 agencies shall remain available until expended. 

5 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND

6 CONSTRUCTION

7 For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries 

8 and unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated 

9 are available for the administration of all open grants until 

10 their expiration. 

11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 

15 Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including 

16 defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 

17 Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 

18 USPTO, $3,458,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from 

20 the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections 

21 of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO 

22 under any law are received during fiscal year 2015, so as 

23 to result in a fiscal year 2015 appropriation from the gen24 eral fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during 

25 fiscal year 2015, should the total amount of such offsetting 
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1 collections be less than $3,458,000,000 this amount shall be 

2 reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount re3 ceived in excess of $3,458,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 and 

4 deposited in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund 

5 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

6 That the Director of USPTO shall submit a spending plan 

7 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Senate for any amounts made available 

9 by the preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be 

10 treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act 

11 and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex12 cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that sec13 tion: Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed 

14 in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be trans15 ferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office 

16 Salaries and Expenses account: Provided further, That 

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

18 made available in fiscal year 2015 for official reception and 

19 representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal 

20 year 2015 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries 

21 and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to 

22 pay (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay 

23 contributed by the USPTO and employees under section 

24 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal cost 

25 percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) as 
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1 provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for 

2 USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to 

3 subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present 

4 value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as deter5 mined by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement 

6 life insurance and post-retirement health benefits coverage 

7 for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Em8 ployees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees 

9 Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the 

10 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

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

12 available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: Pro13 vided further, That any differences between the present 

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

15 letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s spe16 cific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s 

17 financial statements, where applicable: Provided further, 

18 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees 

19 and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO are avail20 able for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) of title 35, 

21 United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the Leahy22 Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29): Provided 

23 further, That within the amounts appropriated, $2,000,000 

24 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ ac-
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1 count for activities associated with carrying out investiga2 tions and audits related to the USPTO. 

3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

4 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

6 Standards and Technology (NIST), $675,500,000, to re7 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

8 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

9 Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for offi10 cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur11 ther, That NIST may provide local transportation for sum12 mer undergraduate research fellowship program partici13 pants. 

14 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

15 For necessary expenses for industrial technology serv16 ices, $138,100,000, to remain available until expended, of 

17 which $130,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing 

18 Extension Partnership, and of which $8,100,000 shall be 

19 for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia. 

20 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

21 For construction of new research facilities, including 

22 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

23 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro24 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech25 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the Na-
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1 tional Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

2 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $50,300,000, to remain available until 

3 expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 

4 include in the budget justification materials that the Sec5 retary submits to Congress in support of the Department 

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

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

8 Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards 

9 and Technology construction project having a total multi10 year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and simulta11 neously the budget justification materials shall include an 

12 estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project 

13 for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 

14 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

15 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

18 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

19 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

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

21 organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pur22 suant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 

23 $3,202,398,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2016, except that funds provided for cooperative enforce25 ment shall remain available until September 30, 2017: Pro-
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1 vided, That fees and donations received by the National 

2 Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanc3 tuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and ex4 penses associated with those activities, notwithstanding sec5 tion 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, 

6 That in addition, $116,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 

7 from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Prod8 ucts and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, 

9 which shall only be used for fishery activities related to the 

10 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, Cooperative Research, 

11 Annual Stock Assessments, Survey and Monitoring 

12 Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants, and Fish In13 formation Networks: Provided further, That of the 

14 $3,333,398,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 

15 heading $3,202,398,000 is appropriated from the general 

16 fund, $116,000,000 is provided by transfer, and 

17 $15,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obliga18 tions: Provided further, That the total amount available for 

19 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cor20 porate services administrative support costs shall not exceed 

21 $220,300,000: Provided further, That any deviation from 

22 the amounts designated for specific activities in the explan23 atory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre24 ceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of 

25 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 
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1 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth 

2 in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That in addi3 tion, for necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired 

4 Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits 

5 Plan, and for payments for the medical care of retired per6 sonnel and their dependents under the Dependents Medical 

7 Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums as may be necessary. 

8 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

9 For procurement, acquisition and construction of cap10 ital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of 

11 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

12 $2,179,225,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2017, except that funds provided for construction of facili14 ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

15 of the $2,192,225,000 provided for in direct obligations 

16 under this heading, $2,179,225,000 is appropriated from 

17 the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recov18 eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 

19 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities 

20 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 

21 matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or 

22 any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this 

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

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

25 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justifica-
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1 tion materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in 

2 support of the Department of Commerce budget (as sub3 mitted with the budget of the President under section 

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

5 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pro6 curement, acquisition or construction project having a total 

7 of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the budget jus8 tification shall include an estimate of the budgetary re9 quirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent 

10 fiscal years: Provided further, That, within the amounts ap11 propriated, $1,302,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 

12 of Inspector General’’ account for activities associated with 

13 carrying out investigations and audits related to satellite 

14 procurement, acquisition and construction. 

15 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

16 For necessary expenses associated with the restoration 

17 of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain 

18 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That, of the 

19 funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce may 

20 issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, 

21 Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Federally recog22 nized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (in23 cluding Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of 

24 salmon and steelhead populations that are listed as threat25 ened or endangered, or that are identified by a State as 
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1 at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations nec2 essary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native 

3 subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal 

4 salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be de5 veloped by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 

6 That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and 

7 other merit principles and shall not be available for mar8 keting activities: Provided further, That funds disbursed to 

9 States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds 

10 or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent 

11 of the Federal funds. 

12 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

13 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

14 Law 95–372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from re15 ceipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

16 until expended. 

17 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

19 of 1974, during fiscal year 2015, obligations of direct loans 

20 may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota 

21 loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for traditional direct 

22 loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. 
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1 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the management of the De4 partment of Commerce provided for by law, including not 

5 to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representation, 

6 $56,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 

7 shall maintain a task force on job repatriation and manu8 facturing growth and shall produce an annual report on 

9 related incentive strategies, implementation plans and pro10 gram results: Provided further, That within amounts pro11 vided, the Secretary of Commerce may use up to $2,500,000 

12 to engage in activities to provide businesses and commu13 nities with information about and referrals to relevant Fed14 eral, State, and local government programs. 

15 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

16 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod17 ernization of Department of Commerce facilities, 

18 $4,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen21 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

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

23 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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

25 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
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1 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

2 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 

3 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the 

4 Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for 

5 advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the 

6 certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Com7 merce that such payments are in the public interest. 

8 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria9 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

10 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire 

11 of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 

12 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni13 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

14 5901–5902). 

15 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

16 made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart17 ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between 

18 such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in19 creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro20 vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 

21 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of 

22 this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi23 ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 

24 that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com25 merce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at 
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1 least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of 

2 any capital asset (including land, structures, and equip3 ment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other 

4 law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce. 

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

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

7 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amend8 ed by section 105 of title I of division B of Public Law 

9 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made applicable 

10 with respect to fiscal year 2015: Provided, That the life 

11 cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 

12 $11,323,400,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geostationary 

13 Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is 

14 $10,829,500,000. 

15 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 the Secretary may furnish services (including but not lim17 ited to utilities, telecommunications, and security services) 

18 necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and im19 provement of space that persons, firms, or organizations are 

20 authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Cooperative 

21 Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy in 

22 the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other 

23 buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of 

24 which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Adminis25 trator of General Services pursuant to the Federal Property 
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1 and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable 

2 or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimburse3 ment for services provided under this section or the author4 ity under which the use or occupancy of the space is author5 ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation 

6 or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 

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

8 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, 

9 copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over 

10 its networks. 

11 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

12 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

13 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the limits 

14 of available appropriations, the land, services, equipment, 

15 personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or in16 strumentality of the United States, or of any State, local 

17 government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or posses18 sion, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any for19 eign government or international organization, for purposes 

20 related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute 

21 administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad22 ministration. 

23 SEC. 108. The Department of Commerce shall provide 

24 a monthly report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

25 the House of Representatives and the Senate on any official 
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1 travel to China by any employee of the U.S. Department 

2 of Commerce, including the purpose of such travel. 

3 SEC. 109. The National Technical Information Service 

4 shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report or 

5 document generated by the Legislative Branch unless the 

6 Service has provided information to the customer on how 

7 an electronic copy of such report or document may be 

8 accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a customer 

9 still require the Service to provide a printed or digital copy 

10 of the report or document, the charge shall be limited to 

11 recovering the Service’s cost of processing, reproducing, and 

12 delivering such report or document. 

13 SEC. 110. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na14 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

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

16 grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on a non17 reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, personnel, and 

18 facilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds 

19 made available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agen20 cy, State or subdivision thereof, local government, tribal 

21 government, territory, or possession or any subdivisions 

22 thereof: Provided, That funds received for permitting and 

23 related regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall 

24 be deposited under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and At25 mospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Fa-
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1 cilities’’ and shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2016 for such purposes: Provided further, That all funds 

3 within this section and their corresponding uses are subject 

4 to section 505 of this Act. 

5 SEC. 111. The Secretary of Commerce may waive the 

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

7 to contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of ves8 sels, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to payment 

9 or title, when the contract is made under the Coast and 

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

11 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com12 merce Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

13 TITLE II 

14 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

15 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

18 Department of Justice, $111,500,000, of which not to exceed 

19 $4,000,000 for security and construction of Department of 

20 Justice facilities shall remain available until expended. 

21 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

22 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech23 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

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

25 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
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1 transfer up to $35,400,000 to this account, from funds 

2 available to the Department of Justice for information tech3 nology, for enterprise-wide information technology initia4 tives: Provided further, That the transfer authority in the 

5 preceding proviso is in addition to any other transfer au6 thority contained in this Act. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For expenses necessary for the administration of par10 don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi11 ties, $351,072,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by 

12 transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Review 

13 fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee’’ ac14 count. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen17 eral, $88,577,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet 

18 unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 

19 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

22 Commission as authorized, $13,308,000. 
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1 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

3 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

4 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ5 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, 

6 to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted 

7 for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and 

8 rent of private or Government-owned space in the District 

9 of Columbia, $885,000,000, of which not to exceed 

10 $15,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain 

11 available until expended: Provided, That of the amount pro12 vided for INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to 

13 exceed $685,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro14 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not 

15 to exceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Wash16 ington for official reception and representation expenses: 

17 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 

18 Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 

19 emergent circumstances require additional funding for liti20 gation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General 

21 may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, 

22 General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations for 

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

24 may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro25 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 
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1 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

2 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

3 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

4 forth in that section: Provided further, That of the amount 

5 appropriated, such sums as may be necessary shall be avail6 able to the Civil Rights Division for salaries and expenses 

7 associated with the election monitoring program under sec8 tion 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) 

9 and to reimburse the Office of Personnel Management for 

10 such salaries and expenses: Provided further, That of the 

11 amounts provided under this heading for the election moni12 toring program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until ex13 pended. 

14 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De15 partment of Justice associated with processing cases under 

16 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to 

17 exceed $7,833,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine In18 jury Compensation Trust Fund. 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

20 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust 

21 and kindred laws, $162,246,000, to remain available until 

22 expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi23 sion of law, fees collected for premerger notification filings 

24 under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 

25 of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection 
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1 (and estimated to be $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2015), 

2 shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 

3 appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: 

4 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

5 the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collec6 tions are received during fiscal year 2015, so as to result 

7 in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation from the general 

8 fund estimated at $62,246,000. 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

10 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

11 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooper12 ative agreements, $1,960,000,000: Provided, That of the 

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

14 available for official reception and representation expenses: 

15 Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 shall re16 main available until expended: Provided further, That each 

17 United States Attorney shall establish or participate in a 

18 United States Attorney-led task force on human trafficking. 

19 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

20 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

21 Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain available 

22 until expended and to be derived from the United States 

23 Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

24 other provision of law, deposits to the Fund shall be avail25 able in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds 
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1 due depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

2 any other provision of law, $225,908,000 of offsetting collec3 tions pursuant to section 589a(b) of title 28, United States 

4 Code, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in 

5 this appropriation and shall remain available until ex6 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro7 priated from the Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting 

8 collections are received during fiscal year 2015, so as to 

9 result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation from the 

10 Fund estimated at $0. 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT

12 COMMISSION

13 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

14 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including serv15 ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

16 Code, $2,326,000. 

17 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

18 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of con19 tracts for the procurement and supervision of expert wit20 nesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances, 

21 and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, to remain 

22 available until expended, of which not to exceed $16,000,000 

23 is for construction of buildings for protected witness 

24 safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and 

25 maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness secu-
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1 rity caravans; and not to exceed $11,000,000 is for the pur2 chase, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure 

3 telecommunications equipment and a secure automated in4 formation network to store and retrieve the identities and 

5 locations of protected witnesses. 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

7 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

8 Service, $12,250,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec9 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

10 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

11 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac12 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

13 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re14 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur15 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

16 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur17 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

18 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of 

19 this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi20 ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 

21 that section. 

22 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

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

24 and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, 
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1 $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department of Justice 

2 Assets Forfeiture Fund. 

3 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 

6 Service, $1,195,000,000, of which not to exceed $6,000 shall 

7 be available for official reception and representation ex8 penses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 CONSTRUCTION

11 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti12 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

13 holding and related support, $9,800,000, to remain avail14 able until expended. 

15 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses related to United States pris18 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

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

20 Code, $495,307,000, to remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United 

22 States Code, shall be applied for fiscal year 2015 as if the 

23 following were inserted after the final period: ‘‘The Attorney 

24 General shall use $1,100,000,000 of the excess unobligated 

25 balances available in fiscal year 2015 for necessary expenses 
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1 related to United States prisoners in the custody of the 

2 United States Marshals Service as authorized by section 

3 4013 of title 18, United States Code.’’: Provided further, 

4 That any use of such unobligated balances shall be treated 

5 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act: 

6 Provided further, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be 

7 considered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law en8 forcement assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 

9 18, United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

10 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

11 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: 

12 Provided further, That any unobligated balances available 

13 from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘General Ad14 ministration, Detention Trustee’’ shall be transferred to and 

15 merged with the appropriation under this heading. 

16 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

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

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

21 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not22 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination 

23 by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances re24 quire additional funding for the activities of the National 

25 Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 
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1 amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 

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

3 may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro4 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 

5 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

6 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

7 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

8 forth in that section. 

9 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

10 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

11 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves12 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

13 most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 

14 laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in15 clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 

16 law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 

17 prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 

18 trafficking, $507,194,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re19 main available until expended: Provided, That any 

20 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 

21 may be used under authorities available to the organiza22 tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 
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1 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Inves4 tigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

5 crimes against the United States, $8,326,569,000, of which 

6 not less than $8,500,000 shall be for the National Gang In7 telligence Center, and of which not to exceed $216,900,000 

8 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not 

9 to exceed $184,500 shall be available for official reception 

10 and representation expenses: Provided further, That up to 

11 $1,000,000 shall be for a comprehensive review of the imple12 mentation of the recommendations related to the Federal 

13 Bureau of Investigation that were proposed in the report 

14 issued by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks 

15 Upon the United States. 

16 CONSTRUCTION

17 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip18 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

19 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities 

20 and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; 

21 conversion, modification and extension of Federally-owned 

22 buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects; and 

23 operation and maintenance of secure work environment fa24 cilities and secure networking capabilities; $110,000,000, to 

25 remain available until expended. 
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1 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad4 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un5 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

6 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and expenses 

7 for conducting drug education and training programs, in8 cluding travel and related expenses for participants in such 

9 programs and the distribution of items of token value that 

10 promote the goals of such programs, $2,033,320,000; of 

11 which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available 

12 until expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be available 

13 for official reception and representation expenses. 

14 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

15 EXPLOSIVES

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To18 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

19 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse20 ment, including training in connection with the training 

21 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

22 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory assist23 ance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or 

24 without reimbursement, $1,201,000,000, of which not to ex25 ceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
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1 tion expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available 

2 for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by section 

3 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and not to exceed 

4 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be 

6 available to investigate or act upon applications for relief 

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

8 title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That such 

9 funds shall be available to investigate and act upon appli10 cations filed by corporations for relief from Federal fire11 arms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United 

12 States Code: Provided further, That no funds made avail13 able by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the 

14 functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, 

15 Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or De16 partments. 

17 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

21 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of Fed22 eral penal and correctional institutions, and for the provi23 sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re24 lated issues to foreign governments, $6,815,000,000: Pro25 vided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 
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1 Health Resources and Services Administration such 

2 amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by 

3 that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Fed4 eral penal and correctional institutions: Provided further, 

5 That the Director of the Federal Prison System, where nec6 essary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal 

7 intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts 

8 payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison Sys9 tem, furnish health services to individuals committed to the 

10 custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided further, 

11 That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for official re12 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 

13 not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available for nec14 essary operations until September 30, 2016: Provided fur15 ther, That, of the amounts provided for contract confine16 ment, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available 

17 until expended to make payments in advance for grants, 

18 contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other expenses: 

19 Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 

20 System may accept donated property and services relating 

21 to the operation of the prison card program from a not22 for-profit entity which has operated such program in the 

23 past, notwithstanding the fact that such not-for-profit enti24 ty furnishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison 
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1 System relating to the operation of pre-release services, half2 way houses, or other custodial facilities. 

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

4 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 

5 new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re6 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

7 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

8 thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, re9 modeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities 

10 at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 

11 all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force 

12 account, $106,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

13 of which $25,000,000 shall be available only for costs related 

14 to construction of new facilities, and of which not less than 

15 $81,000,000 shall be available only for modernization, 

16 maintenance and repair: Provided, That labor of United 

17 States prisoners may be used for work performed under this 

18 appropriation. 

19 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

20 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby 

21 authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

22 funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

23 with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments 

24 without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by sec25 tion 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be nec-
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1 essary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget 

2 for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

3 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

4 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

6 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

7 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

8 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be computed 

9 on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with 

10 the corporation’s current prescribed accounting system, and 

11 such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment 

12 of claims, and expenditures which such accounting system 

13 requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities 

14 acquired or produced, including selling and shipping ex15 penses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, con16 struction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protec17 tion, or disposition of facilities and other property belong18 ing to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 

19 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

20 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

21 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

22 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

23 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

24 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio25 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 
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1 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et 

2 seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law 

3 Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 

4 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 

5 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 

6 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

7 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile Justice and De8 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) 

9 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 

10 Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 

11 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and Department of Jus12 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) 

13 (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); and the Violence Against Women Reau14 thorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 

15 Act’’); and for related victims services, $430,000,000, to re16 main available until expended: Provided, That except as 

17 otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 5 percent of funds 

18 made available under this heading may be used for expenses 

19 related to evaluation, training, and technical assistance: 

20 Provided further, That of the amount provided— 

21 (1) $195,000,000 is for grants to combat violence 

22 against women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 

23 Act; 

24 (2) $26,000,000 is for transitional housing as25 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat-
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1 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

2 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

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

4 Justice for research and evaluation of violence against 

5 women and related issues addressed by grant pro6 grams of the Office on Violence Against Women, 

7 which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation 

8 and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of 

9 Justice Programs; 

10 (4) $10,000,000 is for a grant program to pro11 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth vic12 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as13 sault, and stalking; assistance to children and youth 

14 exposed to such violence; programs to engage men and 

15 youth in preventing such violence; and assistance to 

16 middle and high school students through education 

17 and other services related to such violence: Provided, 

18 That unobligated balances available for the programs 

19 authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303 and 

20 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its amendment by the 

21 2013 Act, shall be available for this program: Pro22 vided further, That 10 percent of the total amount 

23 available for this grant program shall be available for 

24 grants under the program authorized by section 2015 

25 of the 1968 Act: Provided further, That the definitions 
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1 and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act 

2 shall apply to this program; 

3 (5) $50,000,000 is for grants to encourage arrest 

4 policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act, of 

5 which $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction initia6 tive; 

7 (6) $30,000,000 is for sexual assault victims as8 sistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 

9 Act; 

10 (7) $33,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

11 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as au12 thorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

13 (8) $12,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

14 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

15 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

16 (9) $42,500,000 is for legal assistance for vic17 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

18 (10) $4,500,000 is for enhanced training and 

19 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

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

21 1994 Act; 

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

24 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated bal25 ances available for the programs authorized by section 
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1 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of the 1994 

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

3 be available for this program; 

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

5 end violence against and abuse of women with dis6 abilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 

7 Act; 

8 (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource Cen9 ter on Workplace Responses to assist victims of do10 mestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of the 

11 1994 Act; 

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

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

15 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evalua16 tion and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office 

17 of Justice Programs; and 

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

19 that provides training and technical assistance on 

20 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

21 and Alaska Native women. 

22 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

23 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

24 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

25 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime 
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1 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the 

2 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

3 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other 

5 Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 

6 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Pub7 lic Law 108–405); the Violence Against Women and De8 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

9 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse 

10 Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act 

11 of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Victims of Crime Act 

12 of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the Adam Walsh Child Pro13 tection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the 

14 Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 

15 2008 (Public Law 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the 

16 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) 

17 (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act 

18 of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women 

19 Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 

20 2013 Act’’); and other programs, $111,000,000, to remain 

21 available until expended, of which— 

22 (1) $41,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

23 programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 

24 C of title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That beginning 

25 not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
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1 this Act, as part of each National Crime Victimiza2 tion Survey, the Attorney General shall include statis3 tics relating to honor violence; 

4 (2) $36,000,000 is for research, development, and 

5 evaluation programs, and other activities as author6 ized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle 

7 D of title II of the 2002 Act; 

8 (3) $30,000,000 is for regional information shar9 ing activities, as authorized by part M of title I of 

10 the 1968 Act; and 

11 (4) $4,000,000 is for activities to strengthen and 

12 enhance the practice of forensic sciences, of which 

13 $3,000,000 is for transfer to the National Institute of 

14 Standards and Technology to support Scientific Area 

15 Committees. 

16 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

17 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

18 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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

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

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

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

23 Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 

24 the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

25 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against Women 
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1 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

2 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Adam Walsh 

3 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 

4 248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking 

5 and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); 

6 the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

7 Law 110–180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Secu8 rity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); 

9 the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the 

10 Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual 

11 Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); the Victims 

12 of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally 

13 Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthoriza14 tion and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 

15 the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

16 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and other programs, 

17 $1,241,000,000, to remain available until expended as fol18 lows— 

19 (1) $376,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo20 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

21 by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act (ex22 cept that section 1001(c), and the special rules for 

23 Puerto Rico under section 505(g) of title I of the 1968 

24 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of 

25 which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, $15,000,000 
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1 is for a Preventing Violence Against Law Enforce2 ment Officer Resilience and Survivability Initiative 

3 (VALOR), $4,000,000 is for use by the National Insti4 tute of Justice for research targeted toward developing 

5 a better understanding of the domestic radicalization 

6 phenomenon, and advancing evidence-based strategies 

7 for effective intervention and prevention, $5,000,000 

8 is for an initiative to support evidence-based policing, 

9 $2,500,000 is for an initiative to enhance prosecu10 torial decision-making, $3,000,000 is for competitive 

11 grants to distribute firearm safety materials and gun 

12 locks, $750,000 is for the purposes described in the 

13 Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program 

14 (section 240001 of the 1994 Act), $10,500,000 is for 

15 an Edward Byrne Memorial criminal justice innova16 tion program, and $2,500,000 is for a program to im17 prove juvenile indigent defense; 

18 (2) $185,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

19 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

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

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

22 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

23 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other de24 tainees housed in State and local detention facilities; 
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1 (3) $42,250,000 for victim services programs for 

2 victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

3 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, for programs au4 thorized under Public Law 109–164, or programs au5 thorized under Public Law 113–4; 

6 (4) $41,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized 

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

8 (5) $8,500,000 for mental health courts and 

9 adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 

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

11 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 

12 Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

13 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 

14 (6) $10,000,000 for grants for Residential Sub15 stance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as au16 thorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 

17 (7) $2,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Im18 provement Grant Program, as authorized by section 

19 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 

20 wrongful conviction review; 

21 (8) $13,000,000 for economic, high technology 

22 and Internet crime prevention grants, including as 

23 authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110–403; 
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1 (9) $2,000,000 for a student loan repayment as2 sistance program pursuant to section 952 of Public 

3 Law 110–315; 

4 (10) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 

5 assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and 

6 related activities; 

7 (11) $8,000,000 for an initiative relating to chil8 dren exposed to violence; 

9 (12) $22,250,000 for the matching grant pro10 gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 

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

12 That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the Na13 tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s Office 

14 of Law Enforcement Standards for research, testing 

15 and evaluation programs; 

16 (13) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 

17 Public Website; 

18 (14) $5,000,000 for competitive and evidence19 based programs to reduce gun crime and gang vio20 lence; 

21 (15) $73,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade 

22 criminal and mental health records for the National 

23 Instant Criminal Background Check System, of which 

24 no less than $25,000,000 shall be for grants made 
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1 under the authorities of the NICS Improvement 

2 Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); 

3 (16) $12,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic 

4 Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 

5 I of the 1968 Act; 

6 (17) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic 

7 programs and activities, of which— 

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

9 and capacity enhancement program and for 

10 other local, State, and Federal forensic activities, 

11 including the purposes authorized under section 

12 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act 

13 of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) (the Debbie Smith 

14 DNA Backlog Grant Program): Provided, That 

15 up to 4 percent of funds made available under 

16 this paragraph may be used for the purposes de17 scribed in the DNA Training and Education for 

18 Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and 

19 Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, 

20 section 303); 

21 (B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes described 

22 in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA 

23 Testing Program (Public Law 108–405, section 

24 412); and 
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1 (C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Foren2 sic Exam Program grants, including as author3 ized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 

4 (18) $41,000,000 for a grant program for com5 munity-based sexual assault response reform; 

6 (19) $6,000,000 for the court-appointed special 

7 advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 

8 1990 Act; 

9 (20) $30,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes; 

10 (21) $68,000,000 for offender reentry programs 

11 and research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act 

12 of 2007 (Public Law 110–199), without regard to the 

13 time limitations specified at section 6(1) of such Act, 

14 of which not to exceed $6,000,000 is for a program to 

15 improve State, local, and tribal probation or parole 

16 supervision efforts and strategies, and $5,000,000 is 

17 for Children of Incarcerated Parents Demonstrations 

18 to enhance and maintain parental and family rela19 tionships for incarcerated parents as a reentry or re20 cidivism reduction strategy: Provided, That up to 

21 $7,500,000 of funds made available in this paragraph 

22 may be used for performance-based awards for Pay 

23 for Success projects, of which up to $5,000,000 shall 

24 be for Pay for Success programs implementing the 

25 Permanent Supportive Housing Model; 
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1 (22) $5,000,000 for a veterans treatment courts 

2 program; 

3 (23) $11,000,000 for a program to monitor pre4 scription drugs and scheduled listed chemical prod5 ucts; 

6 (24) $13,000,000 for prison rape prevention and 

7 prosecution grants to States and units of local govern8 ment, and other programs, as authorized by the Pris9 on Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108– 

10 79); 

11 (25) $2,000,000 to operate a National Center for 

12 Campus Public Safety; 

13 (26) $27,500,000 for a justice reinvestment ini14 tiative, for activities related to criminal justice re15 form and recidivism reduction, of which not less than 

16 $750,000 is for a task force on Federal corrections; 

17 (27) $4,000,000 for additional replication sites 

18 employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation 

19 with Enforcement model implementing swift and cer20 tain sanctions in probation, and for a research 

21 project on the effectiveness of the model; 

22 (28) $12,500,000 for the Office of Victims of 

23 Crime for supplemental victims’ services and other 

24 victim-related programs and initiatives, including re-
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1 search and statistics, and for tribal assistance for vic2 tims of violence; and 

3 (29) $75,000,000 for the Comprehensive School 

4 Safety Initiative, described in the explanatory state5 ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

6 division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That 

7 section 213 of this Act shall not apply with respect 

8 to the amount made available in this paragraph: 

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

10 the funds made available under this heading to increase the 

11 number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local govern12 ment will achieve a net gain in the number of law enforce13 ment officers who perform non-administrative public sector 

14 safety service. 

15 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

16 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

17 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and De18 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Om19 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 

20 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and Department 

21 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

22 162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance 

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies 

24 and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today 

25 Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child 
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1 Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 

2 the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

3 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PRO4 TECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); 

5 the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

6 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and other juvenile 

7 justice programs, $251,500,000, to remain available until 

8 expended as follows— 

9 (1) $55,500,000 for programs authorized by sec10 tion 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and tech11 nical assistance to assist small, nonprofit organiza12 tions with the Federal grants process: Provided, That 

13 of the amounts provided under this paragraph, 

14 $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 

15 grant program to support emergency planning among 

16 State, local and tribal juvenile justice residential fa17 cilities; 

18 (2) $90,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

19 (3) $15,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as 

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

21 pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 

22 (A) $5,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth 

23 Program; 
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1 (B) $3,000,000 shall be for gang and youth 

2 violence education, prevention and intervention, 

3 and related activities; 

4 (C) $6,000,000 shall be for community5 based violence prevention initiatives, including 

6 for public health approaches to reducing shoot7 ings and violence; and 

8 (D) $1,000,000 shall be for grants and tech9 nical assistance in support of the National 

10 Forum on Youth Violence Prevention; 

11 (4) $19,000,000 for programs authorized by the 

12 Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

13 (5) $68,000,000 for missing and exploited chil14 dren programs, including as authorized by sections 

15 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that section 

16 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 

17 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall not apply for pur18 poses of this Act); 

19 (6) $1,500,000 for child abuse training programs 

20 for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized 

21 by section 222 of the 1990 Act; 

22 (7) $500,000 for an Internet site providing infor23 mation and resources on children of incarcerated par24 ents; and 
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1 (8) $2,000,000 for competitive grants focusing on 

2 girls in the juvenile justice system: 

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

4 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi5 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author6 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the 

7 amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (4) and 

8 (6) may be used for training and technical assistance: Pro9 vided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not 

10 apply to grants and projects authorized by sections 261 and 

11 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited children 

12 programs. 

13 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

14 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

15 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

16 Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including 

17 amounts for administrative costs), to remain available 

18 until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments authorized 

19 by section 1201(b) of such Act and for educational assist20 ance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to remain 

21 available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

22 section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attor23 ney General that emergent circumstances require additional 

24 funding for such disability and education payments, the At25 torney General may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Public Safe-
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1 ty Officer Benefits’’ from available appropriations for the 

2 Department of Justice as may be necessary to respond to 

3 such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer 

4 pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a re5 programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

6 be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli7 ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

8 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

9 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

10 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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

12 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

13 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); and the Violence Against Women and De14 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

15 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’), $208,000,000, to remain 

16 available until expended: Provided, That any balances 

17 made available through prior year deobligations shall only 

18 be available in accordance with section 505 of this Act: Pro19 vided further, That of the amount provided under this head20 ing— 

21 (1) $7,000,000 is for anti-methamphetamine-re22 lated activities, which shall be transferred to the Drug 

23 Enforcement Administration upon enactment of this 

24 Act; 
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1 (2) $180,000,000 is for grants under section 

2 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) for 

3 the hiring and rehiring of additional career law en4 forcement officers under part Q of such title notwith5 standing subsection (i) of such section: Provided, 

6 That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title 

7 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3(c)), funding for hiring or rehir8 ing a career law enforcement officer may not exceed 

9 $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of Commu10 nity Oriented Policing Services grants a waiver from 

11 this limitation: Provided further, That within the 

12 amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 

13 $33,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, 

14 including hiring, equipment, training, and anti15 methamphetamine activities: Provided further, That 

16 of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 

17 $7,500,000 is for community policing development ac18 tivities in furtherance of the purposes in section 1701: 

19 Provided further, That within the amounts appro20 priated under this paragraph, $5,000,000 is for the 

21 collaborative reform model of technical assistance in 

22 furtherance of the purposes in section 1701; 

23 (3) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to State 

24 law enforcement agencies in States with high seizures 

25 of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, 
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1 laboratories, and laboratory dump seizures: Provided, 

2 That funds appropriated under this paragraph shall 

3 be utilized for investigative purposes to locate or in4 vestigate illicit activities, including precursor diver5 sion, laboratories, or methamphetamine traffickers; 

6 (4) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to state7 wide law enforcement agencies in States with high 

8 rates of primary treatment admissions for heroin and 

9 other opioids: Provided, That these funds shall be uti10 lized for investigative purposes to locate or investigate 

11 illicit activities, including activities related to the dis12 tribution of heroin or unlawful distribution of pre13 scription opioids, or unlawful heroin and prescription 

14 opioid traffickers through statewide collaboration; and 

15 (5) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to sup16 port regional anti-gang task forces. 

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

18 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

19 available in this title for official reception and representa20 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

21 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall 

22 be available to the Attorney General for official reception 

23 and representation expenses. 

24 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title 

25 shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where the 
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1 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were car2 ried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, That should 

3 this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of 

4 competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void. 

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

6 title shall be used to require any person to perform, or fa7 cilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 

8 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re9 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 

10 to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to 

11 receive such service outside the Federal facility: Provided, 

12 That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the 

13 effect of section 203 intended to address the philosophical 

14 beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons. 

15 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

16 made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart17 ment of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such 

18 appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as other19 wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 

20 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any trans21 fer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogram22 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

23 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

24 procedures set forth in that section. 
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1 SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to extend 

2 through September 30, 2015, the Personnel Management 

3 Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney General 

4 pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Security Act of 

5 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 28 U.S.C. 599B) without limi6 tation on the number of employees or the positions covered. 

7 SEC. 207. None of the funds made available under this 

8 title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the 

9 United States Marshals Service for the purpose of trans10 porting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to convic11 tion for crime under State or Federal law and is classified 

12 as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a 

13 prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of 

14 Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner. 

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

16 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele17 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec18 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

19 purposes. 

20 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, mainte21 nance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

22 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

23 programs. 

24 SEC. 209. None of the funds made available under this 

25 title shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced 
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1 information technology program having total estimated de2 velopment costs in excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy 

3 Attorney General and the investment review board certify 

4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Senate that the information technology 

6 program has appropriate program management controls 

7 and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the 

8 program is compatible with the enterprise architecture of 

9 the Department of Justice. 

10 SEC. 210. The notification thresholds and procedures 

11 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations 

12 from the amounts designated for specific activities in this 

13 Act and in the explanatory statement described in section 

14 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

15 Act), and to any use of deobligated balances of funds pro16 vided under this title in previous years. 

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

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

19 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

20 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any successor 

21 administrative regulation, directive, or policy for work per22 formed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal 

23 Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

24 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, or ex-
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1 penses of any United States Attorney assigned dual or addi2 tional responsibilities by the Attorney General or his des3 ignee that exempt that United States Attorney from the 

4 residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, United 

5 States Code. 

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

7 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

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

9 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head10 ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 

11 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Justice 

12 Programs’’— 

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

14 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reimburse15 ment programs may be used by such Office to provide 

16 training and technical assistance; and 

17 (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for 

18 grant or reimbursement programs under such head19 ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 

20 research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis21 tered by the National Institute of Justice and the Bu22 reau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to and 

23 merged with funds provided to the National Institute 

24 of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be 

25 used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical 
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1 purposes, without regard to the authorizations for 

2 such grant or reimbursement programs. 

3 SEC. 214. Upon request by a grantee for whom the At4 torney General has determined there is a fiscal hardship, 

5 the Attorney General may, with respect to funds appro6 priated in this or any other Act making appropriations for 

7 fiscal years 2012 through 2015 for the following programs, 

8 waive the following requirements: 

9 (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and 

10 local reentry demonstration projects under part FF of 

11 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

12 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(g)(1)), the require13 ments under section 2976(g)(1) of such part. 

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

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

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

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

18 (3) For the prosecution drug treatment alter19 natives to prison program under part CC of title I of 

20 such Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797q–3), the require21 ments under section 2904 of such part. 

22 (4) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard 

23 communities as authorized by section 6 of the Prison 

24 Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 
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1 15605(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 

2 such Act. 

3 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime 

5 Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 

6 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made available by 

7 this or any other Act. 

8 SEC. 216. None of the funds made available under this 

9 Act, other than for the national instant criminal back10 ground check system established under section 103 of the 

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

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

13 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi14 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus15 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless 

16 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu17 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

18 SEC. 217. (a) None of the income retained in the De19 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

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

21 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

22 2015, except up to $40,000,000 may be obligated for imple23 mentation of a unified Department of Justice financial 

24 management system. 
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1 (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal2 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 

3 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Pub4 lic Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall 

5 be available for obligation in fiscal year 2015, and any use, 

6 obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds shall be 

7 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of 

8 this Act. 

9 (c) In addition to the amount otherwise provided by 

10 this Act in the first proviso under the heading ‘‘United 

11 States Marshals Service—Federal Prisoner Detention’’, not 

12 to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated balances 

13 available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United 

14 States Code, shall be available for obligation during fiscal 

15 year 2015, and any use, obligation, transfer or allocation 

16 of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 

17 under section 505 of this Act. 

18 (d) Of amounts available in the Assets Forfeiture Fund 

19 in fiscal year 2015, $154,700,000 shall be for payments as20 sociated with joint law enforcement operations as author21 ized by section 524(c)(1)(I) of title 28, United States Code. 

22 (e) The Attorney General shall submit a spending plan 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate not later than 30 days after 

25 the date of enactment of this Act detailing the planned dis-
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1 tribution of Assets Forfeiture Fund joint law enforcement 

2 operations funding during fiscal year 2015. 

3 (f) Subsections (a) through (d) of this section shall sun4 set on September 30, 2015. 

5 SEC. 218. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

6 to deny the Inspector General of the Department of Justice 

7 timely access to all records, documents, and other materials 

8 in the custody or possession of the Department or to prevent 

9 or impede the Inspector General’s access to such records, 

10 documents and other materials, unless in accordance with 

11 an express limitation of section 6(a) of the Inspector Gen12 eral Act, as amended, consistent with the plain language 

13 of the Inspector General Act, as amended. The Inspector 

14 General of the Department of Justice shall report to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations within five calendar days 

16 any failures to comply with this requirement. 

17 SEC. 219. Discretionary funds that are made available 

18 in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may be used 

19 to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots author20 ized under section 526 of division H of Public Law 113– 

21 76. 

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

23 Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
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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 pas8 senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 

9 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 

10 for official reception and representation expenses, and rent11 al of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

12 $5,555,000. 

13 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

14 SCIENCE

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

16 the conduct and support of science research and develop17 ment 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, $5,244,700,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That the formulation and devel3 opment costs (with development cost as defined under sec4 tion 30104 of title 51, United States Code) for the James 

5 Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed $8,000,000,000: Pro6 vided further, That should the individual identified under 

7 subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 30104 of title 51, United 

8 States Code, as responsible for the James Webb Space Tele9 scope determine that the development cost of the program 

10 is likely to exceed that limitation, the individual shall im11 mediately notify the Administrator and the increase shall 

12 be treated as if it meets the 30 percent threshold described 

13 in subsection (f) of section 30104: Provided further, That 

14 $100,000,000 shall be for pre-formulation and/or formula15 tion activities for a mission that meets the science goals 

16 outlined for the Jupiter Europa mission in the most recent 

17 planetary science decadal survey. 

18 AERONAUTICS

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

20 the conduct and support of aeronautics research and devel21 opment activities, including research, development, oper22 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa23 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

24 and communications activities; program management; per25 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
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1 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

2 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

4 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

5 aircraft, $651,000,000, to remain available until September 

6 30, 2016. 

7 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

9 the conduct and support of space research and technology 

10 development activities, including research, development, op11 erations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa12 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

13 and communications activities; program management; per14 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

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

16 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

18 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

19 aircraft, $596,000,000, to remain available until September 

20 30, 2016. 

21 EXPLORATION

22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

23 the conduct and support of exploration research and devel24 opment activities, including research, development, oper25 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
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1 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

2 and communications activities; program management; per3 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

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

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

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

7 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

8 aircraft, $4,356,700,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That not less than 

10 $1,194,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew 

11 Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than $2,051,300,000 

12 shall be for the Space Launch System, which shall have a 

13 lift capability not less than 130 metric tons and which shall 

14 have an upper stage and other core elements developed si15 multaneously: Provided further, That of the funds made 

16 available for the Space Launch System, $1,700,000,000 

17 shall be for launch vehicle development and $351,300,000 

18 shall be for exploration ground systems: Provided further, 

19 That the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

20 (NASA) shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations 

21 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, concurrent 

22 with the annual budget submission, a 5 year budget profile 

23 and funding projection that adheres to a 70 percent Joint 

24 Confidence Level (JCL) and is consistent with the Key De25 cision Point C (KDP–C) for the Space Launch System and 
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1 with the future KDP–C for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew 

2 Vehicle: Provided further, That in complying with the pre3 ceding proviso NASA shall include budget profiles and 

4 funding projections that conform to the KDP–C manage5 ment agreement for development completion of the Space 

6 Launch System by December 2017, and the management 

7 agreement for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle upon 

8 completing KDP–C: Provided further, That in no case shall 

9 the JCL of the Space Launch System or the Orion Multi10 Purpose Crew Vehicle be less than the guidance outlined in 

11 NASA Procedural Requirements 7120.5E: Provided further, 

12 That funds made available for the Orion Multi-Purpose 

13 Crew Vehicle and Space Launch System are in addition 

14 to funds provided for these programs under the ‘‘Construc15 tion and Environmental Compliance and Restoration’’ 

16 heading: Provided further, That $805,000,000 shall be for 

17 commercial spaceflight activities: Provided further, That 

18 $306,400,000 shall be for exploration research and develop19 ment. 

20 SPACE OPERATIONS

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

22 the conduct and support of space operations research and 

23 development activities, including research, development, op24 erations, support and services; space flight, spacecraft con25 trol and communications activities, including operations, 
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1 production, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 

2 planning and design; program management; personnel and 

3 related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

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

5 States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 

6 motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance 

7 and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 

8 $3,827,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2016. 

10 EDUCATION

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

12 the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical edu13 cation research and development activities, including re14 search, development, operations, support, and services; pro15 gram management; personnel and related costs, including 

16 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

17 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex18 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

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

20 mission and administrative aircraft, $119,000,000, to re21 main available until September 30, 2016, of which 

22 $18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 

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

24 for the National Space Grant College program. 
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1 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

3 the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space tech4 nology, exploration, space operations and education re5 search and development activities, including research, devel6 opment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

7 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft 

8 control, and communications activities; program manage9 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

10 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

11 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur12 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 

13 $63,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

14 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

15 of mission and administrative aircraft, $2,758,900,000, to 

16 remain available until September 30, 2016. 

17 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

18 RESTORATION

19 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities in20 cluding repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modifica21 tion of facilities, construction of new facilities and addi22 tions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

23 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

24 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli25 ance and restoration, $419,100,000, to remain available 
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1 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the 

2 $429,100,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 

3 heading, $419,100,000 is appropriated from the general 

4 fund and $10,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior 

5 year obligations: Provided further, That proceeds from 

6 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

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

8 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

9 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail10 able for obligation for fiscal year 2015 in an amount not 

11 to exceed $9,584,100: Provided further, That each annual 

12 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross re13 ceipts and collections and proposed use of all funds collected 

14 pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States Code. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen17 eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

18 $37,000,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 

19 September 30, 2016. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

23 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

24 the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
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1 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

2 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero3 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

4 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap5 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

6 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. 

7 Balances so transferred shall be merged with and available 

8 for the same purposes and the same time period as the ap9 propriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant 

10 to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

11 funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail12 able for obligation except in compliance with the procedures 

13 set forth in that section. 

14 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro15 vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activity 

16 level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent change 

17 of an amount established in that spending plan that meets 

18 the notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 

19 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

20 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

21 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

22 section. 

23 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 The unexpired balances of a previous account, for ac25 tivities for which funds are provided in this Act, may be 
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1 transferred to the new account established in this Act that 

2 provides such activities. Balances so transferred shall be 

3 merged with the funds in the newly established account, but 

4 shall be available under the same terms, conditions and pe5 riod of time as previously appropriated. 

6 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

7 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

8 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

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

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

11 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

12 maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of 

13 flight services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; 

14 and authorized travel; $5,933,645,000, to remain available 

15 until September 30, 2016, of which not to exceed 

16 $520,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

17 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse18 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

19 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

20 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

21 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

22 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

23 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited to 

24 this appropriation: Provided further, That not less than 
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1 $159,690,000 shall be available for activities authorized by 

2 section 7002(c)(2)(A)(iv) of Public Law 110–69. 

3 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

4 CONSTRUCTION

5 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc6 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

7 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant 

8 to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 

9 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, $200,760,000, to 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

12 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathe13 matics and engineering education and human resources 

14 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

15 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including 

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

17 States Code, authorized travel, and rental of conference 

18 rooms in the District of Columbia, $866,000,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not less 

20 than $60,890,000 shall be available for activities authorized 

21 by section 7030 of Public Law 110–69. 

22 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

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

25 of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized by sec-
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1 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 

2 motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author3 ized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States 

4 Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum5 bia; and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Se6 curity for security guard services; $325,000,000: Provided, 

7 That not to exceed $8,280 is for official reception and rep8 resentation expenses: Provided further, That contracts may 

9 be entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2015 for 

10 maintenance and operation of facilities and for other serv11 ices to be provided during the next fiscal year: Provided 

12 further, That of the amount provided for costs associated 

13 with the acquisition, occupancy, and related costs of new 

14 headquarters space, not more than $27,370,000 shall re15 main available until expended. 

16 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

17 For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 

18 authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent19 al of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the 

20 employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 

21 of title 5, United States Code) involved in carrying out sec22 tion 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

23 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et 

24 seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall 
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1 be available for official reception and representation ex2 penses. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen5 eral as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

6 $14,430,000, of which $400,000 shall remain available until 

7 September 30, 2016. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

10 available for the current fiscal year for the National Science 

11 Foundation in this Act may be transferred between such 

12 appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in13 creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any 

14 transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a re15 programming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

16 shall not be available for obligation except in compliance 

17 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations 

19 Act, 2015’’. 

20 TITLE IV 

21 RELATED AGENCIES 

22 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

25 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
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1 $9,200,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

2 in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess of four 

3 full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Excepted 

4 Service exclusive of one special assistant for each Commis5 sioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appro6 priated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Com7 missioners for more than 75 billable days, with the excep8 tion of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable days: 

9 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in 

10 this paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense 

11 that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil 

12 Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 

13 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Op16 portunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

17 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em18 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Amer19 icans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of the Reha20 bilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the 

21 Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) of 

22 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amendments Act of 

23 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair 

24 Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), including services 

25 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
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1 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 

2 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code; nonmonetary 

3 awards to private citizens; and up to $30,000,000 for pay4 ments to State and local enforcement agencies for author5 ized services to the Commission, $364,500,000: Provided, 

6 That the Commission is authorized to make available for 

7 official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 

8 $2,250 from available funds: Provided further, That the 

9 Commission may take no action to implement any work10 force repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until 

11 such time as the Committees on Appropriations of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified 

13 of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming 

14 requirements of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 

15 That the Chair is authorized to accept and use any gift 

16 or donation to carry out the work of the Commission. 

17 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

20 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 

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

22 States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official reception 

23 and representation expenses, $84,500,000, to remain avail24 able until expended. 
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1 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

3 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

4 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

5 Act of 1974, $375,000,000, of which $343,150,000 is for 

6 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

7 $4,350,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

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

9 additional audits of recipients; $18,500,000 is for manage10 ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self-help 

11 and information technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro Bono 

12 Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repayment as13 sistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Corporation 

14 may continue to provide locality pay to officers and em15 ployees at a rate no greater than that provided by the Fed16 eral Government to Washington, DC-based employees as au17 thorized by section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, not18 withstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corpora19 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 2996(d)): Provided further, That the 

20 authorities provided in section 205 of this Act shall be ap21 plicable to the Legal Services Corporation: Provided fur22 ther, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the 

23 Legal Services Corporation shall be considered an agency 

24 of the United States Government. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

2 CORPORATION

3 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 

4 Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose pro5 hibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions 

6 of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 

7 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the 

8 Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same 

9 terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that 

10 all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 

11 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2014 and 2015, respec12 tively. 

13 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

17 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $3,340,000. 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

21 States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger 

22 motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consult23 ants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

24 Code, $54,250,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain avail25 able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $124,000 
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1 shall be available for official reception and representation 

2 expenses. 

3 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

6 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 

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

8 $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: 

9 Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for 

10 official reception and representation expenses: Provided fur11 ther, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the 

12 State Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 

13 United States Government. 

14 TITLE V 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

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

18 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

19 not authorized by the Congress. 

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

21 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

22 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

23 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

24 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

25 contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 
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1 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi2 tures are a matter of public record and available for public 

3 inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

4 law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 

5 existing law. 

6 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica7 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

8 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica9 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

10 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected 

11 thereby. 

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

13 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen14 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

15 or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any 

16 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

17 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 

18 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 

19 a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a 

20 new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates a program, 

21 project or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any 

22 means for any project or activity for which funds have been 

23 denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) 

24 reorganizes or renames offices, programs or activities; (6) 

25 contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities pres-
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1 ently performed by Federal employees; (7) augments exist2 ing programs, projects or activities in excess of $500,000 

3 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent 

4 funding for any program, project or activity, or numbers 

5 of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results from any general 

6 savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, 

7 which would result in a change in existing programs, 

8 projects or activities as approved by Congress; unless the 

9 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are noti10 fied 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds 

11 by agencies (excluding agencies of the Department of Jus12 tice) funded by this Act and 45 days in advance of such 

13 reprogramming of funds by agencies of the Department of 

14 Justice funded by this Act. 

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

16 court or Federal agency that any person intentionally af17 fixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or 

18 any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold 

19 in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 

20 United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any 

21 contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 

22 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli23 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 

24 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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1 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to author2 ized purchases of promotional items, funds made available 

3 by this Act shall be used to purchase items that are manu4 factured, produced, or assembled in the United States, its 

5 territories or possessions. 

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

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

8 (1)(f)(3). 

9 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Jus10 tice, the National Science Foundation, and the National 

11 Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide to the 

12 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa13 tives and the Senate a quarterly report on the status of bal14 ances of appropriations at the account level. For unobli15 gated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed 

16 balances the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 

17 amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation 

18 from which the balances were derived. For balances that are 

19 obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall sepa20 rately identify amounts by the year of obligation. 

21 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be sub22 mitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

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

24 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

25 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, the 
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1 department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the max2 imum extent practicable under such accounting system and 

3 shall identify and describe in each quarterly report the ex4 tent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

5 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or agen6 cy funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, per7 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in8 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg9 etary resources available to such department or agency: 

10 Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between ap11 propriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 

12 section is provided in addition to authorities included else13 where in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to 

14 carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 

15 of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail16 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 

17 the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, 

18 That for the Department of Commerce, this section shall 

19 also apply to actions taken for the care and protection of 

20 loan collateral or grant property. 

21 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall 

22 be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to23 bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 

24 foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 

25 or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
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1 applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 

2 same type. 

3 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 amounts deposited or available in the Fund established by 

5 section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98– 

6 473 (42 U.S.C. 10601) in any fiscal year in excess of 

7 $2,361,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 

8 the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwithstanding 

9 section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available from 

10 the Fund for obligation $10,000,000 shall remain available 

11 until expended to the Department of Justice Office of In12 spector General for oversight and auditing purposes. 

13 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the De14 partment of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate 

15 against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of stu16 dents who participate in programs for which financial as17 sistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or 

18 legal guardians of such students. 

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

20 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in21 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur22 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

23 in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
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1 SEC. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to im2 plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 

3 procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 

4 SEC. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart5 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National 

6 Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 

7 Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation 

8 shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act 

9 (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are 

10 appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Con11 gress on the progress of such audits, which may include pre12 liminary findings and a description of areas of particular 

13 interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and 

14 every 180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed. 

15 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

16 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is com17 pleted, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Di18 rector, or President, as appropriate, shall make the results 

19 of the audit available to the public on the Internet website 

20 maintained by the Department, Administration, Founda21 tion, or Corporation, respectively. The results shall be made 

22 available in redacted form to exclude— 

23 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

24 title 5, United States Code; and 
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1 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi2 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

3 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

4 unlawful purposes. 

5 (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

6 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state7 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

8 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

9 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

10 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

11 other manner to another person who has a financial interest 

12 in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

13 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 

14 section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the 

15 Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in con16 sultation with the Director of the Office of Government Eth17 ics, determines that a uniform set of rules and requirements, 

18 substantially similar to the requirements in such sub19 sections, consistently apply under the executive branch eth20 ics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and enti21 ties. 

22 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available under this Act may be used by the De24 partments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aero25 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
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1 Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact 

2 information system, as defined for security categorization 

3 in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 

4 (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publica5 tion 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal 

6 Information and Information Systems’’ unless the agency 

7 has— 

8 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor9 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST to 

10 inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

11 moderate-impact information systems within the Fed12 eral Government; 

13 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre14 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

15 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau of 

16 Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 

17 (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 

18 Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 

19 conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio20 nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 

21 such system, including any risk associated with such 

22 system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 

23 by one or more entities identified by the United 

24 States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ25 ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di-
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1 rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 

2 China. 

3 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

4 available under this Act may be used to acquire a high5 impact or moderate-impact information system reviewed 

6 and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the as7 sessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 

8 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 

9 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 

10 strategy for any identified risks; 

11 (2) determined that the acquisition of such sys12 tem is in the national interest of the United States; 

13 and 

14 (3) reported that determination to the Commit15 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa16 tives and the Senate. 

17 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or jus19 tify the use of torture by any official or contract employee 

20 of the United States Government. 

21 SEC. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

24 expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru25 mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex-
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1 penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United 

2 States in connection with requiring an export license for 

3 the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or 

4 attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 121.1 

5 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Traf6 ficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed 

7 on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 

8 wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions 

9 of subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting 

10 party for such articles. 

11 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export 

12 license— 

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

14 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter re15 quired by law, or from being otherwise eligible under 

16 the laws of the United States to possess, ship, trans17 port, or export the articles enumerated in subsection 

18 (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 for 

23 end use by the Federal Government, or a Provin24 cial or Municipal Government of Canada; 
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1 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

2 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm list3 ed in Category I, other than for end use by the 

4 Federal Government, or a Provincial or Munic5 ipal 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 Direc9 tors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent 

10 or temporary export without a license of any unclassified 

11 articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use 

12 in Canada or return to the United States, or temporary 

13 import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use 

14 in the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian 

15 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 maintained 

20 inadequate import controls for the articles specified in sub21 section (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles 

22 has and continues to take place for use in international 

23 terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another na24 tion. The President shall terminate the requirements of a 
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1 license when reasons for the temporary requirements have 

2 ceased. 

3 SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

5 States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 

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

7 to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 

8 officer or employee of the United States to deny any appli9 cation submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and 

10 qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for 

11 a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios or relics’’ 

12 firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

13 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi15 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

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

17 States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

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

19 States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

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

21 States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

22 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 

24 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author25 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
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1 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The 

2 Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 

3 Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA 

4 PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

5 SEC. 521. If at any time during any quarter, the pro6 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

7 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero8 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

9 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reasonable 

10 cause to believe that the total program cost has increased 

11 by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall imme12 diately inform the respective Secretary, Administrator, or 

13 Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall 

14 notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

15 within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall in16 clude in such notice: the date on which such determination 

17 was made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; 

18 the action taken and proposed to be taken to control future 

19 cost growth of the project; changes made in the performance 

20 or schedule milestones and the degree to which such changes 

21 have contributed to the increase in total program costs or 

22 procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or pro23 curement costs; and a statement validating that the project’s 

24 management structure is adequate to control total project 

25 or procurement costs. 
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1 SEC. 522. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

2 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 

3 or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifi4 cally authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 

5 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during 

6 fiscal year 2015 until the enactment of the Intelligence Au7 thorization Act for fiscal year 2015. 

8 SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

9 made available by this Act may be used to enter into a 

10 contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award 

11 a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective con12 tractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency award13 ing the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge 

14 and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal 

15 tax returns required during the three years preceding the 

16 certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense 

17 under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more 

18 than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any 

19 unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability re20 mains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of 

21 an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has 

22 been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not 

23 in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous 

24 administrative or judicial proceeding. 
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1 (RESCISSIONS)

2 SEC. 524. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to 

3 the Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby 

4 rescinded, not later than September 30, 2015, from the fol5 lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 

6 (1) ‘‘Departmental Management, Franchise 

7 Fund’’, $2,906,000; and 

8 (2) ‘‘Economic Development Administration, 

9 Economic Development Assistance Programs’’, 

10 $5,000,000. 

11 (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De12 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re13 scinded, not later than September 30, 2015, from the fol14 lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 

15 (1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $99,000,000; 

16 (2) ‘‘Tactical Law Enforcement Wireless Com17 munications’’, $2,000,000; 

18 (3) ‘‘Detention Trustee’’, $23,000,000; 

19 (4) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 

20 $193,000,000; 

21 (5) ‘‘Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, 

22 General Legal Activities’’, $10,000,000; 

23 (6) ‘‘Legal Activities, Salaries and Expenses, 

24 Antitrust Division’’, $6,000,000; 
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1 (7) ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, United States Attor2 neys’’, $9,000,000; 

3 (8) ‘‘United States Marshals Service, Federal 

4 Prisoner Detention’’, $188,000,000; 

5 (9) ‘‘Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 

6 Explosives, Salaries and Expenses’’, $3,200,000; 

7 (10) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi8 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

9 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro10 grams’’, $16,000,000; 

11 (11) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi12 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $82,500,000; and 

13 (12) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi14 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

15 $40,000,000. 

16 (c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 

17 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

18 of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 

19 September 1, 2015, specifying the amount of each rescission 

20 made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 

21 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

23 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

24 10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
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1 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 

3 of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or 

4 agency at any single conference occurring outside the 

5 United States unless such conference is a law enforcement 

6 training or operational conference for law enforcement per7 sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in attendance 

8 are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the United 

9 States. 

10 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

11 made available in this Act may be used in a manner that 

12 is inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective of 

13 the United States with respect to trade remedy laws to pre14 serve the ability of the United States— 

15 (1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, including 

16 antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard 

17 laws; 

18 (2) to avoid agreements that— 

19 (A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and 

20 international disciplines on unfair trade, espe21 cially dumping and subsidies; or 

22 (B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic and 

23 international safeguard provisions, in order to 

24 ensure that United States workers, agricultural 

25 producers, and firms can compete fully on fair 
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1 terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal trade 

2 concessions; and 

3 (3) to address and remedy market distortions 

4 that lead to dumping and subsidization, including 

5 overcapacity, cartelization, and market-access bar6 riers. 

7 SEC. 528. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

8 made available in this or any other Act may be used to 

9 transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or 

10 within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

11 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

12 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

13 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

14 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 

15 the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

16 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

17 SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

19 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 

20 States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 

21 described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 

22 imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 

23 of the Department of Defense. 
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1 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

2 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

3 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

4 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

5 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

6 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

7 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

8 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

9 (2) is— 

10 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

11 control of the Department of Defense; or 

12 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

13 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

14 SEC. 530. To the extent practicable, funds made avail15 able in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that 

16 are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal Energy 

17 Management Program’’ designation. 

18 SEC. 531. The Director of the Office of Management 

19 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in20 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro21 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in ex22 pired grant accounts and include in its annual performance 

23 plan and performance and accountability reports the fol24 lowing: 
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1 (1) Details on future action the department, 

2 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

3 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

4 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

5 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in 

6 expired grant accounts. 

7 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex8 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

9 Treasury of the United States. 

10 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the 

11 total number of expired grant accounts with 

12 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

13 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

14 and the total finances that have not been obligated to 

15 a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

16 SEC. 532. (a) None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space 

18 Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science and Tech19 nology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, 

20 implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, 

21 or contract of any kind to participate, collaborate, or co22 ordinate bilaterally in any way with China or any Chinese23 owned company unless such activities are specifically au24 thorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of 

25 this Act. 
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1 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

2 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

3 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

4 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

5 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP has 

6 certified— 

7 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

8 technology, data, or other information with national 

9 security or economic security implications to China 

10 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

11 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

12 officials who have been determined by the United 

13 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

14 human rights. 

15 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 

16 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Senate no later than 30 

18 days prior to the activity in question and shall include a 

19 description of the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its 

20 major participants, and its location and timing. 

21 SEC. 533. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel 

23 to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the importation 

24 of any model of shotgun if— 
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1 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

2 the proposed importation are met; and 

3 (2) no application for the importation of such 

4 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had been 

5 denied by the Attorney General prior to January 1, 

6 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not particu7 larly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting 

8 purposes. 

9 SEC. 534. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net11 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

12 and exchanging of pornography. 

13 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

14 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

15 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi16 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

17 SEC. 535. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

18 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and 

19 the National Science Foundation shall submit spending 

20 plans, signed by the respective department or agency head, 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act. 

24 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
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1 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of rati2 fication for the Treaty. 

3 SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act under the heading ‘‘Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery’’ 

5 may be used for grant guidelines or requirements to estab6 lish minimum riparian buffers. 

7 SEC. 538. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect 

9 to the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colo10 rado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, 

11 Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mas12 sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, 

13 Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mex14 ico, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, 

15 Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, to prevent 

16 such States from implementing their own State laws that 

17 authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 

18 medical marijuana. 

19 SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit21 imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 

22 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of Jus23 tice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 

24 SEC. 540. (a) None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to relinquish the responsibility of the Na-
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1 tional Telecommunications and Information Administra2 tion during fiscal year 2015 with respect to Internet do3 main name system functions, including responsibility with 

4 respect to the authoritative root zone file and the Internet 

5 Assigned Numbers Authority functions. 

6 (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall expire on Sep7 tember 30, 2015. 

8 SEC. 541. (a) IN GENERAL.—During the period begin9 ning on January 1, 2015, and ending on December 31, 

10 2015, the provisions of chapter 3 of title II of the Trade 

11 Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.), as in effect on Decem12 ber 31, 2014, shall apply, except that in applying and ad13 ministering such provisions, section 256(b) of that Act shall 

14 be applied and administered by substituting ‘‘$16,000,000 

15 for the period beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending 

16 December 31, 2015’’ for ‘‘$16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

17 2003 through 2007, and $4,000,000 for the 3-month period 

18 beginning on October 1, 2007’’. 

19 (b) TERMINATION.—During the period beginning on 

20 January 1, 2015, and ending on December 31, 2015, section 

21 285 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 note), as 

22 in effect on December 31, 2014, shall apply, except that in 

23 applying and administering that section, subsection (b) of 

24 that section shall be applied and administered as if para25 graph (1) read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

3 subparagraph (B), assistance may not be pro4 vided under chapter 3 after December 31, 2015. 

5 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub6 paragraph (A), any assistance approved under 

7 chapter 3 on or before December 31, 2015, may 

8 be provided— 

9 ‘‘(i) to the extent funds are available 

10 pursuant to such chapter for such purpose; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(ii) to the extent the recipient of the 

13 assistance is otherwise eligible to receive 

14 such assistance.’’. 

15 TITLE VI—TRAVEL PROMOTION, 

16 ENHANCEMENT, AND MOD17 ERNIZATION ACT OF 2014 

18 SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Travel Promotion, En20 hancement, and Modernization Act of 2014’’. 

21 SEC. 602. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

22 Subsection (b)(2)(A) of the Travel Promotion Act of 

23 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 

24 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 
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1 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘pro2 motion and marketing’’ and inserting ‘‘pro3 motion or marketing’’; and 

4 (B) by inserting after the first sentence the 

5 following: ‘‘At least 5 members of the board shall 

6 have experience working in United States multi7 national entities with marketing budgets. At 

8 least 2 members of the board shall be audit com9 mittee financial experts (as defined by the Secu10 rities and Exchange Commission in accordance 

11 with section 407 of Public Law 107–204 (15 

12 U.S.C. 7265)). All members of the board shall be 

13 a current or former chief executive officer, chief 

14 financial officer, or chief marketing officer, or 

15 have held an equivalent management position.’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘intercity passenger 

18 railroad business’’ and inserting ‘‘land or sea pas19 senger transportation sector’’. 

20 SEC. 603. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

21 Subsection (c)(3) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 

22 (22 U.S.C. 2131(c)(3)) is amended— 

23 (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

24 the end; 
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1 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as sub2 paragraph (I); and 

3 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(G) a description of, and rationales for, 

6 the Corporation’s efforts to focus on specific 

7 countries and populations; 

8 ‘‘(H)(i) a description of, and rationales for, 

9 the Corporation’s combination of media channels 

10 employed in meeting the promotional objectives 

11 of its marketing campaign; 

12 ‘‘(ii) the ratio in which such channels are 

13 used; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) a justification for the use and ratio of 

15 such channels; and’’. 

16 SEC. 604. BIANNUAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURES TO DETER17 MINE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF GOODS AND 

18 SERVICES. 

19 Subsection (d)(3) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 

20 (22 U.S.C. 2131(d)(3)) is amended— 

21 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘80 per22 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘70 percent’’; and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(E) MAINTENANCE OF AN IN-KIND CON2 TRIBUTIONS POLICY.—The Corporation shall 

3 maintain an in-kind contributions policy. 

4 ‘‘(F) FORMALIZED PROCEDURES FOR IN5 KIND CONTRIBUTIONS POLICY.—Not later than 

6 90 days after the date of enactment of the Travel 

7 Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization 

8 Act of 2014, the Secretary of Commerce, in co9 ordination with the Corporation, shall establish 

10 formal, publicly available procedures specifying 

11 time frames and conditions for— 

12 ‘‘(i) making and agreeing to revisions 

13 of the Corporation’s in-kind contributions 

14 policy; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) addressing and resolving dis16 agreements between the Corporation and its 

17 partners, including the Secretary of Com18 merce, regarding the in-kind contributions 

19 policy. 

20 ‘‘(G) BIANNUAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURES

21 TO DETERMINE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF GOODS

22 AND SERVICES.—The Corporation and the Sec23 retary of Commerce (or their designees) shall 

24 meet on a biannual basis to review the proce25 dures to determine the fair market value of goods 
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1 and services received from non-Federal sources 

2 by the Corporation under subparagraph (B).’’. 

3 SEC. 605. EXTENSION OF TRAVEL PROMOTION ACT OF 2009. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 

5 (22 U.S.C. 2131) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)(5)(A)(iv), by striking ‘‘all 

7 States and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘all States and territories of the United States and 

9 the District of Columbia,’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (d)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 

12 ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

14 year 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, or 2015’’ and in15 serting ‘‘each of the fiscal years 2011 through 

16 2020’’. 

17 (b) SUNSET OF TRAVEL PROMOTION FUND FEE.—Sec18 tion 217(h)(3)(B)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality 

19 Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

21 SEC. 606. ACCOUNTABILITY; PROCUREMENT REQUIRE22 MENTS. 

23 The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131), 

24 as amended by this Act, is further amended— 
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1 (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and 

2 (h) as subsections (h), (e), (i), and (j), respectively; 

3 (2) by moving subsection (e) (as so redesignated) 

4 so that it follows subsection (d); 

5 (3) in paragraph (2) of subsection (c), by strik6 ing ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000’’; and 

7 (4) by inserting after subsection (e), as redesig8 nated, the following: 

9 ‘‘(f) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

10 ‘‘(1) PERFORMANCE PLANS AND MEASURES.— 

11 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

12 of the Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Mod13 ernization Act of 2014, the Corporation shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) establish performance metrics includ15 ing, time frames, evaluation methodologies, and 

16 data sources for measuring— 

17 ‘‘(i) the effectiveness of marketing ef18 forts by the Corporation, including its 

19 progress in achieving the long-term goals of 

20 increased traveler visits to and spending in 

21 the United States; 

22 ‘‘(ii) whether increases in visitation 

23 and spending have occurred in response to 

24 external influences, such as economic condi-
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1 tions or exchange rates, rather than in re2 sponse to the efforts of the Corporation; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) any cost or benefit to the econ4 omy of the United States; and 

5 ‘‘(B) conduct periodic program evaluations 

6 in response to the data resulting from measure7 ments under subparagraph (A). 

8 ‘‘(2) GAO ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 60 

9 days after the date on which the Corporation receives 

10 a report from the Government Accountability Office 

11 with recommendations for the Corporation, the Cor12 poration shall submit a report to Congress that de13 scribes the actions taken by the Corporation in re14 sponse to the recommendations in such report. 

15 ‘‘(g) PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The Corpora16 tion shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) establish a competitive procurement process; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(2) certify in its annual report to Congress 

20 under subsection (c)(3) that any contracts entered 

21 into were in compliance with the established competi22 tive procurement process.’’. 
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1 SEC. 607. REPEAL OF ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY. 

2 The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131), 

3 as amended by this Act, is further amended by striking sub4 section (e) (as redesignated by section 606(1) of this Act). 

5 TITLE VII—REVITALIZE AMER6 ICAN MANUFACTURING AND 

7 INNOVATION ACT OF 2014 

8 SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Revitalize American 

10 Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014’’. 

11 SEC. 702. FINDINGS. 

12 Congress finds the following: 

13 (1) In 2012, manufacturers contributed $2.03 

trillion to the economy, or 1 14 ⁄8 of United States Gross 

15 Domestic Product. 

16 (2) For every $1.00 spent in manufacturing, an17 other $1.32 is added to the economy, the highest mul18 tiplier effect of any economic sector. 

19 (3) Manufacturing supports an estimated 

20 17,400,000 jobs in the United States—about 1 in 6 

21 private-sector jobs. More than 12,000,000 Americans 

22 (or 9 percent of the workforce) are employed directly 

23 in manufacturing. 

24 (4) In 2012, the average manufacturing worker 

25 in the United States earned $77,505 annually, in-
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1 cluding pay and benefits. The average worker in all 

2 industries earned $62,063. 

3 (5) Taken alone, manufacturing in the United 

4 States would be the 8th largest economy in the world. 

5 (6) Manufacturers in the United States perform 

6 two-thirds of all private-sector research and develop7 ment in the United States, driving more innovation 

8 than any other sector. 

9 SEC. 703. ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC10 TURING INNOVATION. 

11 The National Institute of Standards and Technology 

12 Act (15 U.S.C. 271 et seq.) is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating section 34 as section 35; 

14 and 

15 (2) by inserting after section 33 (15 U.S.C. 

16 278r) the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 34. NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION. 

18 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC19 TURING INNOVATION PROGRAM.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 

21 within the Institute a program to be known as the 

22 ‘Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program’ (re23 ferred to in this section as the ‘Program’). 

24 ‘‘(2) PURPOSES OF PROGRAM.—The purposes of 

25 the Program are— 
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1 ‘‘(A) to improve the competitiveness of 

2 United States manufacturing and to increase the 

3 production of goods manufactured predomi4 nantly within the United States; 

5 ‘‘(B) to stimulate United States leadership 

6 in advanced manufacturing research, innovation, 

7 and technology; 

8 ‘‘(C) to facilitate the transition of innova9 tive technologies into scalable, cost-effective, and 

10 high-performing manufacturing capabilities; 

11 ‘‘(D) to facilitate access by manufacturing 

12 enterprises to capital-intensive infrastructure, 

13 including high-performance electronics and com14 puting, and the supply chains that enable these 

15 technologies; 

16 ‘‘(E) to accelerate the development of an ad17 vanced manufacturing workforce; 

18 ‘‘(F) to facilitate peer exchange of and the 

19 documentation of best practices in addressing 

20 advanced manufacturing challenges; 

21 ‘‘(G) to leverage non-Federal sources of sup22 port to promote a stable and sustainable business 

23 model without the need for long-term Federal 

24 funding; and 

25 ‘‘(H) to create and preserve jobs. 
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1 ‘‘(3) SUPPORT.—The Secretary, acting through 

2 the Director, shall carry out the purposes set forth in 

3 paragraph (2) by supporting— 

4 ‘‘(A) the Network for Manufacturing Inno5 vation established under subsection (b); and 

6 ‘‘(B) the establishment of centers for manu7 facturing innovation. 

8 ‘‘(4) DIRECTOR.—The Secretary shall carry out 

9 the Program through the Director. 

10 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NETWORK FOR MANUFAC11 TURING INNOVATION.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the Program, the 

13 Secretary shall establish a network of centers for man14 ufacturing innovation. 

15 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The network established 

16 under paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘Network 

17 for Manufacturing Innovation’ (referred to in this 

18 section as the ‘Network’). 

19 ‘‘(c) CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 

21 a ‘center for manufacturing innovation’ is a center 

22 that— 

23 ‘‘(A) has been established by a person or 

24 group of persons to address challenges in ad25 vanced manufacturing and to assist manufactur-
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1 ers in retaining or expanding industrial produc2 tion and jobs in the United States; 

3 ‘‘(B) has a predominant focus on a manu4 facturing process, novel material, enabling tech5 nology, supply chain integration methodology, or 

6 another relevant aspect of advanced manufac7 turing, such as nanotechnology applications, ad8 vanced ceramics, photonics and optics, compos9 ites, biobased and advanced materials, flexible 

10 hybrid technologies, and tool development for 

11 microelectronics; 

12 ‘‘(C) as determined by the Secretary, has 

13 the potential— 

14 ‘‘(i) to improve the competitiveness of 

15 United States manufacturing, including key 

16 advanced manufacturing technologies such 

17 as nanotechnology, advanced ceramics, 

18 photonics and optics, composites, biobased 

19 and advanced materials, flexible hybrid 

20 technologies, and tool development for 

21 microelectronics; 

22 ‘‘(ii) to accelerate non-Federal invest23 ment in advanced manufacturing produc24 tion capacity in the United States; or 
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1 ‘‘(iii) to enable the commercial appli2 cation of new technologies or industry-wide 

3 manufacturing processes; and 

4 ‘‘(D) includes active participation among 

5 representatives from multiple industrial entities, 

6 research universities, community colleges, and 

7 such other entities as the Secretary considers ap8 propriate, which may include industry-led con9 sortia, career and technical education schools, 

10 Federal laboratories, State, local, and tribal gov11 ernments, businesses, educational institutions, 

12 and nonprofit organizations. 

13 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—Activities of a center for man14 ufacturing innovation may include the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) Research, development, and dem16 onstration projects, including proof-of-concept 

17 development and prototyping, to reduce the cost, 

18 time, and risk of commercializing new tech19 nologies and improvements in existing tech20 nologies, processes, products, and research and 

21 development of materials to solve precompetitive 

22 industrial problems with economic or national 

23 security implications. 
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1 ‘‘(B) Development and implementation of 

2 education, training, and workforce recruitment 

3 courses, materials, and programs. 

4 ‘‘(C) Development of innovative methodolo5 gies and practices for supply chain integration 

6 and introduction of new technologies into supply 

7 chains. 

8 ‘‘(D) Outreach and engagement with small 

9 and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, 

10 including women and minority owned manufac11 turing enterprises, in addition to large manufac12 turing enterprises. 

13 ‘‘(E) Such other activities as the Secretary, 

14 in consultation with Federal departments and 

15 agencies whose missions contribute to or are af16 fected by advanced manufacturing, considers 

17 consistent with the purposes described in sub18 section (a)(2). 

19 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING

20 INNOVATION.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The National Additive 

22 Manufacturing Innovation Institute and other 

23 manufacturing centers formally recognized as 

24 manufacturing innovation centers pursuant to 

25 Federal law or executive actions, or under pend-
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1 ing interagency review for such recognition as of 

2 the date of enactment of the Revitalize American 

3 Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, 

4 shall be considered centers for manufacturing in5 novation, but such centers shall not receive any 

6 financial assistance under subsection (d). 

7 ‘‘(B) NETWORK PARTICIPATION.—A manu8 facturing center that is substantially similar to 

9 those established under this subsection but that 

10 does not receive financial assistance under sub11 section (d) may, upon request of the center, be 

12 recognized as a center for manufacturing innova13 tion by the Secretary for purposes of participa14 tion in the Network. 

15 ‘‘(d) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH AND SUP16 PORT CENTERS FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the Pro18 gram, the Secretary shall award financial assistance 

19 to a person or group of persons to assist the organiza20 tion in planning, establishing, or supporting a center 

21 for manufacturing innovation. 

22 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—A person or group of per23 sons seeking financial assistance under paragraph (1) 

24 shall submit to the Secretary an application therefor 

25 at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
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1 information as the Secretary may require. The appli2 cation shall, at a minimum, describe the specific 

3 sources and amounts of non-Federal financial support 

4 for the center on the date financial assistance is 

5 sought, as well as the anticipated sources and 

6 amounts of non-Federal financial support during the 

7 period for which the center could be eligible for con8 tinued Federal financial assistance under this section. 

9 ‘‘(3) OPEN PROCESS.—In soliciting applications 

10 for financial assistance under paragraph (1), the Sec11 retary shall ensure an open process that will allow for 

12 the consideration of all applications relevant to ad13 vanced manufacturing regardless of technology area. 

14 ‘‘(4) SELECTION.— 

15 ‘‘(A) COMPETITIVE, MERIT REVIEW.—In 

16 awarding financial assistance under paragraph 

17 (1), the Secretary shall use a competitive, merit 

18 review process that includes peer review by a di19 verse group of individuals with relevant expertise 

20 from both the private and public sectors. 

21 ‘‘(B) PARTICIPATION IN PROCESS.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No political ap23 pointee may participate on a peer review 

24 panel. The Secretary shall implement a con25 flict of interest policy that ensures public 
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1 transparency and accountability, and re2 quires full disclosure of any real or poten3 tial conflicts of interest on the parts of indi4 viduals that participate in the merit selec5 tion process. 

6 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITION.—For purposes of 

7 this subparagraph, the term ‘political ap8 pointee’ means any individual who— 

9 ‘‘(I) is employed in a position de10 scribed under sections 5312 through 

11 5316 of title 5, United States Code, 

12 (relating to the Executive Schedule); 

13 ‘‘(II) is a limited term appointee, 

14 limited emergency appointee, or non15 career appointee in the Senior Execu16 tive Service, as defined under para17 graphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, of 

18 section 3132(a) of title 5, United 

19 States Code; or 

20 ‘‘(III) is employed in a position 

21 in the executive branch of the Govern22 ment of a confidential or policy-deter23 mining character under schedule C of 

24 subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the 

25 Code of Federal Regulations. 
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1 ‘‘(C) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, TRANS2 PARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—For each 

3 award of financial assistance under paragraph 

4 (1), the Secretary shall— 

5 ‘‘(i) make publicly available at the 

6 time of the award a description of the bases 

7 for the award, including an explanation of 

8 the relative merits of the winning applicant 

9 as compared to other applications received, 

10 if applicable; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) develop and implement metrics12 based performance measures to assess the ef13 fectiveness of the activities funded. 

14 ‘‘(D) COLLABORATION.—In awarding fi15 nancial assistance under paragraph (1), the Sec16 retary shall, acting through the National Pro17 gram Office established under subsection (f)(1), 

18 collaborate with Federal departments and agen19 cies whose missions contribute to or are affected 

20 by advanced manufacturing. 

21 ‘‘(E) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting a per22 son who submitted an application under para23 graph (2) for an award of financial assistance 

24 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall con25 sider, at a minimum, the following: 
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1 ‘‘(i) The potential of the center for 

2 manufacturing innovation to advance do3 mestic manufacturing and the likelihood of 

4 economic impact, including the creation or 

5 preservation of jobs, in the predominant 

6 focus areas of the center for manufacturing 

7 innovation. 

8 ‘‘(ii) The commitment of continued fi9 nancial support, advice, participation, and 

10 other contributions from non-Federal 

11 sources, to provide leverage and resources to 

12 promote a stable and sustainable business 

13 model without the need for long-term Fed14 eral funding. 

15 ‘‘(iii) Whether the financial support 

16 provided to the center for manufacturing 

17 innovation from non-Federal sources sig18 nificantly exceeds the requested Federal fi19 nancial assistance. 

20 ‘‘(iv) How the center for manufac21 turing innovation will increase the non22 Federal investment in advanced manufac23 turing research in the United States. 

24 ‘‘(v) How the center for manufacturing 

25 innovation will engage with small and me-
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1 dium-sized manufacturing enterprises, to 

2 improve the capacity of such enterprises to 

3 commercialize new processes and tech4 nologies. 

5 ‘‘(vi) How the center for manufac6 turing innovation will carry out edu7 cational and workforce activities that meet 

8 industrial needs related to the predominant 

9 focus areas of the center. 

10 ‘‘(vii) How the center for manufac11 turing innovation will advance economic 

12 competitiveness and generate substantial 

13 benefits to the Nation that extend beyond 

14 the direct return to participants in the Pro15 gram. 

16 ‘‘(viii) Whether the predominant focus 

17 of the center for manufacturing innovation 

18 is a manufacturing process, novel material, 

19 enabling technology, supply chain integra20 tion methodology, or other relevant aspect of 

21 advanced manufacturing that has not al22 ready been commercialized, marketed, dis23 tributed, or sold by another entity. 
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1 ‘‘(ix) How the center for manufac2 turing innovation will strengthen and lever3 age the assets of a region. 

4 ‘‘(x) How the center for manufacturing 

5 will encourage the education and training 

6 of veterans and individuals with disabil7 ities. 

8 ‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS ON AWARDS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No award of financial 

10 assistance may be made under paragraph (1) to 

11 a center of manufacturing innovation after the 

12 7-year period beginning on the date on which the 

13 Secretary first awards financial assistance to 

14 that center under that paragraph. 

15 ‘‘(B) MATCHING FUNDS AND PREF16 ERENCES.—The total Federal financial assist17 ance awarded to a center of manufacturing inno18 vation, including the financial assistance under 

19 paragraph (1), in a given year shall not exceed 

20 50 percent of the total funding of the center in 

21 that year, except that the Secretary may make 

22 an exception in the case of large capital facilities 

23 or equipment purchases. The Secretary shall give 

24 weighted preference to applicants seeking less 
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1 than the maximum Federal share of funds al2 lowed under this paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(C) FUNDING DECREASE.—The amount of 

4 financial assistance provided to a center of man5 ufacturing innovation under paragraph (1) shall 

6 decrease after the second year of funding for the 

7 center, and shall continue to decrease thereafter 

8 in each year in which financial assistance is 

9 provided, unless the Secretary determines that— 

10 ‘‘(i) the center is otherwise meeting its 

11 stated goals and metrics under this section; 

12 ‘‘(ii) unforeseen circumstances have al13 tered the center’s anticipated funding; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) the center can identify future 

15 non-Federal funding sources that would 

16 warrant a temporary exemption from the 

17 limitations established in this subpara18 graph. 

19 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.— 

20 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in 

21 paragraph (2), no funds are authorized to be appro22 priated by the Revitalize American Manufacturing 

23 and Innovation Act of 2014 for carrying out this sec24 tion. 

25 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) NIST INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL SERV2 ICES ACCOUNT.—To the extent provided for in 

3 advance by appropriations Acts, the Secretary 

4 may use not to exceed $5,000,000 for each of the 

5 fiscal years 2015 through 2024 to carry out this 

6 section from amounts appropriated to the Insti7 tute for Industrial Technical Services. 

8 ‘‘(B) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE

9 ENERGY ACCOUNT.—To the extent provided for 

10 in advance by appropriations Acts, the Secretary 

11 of Energy may transfer to the Institute not to 

12 exceed $250,000,000 for the period encompassing 

13 fiscal years 2015 through 2024 for the Secretary 

14 to carry out this section from amounts appro15 priated for advanced manufacturing research 

16 and development within the Energy Efficiency 

17 and Renewable Energy account for the Depart18 ment of Energy. 

19 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL PROGRAM OFFICE.— 

20 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es21 tablish, within the Institute, the National Office of the 

22 Network for Manufacturing Innovation Program (re23 ferred to in this section as the ‘National Program Of24 fice’), which shall oversee and carry out the Program. 
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1 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the National 

2 Program Office are— 

3 ‘‘(A) to oversee the planning, management, 

4 and coordination of the Program; 

5 ‘‘(B) to enter into memorandums of under6 standing with Federal departments and agencies 

7 whose missions contribute to or are affected by 

8 advanced manufacturing, to carry out the pur9 poses described in subsection (a)(2); 

10 ‘‘(C) to develop, not later than 1 year after 

11 the date of enactment of the Revitalize American 

12 Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, and 

13 update not less frequently than once every 3 

14 years thereafter, a strategic plan to guide the 

15 Program; 

16 ‘‘(D) to establish such procedures, processes, 

17 and criteria as may be necessary and appro18 priate to maximize cooperation and coordinate 

19 the activities of the Program with programs and 

20 activities of other Federal departments and agen21 cies whose missions contribute to or are affected 

22 by advanced manufacturing; 

23 ‘‘(E) to establish a clearinghouse of public 

24 information related to the activities of the Pro25 gram; and 
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1 ‘‘(F) to act as a convener of the Network. 

2 ‘‘(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—In developing and 

3 updating the strategic plan under paragraph (2)(C), 

4 the Secretary shall solicit recommendations and ad5 vice from a wide range of stakeholders, including in6 dustry, small and medium-sized manufacturing enter7 prises, research universities, community colleges, and 

8 other relevant organizations and institutions on an 

9 ongoing basis. 

10 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Upon completion, 

11 the Secretary shall transmit the strategic plan re12 quired under paragraph (2)(C) to the Committee on 

13 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

14 and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

15 of the House of Representatives. 

16 ‘‘(5) HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION

17 PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 

18 National Program Office incorporates the Hollings 

19 Manufacturing Extension Partnership into Program 

20 planning to ensure that the results of the Program 

21 reach small and medium-sized entities. 

22 ‘‘(6) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government em23 ployee may be detailed to the National Program Of24 fice without reimbursement. Such detail shall be with-
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1 out interruption or loss of civil service status or 

2 privilege. 

3 ‘‘(g) REPORTING AND AUDITING.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re6 quire each recipient of financial assistance under 

7 subsection (d)(1) to annually submit a report to 

8 the Secretary that describes the finances and per9 formance of the center for manufacturing inno10 vation for which such assistance was awarded. 

11 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted 

12 under subparagraph (A) shall include— 

13 ‘‘(i) an accounting of expenditures of 

14 amounts awarded to the recipient under 

15 subsection (d)(1); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) consistent with the metrics-based 

17 performance measures developed and imple18 mented by the Secretary under this section, 

19 a description of the performance of the cen20 ter for manufacturing innovation with re21 spect to— 

22 ‘‘(I) its goals, plans, financial 

23 support, and accomplishments; and 
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1 ‘‘(II) how the center for manufac2 turing innovation has furthered the 

3 purposes described in subsection (a)(2). 

4 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 

6 once each year until December 31, 2024, the Sec7 retary shall submit a report to Congress that de8 scribes the performance of the Program during 

9 the most recent 1-year period. 

10 ‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted 

11 under subparagraph (A) shall include, for the pe12 riod covered by the report— 

13 ‘‘(i) a summary and assessment of the 

14 reports received by the Secretary under 

15 paragraph (1); 

16 ‘‘(ii) an accounting of the funds ex17 pended by the Secretary under the Program, 

18 including any temporary exemptions grant19 ed from the requirements of subsection 

20 (d)(5)(C); 

21 ‘‘(iii) an assessment of the participa22 tion in, and contributions to, the Network 

23 by any centers for manufacturing innova24 tion not receiving financial assistance 

25 under subsection (d)(1); and 
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1 ‘‘(iv) an assessment of the Program 

2 with respect to meeting the purposes de3 scribed in subsection (a)(2). 

4 ‘‘(3) ASSESSMENTS BY GAO.— 

5 ‘‘(A) ASSESSMENTS.—Not less frequently 

6 than once every 2 years, the Comptroller General 

7 shall submit to Congress an assessment of the op8 eration of the Program during the most recent 2- 

9 year period. 

10 ‘‘(B) FINAL ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 

11 December 31, 2024, the Comptroller General 

12 shall submit to Congress a final report regarding 

13 the overall success of the Program. 

14 ‘‘(C) ELEMENTS.—Each assessment sub15 mitted under subparagraph (A) or (B) shall in16 clude, for the period covered by the report— 

17 ‘‘(i) a review of the management, co18 ordination, and industry utility of the Pro19 gram; 

20 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the extent to 

21 which the Program has furthered the pur22 poses described in subsection (a)(2); 

23 ‘‘(iii) such recommendations for legis24 lative and administrative action as the 
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1 Comptroller General considers appropriate 

2 to improve the Program; and 

3 ‘‘(iv) an assessment as to whether any 

4 prior recommendations for improvement 

5 made by the Comptroller General have been 

6 implemented or adopted. 

7 ‘‘(h) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.— 

8 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND CON9 TRACTS.—The Secretary may appoint such personnel 

10 and enter into such contracts, financial assistance 

11 agreements, and other agreements as the Secretary 

12 considers necessary or appropriate to carry out the 

13 Program, including support for research and develop14 ment activities involving a center for manufacturing 

15 innovation. 

16 ‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of amounts avail17 able under the authority provided by subsection (e), 

18 the Secretary may transfer to other Federal agencies 

19 such sums as the Secretary considers necessary or ap20 propriate to carry out the Program. No funds so 

21 transferred may be used to reimburse or otherwise 

22 pay for the costs of financial assistance incurred or 

23 commitments of financial assistance made prior to 

24 the date of enactment of the Revitalize American 

25 Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014. 
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1 ‘‘(3) AUTHORITY OF OTHER AGENCIES.—In the 

2 event that the Secretary exercises the authority to 

3 transfer funds to another agency under paragraph 

4 (2), such agency may accept such funds to award and 

5 administer, under the same conditions and con6 straints applicable to the Secretary, all aspects of fi7 nancial assistance awards under this section. 

8 ‘‘(4) USE OF RESOURCES.—In furtherance of the 

9 purposes of the Program, the Secretary may use, with 

10 the consent of a covered entity and with or without 

11 reimbursement, the land, services, equipment, per12 sonnel, and facilities of such covered entity. 

13 ‘‘(5) ACCEPTANCE OF RESOURCES.—In addition 

14 to amounts appropriated to carry out the Program, 

15 the Secretary may accept funds, services, equipment, 

16 personnel, and facilities from any covered entity to 

17 carry out the Program, subject to the same conditions 

18 and constraints otherwise applicable to the Secretary 

19 under this section and such funds may only be obli20 gated to the extent provided for in advance by appro21 priations Acts. 

22 ‘‘(6) COVERED ENTITY.—For purposes of this 

23 subsection, a covered entity is any Federal depart24 ment, Federal agency, instrumentality of the United 

25 States, State, local government, tribal government, 
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1 territory, or possession of the United States, or of any 

2 political subdivision thereof, or international organi3 zation, or any public or private entity or individual. 

4 ‘‘(i) PATENTS.—Chapter 18 of title 35, United States 

5 Code, shall apply to any funding agreement (as defined in 

6 section 201 of that title) awarded to new or existing centers 

7 for manufacturing innovation.’’. 

8 SEC. 704. NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ADVANCED MAN9 UFACTURING. 

10 Section 102 of the America COMPETES Reauthoriza11 tion Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6622) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

13 following: ‘‘In furtherance of the Committee’s work, 

14 the Committee shall consult with the National Eco15 nomic Council.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (7) 

17 and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(7) develop and update a national strategic 

19 plan for advanced manufacturing in accordance with 

20 subsection (c).’’; and 

21 (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ADVANCED MAN24 UFACTURING.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit 

2 to Congress, and publish on an Internet website that 

3 is accessible to the public, the strategic plan developed 

4 under paragraph (2). 

5 ‘‘(2) DEVELOPMENT.—The Committee shall de6 velop, and update as required under paragraph (4), 

7 in coordination with the National Economic Council, 

8 a strategic plan to improve Government coordination 

9 and provide long-term guidance for Federal programs 

10 and activities in support of United States manufac11 turing competitiveness, including advanced manufac12 turing research and development. 

13 ‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan described in 

14 paragraph (2) shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) specify and prioritize near-term and 

16 long-term objectives, including research and de17 velopment objectives, the anticipated time frame 

18 for achieving the objectives, and the metrics for 

19 use in assessing progress toward the objectives; 

20 ‘‘(B) describe the progress made in achiev21 ing the objectives from prior strategic plans, in22 cluding a discussion of why specific objectives 

23 were not met; 

24 ‘‘(C) specify the role, including the pro25 grams and activities, of each relevant Federal 
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1 agency in meeting the objectives of the strategic 

2 plan; 

3 ‘‘(D) describe how the Federal agencies and 

4 Federally funded research and development cen5 ters supporting advanced manufacturing re6 search and development will foster the transfer of 

7 research and development results into new man8 ufacturing technologies and United States-based 

9 manufacturing of new products and processes for 

10 the benefit of society to ensure national, energy, 

11 and economic security; 

12 ‘‘(E) describe how such Federal agencies 

13 and centers will strengthen all levels of manufac14 turing education and training programs to en15 sure an adequate, well-trained workforce; 

16 ‘‘(F) describe how such Federal agencies 

17 and centers will assist small and medium-sized 

18 manufacturers in developing and implementing 

19 new products and processes; 

20 ‘‘(G) analyze factors that impact innovation 

21 and competitiveness for United States advanced 

22 manufacturing, including— 

23 ‘‘(i) technology transfer and commer24 cialization activities; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the adequacy of the national secu2 rity industrial base; 

3 ‘‘(iii) the capabilities of the domestic 

4 manufacturing workforce; 

5 ‘‘(iv) export opportunities and trade 

6 policies; 

7 ‘‘(v) financing, investment, and tax8 ation policies and practices; 

9 ‘‘(vi) emerging technologies and mar10 kets; 

11 ‘‘(vii) advanced manufacturing re12 search and development undertaken by com13 peting nations; and 

14 ‘‘(viii) the capabilities of the manufac15 turing workforce of competing nations; and 

16 ‘‘(H) elicit and consider the recommenda17 tions of a wide range of stakeholders, including 

18 representatives from diverse manufacturing com19 panies, academia, and other relevant organiza20 tions and institutions. 

21 ‘‘(4) UPDATES.—Not later than May 1, 2018, 

22 and not less frequently than once every 4 years there23 after, the President shall submit to Congress, and 

24 publish on an Internet website that is accessible to the 

25 public, an update of the strategic plan submitted 
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1 under paragraph (1). Such updates shall be developed 

2 in accordance with the procedures set forth under this 

3 subsection. 

4 ‘‘(5) REQUIREMENT TO CONSIDER STRATEGY IN

5 THE BUDGET.—In preparing the budget for a fiscal 

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

7 Code, the President shall include information regard8 ing the consistency of the budget with the goals and 

9 recommendations included in the strategic plan devel10 oped under this subsection applying to that fiscal 

11 year. 

12 ‘‘(6) AMP STEERING COMMITTEE INPUT.—The 

13 Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Com14 mittee of the President’s Council of Advisors on 

15 Science and Technology shall provide input, perspec16 tive, and recommendations to assist in the develop17 ment and updates of the strategic plan under this 

18 subsection.’’. 

19 SEC. 705. REGIONAL INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

20 Section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno21 vation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) is amended to read 

22 as follows: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 27. REGIONAL INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

24 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

25 a regional innovation program to encourage and support 
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1 the development of regional innovation strategies, including 

2 regional innovation clusters. 

3 ‘‘(b) CLUSTER GRANTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program es5 tablished under subsection (a), the Secretary may 

6 award grants on a competitive basis to eligible recipi7 ents for activities relating to the formation and devel8 opment of regional innovation clusters. 

9 ‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Grants awarded 

10 under this subsection may be used for activities deter11 mined appropriate by the Secretary, including the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(A) Feasibility studies. 

14 ‘‘(B) Planning activities. 

15 ‘‘(C) Technical assistance. 

16 ‘‘(D) Developing or strengthening commu17 nication and collaboration between and among 

18 participants of a regional innovation cluster. 

19 ‘‘(E) Attracting additional participants to 

20 a regional innovation cluster. 

21 ‘‘(F) Facilitating market development of 

22 products and services developed by a regional in23 novation cluster, including through demonstra24 tion, deployment, technology transfer, and com25 mercialization activities. 
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1 ‘‘(G) Developing relationships between a re2 gional innovation cluster and entities or clusters 

3 in other regions. 

4 ‘‘(H) Interacting with the public and State 

5 and local governments to meet the goals of the 

6 cluster. 

7 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT DEFINED.—In this 

8 subsection, the term ‘eligible recipient’ means— 

9 ‘‘(A) a State; 

10 ‘‘(B) an Indian tribe; 

11 ‘‘(C) a city or other political subdivision of 

12 a State; 

13 ‘‘(D) an entity that— 

14 ‘‘(i) is a nonprofit organization, an in15 stitution of higher education, a public-pri16 vate partnership, a science or research park, 

17 a Federal laboratory, or an economic devel18 opment organization or similar entity; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) has an application that is sup20 ported by a State or a political subdivision 

21 of a State; or 

22 ‘‘(E) a consortium of any of the entities de23 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (D). 

24 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible recipient 

2 shall submit an application to the Secretary at 

3 such time, in such manner, and containing such 

4 information and assurances as the Secretary 

5 may require. 

6 ‘‘(B) COMPONENTS.—The application shall 

7 include, at a minimum, a description of the re8 gional innovation cluster supported by the pro9 posed activity, including a description of— 

10 ‘‘(i) whether the regional innovation 

11 cluster is supported by the private sector, 

12 State and local governments, and other rel13 evant stakeholders; 

14 ‘‘(ii) how the existing participants in 

15 the regional innovation cluster will encour16 age and solicit participation by all types of 

17 entities that might benefit from participa18 tion, including newly formed entities and 

19 those rival existing participants; 

20 ‘‘(iii) the extent to which the regional 

21 innovation cluster is likely to stimulate in22 novation and have a positive impact on re23 gional economic growth and development; 
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1 ‘‘(iv) whether the participants in the 

2 regional innovation cluster have access to, 

3 or contribute to, a well-trained workforce; 

4 ‘‘(v) whether the participants in the re5 gional innovation cluster are capable of at6 tracting additional funds from non-Federal 

7 sources; and 

8 ‘‘(vi) the likelihood that the partici9 pants in the regional innovation cluster will 

10 be able to sustain activities once grant 

11 funds under this subsection have been ex12 pended. 

13 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—The Sec14 retary shall give special consideration to appli15 cations from regions that contain communities 

16 negatively impacted by trade. 

17 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary 

18 shall give special consideration to an eligible recipient 

19 who agrees to collaborate with local workforce invest20 ment area boards. 

21 ‘‘(6) COST SHARE.—The Secretary may not pro22 vide more than 50 percent of the total cost of any ac23 tivity funded under this subsection. 

24 ‘‘(7) OUTREACH TO RURAL COMMUNITIES.—The 

25 Secretary shall conduct outreach to public and pri-
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1 vate sector entities in rural communities to encourage 

2 those entities to participate in regional innovation 

3 cluster activities under this subsection. 

4 ‘‘(8) FUNDING.—The Secretary may accept funds 

5 from other Federal agencies to support grants and ac6 tivities under this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(c) REGIONAL INNOVATION RESEARCH AND INFORMA8 TION PROGRAM.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the program es10 tablished under subsection (a), the Secretary shall es11 tablish a regional innovation research and informa12 tion program— 

13 ‘‘(A) to gather, analyze, and disseminate in14 formation on best practices for regional innova15 tion strategies (including regional innovation 

16 clusters), including information relating to how 

17 innovation, productivity, and economic develop18 ment can be maximized through such strategies; 

19 ‘‘(B) to provide technical assistance, includ20 ing through the development of technical assist21 ance guides, for the development and implemen22 tation of regional innovation strategies (includ23 ing regional innovation clusters); 

24 ‘‘(C) to support the development of relevant 

25 metrics and measurement standards to evaluate 
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1 regional innovation strategies (including re2 gional innovation clusters), including the extent 

3 to which such strategies stimulate innovation, 

4 productivity, and economic development; and 

5 ‘‘(D) to collect and make available data on 

6 regional innovation cluster activity in the 

7 United States, including data on— 

8 ‘‘(i) the size, specialization, and com9 petitiveness of regional innovation clusters; 

10 ‘‘(ii) the regional domestic product 

11 contribution, total jobs and earnings by key 

12 occupations, establishment size, nature of 

13 specialization, patents, Federal research 

14 and development spending, and other rel15 evant information for regional innovation 

16 clusters; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) supply chain product and service 

18 flows within and between regional innova19 tion clusters. 

20 ‘‘(2) RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Secretary may 

21 award research grants on a competitive basis to sup22 port and further the goals of the program established 

23 under this subsection. 

24 ‘‘(3) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—Data 

25 and analysis compiled by the Secretary under the 
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1 program established in this subsection shall be made 

2 available to other Federal agencies, State and local 

3 governments, and nonprofit and for-profit entities. 

4 ‘‘(4) REGIONAL INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM.— 

5 The Secretary shall incorporate data and analysis re6 lating to any grant under subsection (b) into the pro7 gram established under this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(d) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum extent 

10 practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that the activi11 ties carried out under this section are coordinated 

12 with, and do not duplicate the efforts of, other pro13 grams at the Department of Commerce or other Fed14 eral agencies. 

15 ‘‘(2) COLLABORATION.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ex17 plore and pursue collaboration with other Fed18 eral agencies, including through multiagency 

19 funding opportunities, on regional innovation 

20 strategies. 

21 ‘‘(B) SMALL BUSINESSES.—The Secretary 

22 shall ensure that such collaboration with Federal 

23 agencies prioritizes the needs and challenges of 

24 small businesses. 

25 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after 

2 the date of enactment of the Revitalize American 

3 Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014, the Sec4 retary shall enter into a contract with an inde5 pendent entity, such as the National Academy of 

6 Sciences, to conduct an evaluation of the program es7 tablished under subsection (a). 

8 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The evaluation shall in9 clude— 

10 ‘‘(A) whether the program is achieving its 

11 goals; 

12 ‘‘(B) any recommendations for how the pro13 gram may be improved; and 

14 ‘‘(C) a recommendation as to whether the 

15 program should be continued or terminated. 

16 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 ‘‘(1) REGIONAL INNOVATION CLUSTER.—The 

18 term ‘regional innovation cluster’ means a geographi19 cally bounded network of similar, synergistic, or com20 plementary entities that— 

21 ‘‘(A) are engaged in or with a particular 

22 industry sector and its related sectors; 

23 ‘‘(B) have active channels for business 

24 transactions and communication; 
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1 ‘‘(C) share specialized infrastructure, labor 

2 markets, and services; and 

3 ‘‘(D) leverage the region’s unique competi4 tive strengths to stimulate innovation and create 

5 jobs. 

6 ‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means one of the 

7 several States, the District of Columbia, the Common8 wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 

9 American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

10 Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession 

11 of the United States. 

12 ‘‘(g) FUNDING.— 

13 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in 

14 paragraph (2), no funds are authorized to be appro15 priated by the Revitalize American Manufacturing 

16 and Innovation Act of 2014 for carrying out this sec17 tion. 

18 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.—To the extent provided for in 

19 advance by appropriations Acts, the Secretary may 

20 use not to exceed $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

21 years 2015 through 2019 to carry out this section 

22 from amounts appropriated for economic development 

23 assistance programs.’’. 

24 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

25 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
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1 DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

2 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

3 TITLE I 

4 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

5 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

6 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

7 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 

8 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 

9 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 

10 permanent duty stations, for members of the Army on active 

11 duty (except members of reserve components provided for 

12 elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of the 

13 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments pursu14 ant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 

15 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Mili16 tary Retirement Fund, $41,116,129,000. 

17 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

18 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

19 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 

20 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 

21 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 

22 permanent duty stations, for members of the Navy on active 

23 duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), 

24 midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for members of the Re25 serve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments pursuant 
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1 to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 

2 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Mili3 tary Retirement Fund, $27,453,200,000. 

4 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

5 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

6 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 

7 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 

8 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 

9 permanent duty stations, for members of the Marine Corps 

10 on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for 

11 elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of 

12 Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and 

13 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

14 $12,828,931,000. 

15 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

16 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

17 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 

18 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 

19 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 

20 permanent duty stations, for members of the Air Force on 

21 active duty (except members of reserve components provided 

22 for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of 

23 the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments 

24 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended 
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1 (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 

2 Military Retirement Fund, $27,376,462,000. 

3 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

4 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

5 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re6 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 

7 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active 

8 duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 

9 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

10 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under11 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiva12 lent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

13 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

14 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

15 $4,317,859,000. 

16 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

17 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

18 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re19 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United 

20 States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 

21 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with 

22 performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, 

23 United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, 

24 or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses 

25 authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 
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1 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

2 Retirement Fund, $1,835,924,000. 

3 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

4 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

5 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 

6 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 

7 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 

8 under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in 

9 connection with performing duty specified in section 

10 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under11 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiva12 lent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 

13 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of 

14 title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the De15 partment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

16 $660,424,000. 

17 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

18 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

19 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force 

20 Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 

21 8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

22 active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States 

23 Code, in connection with performing duty specified in sec24 tion 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while un25 dergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
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1 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 

2 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay3 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 

4 Fund, $1,653,148,000. 

5 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

6 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

7 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na8 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 

9 or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 

10 Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 

11 title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 

12 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

13 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under14 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

15 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

16 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

17 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

18 $7,643,832,000. 

19 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

20 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

21 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na22 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 

23 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 

24 Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 

25 title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
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1 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

2 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under3 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

4 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

5 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

6 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

7 $3,118,709,000. 

8 TITLE II 

9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

12 the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized 

13 by law, $31,961,920,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

14 $12,478,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 

15 expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of 

16 the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made on 

17 his certificate of necessity for confidential military pur18 poses. 

19 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

20 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

21 the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine 

22 Corps, as authorized by law, $37,590,854,000: Provided, 

23 That not to exceed $15,055,000 can be used for emergencies 

24 and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval 

25 or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments 
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1 may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 

2 military purposes. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

5 the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as au6 thorized by law, $5,610,063,000. 

7 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

8 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

9 the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as author10 ized by law, $34,539,965,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

11 $7,699,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 

12 expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of 

13 the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be made 

14 on his certificate of necessity for confidential military pur15 poses. 

16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

19 the operation and maintenance of activities and agencies 

20 of the Department of Defense (other than the military de21 partments), as authorized by law, $30,824,752,000: Pro22 vided, That not more than $15,000,000 may be used for 

23 the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized 

24 under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Provided 

25 further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 can be used for 
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1 emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on 

2 the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and 

3 payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for 

4 confidential military purposes: Provided further, That of 

5 the funds provided under this heading, not less than 

6 $35,045,000 shall be made available for the Procurement 

7 Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, of 

8 which not less than $3,600,000 shall be available for centers 

9 defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Provided further, That 

10 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

11 by this Act may be used to plan or implement the consolida12 tion of a budget or appropriations liaison office of the Office 

13 of the Secretary of Defense, the office of the Secretary of 

14 a military department, or the service headquarters of one 

15 of the Armed Forces into a legislative affairs or legislative 

16 liaison office: Provided further, That $8,881,000, to remain 

17 available until expended, is available only for expenses re18 lating to certain classified activities, and may be trans19 ferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to operation 

20 and maintenance appropriations or research, development, 

21 test and evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and 

22 to be available for the same time period as the appropria23 tions to which transferred: Provided further, That any ceil24 ing on the investment item unit cost of items that may be 

25 purchased with operation and maintenance funds shall not 
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1 apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Pro2 vided further, That the transfer authority provided under 

3 this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority 

4 provided elsewhere in this Act. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

6 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

7 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi8 zation, and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of 

9 facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

10 travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro11 curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu12 nications, $2,513,393,000. 

13 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

14 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

15 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi16 zation, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of 

17 facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

18 travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro19 curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu20 nications, $1,021,200,000. 

21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

23 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi24 zation, and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; 

25 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 
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1 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruit2 ing; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and 

3 communications, $270,846,000. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

5 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

6 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi7 zation, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair 

8 of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

9 travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro10 curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu11 nications, $3,026,342,000. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

13 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin14 istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 

15 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos16 pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures 

17 and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personnel 

18 services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses 

19 (other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army per20 sonnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, 

21 regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting 

22 units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regula23 tions when specifically authorized by the Chief, National 

24 Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army Na25 tional Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, 
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1 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

2 equipment (including aircraft), $6,175,951,000. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

4 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin5 istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 

6 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos7 pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures 

8 and facilities; transportation of things, hire of passenger 

9 motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air National 

10 Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modifica11 tion, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, 

12 including those furnished from stocks under the control of 

13 agencies of the Department of Defense; travel expenses (other 

14 than mileage) on the same basis as authorized by law for 

15 Air National Guard personnel on active Federal duty, for 

16 Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in 

17 compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when 

18 specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bu19 reau, $6,408,558,000. 

20 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED

21 FORCES

22 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 

23 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $13,723,000, 

24 of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official rep25 resentation purposes. 
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the Department of the Army, $201,560,000, to re4 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec5 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds 

6 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

7 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

8 and debris of the Department of the Army, or for similar 

9 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro10 priation to other appropriations made available to the De11 partment of the Army, to be merged with and to be available 

12 for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 

13 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 

14 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans15 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 

16 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 

17 back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 

18 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi19 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

20 this Act. 

21 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For the Department of the Navy, $277,294,000, to re24 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec25 retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such funds 
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1 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

2 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

3 and debris of the Department of the Navy, or for similar 

4 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro5 priation to other appropriations made available to the De6 partment of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available 

7 for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 

8 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 

9 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans10 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 

11 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 

12 back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 

13 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi14 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

15 this Act. 

16 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For the Department of the Air Force, $408,716,000, 

19 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 

20 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 

21 such funds are required for environmental restoration, re22 duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

23 buildings and debris of the Department of the Air Force, 

24 or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available 

25 by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
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1 able to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with 

2 and to be available for the same purposes and for the same 

3 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

4 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

5 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

6 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

7 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

8 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

9 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au10 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

11 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the Department of Defense, $8,547,000, to remain 

14 available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of 

15 Defense shall, upon determining that such funds are re16 quired for environmental restoration, reduction and recy17 cling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and 

18 debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes, 

19 transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to 

20 other appropriations made available to the Department of 

21 Defense, to be merged with and to be available for the same 

22 purposes and for the same time period as the appropria23 tions to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a 

24 determination that all or part of the funds transferred from 

25 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro-
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1 vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this 

2 appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer author3 ity provided under this heading is in addition to any other 

4 transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

5 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED

6 DEFENSE SITES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the Department of the Army, $250,853,000, to re9 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec10 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds 

11 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

12 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

13 and debris at sites formerly used by the Department of De14 fense, transfer the funds made available by this appropria15 tion to other appropriations made available to the Depart16 ment of the Army, to be merged with and to be available 

17 for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 

18 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 

19 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans20 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 

21 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 

22 back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 

23 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi24 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

25 this Act. 
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1 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

2 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 

3 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of De4 fense (consisting of the programs provided under sections 

5 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, United 

6 States Code), $103,000,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2016. 

8 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

9 For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet 

10 Union and, with appropriate authorization by the Depart11 ment of Defense and Department of State, to countries out12 side of the former Soviet Union, including assistance pro13 vided by contract or by grants, for facilitating the elimi14 nation and the safe and secure transportation and storage 

15 of nuclear, chemical and other weapons; for establishing 

16 programs to prevent the proliferation of weapons, weapons 

17 components, and weapon-related technology and expertise; 

18 for programs relating to the training and support of defense 

19 and military personnel for demilitarization and protection 

20 of weapons, weapons components, and weapons technology 

21 and expertise, and for defense and military contacts, 

22 $365,108,000, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2017. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

2 DEVELOPMENT FUND

3 For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce 

4 Development Fund, $83,034,000. 

5 TITLE III 

6 PROCUREMENT 

7 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

8 For construction, procurement, production, modifica9 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

10 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and ac11 cessories therefor; specialized equipment and training de12 vices; expansion of public and private plants, including the 

13 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

14 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc15 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro16 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

17 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

18 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

19 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

20 $5,216,225,000, to remain available for obligation until 

21 September 30, 2017. 

22 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

23 For construction, procurement, production, modifica24 tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 

25 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and ac-
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1 cessories therefor; specialized equipment and training de2 vices; expansion of public and private plants, including the 

3 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

4 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc5 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro6 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

7 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

8 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

9 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

10 $1,208,692,000, to remain available for obligation until 

11 September 30, 2017. 

12 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

13 VEHICLES, ARMY

14 For construction, procurement, production, and modi15 fication of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, 

16 including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; 

17 specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of 

18 public and private plants, including the land necessary 

19 therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and in20 terests therein, may be acquired, and construction pros21 ecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement 

22 and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine 

23 tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Gov24 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 

25 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
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1 $1,722,136,000, to remain available for obligation until 

2 September 30, 2017. 

3 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

4 For construction, procurement, production, and modi5 fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 

6 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

7 private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 

8 by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

9 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

10 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc11 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro12 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

13 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

14 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

15 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

16 $1,015,477,000, to remain available for obligation until 

17 September 30, 2017. 

18 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

19 For construction, procurement, production, and modi20 fication of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non21 tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor ve22 hicles for replacement only; communications and electronic 

23 equipment; other support equipment; spare parts, ordnance, 

24 and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

25 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
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1 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and 

2 such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con3 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

4 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

5 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

6 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

7 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 

8 purposes, $4,747,523,000, to remain available for obligation 

9 until September 30, 2017. 

10 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

11 For construction, procurement, production, modifica12 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

13 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

14 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ15 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter16 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

17 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and in18 stallation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in 

19 public and private plants; reserve plant and Government 

20 and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

21 $14,758,035,000, to remain available for obligation until 

22 September 30, 2017. 

23 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

24 For construction, procurement, production, modifica25 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap-
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1 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 

2 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 

3 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 

4 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc5 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro6 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

7 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

8 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

9 $3,137,257,000, to remain available for obligation until 

10 September 30, 2017. 

11 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

12 CORPS

13 For construction, procurement, production, and modi14 fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 

15 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

16 private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 

17 by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

18 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

19 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc20 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro21 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

22 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

23 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

24 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
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1 $674,100,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep2 tember 30, 2017. 

3 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

4 For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi5 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ6 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli7 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 

8 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con9 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 

10 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be con11 structed or converted in the future; and expansion of public 

12 and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and 

13 such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con14 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as 

15 follows: 

16 Carrier Replacement Program, $1,219,425,000; 

17 Virginia Class Submarine, $3,530,254,000; 

18 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $2,301,825,000; 

19 CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $483,600,000; 

20 DDG–1000 Program, $419,532,000; 

21 DDG–51 Destroyer, $2,661,907,000; 

22 DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $134,039,000; 

23 Littoral Combat Ship, $1,507,049,000; 

24 LPD–17, $1,000,000,000; 

25 LHA Replacement, $29,093,000; 
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1 Joint High Speed Vessel, $200,000,000; 

2 Moored Training Ship, $737,268,000; 

3 Moored Training Ship (AP), $64,388,000; 

4 Ship to Shore Connector, $159,600,000; 

5 LCAC Service Life Extension Program, 

6 $40,485,000; and 

7 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 

8 first destination transportation, $474,629,000. 

9 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro10 grams, $991,285,000. 

11 In all: $15,954,379,000, to remain available for obliga12 tion until September 30, 2019: Provided, That additional 

13 obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2019, for 

14 engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such budg15 eted work that must be performed in the final stage of ship 

16 construction: Provided further, That none of the funds pro17 vided under this heading for the construction or conversion 

18 of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the 

19 United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for the 

20 construction of major components of such vessel: Provided 

21 further, That none of the funds provided under this heading 

22 shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in 

23 foreign shipyards. 
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1 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

2 For procurement, production, and modernization of 

3 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 

4 for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new 

5 ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase 

6 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion 

7 of public and private plants, including the land necessary 

8 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac9 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap10 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip11 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

12 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

13 equipment layaway, $5,846,558,000, to remain available 

14 for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

15 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

16 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufac17 ture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 

18 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 

19 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 

20 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Gov21 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles 

22 for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of passenger 

23 motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion of pub24 lic and private plants, including land necessary therefor, 

25 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
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1 construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, 

2 $935,209,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep3 tember 30, 2017. 

4 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

5 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

6 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 

7 specialized ground handling equipment, and training de8 vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

9 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Govern10 ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

11 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 

12 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 

13 may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior 

14 to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con15 tractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec16 essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and trans17 portation of things, $12,067,703,000, to remain available 

18 for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

19 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

20 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

21 missiles, spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, includ22 ing spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 

23 equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 

24 private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa25 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac-
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1 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 

2 and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 

3 prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant 

4 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

5 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in6 cluding rents and transportation of things, $4,629,662,000, 

7 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 

8 2017. 

9 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

10 For construction, procurement, production, and modi11 fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 

12 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

13 private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 

14 by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

15 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

16 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc17 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro18 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

19 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

20 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

21 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

22 $659,909,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep23 tember 30, 2017. 
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1 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

2 For procurement and modification of equipment (in3 cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 

4 and ground electronic and communication equipment), and 

5 supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise 

6 provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 

7 replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and ex8 pansion of public and private plants, Government-owned 

9 equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection 

10 of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing pur11 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac12 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to ap13 proval of title; reserve plant and Government and con14 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $16,781,266,000, to re15 main available for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

16 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

17 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart18 ment of Defense (other than the military departments) nec19 essary for procurement, production, and modification of 

20 equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, 

21 not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor 

22 vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public and pri23 vate plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such 

24 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land for 

25 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 
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1 may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior 

2 to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con3 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $4,429,303,000, to re4 main available for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

5 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

6 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 

7 to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production 

8 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2078, 2091, 2092, and 2093), 

9 $51,638,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 TITLE IV 

11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

12 EVALUATION 

13 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

14 For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 

15 research, development, test and evaluation, including main16 tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 

17 and equipment, $6,675,565,000, to remain available for ob18 ligation until September 30, 2016. 

19 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY

20 For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 

21 research, development, test and evaluation, including main22 tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 

23 and equipment, $15,958,460,000, to remain available for 

24 obligation until September 30, 2016: Provided, That funds 

25 appropriated in this paragraph which are available for the 
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1 V–22 may be used to meet unique operational requirements 

2 of the Special Operations Forces. 

3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR

4 FORCE

5 For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 

6 research, development, test and evaluation, including main7 tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 

8 and equipment, $23,643,983,000, to remain available for 

9 obligation until September 30, 2016. 

10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

11 DEFENSE-WIDE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart14 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), nec15 essary for basic and applied scientific research, develop16 ment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects as 

17 may be designated and determined by the Secretary of De18 fense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, 

19 and operation of facilities and equipment, $17,225,889,000, 

20 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 

21 2016: Provided, That of the funds made available in this 

22 paragraph, $225,000,000 for the Defense Rapid Innovation 

23 Program shall only be available for expenses, not otherwise 

24 provided for, to include program management and over25 sight, to conduct research, development, test and evaluation 
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1 to include proof of concept demonstration; engineering, test2 ing, and validation; and transition to full-scale production: 

3 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may trans4 fer funds provided herein for the Defense Rapid Innovation 

5 Program to appropriations for research, development, test 

6 and evaluation to accomplish the purpose provided herein: 

7 Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addi8 tion to any other transfer authority available to the Depart9 ment of Defense: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

10 Defense shall, not fewer than 30 days prior to making 

11 transfers from this appropriation, notify the congressional 

12 defense committees in writing of the details of any such 

13 transfer. 

14 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

16 the independent activities of the Director, Operational Test 

17 and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of oper18 ational test and evaluation, including initial operational 

19 test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in sup20 port of, production decisions; joint operational testing and 

21 evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection 

22 therewith, $209,378,000, to remain available for obligation 

23 until September 30, 2016. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

3 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

4 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 

5 $1,649,468,000. 

6 NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND

7 For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects, 

8 and activities, and for expenses of the National Defense Re9 serve Fleet, as established by section 11 of the Merchant 

10 Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744), and for the 

11 necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 

12 merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the 

13 United States, $485,012,000, to remain available until ex14 pended: Provided, That none of the funds provided in this 

15 paragraph shall be used to award a new contract that pro16 vides for the acquisition of any of the following major com17 ponents unless such components are manufactured in the 

18 United States: auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for 

19 all shipboard services; propulsion system components (en20 gines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; 

21 and spreaders for shipboard cranes: Provided further, That 

22 the exercise of an option in a contract awarded through the 

23 obligation of previously appropriated funds shall not be 

24 considered to be the award of a new contract: Provided fur25 ther, That none of the funds provided in this paragraph 
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1 shall be used to award a new contract for the construction, 

2 acquisition, or conversion of vessels, including procurement 

3 of critical, long lead time components and designs for vessels 

4 to be constructed or converted in the future: Provided fur5 ther, That the Secretary of the military department respon6 sible for such procurement may waive the restrictions in 

7 the first proviso on a case-by-case basis by certifying in 

8 writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

9 of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic 

10 supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 

11 requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition 

12 must be made in order to acquire capability for national 

13 security purposes. 

14 TITLE VI 

15 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

16 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

17 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 

18 and health care programs of the Department of Defense as 

19 authorized by law, $32,069,772,000; of which 

20 $30,030,650,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 

21 which not to exceed one percent shall remain available for 

22 obligation until September 30, 2016, and of which up to 

23 $14,718,018,000 may be available for contracts entered into 

24 under the TRICARE program; of which $308,413,000, to 

25 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2017, 
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1 shall be for procurement; and of which $1,730,709,000, to 

2 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2016, 

3 shall be for research, development, test and evaluation: Pro4 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

5 of the amount made available under this heading for re6 search, development, test and evaluation, not less than 

7 $8,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention edu8 cational activities undertaken in connection with United 

9 States military training, exercises, and humanitarian as10 sistance activities conducted primarily in African nations: 

11 Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 

12 heading for operation and maintenance, procurement, and 

13 research, development, test and evaluation for the Inter14 agency Program Office, the Defense Healthcare Manage15 ment Systems Modernization (DHMSM) program, and the 

16 Defense Medical Information Exchange, not more than 25 

17 percent may be obligated until the Secretary of Defense sub18 mits to the Government Accountability Office and the Com19 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Senate, and such Committees approve, a plan for 

21 expenditure that describes: (1) the status of the final request 

22 for proposal for DHMSM and how the program office used 

23 comments received from industry from draft requests for 

24 proposal to refine the final request for proposal; (2) any 

25 changes to the deployment timeline, including benchmarks, 
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1 for full operating capability; (3) any refinements to the cost 

2 estimate for full operating capability and the total life cycle 

3 cost of the project; (4) an assurance that the acquisition 

4 strategy will comply with the acquisition rules, require5 ments, guidelines, and systems acquisition management 

6 practices of the Federal Government; (5) the status of the 

7 effort to achieve interoperability between the electronic 

8 health record systems of the Department of Defense and the 

9 Department of Veterans Affairs, including the scope, cost, 

10 schedule, mapping to health data standards, and perform11 ance benchmarks of the interoperable record; and (6) the 

12 progress toward developing, implementing, and fielding the 

13 interoperable electronic health record throughout the two 

14 Departments’ medical facilities. 

15 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 

16 DEFENSE

17 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

18 the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chem19 ical agents and munitions in accordance with the provi20 sions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Author21 ization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction 

22 of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 

23 chemical weapon stockpile, $802,268,000, of which 

24 $196,128,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 

25 which no less than $52,102,000 shall be for the Chemical 
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1 Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of 

2 $21,016,000 for activities on military installations and 

3 $31,086,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 

4 to assist State and local governments; $10,227,000 shall be 

5 for procurement, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2017, of which $3,225,000 shall be for the Chemical Stock7 pile Emergency Preparedness Program to assist State and 

8 local governments; and $595,913,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2016, shall be for research, develop10 ment, test and evaluation, of which $575,808,000 shall only 

11 be for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives pro12 gram. 

13 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

14 DEFENSE

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 

17 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 

18 available to the Department of Defense for military per19 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi20 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper21 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 

22 development, test and evaluation, $950,687,000, of which 

23 $669,631,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support; 

24 $105,591,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction pro25 gram; and $175,465,000 shall be for the National Guard 
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1 counter-drug program: Provided, That the funds appro2 priated under this heading shall be available for obligation 

3 for the same time period and for the same purpose as the 

4 appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 

5 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans6 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 

7 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 

8 back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 

9 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi10 tion to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere in 

11 this Act. 

12 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspec14 tor General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

15 General Act of 1978, as amended, $311,830,000, of which 

16 $309,430,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 

17 which not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies 

18 and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval 

19 or authority of the Inspector General, and payments may 

20 be made on the Inspector General’s certificate of necessity 

21 for confidential military purposes; of which $1,000,000, to 

22 remain available until September 30, 2017, shall be for pro23 curement; and of which $1,400,000, to remain available 

24 until September 30, 2016, shall be for research, develop25 ment, test and evaluation. 
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1 SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTING COMPETITIONS

2 For logistical and security support for international 

3 sporting competitions (including pay and non-travel re4 lated allowances only for members of the Reserve Compo5 nents of the Armed Forces of the United States called or 

6 ordered to active duty in connection with providing such 

7 support), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 TITLE VII 

9 RELATED AGENCIES 

10 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND

11 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

12 For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retire13 ment and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper 

14 funding level for continuing the operation of the Central 

15 Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 

16 $514,000,000. 

17 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

18 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community 

19 Management Account, $507,600,000. 

20 TITLE VIII 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

22 SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 

23 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur24 poses not authorized by the Congress. 
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1 SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions 

2 of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em3 ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 

4 shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: 

5 Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi6 rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 

7 Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess 

8 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 

9 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is com10 puted under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United 

11 States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase 

12 provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employ13 ees, whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section 

14 shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service 

15 national employees serving at United States diplomatic 

16 missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under 

17 the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Provided further, That the 

18 limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign na19 tional employees of the Department of Defense in the Re20 public of Turkey. 

21 SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 

22 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

23 current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. 

24 SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appropria25 tions in this Act which are limited for obligation during 
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1 the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 

2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall 

3 not apply to obligations for support of active duty training 

4 of reserve components or summer camp training of the Re5 serve Officers’ Training Corps. 

6 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 

8 Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter9 est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management 

10 and Budget, transfer not to exceed $4,500,000,000 of work11 ing capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds 

12 made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

13 for military functions (except military construction) be14 tween such appropriations or funds or any subdivision 

15 thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same 

16 purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropria17 tion or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such au18 thority to transfer may not be used unless for higher pri19 ority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, 

20 than those for which originally appropriated and in no case 

21 where the item for which funds are requested has been de22 nied by the Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary 

23 of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers 

24 made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in 

25 this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in 
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1 this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request 

2 to the Committees on Appropriations for reprogramming 

3 of funds, unless for higher priority items, based on unfore4 seen military requirements, than those for which originally 

5 appropriated and in no case where the item for which re6 programming is requested has been denied by the Congress: 

7 Provided further, That a request for multiple 

8 reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this 

9 section shall be made prior to June 30, 2015: Provided fur10 ther, That transfers among military personnel appropria11 tions shall not be taken into account for purposes of the 

12 limitation on the amount of funds that may be transferred 

13 under this section. 

14 SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro15 grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and 

16 adjustments to budget activities corresponding to such pro17 grams, projects, and activities) contained in the tables titled 

18 ‘‘Explanation of Project Level Adjustments’’ in the explana19 tory statement regarding this Act, the obligation and ex20 penditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

21 available in this Act for those programs, projects, and ac22 tivities for which the amounts appropriated exceed the 

23 amounts requested are hereby required by law to be carried 

24 out in the manner provided by such tables to the same ex25 tent as if the tables were included in the text of this Act. 
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1 (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described 

2 in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of ap3 propriations for purposes of section 8005 of this Act: Pro4 vided, That section 8005 shall apply when transfers of the 

5 amounts described in subsection (a) occur between appro6 priation accounts. 

7 SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment 

8 of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit a report 

9 to the congressional defense committees to establish the base10 line for application of reprogramming and transfer au11 thorities for fiscal year 2015: Provided, That the report 

12 shall include— 

13 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa14 rate column to display the President’s budget request, 

15 adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 

16 enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 

17 enacted level; 

18 (2) a delineation in the table for each appropria19 tion both by budget activity and program, project, 

20 and activity as detailed in the Budget Appendix; and 

21 (3) an identification of items of special congres22 sional interest. 

23 (b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of 

24 the funds provided in this Act shall be available for re25 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub-
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1 section (a) is submitted to the congressional defense commit2 tees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to 

3 the congressional defense committees that such reprogram4 ming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement. 

5 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal7 ances in working capital funds of the Department of De8 fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United 

9 States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as 

10 are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made 

11 from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made be12 tween such funds: Provided further, That transfers may be 

13 made between working capital funds and the ‘‘Foreign Cur14 rency Fluctuations, Defense’’ appropriation and the ‘‘Oper15 ation and Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such 

16 amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, 

17 with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, 

18 except that such transfers may not be made unless the Sec19 retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed 

20 transfer. Except in amounts equal to the amounts appro21 priated to working capital funds in this Act, no obligations 

22 may be made against a working capital fund to procure 

23 or increase the value of war reserve material inventory, un24 less the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior 

25 to any such obligation. 
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1 SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 

2 be used to initiate a special access program without prior 

3 notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres4 sional defense committees. 

5 SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 

6 be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that em7 ploys economic order quantity procurement in excess of 

8 $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes 

9 an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; 

10 or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a 

11 multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity 

12 procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, un13 less the congressional defense committees have been notified 

14 at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: 

15 Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in 

16 this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract 

17 for which the economic order quantity advance procurement 

18 is not funded at least to the limits of the Government’s li19 ability: Provided further, That no part of any appropria20 tion contained in this Act shall be available to initiate 

21 multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or compo22 nent thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would 

23 exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: 

24 Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract 

25 can be terminated without 30-day prior notification to the 
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1 congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the 

2 execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 

3 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 

4 to an annual procurement: Provided further, That none of 

5 the funds provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear 

6 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this Act 

7 unless in the case of any such contract— 

8 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 

9 Congress a budget request for full funding of units to 

10 be procured through the contract and, in the case of 

11 a contract for procurement of aircraft, that includes, 

12 for any aircraft unit to be procured through the con13 tract for which procurement funds are requested in 

14 that budget request for production beyond advance 

15 procurement activities in the fiscal year covered by 

16 the budget, full funding of procurement of such unit 

17 in that fiscal year; 

18 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not 

19 include consideration of recurring manufacturing 

20 costs of the contractor associated with the production 

21 of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract; 

22 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 

23 contractor under the contract shall not be made in 

24 advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 
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1 (4) the contract does not provide for a price ad2 justment based on a failure to award a follow-on con3 tract. 

4 SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the oper5 ation and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are here6 by appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United 

7 States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs 

8 under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. Such funds 

9 may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assist10 ance costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant 

11 to authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 

12 10, United States Code, and these obligations shall be re13 ported as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United 

14 States Code: Provided, That funds available for operation 

15 and maintenance shall be available for providing humani16 tarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams 

17 in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely 

18 associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact 

19 of Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99–239: 

20 Provided further, That upon a determination by the Sec21 retary of the Army that such action is beneficial for grad22 uate medical education programs conducted at Army med23 ical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army 

24 may authorize the provision of medical services at such fa25 cilities and transportation to such facilities, on a nonreim-
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1 bursable basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, 

2 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 

3 Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 

4 Palau, and Guam. 

5 SEC. 8012. (a) During fiscal year 2015, the civilian 

6 personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man7 aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the management 

8 of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not be subject 

9 to any constraint or limitation (known as an end-strength) 

10 on the number of such personnel who may be employed on 

11 the last day of such fiscal year. 

12 (b) The fiscal year 2016 budget request for the Depart13 ment of Defense as well as all justification material and 

14 other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2016 De15 partment of Defense budget request shall be prepared and 

16 submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and (b) of 

17 this provision were effective with regard to fiscal year 2016. 

18 (c) As required by section 1107 of the National Defense 

19 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113– 

20 66; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) civilian personnel at the Depart21 ment of Army Science and Technology Reinvention Labora22 tories may not be managed on the basis of the Table of Dis23 tribution and Allowances, and the management of the work24 force strength shall be done in a manner consistent with 

25 the budget available with respect to such Laboratories. 
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1 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply 

2 to military (civilian) technicians. 

3 SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in5 fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro6 priation matters pending before the Congress. 

7 SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

8 shall be available for the basic pay and allowances of any 

9 member of the Army participating as a full-time student 

10 and receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Af11 fairs from the Department of Defense Education Benefits 

12 Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited 

13 toward completion of a service commitment: Provided, That 

14 this section shall not apply to those members who have reen15 listed with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided 

16 further, That this section applies only to active components 

17 of the Army. 

18 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act 

20 for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Pro21 gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con22 tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing 

23 a Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program developmental assistance agree24 ment pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Au25 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 
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1 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the authority of 

2 this provision or any other transfer authority contained in 

3 this Act. 

4 SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be avail5 able for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and 

6 its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor 

7 and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under unless 

8 the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured in the 

9 United States from components which are substantially 

10 manufactured in the United States: Provided, That for the 

11 purpose of this section, the term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall in12 clude cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain 

13 and welding (including the forging and shot blasting proc14 ess): Provided further, That for the purpose of this section 

15 substantially all of the components of anchor and mooring 

16 chain shall be considered to be produced or manufactured 

17 in the United States if the aggregate cost of the components 

18 produced or manufactured in the United States exceeds the 

19 aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured 

20 outside the United States: Provided further, That when ade21 quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart22 ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Sec23 retary of the service responsible for the procurement may 

24 waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying 

25 in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
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1 an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability 

2 for national security purposes. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8017. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere 

5 in this Act, there is appropriated $175,000,000, for an ad6 ditional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense7 Wide’’, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

8 such funds shall only be available to the Secretary of De9 fense, acting through the Office of Economic Adjustment of 

10 the Department of Defense, or for transfer to the Secretary 

11 of Education, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 to make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, or supple13 ment other Federal funds to construct, renovate, repair, or 

14 expand elementary and secondary public schools on mili15 tary installations in order to address capacity or facility 

16 condition deficiencies at such schools: Provided further, 

17 That in making such funds available, the Office of Eco18 nomic Adjustment or the Secretary of Education shall give 

19 priority consideration to those military installations with 

20 schools having the most serious capacity or facility condi21 tion deficiencies as determined by the Secretary of Defense: 

22 Provided further, That a matching share, as outlined by 

23 the Department of Defense in the guidelines published in 

24 the September 9, 2011, Federal Register (76 Fed. Reg. 

25 55883), is required to be provided by the local education 
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1 authority or the State in which the school is located: Pro2 vided further, That these provisions apply to funds provided 

3 under this section, and to funds previously provided by 

4 Congress to construct, renovate, repair, or expand elemen5 tary and secondary public schools on military installations 

6 in order to address capacity or facility condition defi7 ciencies at such schools to the extent such funds remain un8 obligated on the date of enactment of this section. 

9 SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the Depart10 ment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of 

11 M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber 

12 rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or to demili13 tarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition 

14 components that are not otherwise prohibited from commer15 cial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammuni16 tion or ammunition components are certified by the Sec17 retary of the Army or designee as unserviceable, unsuitable, 

18 or unsafe for further use. 

19 SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds appro20 priated or made available in this Act shall be used during 

21 a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an organiza22 tion, unit, activity or function of the Department of Defense 

23 into or within the National Capital Region: Provided, That 

24 the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a 

25 case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congres-
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1 sional defense committees that such a relocation is required 

2 in the best interest of the Government. 

3 SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act, 

4 $15,000,000 shall be available for incentive payments au5 thorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 

6 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor or a 

7 subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract award 

8 to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in section 1544 

9 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned 

10 and controlled by an individual or individuals defined 

11 under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall 

12 be considered a contractor for the purposes of being allowed 

13 additional compensation under section 504 of the Indian 

14 Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) whenever the 

15 prime contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and 

16 involves the expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act 

17 making appropriations for the Department of Defense with 

18 respect to any fiscal year: Provided further, That notwith19 standing section 1906 of title 41, United States Code, this 

20 section shall be applicable to any Department of Defense 

21 acquisition of supplies or services, including any contract 

22 and any subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commer23 cial items produced or manufactured, in whole or in part, 

24 by any subcontractor or supplier defined in section 1544 

25 of title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned 
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1 and controlled by an individual or individuals defined 

2 under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 8021. Funds appropriated by this Act for the De4 fense Media Activity shall not be used for any national or 

5 international political or psychological activities. 

6 SEC. 8022. During the current fiscal year, the Depart7 ment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not 

8 to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 

9 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of 

10 receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Ku11 wait, under that section: Provided, That upon receipt, such 

12 contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be cred13 ited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obli14 gations. 

15 SEC. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this 

16 Act, not less than $39,500,000 shall be available for the 

17 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 

18 (1) $27,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper19 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 

20 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 

21 readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 

22 reduction activities involving youth programs; 

23 (2) $10,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft 

24 Procurement, Air Force’’; and 
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1 (3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 

2 Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 

3 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim4 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 

5 counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 

6 local government agencies. 

7 SEC. 8024. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

8 Act are available to establish a new Department of Defense 

9 (department) federally funded research and development 

10 center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate 

11 entity administrated by an organization managing another 

12 FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation con13 sisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other non14 profit entities. 

15 (b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over16 seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com17 mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no 

18 paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except when acting 

19 in a technical advisory capacity, may be compensated for 

20 his or her services as a member of such entity, or as a paid 

21 consultant by more than one FFRDC in a fiscal year: Pro22 vided, That a member of any such entity referred to pre23 viously in this subsection shall be allowed travel expenses 

24 and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel 
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1 Regulations, when engaged in the performance of member2 ship duties. 

3 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

4 of the funds available to the department from any source 

5 during fiscal year 2015 may be used by a defense FFRDC, 

6 through a fee or other payment mechanism, for construction 

7 of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for projects 

8 funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract 

9 overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to in10 clude employee participation in community service and/or 

11 development. 

12 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 

13 funds available to the department during fiscal year 2015, 

14 not more than 5,750 staff years of technical effort (staff 

15 years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That 

16 of the specific amount referred to previously in this sub17 section, not more than 1,125 staff years may be funded for 

18 the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further, 

19 That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded 

20 in the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Mili21 tary Intelligence Program (MIP). 

22 (e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission 

23 of the department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request, submit 

24 a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of 
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1 technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC dur2 ing that fiscal year and the associated budget estimates. 

3 (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

4 the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is 

5 hereby reduced by $40,000,000. 

6 SEC. 8025. None of the funds appropriated or made 

7 available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, 

8 or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned facil9 ity or property under the control of the Department of De10 fense which were not melted and rolled in the United States 

11 or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions 

12 shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, 

13 American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or 

14 American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of 

15 carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That 

16 the Secretary of the military department responsible for the 

17 procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 

18 basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appro19 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

20 that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet 

21 Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and 

22 that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 

23 capability for national security purposes: Provided further, 

24 That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which 

25 are in being as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 8026. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con2 gressional defense committees’’ means the Armed Services 

3 Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Serv4 ices Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense 

5 of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the 

6 Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropria7 tions of the House of Representatives. 

8 SEC. 8027. During the current fiscal year, the Depart9 ment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot main10 tenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well 

11 as the production of components and other Defense-related 

12 articles, through competition between Department of De13 fense depot maintenance activities and private firms: Pro14 vided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military 

15 department or Defense Agency concerned, with power of del16 egation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable 

17 estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and 

18 private bids: Provided further, That Office of Management 

19 and Budget Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions 

20 conducted under this section. 

21 SEC. 8028. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after con22 sultation with the United States Trade Representative, de23 termines that a foreign country which is party to an agree24 ment described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of 

25 the agreement by discriminating against certain types of 
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1 products produced in the United States that are covered by 

2 the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the 

3 Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with 

4 respect to such types of products produced in that foreign 

5 country. 

6 (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 

7 reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under8 standing, between the United States and a foreign country 

9 pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec10 tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 

11 in that country. 

12 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con13 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense pur14 chases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2015. Such report 

15 shall separately indicate the dollar value of items for which 

16 the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agree17 ment described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement 

18 Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international 

19 agreement to which the United States is a party. 

20 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy Amer21 ican Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

22 SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, amounts 

23 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 

24 Facility Investment Recovery Account established by section 

25 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 
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1 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall be 

2 available until expended for the payments specified by sec3 tion 2921(c)(2) of that Act. 

4 SEC. 8030. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

5 of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 

6 cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 

7 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, 

8 South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Wash9 ington relocatable military housing units located at Grand 

10 Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Moun11 tain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and 

12 Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the needs of the 

13 Air Force. 

14 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no 

15 cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub16 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 

17 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walk18 ing Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located in 

19 the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

20 Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any such 

21 conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the housing 

22 units shall be removed within a reasonable period of time, 

23 as determined by the Secretary. 

24 (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re25 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for hous-
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1 ing units under subsection (a) before submitting requests 

2 to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (b). 

3 (d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any 

4 recognized Indian tribe included on the current list pub5 lished by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 

6 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Pub7 lic Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a–1). 

8 SEC. 8031. During the current fiscal year, appropria9 tions which are available to the Department of Defense for 

10 operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items 

11 having an investment item unit cost of not more than 

12 $250,000. 

13 SEC. 8032. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 

14 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 

15 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the pur16 chase of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring 

17 a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during 

18 the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to cus19 tomers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 

20 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable to 

21 the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund dur22 ing fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an invest23 ment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal 

24 year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense 

25 for procurement. 
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1 (b) The fiscal year 2016 budget request for the Depart2 ment of Defense as well as all justification material and 

3 other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2016 De4 partment of Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted 

5 to the Congress on the basis that any equipment which was 

6 classified as an end item and funded in a procurement ap7 propriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in 

8 a proposed fiscal year 2016 procurement appropriation and 

9 not in the supply management business area or any other 

10 area or category of the Department of Defense Working 

11 Capital Funds. 

12 SEC. 8033. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

13 for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall re14 main available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 

15 except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contin16 gencies, which shall remain available until September 30, 

17 2016: Provided, That funds appropriated, transferred, or 

18 otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Cen19 tral Services Working Capital Fund during this or any 

20 prior or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until 

21 expended: Provided further, That any funds appropriated 

22 or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency for ad23 vanced research and development acquisition, for agent op24 erations, and for covert action programs authorized by the 

25 President under section 503 of the National Security Act 
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1 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2016. 

3 SEC. 8034. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, funds made available in this Act for the Defense Intel5 ligence Agency may be used for the design, development, and 

6 deployment of General Defense Intelligence Program intel7 ligence communications and intelligence information sys8 tems for the Services, the Unified and Specified Commands, 

9 and the component commands. 

10 SEC. 8035. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart11 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte12 nance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall be 

13 made available only for the mitigation of environmental 

14 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 

15 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in16 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de17 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 

18 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re19 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 

20 SEC. 8036. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

21 Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of 

22 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies 

23 with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this subsection, 

24 the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 

25 41, United States Code. 
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1 (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person 

2 has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing 

3 a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product sold in 

4 or shipped to the United States that is not made in Amer5 ica, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance with sec6 tion 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether the per7 son should be debarred from contracting with the Depart8 ment of Defense. 

9 (c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased 

10 with appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense 

11 of the Congress that any entity of the Department of De12 fense, in expending the appropriation, purchase only Amer13 ican-made equipment and products, provided that Amer14 ican-made equipment and products are cost-competitive, 

15 quality competitive, and available in a timely fashion. 

16 SEC. 8037. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

17 shall be available for a contract for studies, analysis, or 

18 consulting services entered into without competition on the 

19 basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activ20 ity responsible for the procurement determines— 

21 (1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, 

22 only one source is found fully qualified to perform the 

23 proposed work; 

24 (2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an 

25 unsolicited proposal which offers significant scientific 
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1 or technological promise, represents the product of 

2 original thinking, and was submitted in confidence 

3 by one source; or 

4 (3) the purpose of the contract is to take advan5 tage of unique and significant industrial accomplish6 ment by a specific concern, or to insure that a new 

7 product or idea of a specific concern is given finan8 cial support: Provided, That this limitation shall not 

9 apply to contracts in an amount of less than $25,000, 

10 contracts related to improvements of equipment that 

11 is in development or production, or contracts as to 

12 which a civilian official of the Department of Defense, 

13 who has been confirmed by the Senate, determines 

14 that the award of such contract is in the interest of 

15 the national defense. 

16 SEC. 8038. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 

17 and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 

18 be used— 

19 (1) to establish a field operating agency; or 

20 (2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the 

21 Armed Forces or civilian employee of the department 

22 who is transferred or reassigned from a headquarters 

23 activity if the member or employee’s place of duty re24 mains at the location of that headquarters. 
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1 (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military 

2 department may waive the limitations in subsection (a), 

3 on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and cer4 tifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

5 Representatives and the Senate that the granting of the 

6 waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the finan7 cial requirements of the department. 

8 (c) This section does not apply to— 

9 (1) field operating agencies funded within the 

10 National Intelligence Program; 

11 (2) an Army field operating agency established 

12 to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of impro13 vised explosive devices, and, as determined by the Sec14 retary of the Army, other similar threats; 

15 (3) an Army field operating agency established 

16 to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of biomet17 ric activities and to integrate common biometric tech18 nologies throughout the Department of Defense; or 

19 (4) an Air Force field operating agency estab20 lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 

21 Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart22 ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 

23 SEC. 8039. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

24 Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance 

25 an activity or function of the Department of Defense that, 
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1 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, is per2 formed by Department of Defense civilian employees un3 less— 

4 (1) the conversion is based on the result of a pub5 lic-private competition that includes a most efficient 

6 and cost effective organization plan developed by such 

7 activity or function; 

8 (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines 

9 that, over all performance periods stated in the solici10 tation of offers for performance of the activity or 

11 function, the cost of performance of the activity or 

12 function by a contractor would be less costly to the 

13 Department of Defense by an amount that equals or 

14 exceeds the lesser of— 

15 (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi16 zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 

17 of that activity or function by Federal employ18 ees; or 

19 (B) $10,000,000; and 

20 (3) the contractor does not receive an advantage 

21 for a proposal that would reduce costs for the Depart22 ment of Defense by— 

23 (A) not making an employer-sponsored 

24 health insurance plan available to the workers 
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1 who are to be employed in the performance of 

2 that activity or function under the contract; or 

3 (B) offering to such workers an employer4 sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 

5 employer to contribute less towards the premium 

6 or subscription share than the amount that is 

7 paid by the Department of Defense for health 

8 benefits for civilian employees under chapter 89 

9 of title 5, United States Code. 

10 (b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to 

11 subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) 

12 of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and notwith13 standing any administrative regulation, requirement, or 

14 policy to the contrary shall have full authority to enter into 

15 a contract for the performance of any commercial or indus16 trial type function of the Department of Defense that— 

17 (A) is included on the procurement list estab18 lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner19 O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 

20 Code); 

21 (B) is planned to be converted to performance by 

22 a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a 

23 qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi24 capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 
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1 (C) is planned to be converted to performance by 

2 a qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership 

3 by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the 

4 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

5 Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian Orga6 nization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small 

7 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 

8 (2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or 

9 contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 

10 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 

11 (c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 

12 Department of Defense under the authority provided by this 

13 section shall be credited toward any competitive or out14 sourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be estab15 lished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to 

16 be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with, 

17 subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States 

18 Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial ac19 tivities. 

20 (RESCISSIONS)

21 SEC. 8040. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

22 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

23 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

24 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 

25 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
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1 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

2 Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 

3 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budg4 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 

5 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2013/2015, 

6 $18,242,000; 

7 ‘‘Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, 

8 2013/2015, $5,000,000; 

9 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2013/2015, 

10 $97,000,000; 

11 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2013/2015, 

12 $47,200,000; 

13 ‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, 2013/2015, 

14 $40,217,000; 

15 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2013/2015, 

16 $64,600,000; 

17 ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2013/2015, 

18 $13,800,000; 

19 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2014/2016, 

20 $30,000,000; 

21 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2014/2016, 

22 $213,998,000; 

23 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2014/2016, 

24 $196,622,000; 
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1 ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2014/2016, 

2 $63,400,000; 

3 ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 2014/2016, 

4 $1,505,000; 

5 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/2016, 

6 $83,400,000; 

7 ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/2016, 

8 $157,209,000; 

9 ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 2014/2016, 

10 $12,100,000; 

11 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation 

12 Army’’, 2014/2015, $5,000,000; 

13 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

14 Air Force’’, 2014/2015, $37,000,000; and 

15 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

16 Navy’’, 2014/2015, $141,727,000. 

17 SEC. 8041. None of the funds available in this Act may 

18 be used to reduce the authorized positions for military tech19 nicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air Na20 tional Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the 

21 purpose of applying any administratively imposed civilian 

22 personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military techni23 cians (dual status), unless such reductions are a direct re24 sult of a reduction in military force structure. 
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1 SEC. 8042. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex3 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 

4 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. 

5 SEC. 8043. Funds appropriated in this Act for oper6 ation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Com7 batant Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available 

8 for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses 

9 which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations 

10 for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the 

11 National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or coun12 terintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 

13 Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the ac14 tivities and programs included within the National Intel15 ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 

16 Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 

17 from established Reserve and National Guard personnel and 

18 training procedures. 

19 SEC. 8044. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Working 

20 Capital Fund, Army’’, $225,000,000 shall be available to 

21 maintain competitive rates at the arsenals. 

22 SEC. 8045. (a) None of the funds available to the De23 partment of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdic24 tion or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any 
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1 other department or agency of the United States except as 

2 specifically provided in an appropriations law. 

3 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel4 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 

5 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de6 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi7 cally provided in an appropriations law. 

8 SEC. 8046. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

9 may be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings 

10 other than those produced by a domestic source and of do11 mestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of the military 

12 department responsible for such procurement may waive 

13 this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writ14 ing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

15 Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic 

16 supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 

17 requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition 

18 must be made in order to acquire capability for national 

19 security purposes: Provided further, That this restriction 

20 shall not apply to the purchase of ‘‘commercial items’’, as 

21 defined by section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procure22 ment Policy Act, except that the restriction shall apply to 

23 ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 

24 SEC. 8047. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

25 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 
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1 $44,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 

2 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the Sec3 retary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest, 

4 the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts specified 

5 as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organizations 

6 and $24,000,000 to the Red Cross. 

7 SEC. 8048. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

8 to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured 

9 in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense cer10 tifies to the congressional defense committees that such an 

11 acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for 

12 national security purposes that is not available from 

13 United States manufacturers. 

14 SEC. 8049. Notwithstanding any other provision in 

15 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 

16 and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set17 asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 

18 projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the 

19 extramural budget. 

20 SEC. 8050. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

21 of law, none of the funds available to the Department of 

22 Defense for the current fiscal year and hereafter may be 

23 obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an 

24 international organization any defense articles or services 

25 (other than intelligence services) for use in the activities de-
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1 scribed in subsection (b) unless the congressional defense 

2 committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

3 of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

4 of the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such trans5 fer. 

6 (b) This section applies to— 

7 (1) any international peacekeeping or peace-en8 forcement operation under the authority of chapter VI 

9 or chapter VII of the United Nations Charter under 

10 the authority of a United Nations Security Council 

11 resolution; and 

12 (2) any other international peacekeeping, peace13 enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation. 

14 (c) A notice under subsection (a) shall include the fol15 lowing: 

16 (1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or 

17 services to be transferred. 

18 (2) A statement of the value of the equipment, 

19 supplies, or services to be transferred. 

20 (3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equip21 ment or supplies— 

22 (A) a statement of whether the inventory re23 quirements of all elements of the Armed Forces 

24 (including the reserve components) for the type 
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1 of equipment or supplies to be transferred have 

2 been met; and 

3 (B) a statement of whether the items pro4 posed to be transferred will have to be replaced 

5 and, if so, how the President proposes to provide 

6 funds for such replacement. 

7 SEC. 8051. None of the funds available to the Depart8 ment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or ex9 pended to pay a contractor under a contract with the De10 partment of Defense for costs of any amount paid by the 

11 contractor to an employee when— 

12 (1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in ex13 cess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to the 

14 employee; and 

15 (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs asso16 ciated with a business combination. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 8052. During the current fiscal year, no more 

19 than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under 

20 the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ 

21 may be transferred to appropriations available for the pay 

22 of military personnel, to be merged with, and to be available 

23 for the same time period as the appropriations to which 

24 transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in con25 nection with support and services for eligible organizations 
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1 and activities outside the Department of Defense pursuant 

2 to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, in the case 

4 of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense 

5 for which the period of availability for obligation has ex6 pired or which has closed under the provisions of section 

7 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a nega8 tive unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation or 

9 an adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any cur10 rent appropriation account for the same purpose as the ex11 pired or closed account if— 

12 (1) the obligation would have been properly 

13 chargeable (except as to amount) to the expired or 

14 closed account before the end of the period of avail15 ability or closing of that account; 

16 (2) the obligation is not otherwise properly 

17 chargeable to any current appropriation account of 

18 the Department of Defense; and 

19 (3) in the case of an expired account, the obliga20 tion is not chargeable to a current appropriation of 

21 the Department of Defense under the provisions of sec22 tion 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Authorization 

23 Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 101–510, as 

24 amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, That in 

25 the case of an expired account, if subsequent review 
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1 or investigation discloses that there was not in fact a 

2 negative unliquidated or unexpended balance in the 

3 account, any charge to a current account under the 

4 authority of this section shall be reversed and re5 corded against the expired account: Provided further, 

6 That the total amount charged to a current appro7 priation under this section may not exceed an 

8 amount equal to 1 percent of the total appropriation 

9 for that account. 

10 SEC. 8054. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

11 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit 

12 the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learn13 ing Project by any person or entity on a space-available, 

14 reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard Bu15 reau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such 

16 use on a case-by-case basis. 

17 (b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 

18 credited to funds available for the National Guard Distance 

19 Learning Project and be available to defray the costs associ20 ated with the use of equipment of the project under that 

21 subsection. Such funds shall be available for such purposes 

22 without fiscal year limitation. 

23 SEC. 8055. Using funds made available by this Act 

24 or any other Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant 

25 to a determination under section 2690 of title 10, United 
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1 States Code, may implement cost-effective agreements for 

2 required heating facility modernization in the 

3 Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Repub4 lic of Germany: Provided, That in the City of 

5 Kaiserslautern and at the Rhine Ordnance Barracks area, 

6 such agreements will include the use of United States an7 thracite as the base load energy for municipal district heat 

8 to the United States Defense installations: Provided further, 

9 That at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center and 

10 Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat may be obtained from 

11 private, regional or municipal services, if provisions are in12 cluded for the consideration of United States coal as an en13 ergy source. 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 8056. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

16 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense17 wide’’, $25,000,000 shall be for continued implementation 

18 and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ Coun19 sel Program, and $5,709,000 shall be for support of high 

20 priority Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program 

21 requirements and activities, including the training and 

22 funding of personnel: Provided, That the funds are made 

23 available for transfer to the Department of the Army, the 

24 Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

25 Force: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 
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1 merged with and available for the same purposes and for 

2 the same time period as the appropriations to which the 

3 funds are transferred: Provided further, That this transfer 

4 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

5 provided in this Act. 

6 SEC. 8057. None of the funds appropriated in title IV 

7 of this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery 

8 to military forces for operational training, operational use 

9 or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restriction 

10 does not apply to end-items used in development, proto11 typing, and test activities preceding and leading to accept12 ance for operational use: Provided further, That this restric13 tion does not apply to programs funded within the National 

14 Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the Secretary 

15 of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis 

16 by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropria17 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate that 

18 it is in the national security interest to do so. 

19 SEC. 8058. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 

20 case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country 

21 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 

22 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 

23 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 

24 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into 

25 between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, 
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1 or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the pro2 curement of defense items entered into under section 2531 

3 of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not 

4 discriminate against the same or similar defense items pro5 duced in the United States for that country. 

6 (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 

7 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

9 (2) options for the procurement of items that are 

10 exercised after such date under contracts that are en11 tered into before such date if the option prices are ad12 justed for any reason other than the application of a 

13 waiver granted under subsection (a). 

14 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re15 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear16 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 

17 section 11 (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff 

18 Schedule and products classified under headings 4010, 

19 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through 

20 7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 

21 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404. 

22 SEC. 8059. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) None of the funds 

23 made available by this Act may be used for any training, 

24 equipment, or other assistance for a unit of a foreign secu25 rity force if the Secretary of Defense has credible informa-
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1 tion that the unit has committed a gross violation of human 

2 rights. 

3 (2) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

4 with the Secretary of State, shall ensure that prior to 

5 a decision to provide any training, equipment, or 

6 other assistance to a unit of a foreign security force 

7 full consideration is given to any credible information 

8 available to the Department of State relating to 

9 human rights violations by such unit. 

10 (b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a)(1) 

11 shall not apply if the Secretary of Defense, after consulta12 tion with the Secretary of State, determines that the govern13 ment of such country has taken all necessary corrective 

14 steps, or if the equipment or other assistance is necessary 

15 to assist in disaster relief operations or other humanitarian 

16 or national security emergencies. 

17 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense, after consulta18 tion with the Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition 

19 in subsection (a)(1) if the Secretary of Defense determines 

20 that such waiver is required by extraordinary cir21 cumstances. 

22 (d) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary of Defense shall es23 tablish, and periodically update, procedures to ensure that 

24 any information in the possession of the Department of De25 fense about gross violations of human rights by units of for-
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1 eign security forces is shared on a timely basis with the 

2 Department of State. 

3 (e) REPORT.—Not more than 15 days after the appli4 cation of any exception under subsection (b) or the exercise 

5 of any waiver under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense 

6 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

7 report— 

8 (1) in the case of an exception under subsection 

9 (b), providing notice of the use of the exception and 

10 stating the grounds for the exception; and 

11 (2) in the case of a waiver under subsection (c), 

12 describing the information relating to the gross viola13 tion of human rights; the extraordinary circumstances 

14 that necessitate the waiver; the purpose and duration 

15 of the training, equipment, or other assistance; and 

16 the United States forces and the foreign security force 

17 unit involved. 

18 (f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section the term 

19 ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the congres20 sional defense committees and the Committees on Appro21 priations. 

22 SEC. 8060. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this or other Department of Defense 

24 Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended for the 

25 purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to military 
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1 family housing units of the Department of Defense, includ2 ing areas in such military family housing units that may 

3 be used for the purpose of conducting official Department 

4 of Defense business. 

5 SEC. 8061. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Re7 search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ 

8 for any new start advanced concept technology demonstra9 tion project or joint capability demonstration project may 

10 only be obligated 45 days after a report, including a de11 scription of the project, the planned acquisition and transi12 tion strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has 

13 been provided in writing to the congressional defense com14 mittees: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 

15 this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the 

16 congressional defense committees that it is in the national 

17 interest to do so. 

18 SEC. 8062. The Secretary of Defense shall provide a 

19 classified quarterly report beginning 30 days after enact20 ment of this Act, to the House and Senate Appropriations 

21 Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters 

22 as directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 

23 SEC. 8063. During the current fiscal year and here24 after, none of the funds available to the Department of De25 fense may be used to provide support to another department 
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1 or agency of the United States if such department or agency 

2 is more than 90 days in arrears in making payment to 

3 the Department of Defense for goods or services previously 

4 provided to such department or agency on a reimbursable 

5 basis: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply if the 

6 department is authorized by law to provide support to such 

7 department or agency on a nonreimbursable basis, and is 

8 providing the requested support pursuant to such authority: 

9 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 

10 this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writ11 ing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

12 Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national 

13 security interest to do so. 

14 SEC. 8064. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 

15 10, United States Code, a member of the National Guard 

16 serving on full-time National Guard duty under section 

17 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, may perform duties 

18 in support of the ground-based elements of the National 

19 Ballistic Missile Defense System. 

20 SEC. 8065. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

21 be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammuni22 tion held by the Department of Defense that has a center23 fire cartridge and a United States military nomenclature 

24 designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor piercing (AP)’’, 

25 ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or ‘‘armor-piercing in-
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1 cendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to an entity performing 

2 demilitarization services for the Department of Defense 

3 under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to 

4 the satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor 

5 piercing projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of 

6 reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) used to manu7 facture ammunition pursuant to a contract with the De8 partment of Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for 

9 export pursuant to a License for Permanent Export of Un10 classified Military Articles issued by the Department of 

11 State. 

12 SEC. 8066. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his des14 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider15 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 

16 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 

17 personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 

18 any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 

19 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal 

20 nonprofit organization as may be approved by the Chief 

21 of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, on a case22 by-case basis. 

23 SEC. 8067. In specifying the amounts requested for the 

24 Department of the Army for Arlington National Cemetery, 

25 Virginia, the budget of the President submitted to Congress 
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1 shall request such amounts in the Cemeterial Expenses, 

2 Army appropriation, and shall not request such amounts 

3 in the Operation and Maintenance, Army appropriation. 

4 SEC. 8068. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds 

6 activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt 

7 beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale 

8 (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink) on 

9 a military installation located in the United States unless 

10 such malt beverages and wine are procured within that 

11 State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within 

12 the District of Columbia, in which the military installation 

13 is located: Provided, That in a case in which the military 

14 installation is located in more than one State, purchases 

15 may be made in any State in which the installation is lo16 cated: Provided further, That such local procurement re17 quirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all 

18 alcoholic beverages only for military installations in States 

19 which are not contiguous with another State: Provided fur20 ther, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt bev21 erages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia 

22 shall be procured from the most competitive source, price 

23 and other factors considered. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8069. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

3 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

4 $106,189,900 shall remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

6 Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such funds 

7 to other activities of the Federal Government: Provided fur8 ther, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter 

9 into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real 

10 property, construction, personal services, and operations re11 lated to projects carrying out the purposes of this section: 

12 Provided further, That contracts entered into under the au13 thority of this section may provide for such indemnification 

14 as the Secretary determines to be necessary: Provided fur15 ther, That projects authorized by this section shall comply 

16 with applicable Federal, State, and local law to the max17 imum extent consistent with the national security, as deter18 mined by the Secretary of Defense. 

19 SEC. 8070. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

20 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod21 ify— 

22 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 

23 National Intelligence Program budget, including 

24 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 

25 appropriation account; 
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1 (2) how the National Intelligence Program budg2 et request is presented in the unclassified P–1, R–1, 

3 and O–1 documents supporting the Department of 

4 Defense budget request; 

5 (3) the process by which the National Intelligence 

6 Program appropriations are apportioned to the exe7 cuting agencies; or 

8 (4) the process by which the National Intelligence 

9 Program appropriations are allotted, obligated and 

10 disbursed. 

11 (b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to prohibit 

12 the merger of programs or changes to the National Intel13 ligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure Center 

14 level, provided such change is otherwise in accordance with 

15 paragraphs (a)(1)–(3). 

16 (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec17 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 

18 achieving auditable financial statements and improving fis19 cal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for al20 ternative financial management processes. Such study shall 

21 include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assessment 

22 to ensure that none of the alternative processes will ad23 versely affect counterintelligence. 
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1 (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined 

2 under subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence 

3 and the Secretary of Defense shall— 

4 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af5 fected agencies; 

6 (2) receive certification from all affected agencies 

7 attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 

8 achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 

9 will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 

10 (3) not later than 30 days after receiving all nec11 essary certifications under paragraph (2), present the 

12 proposed alternatives and certifications to the con13 gressional defense and intelligence committees. 

14 (e) This section shall not be construed to alter or affect 

15 the application of section 1627 of the National Defense Au16 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to the amounts made 

17 available by this Act. 

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 8071. During the current fiscal year, not to ex20 ceed $200,000,000 from funds available under ‘‘Operation 

21 and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be transferred to the 

22 Department of State ‘‘Global Security Contingency Fund’’: 

23 Provided, That this transfer authority is in addition to any 

24 other transfer authority available to the Department of De25 fense: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 
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1 not fewer than 30 days prior to making transfers to the 

2 Department of State ‘‘Global Security Contingency Fund’’, 

3 notify the congressional defense committees in writing with 

4 the source of funds and a detailed justification, execution 

5 plan, and timeline for each proposed project. 

6 SEC. 8072. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere 

7 in this Act, $4,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the De8 partment of Defense, to remain available for obligation 

9 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, that upon the determination of the Sec11 retary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest, 

12 these funds shall be available only for a grant to the Fisher 

13 House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction and fur14 nishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of 

15 military family members when confronted with the illness 

16 or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary. 

17 SEC. 8073. The Secretary of Defense shall issue regula18 tions to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related 

19 products in military resale outlets in the United States, its 

20 territories and possessions at a price below the most com21 petitive price in the local community: Provided, That such 

22 regulations shall direct that the prices of tobacco or tobacco23 related products in overseas military retail outlets shall be 

24 within the range of prices established for military retail 

25 system stores located in the United States. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8074. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

3 under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and ‘‘Re4 search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, 

5 $619,814,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: 

6 Provided, That of this amount, $350,972,000 shall be for 

7 the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of 

8 Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system 

9 to counter short-range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.- 

10 Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended; 

11 $137,934,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile 

12 Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise missile de13 fense research and development under the SRBMD pro14 gram, of which $15,000,000 shall be for production activi15 ties of SRBMD missiles in the United States and in Israel 

16 to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent with each 

17 nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures; $74,707,000 

18 shall be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile 

19 Defense Architecture; and $56,201,000 shall be for the 

20 Arrow System Improvement Program including develop21 ment of a long range, ground and airborne, detection suite: 

22 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

23 provision for production of missiles and missile components 

24 may be transferred to appropriations available for the pro25 curement of weapons and equipment, to be merged with and 
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1 to be available for the same time period and the same pur2 poses as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided 

3 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

4 provision is in addition to any other transfer authority con5 tained in this Act. 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 8075. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

8 under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 

9 $991,285,000 shall be available until September 30, 2015, 

10 to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, 

11 That upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy 

12 shall transfer funds to the following appropriations in the 

13 amounts specified: Provided further, That the amounts 

14 transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 

15 same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred 

16 to: 

17 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con18 version, Navy’’, 2008/2015: Carrier Replacement Pro19 gram $663,000,000; 

20 (2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con21 version, Navy’’, 2009/2015: LPD–17 Amphibious 

22 Transport Dock Program $54,096,000; 

23 (3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con24 version, Navy’’, 2010/2015: DDG–51 Destroyer 

25 $65,771,000; 
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1 (4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2010/2015: Littoral Combat Ship 

3 $35,345,000; 

4 (5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2011/2015: DDG–51 Destroyer 

6 $63,373,000; 

7 (6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2011/2015: Littoral Combat Ship 

9 $41,700,000; 

10 (7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2011/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel 

12 $9,340,000; 

13 (8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2012/2015: CVN Refueling Overhauls 

15 Program $54,000,000; 

16 (9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2012/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel 

18 $2,620,000; and 

19 (10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con20 version, Navy’’, 2013/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel 

21 $2,040,000. 

22 SEC. 8076. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

23 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 

24 activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the 

25 Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Secu-
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1 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2015 

2 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 

3 for Fiscal Year 2015. 

4 SEC. 8077. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 

5 be available for obligation or expenditure through a re6 programming of funds that creates or initiates a new pro7 gram, project, or activity unless such program, project, or 

8 activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest of 

9 national security and only after written prior notification 

10 to the congressional defense committees. 

11 SEC. 8078. The budget of the President for fiscal year 

12 2016 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 

13 of title 31, United States Code, shall include separate budget 

14 justification documents for costs of United States Armed 

15 Forces’ participation in contingency operations for the 

16 Military Personnel accounts, the Operation and Mainte17 nance accounts, the Procurement accounts, and the Re18 search, Development, Test and Evaluation accounts: Pro19 vided, That these documents shall include a description of 

20 the funding requested for each contingency operation, for 

21 each military service, to include all Active and Reserve 

22 components, and for each appropriations account: Provided 

23 further, That these documents shall include estimated costs 

24 for each element of expense or object class, a reconciliation 

25 of increases and decreases for each contingency operation, 
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1 and programmatic data including, but not limited to, troop 

2 strength for each Active and Reserve component, and esti3 mates of the major weapons systems deployed in support 

4 of each contingency: Provided further, That these documents 

5 shall include budget exhibits OP–5 and OP–32 (as defined 

6 in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regu7 lation) for all contingency operations for the budget year 

8 and the two preceding fiscal years. 

9 SEC. 8079. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

10 for research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or 

11 deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile de12 fense system. 

13 SEC. 8080. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign exchange 

15 rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby 

16 reduced by $386,268,000. 

17 SEC. 8081. None of the funds appropriated or made 

18 available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 

19 the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad20 ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 

21 the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the lev22 els funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force shall 

23 allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to per24 form other missions in support of national defense require25 ments during the non-hurricane season. 
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1 SEC. 8082. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 

2 be available for integration of foreign intelligence informa3 tion unless the information has been lawfully collected and 

4 processed during the conduct of authorized foreign intel5 ligence activities: Provided, That information pertaining to 

6 United States persons shall only be handled in accordance 

7 with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the 

8 United States Constitution as implemented through Execu9 tive Order No. 12333. 

10 SEC. 8083. (a) At the time members of reserve compo11 nents of the Armed Forces are called or ordered to active 

12 duty under section 12302(a) of title 10, United States Code, 

13 each member shall be notified in writing of the expected 

14 period during which the member will be mobilized. 

15 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the require16 ments of subsection (a) in any case in which the Secretary 

17 determines that it is necessary to do so to respond to a na18 tional security emergency or to meet dire operational re19 quirements of the Armed Forces. 

20 SEC. 8084. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Missile 

21 Procurement, Air Force’’, $125,000,000 shall be available 

22 for the acceleration of a competitively awarded Evolved Ex23 pendable Launch Vehicle mission: Provided, That competi24 tions shall be open to all certified providers of Evolved Ex25 pendable Launch Vehicle-class systems: Provided further, 
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1 That competitions shall consider bids from two or more cer2 tified providers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

3 any other provision of law, such providers may compete 

4 any certified launch vehicle in their inventory. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 8085. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 

7 funds from any available Department of the Navy appro8 priation to any available Navy ship construction appro9 priation for the purpose of liquidating necessary changes 

10 resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate adjust11 ments for any ship construction program appropriated in 

12 law: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not to ex13 ceed $16,000,000 under the authority provided by this sec14 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary may not transfer 

15 any funds until 30 days after the proposed transfer has been 

16 reported to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

17 of Representatives and the Senate, unless a response from 

18 the Committees is received sooner: Provided further, That 

19 any funds transferred pursuant to this section shall retain 

20 the same period of availability as when originally appro21 priated: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro22 vided by this section is in addition to any other transfer 

23 authority contained elsewhere in this Act. 

24 SEC. 8086. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

25 Act may be used to transfer research and development, ac-
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1 quisition, or other program authority relating to current 

2 tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from the Army. 

3 (b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and oper4 ational control of the MQ–1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial 

5 Vehicle (UAV) in order to support the Secretary of Defense 

6 in matters relating to the employment of unmanned aerial 

7 vehicles. 

8 SEC. 8087. Up to $15,000,000 of the funds appro9 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

10 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Regional 

11 Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the Pacific 

12 Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation activi13 ties such as humanitarian assistance, and payment of in14 cremental and personnel costs of training and exercising 

15 with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds made 

16 available for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding 

17 any other funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, 

18 security assistance or combined exercise expenses: Provided 

19 further, That funds may not be obligated to provide assist20 ance to any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited 

21 from receiving such type of assistance under any other pro22 vision of law. 

23 SEC. 8088. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

24 for programs of the Office of the Director of National Intel25 ligence shall remain available for obligation beyond the cur-
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1 rent fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for research 

2 and technology, which shall remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2016. 

4 SEC. 8089. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, 

5 United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 

6 made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 

7 Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 

8 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship9 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 

10 prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 

11 to the total amount of the appropriation. 

12 SEC. 8090. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 

13 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel14 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel15 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 

16 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 

17 2015: Provided, That the report shall include— 

18 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa19 rate column to display the President’s budget request, 

20 adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 

21 enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 

22 enacted level; 

23 (2) a delineation in the table for each appropria24 tion by Expenditure Center and project; and 
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1 (3) an identification of items of special congres2 sional interest. 

3 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel4 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re5 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub6 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 

7 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence cer8 tifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees 

9 that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an 

10 emergency requirement. 

11 SEC. 8091. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to eliminate, restructure or realign Army 

13 Contracting Command–New Jersey or make dispropor14 tionate personnel reductions at any Army Contracting 

15 Command–New Jersey sites without 30-day prior notifica16 tion to the congressional defense committees. 

17 SEC. 8092. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 1206 

19 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

20 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), or peace21 keeping operations for the countries designated annually to 

22 be in violation of the standards of the Child Soldiers Pre23 vention Act of 2008 may be used to support any military 

24 training or operation that includes child soldiers, as defined 

25 by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 
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1 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1), unless such assistance is oth2 erwise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 

3 Prevention Act of 2008. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 8093. Of the funds appropriated in the Intel6 ligence Community Management Account for the Program 

7 Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, 

8 $20,000,000 is available for transfer by the Director of Na9 tional Intelligence to other departments and agencies for 

10 purposes of Government-wide information sharing activi11 ties: Provided, That funds transferred under this provision 

12 are to be merged with and available for the same purposes 

13 and time period as the appropriation to which transferred: 

14 Provided further, That the Office of Management and Budg15 et must approve any transfers made under this provision. 

16 SEC. 8094. (a) None of the funds provided for the Na17 tional Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropria18 tions Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

19 through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in accord20 ance with section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 

21 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that— 

22 (1) creates a new start effort; 

23 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 

24 funding of $10,000,000 or more; 
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1 (3) transfers funding into or out of the National 

2 Intelligence Program; or 

3 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 

4 unless the congressional intelligence committees are notified 

5 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; this 

6 notification period may be reduced for urgent national se7 curity requirements. 

8 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel9 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 

10 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

11 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with sec12 tion 102A(d) or the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

13 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 

14 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex accom15 panying the Act unless the congressional intelligence com16 mittees are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogram17 ming of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 

18 urgent national security requirements. 

19 SEC. 8095. The Director of National Intelligence shall 

20 submit to Congress each year, at or about the time that 

21 the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that year 

22 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a fu23 ture-years intelligence program (including associated an24 nexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed 

25 appropriations included in that budget. Any such future- 
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1 years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal year with 

2 respect to which the budget is submitted and at least the 

3 four succeeding fiscal years. 

4 SEC. 8096. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con5 gressional intelligence committees’’ means the Permanent 

6 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent7 atives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, 

8 the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appro9 priations of the House of Representatives, and the Sub10 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 

11 of the Senate. 

12 SEC. 8097. The Department of Defense shall continue 

13 to report incremental contingency operations costs for Oper14 ation Inherent Resolve, Operation Enduring Freedom, and 

15 any named successor operations, on a monthly basis and 

16 any other operation designated and identified by the Sec17 retary of Defense for the purposes of section 127a of title 

18 10, United States Code, on a semi-annual basis in the Cost 

19 of War Execution Report as prescribed in the Department 

20 of Defense Financial Management Regulation Department 

21 of Defense Instruction 7000.14, Volume 12, Chapter 23 

22 ‘‘Contingency Operations’’, Annex 1, dated September 2005. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 8098. During the current fiscal year, not to ex25 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in 
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1 title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

2 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Operation and 

3 Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by the mili4 tary department concerned to its central fund established 

5 for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d) 

6 of title 10, United States Code. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 8099. Funds appropriated by this Act for oper9 ation and maintenance may be available for the purpose 

10 of making remittances and transfer to the Defense Acquisi11 tion Workforce Development Fund in accordance with sec12 tion 1705 of title 10, United States Code. 

13 SEC. 8100. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 

14 available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 

15 (c), post on the public Web site of that agency any report 

16 required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

17 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 

18 that it shall serve the national interest. 

19 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

20 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

21 national security; or 

22 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

23 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

24 do so only after such report has been made available to the 
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1 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

2 than 45 days. 

3 SEC. 8101. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth4 erwise made available by this Act may be expended for any 

5 Federal contract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, un6 less the contractor agrees not to— 

7 (1) enter into any agreement with any of its em8 ployees or independent contractors that requires, as a 

9 condition of employment, that the employee or inde10 pendent contractor agree to resolve through arbitra11 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

12 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 

13 assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 

14 intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im15 prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten16 tion; or 

17 (2) take any action to enforce any provision of 

18 an existing agreement with an employee or inde19 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 

20 or independent contractor resolve through arbitration 

21 any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 

22 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 

23 assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 

24 intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im-
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1 prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten2 tion. 

3 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

4 available by this Act may be expended for any Federal con5 tract unless the contractor certifies that it requires each cov6 ered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and not to 

7 take any action to enforce any provision of, any agreement 

8 as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), 

9 with respect to any employee or independent contractor per10 forming work related to such subcontract. For purposes of 

11 this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcontractor’’ is an entity that 

12 has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract sub13 ject to subsection (a). 

14 (c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 

15 respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with 

16 employees or independent contractors that may not be en17 forced in a court of the United States. 

18 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica19 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 

20 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 

21 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per22 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 

23 harm to national security interests of the United States, 

24 and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 

25 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina-
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1 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the waiv2 er and for the contract or subcontract term selected, and 

3 shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver 

4 and the reasons each such alternative would not avoid harm 

5 to national security interests of the United States. The Sec6 retary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and simulta7 neously make public, any determination under this sub8 section not less than 15 business days before the contract 

9 or subcontract addressed in the determination may be 

10 awarded. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 8102. From within the funds appropriated for 

13 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 

14 in this Act, up to $146,857,000, shall be available for trans15 fer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet16 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund in ac17 cordance with the provisions of section 1704 of the National 

18 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law 

19 111–84: Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the 

20 facility operations funded are operations of the integrated 

21 Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, con22 sisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Cen23 ter, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting fa24 cilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility 

25 as described by section 706 of Public Law 110–417: Pro-
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1 vided further, That additional funds may be transferred 

2 from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for 

3 the Defense Health Program to the Joint Department of De4 fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

5 Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec6 retary of Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of 

7 the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

8 SEC. 8103. The Office of the Director of National Intel9 ligence shall not employ more Senior Executive employees 

10 than are specified in the classified annex. 

11 SEC. 8104. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act and hereafter may be obli13 gated or expended to pay a retired general or flag officer 

14 to serve as a senior mentor advising the Department of De15 fense unless such retired officer files a Standard Form 278 

16 (or successor form concerning public financial disclosure 

17 under part 2634 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations) 

18 to the Office of Government Ethics. 

19 SEC. 8105. Appropriations available to the Depart20 ment of Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy and 

21 light armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel 

22 or for force protection purposes up to a limit of $250,000 

23 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limitations ap24 plicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles. 
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1 SEC. 8106. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 

3 used by the Department of Defense or a component thereof 

4 in contravention of section 1243 of the National Defense 

5 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, relating to limita6 tions on providing certain missile defense information to 

7 the Russian Federation. 

8 SEC. 8107. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used by the Secretary of Defense to take bene10 ficial occupancy of more than 3,000 parking spaces (other 

11 than handicap-reserved spaces) to be provided by the BRAC 

12 133 project: Provided, That this limitation may be waived 

13 in part if: (1) the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress 

14 that levels of service at existing intersections in the vicinity 

15 of the project have not experienced failing levels of service 

16 as defined by the Transportation Research Board Highway 

17 Capacity Manual over a consecutive 90-day period; (2) the 

18 Department of Defense and the Virginia Department of 

19 Transportation agree on the number of additional parking 

20 spaces that may be made available to employees of the facil21 ity subject to continued 90-day traffic monitoring; and (3) 

22 the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional defense 

23 committees in writing at least 14 days prior to exercising 

24 this waiver of the number of additional parking spaces to 

25 be made available. 
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1 SEC. 8108. The Secretary of Defense shall report quar2 terly the numbers of civilian personnel end strength by ap3 propriation account for each and every appropriation ac4 count used to finance Federal civilian personnel salaries to 

5 the congressional defense committees within 15 days after 

6 the end of each fiscal quarter. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 8109. Upon a determination by the Director of 

9 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 

10 the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 

11 of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to 

12 exceed $2,000,000,000 of the funds made available in this 

13 Act for the National Intelligence Program: Provided, That 

14 such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher 

15 priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence require16 ments, than those for which originally appropriated and 

17 in no case where the item for which funds are requested 

18 has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That a 

19 request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using author20 ity provided in this section shall be made prior to June 

21 30, 2015. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 8110. There is appropriated $540,000,000 for the 

24 ‘‘Ship Modernization, Operations and Sustainment Fund’’, 

25 to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
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1 That the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer funds from 

2 the ‘‘Ship Modernization, Operations and Sustainment 

3 Fund’’ to appropriations for operation and maintenance; 

4 research, development, test and evaluation; and procure5 ment, only for the purposes of operating, sustaining, equip6 ping and modernizing the Ticonderoga-class guided missile 

7 cruisers CG–63, CG–64, CG–65, CG–66, CG–67, CG–68, 

8 CG–69, CG–70, CG–71, CG–72, CG–73, and the Whidbey 

9 Island-class dock landing ships LSD–41, LSD–42, and 

10 LSD–46: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 

11 merged with and be available for the same purposes and 

12 for the same time period as the appropriation to which they 

13 are transferred: Provided further, That the transfer author14 ity provided herein shall be in addition to any other trans15 fer authority available to the Department of Defense: Pro16 vided further, That the Secretary of the Navy shall, not less 

17 than 30 days prior to making any transfer from the ‘‘Ship 

18 Modernization, Operations and Sustainment Fund’’, notify 

19 the congressional defense committees in writing of the de20 tails of such transfer: Provided further, That the Secretary 

21 of the Navy shall transfer and obligate funds from the ‘‘Ship 

22 Modernization, Operations and Sustainment Fund’’ for 

23 modernization of not more than two Ticonderoga-class 

24 guided missile cruisers as detailed above in fiscal year 2015: 

25 Provided further, That no more than six Ticonderoga-class 
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1 guided missile cruisers shall be in a phased modernization 

2 at any time: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 

3 Navy shall contract for the required modernization equip4 ment in the year prior to inducting a Ticonderoga-class 

5 cruiser for modernization: Provided further, That the prohi6 bition in section 2244a(a) of title 10, United States Code, 

7 shall not apply to the use of any funds transferred pursuant 

8 to this section. 

9 SEC. 8111. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

10 may be obligated or expended by the Secretary of a military 

11 department in contravention of the provisions of section 352 

12 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

13 2014 to adopt any new camouflage pattern design or uni14 form fabric for any combat or camouflage utility uniform 

15 or family of uniforms for use by an Armed Force. 

16 SEC. 8112. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

18 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

19 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

20 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

21 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

22 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

23 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 

24 the United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, 

25 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
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1 SEC. 8113. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth2 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

3 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 

4 States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 

5 described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 

6 imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 

7 of the Department of Defense. 

8 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

9 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

10 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

11 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

12 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

13 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

14 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

15 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

16 (2) is— 

17 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

18 control of the Department of Defense; or 

19 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

20 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

21 SEC. 8114. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 

23 any individual detained at United States Naval Station 

24 Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 

25 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 
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1 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec2 tion 1035 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis3 cal Year 2014. 

4 SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used in contravention of section 1590 or 1591 

6 of title 18, United States Code, or in contravention of the 

7 requirements of section 106(g) or (h) of the Trafficking Vic8 tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g) or (h)). 

9 SEC. 8116. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Reso11 lution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 

12 SEC. 8117. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used by the Department of Defense or any other 

14 Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles, 

15 for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, 

16 except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum-Fed17 eral Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 

18 SEC. 8118. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth19 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

20 by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer 

21 of the Department of Defense, to enter into a contract, 

22 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

23 with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guar24 antee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary of 

25 Rosoboronexport. 
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1 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation 

2 in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the 

3 Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, 

4 determines that it is in the vital national security interest 

5 of the United States to do so, and certifies in writing to 

6 the congressional defense committees that, to the best of the 

7 Secretary’s knowledge: 

8 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of le9 thal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 

10 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern11 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 

12 (2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation 

13 have withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed 

14 forces present on military bases subject to agreements 

15 in force between the Government of the Russian Fed16 eration and the Government of Ukraine; and 

17 (3) Agents of the Russian Federation have ceased 

18 taking active measures to destabilize the control of the 

19 Government of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine. 

20 (c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense 

21 shall conduct a review of any action involving 

22 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the Sec23 retary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not later 

24 than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver is issued 

25 by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General shall sub-
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1 mit to the congressional defense committees a report con2 taining the results of the review conducted with respect to 

3 such waiver. 

4 SEC. 8119. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used for the purchase or manufacture of a flag 

6 of the United States unless such flags are treated as covered 

7 items under section 2533a(b) of title 10, United States 

8 Code. 

9 SEC. 8120. None of the funds appropriated in this or 

10 any other Act may be obligated or expended by the United 

11 States Government for the direct personal benefit of the 

12 President of Afghanistan. 

13 SEC. 8121. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

14 for the Department of Defense, amounts may be made avail15 able, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, 

16 to local military commanders appointed by the Secretary 

17 of Defense, or by an officer or employee designated by the 

18 Secretary, to provide at their discretion ex gratia payments 

19 in amounts consistent with subsection (d) of this section 

20 for damage, personal injury, or death that is incident to 

21 combat operations of the Armed Forces in a foreign country. 

22 (b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be 

23 provided only if— 
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1 (1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is 

2 determined by the local military commander to be 

3 friendly to the United States; 

4 (2) a claim for damages would not be compen5 sable under chapter 163 of title 10, United States 

6 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Claims 

7 Act’’); and 

8 (3) the property damage, personal injury, or 

9 death was not caused by action by an enemy. 

10 (c) NATURE OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments provided 

11 under a program under subsection (a) shall not be consid12 ered an admission or acknowledgement of any legal obliga13 tion to compensate for any damage, personal injury, or 

14 death. 

15 (d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary of De16 fense determines a program under subsection (a) to be ap17 propriate in a particular setting, the amounts of payments, 

18 if any, to be provided to civilians determined to have suf19 fered harm incident to combat operations of the Armed 

20 Forces under the program should be determined pursuant 

21 to regulations prescribed by the Secretary and based on an 

22 assessment, which should include such factors as cultural 

23 appropriateness and prevailing economic conditions. 

24 (e) LEGAL ADVICE.—Local military commanders shall 

25 receive legal advice before making ex gratia payments under 
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1 this subsection. The legal advisor, under regulations of the 

2 Department of Defense, shall advise on whether an ex gratia 

3 payment is proper under this section and applicable De4 partment of Defense regulations. 

5 (f) WRITTEN RECORD.—A written record of any ex 

6 gratia payment offered or denied shall be kept by the local 

7 commander and on a timely basis submitted to the appro8 priate office in the Department of Defense as determined 

9 by the Secretary of Defense. 

10 (g) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall report to 

11 the congressional defense committees on an annual basis the 

12 efficacy of the ex gratia payment program including the 

13 number of types of cases considered, amounts offered, the 

14 response from ex gratia payment recipients, and any rec15 ommended modifications to the program. 

16 (h) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

17 deemed to provide any new authority to the Secretary of 

18 Defense. 

19 SEC. 8122. None of the funds available in this Act to 

20 the Department of Defense, other than appropriations made 

21 for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades or main22 tenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to 

23 reduce the number of deployed and non-deployed strategic 

24 delivery vehicles and launchers below the levels set forth in 

25 the report submitted to Congress in accordance with section 
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1 1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

2 Year 2012. 

3 SEC. 8123. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 

4 awards on a public Web site in a searchable format. 

5 SEC. 8124. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to cancel the avionics modernization pro7 gram of record for C–130 aircraft: Provided, That the Sec8 retary of the Air Force may proceed with a reduced scope 

9 program to address safety and airspace compliance require10 ments, using funds provided in this bill and previous funds 

11 appropriated for the avionics modernization program of 

12 record, consistent with the National Defense Authorization 

13 Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 

14 SEC. 8125. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used by the Secretary of the Air Force to reduce 

16 the force structure at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, below 

17 the force structure at such Air Force Base as of October 

18 1, 2013, except in accordance with section 1063 of the Na19 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 

20 SEC. 8126. None of the Operation and Maintenance 

21 funds made available in this Act may be used in contraven22 tion of section 41106 of title 49, United States Code. 

23 SEC. 8127. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to fund the performance of a flight dem25 onstration team at a location outside of the United States: 
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1 Provided, That this prohibition applies only if a perform2 ance of a flight demonstration team at a location within 

3 the United States was canceled during the current fiscal 

4 year due to insufficient funding. 

5 SEC. 8128. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 

7 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 

8 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 

9 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States per10 son; or 

11 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 

12 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 

13 United States Code) of any electronic communication 

14 of a United States person from a provider of elec15 tronic communication services to the public pursuant 

16 to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 

17 Act of 1978. 

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 8129. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper20 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 

21 available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub22 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under sec23 tion 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 

24 Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8130. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere 

3 in this Act for basic allowance for housing for military per4 sonnel, including active duty, reserve and National Guard 

5 personnel, $88,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the De6 partment of Defense and made available for transfer only 

7 to military personnel accounts: Provided, That the transfer 

8 authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

9 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

10 SEC. 8131. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be obligated or expended to divest E–3 airborne 

12 warning and control system aircraft, or disestablish any 

13 units of the active or reserve component associated with 

14 such aircraft: Provided, That not later than 90 days fol15 lowing the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

16 the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense com17 mittees a report providing a detailed explanation of how 

18 the Secretary will meet the priority requirements of the 

19 commanders of the combatant commands related to air20 borne warning and control with a fleet of fewer than 31 

21 E–3 aircraft. 

22 SEC. 8132. 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 rati25 fication for the Treaty. 
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1 SEC. 8133. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to transfer or divest AH–64 Apache heli3 copters from the Army National Guard to the active Army 

4 in fiscal year 2015: Provided, That the Secretary of the 

5 Army shall ensure the continuing readiness of the AH–64 

6 Apache aircraft and ensure the training of the crews of such 

7 aircraft during fiscal year 2015, including the allocation 

8 of funds for operation and maintenance and personnel con9 nected with such aircraft: Provided further, That this sec10 tion shall continue in effect through the date of enactment 

11 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

12 2015. 

13 SEC. 8134. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be obligated for activities authorized under section 

15 1208 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authoriza16 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 112–81; 125 

17 Stat. 1621) to initiate support for, or expand support to, 

18 foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals unless 

19 the congressional defense committees are notified in accord20 ance with the direction contained in the classified annex 

21 accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days before initi22 ating such support: Provided, That none of the funds made 

23 available in this Act may be used under such section 1208 

24 for any activity that is not in support of an ongoing mili25 tary operation being conducted by United States Special 
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1 Operations Forces to combat terrorism: Provided further, 

2 That the Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibitions 

3 in this section if the Secretary determines that such waiver 

4 is required by extraordinary circumstances and, by not 

5 later than 72 hours after making such waiver, notifies the 

6 congressional defense committees of such waiver. 

7 SEC. 8135. (a) Within 90 days of enactment of this 

8 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the 

9 congressional defense committees to assess whether the jus10 tification and approval requirements under section 811 of 

11 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

12 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2405) have, incon13 sistent with the intent of Congress— 

14 (1) negatively impacted the ability of covered en15 tities to be awarded sole-source contracts with the De16 partment of Defense greater than $20,000,000; 

17 (2) discouraged agencies from awarding con18 tracts greater than $20,000,000 to covered entities; 

19 and 

20 (3) been misconstrued and/or inconsistently im21 plemented. 

22 (b) The Comptroller General shall analyze and report 

23 to the congressional defense committees on the sufficiency 

24 of the Department’s report in addressing the requirements; 

25 review the extent to which section 811 has negatively im-
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1 pacted the ability of covered entities to be awarded sole2 source contracts with the Department, discouraged agencies 

3 from awarding contracts, or been misconstrued and/or in4 consistently implemented. 

5 SEC. 8136. The Secretary of the Air Force shall des6 ignate a facility located on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 

7 to be named after Senator Alan J. Dixon in recognition 

8 of his significant public service achievements. 

9 SEC. 8137. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

10 to require that seafood procured for the Department of De11 fense from sustainably managed fisheries in the United 

12 States, as determined by the National Marine Fisheries 

13 Service, be required to additionally meet sustainability cer14 tification criteria prescribed by third-party nongovern15 mental organizations. 

16 SEC. 8138. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to— 

18 (1) disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a 

19 Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in 

20 accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 

21 Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 2006; or 

22 (2) close, downgrade from host to extension cen23 ter, or place on probation a Senior Reserve Officers’ 

24 Training Corps program in accordance with the in25 formation paper of the Department of the Army titled 
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1 ‘‘Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 

2 (SROTC) Program Review and Criteria’’, dated Jan3 uary 27, 2014. 

4 SEC. 8139. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act may be used to retire, di6 vest, or transfer, or to prepare or plan for the retirement, 

7 divestment, or transfer of, the entire KC–10 fleet during fis8 cal year 2015. 

9 SEC. 8140. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of 

11 the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), includ12 ing for the introduction of United States armed forces into 

13 hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where imminent 

14 involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the cir15 cumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters 

16 while equipped for combat, in contravention of the congres17 sional consultation and reporting requirements of sections 

18 3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 

19 SEC. 8141. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in stor21 age, or prepare to divest, retire, transfer, or place in stor22 age, any A–10 aircraft, or to disestablish any units of the 

23 active or reserve component associated with such aircraft. 
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1 TITLE IX 

2 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

4 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

6 Army’’, $3,259,970,000: Provided, That such amount is des7 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper8 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

9 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

13 Navy’’, $332,166,000: Provided, That such amount is des14 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper15 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

20 Marine Corps’’, $403,311,000: Provided, That such amount 

21 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op22 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

23 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

3 Air Force’’, $728,334,000: Provided, That such amount is 

4 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper5 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

6 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

10 Army’’, $24,990,000: Provided, That such amount is des11 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper12 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

17 Navy’’, $13,953,000: Provided, That such amount is des18 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper19 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Ma24 rine Corps’’, $5,069,000: Provided, That such amount is 

25 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
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1 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

2 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Air 

6 Force’’, $19,175,000: Provided, That such amount is des7 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper8 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

9 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per13 sonnel, Army’’, $174,778,000: Provided, That such amount 

14 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op15 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per20 sonnel, Air Force’’, $4,894,000: Provided, That such 

21 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin22 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec23 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte4 nance, Army’’, $18,108,656,000: Provided, That such 

5 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin6 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec7 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer8 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte11 nance, Navy’’, $6,253,819,000: Provided, That such amount 

12 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op13 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte18 nance, Marine Corps’’, $1,850,984,000: Provided, That such 

19 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin20 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec21 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer22 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte25 nance, Air Force’’, $10,076,383,000: Provided, That such 
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1 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin2 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec3 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer4 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte7 nance, Defense-Wide’’, $6,211,025,000: Provided, That of 

8 the funds provided under this heading, not to exceed 

9 $1,260,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2016, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 

11 nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ12 ing access, provided to United States military and stability 

13 operations in Afghanistan and Iraq: Provided further, That 

14 such reimbursement payments may be made in such 

15 amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence 

16 of the Secretary of State, and in consultation with the Di17 rector of the Office of Management and Budget, may deter18 mine, based on documentation determined by the Secretary 

19 of Defense to adequately account for the support provided, 

20 and such determination is final and conclusive upon the 

21 accounting officers of the United States, and 15 days fol22 lowing notification to the appropriate congressional com23 mittees: Provided further, That these funds may be used for 

24 the purpose of providing specialized training and procuring 

25 supplies and specialized equipment and providing such 
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1 supplies and loaning such equipment on a non-reimburs2 able basis to coalition forces supporting United States mili3 tary and stability operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and 

4 15 days following notification to the appropriate congres5 sional committees: Provided further, That these funds may 

6 be used to reimburse the government of Jordan, in such 

7 amounts as the Secretary of Defense may determine, to 

8 maintain the ability of the Jordanian armed forces to 

9 maintain security along the border between Jordan and 

10 Syria, upon 15 days prior written notification to the con11 gressional defense committees outlining the amounts reim12 bursed and the nature of the expenses to be reimbursed: Pro13 vided further, That not to exceed $15,000,000 can be used 

14 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 

15 on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, 

16 and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity 

17 for confidential military purposes: Provided further, That 

18 the authority in the preceding proviso may only be used 

19 for emergency and extraordinary expenses associated with 

20 activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Le21 vant: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 

22 provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense com23 mittees on the use of funds provided in this paragraph: Pro24 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con25 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
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1 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte5 nance, Army Reserve’’, $41,532,000: Provided, That such 

6 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin7 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec8 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte12 nance, Navy Reserve’’, $45,876,000: Provided, That such 

13 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin14 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec15 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer16 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte19 nance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, $10,540,000: Provided, That 

20 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

21 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu22 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte3 nance, Air Force Reserve’’, $77,794,000: Provided, That 

4 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

5 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu6 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

7 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte10 nance, Army National Guard’’, $77,661,000: Provided, 

11 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over12 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur13 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

14 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte17 nance, Air National Guard’’, $22,600,000: Provided, That 

18 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

19 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu20 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND

23 For the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 

24 $4,109,333,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2016: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 
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1 Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision 

2 of law, for the purpose of allowing the Commander, Com3 bined Security Transition Command—Afghanistan, or the 

4 Secretary’s designee, to provide assistance, with the concur5 rence of the Secretary of State, to the security forces of Af6 ghanistan, including the provision of equipment, supplies, 

7 services, training, facility and infrastructure repair, ren8 ovation, construction, and funding: Provided further, That 

9 the authority to provide assistance under this heading is 

10 in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to 

11 foreign nations: Provided further, That contributions of 

12 funds for the purposes provided herein from any person, 

13 foreign government, or international organization may be 

14 credited to this Fund, to remain available until expended, 

15 and used for such purposes: Provided further, That the Sec16 retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense com17 mittees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation 

18 of any contribution, delineating the sources and amounts 

19 of the funds received and the specific use of such contribu20 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 

21 not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating from this appro22 priation account, notify the congressional defense commit23 tees in writing of the details of any such obligation: Pro24 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the 

25 congressional defense committees of any proposed new 
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1 projects or transfer of funds between budget sub-activity 

2 groups in excess of $20,000,000: Provided further, That the 

3 United States may accept equipment procured using funds 

4 provided under this heading in this or prior Acts that was 

5 transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan and re6 turned by such forces to the United States: Provided further, 

7 That equipment procured using funds provided under this 

8 heading in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to 

9 the security forces of Afghanistan or transferred to the secu10 rity forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces to 

11 the United States, may be treated as stocks of the Depart12 ment of Defense upon written notification to the congres13 sional defense committees: Provided further, That of the 

14 funds provided under this heading, not less than 

15 $25,000,000 shall be for recruitment and retention of 

16 women in the Afghanistan National Security Forces, and 

17 the recruitment and training of female security personnel 

18 for the 2015 parliamentary elections: Provided further, 

19 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over20 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur21 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

22 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

24 For the ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’, 

25 $1,618,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2016: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 

2 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 

3 State, pursuant to section 1236 of the National Defense Au4 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, to provide assistance, 

5 including training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, 

6 and services; stipends; infrastructure repair, renovation, 

7 and sustainment to military and other security forces of 

8 or associated with the Government of Iraq, including Kurd9 ish and tribal security forces or other local security forces, 

10 with a national security mission, to counter the Islamic 

11 State in Iraq and the Levant: Provided further, That the 

12 Secretary of Defense shall ensure that prior to providing 

13 assistance to elements of any forces such elements are appro14 priately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing such ele15 ments for associations with terrorist groups or groups asso16 ciated with the Government of Iran; and receiving commit17 ments from such elements to promote respect for human 

18 rights and the rule of law: Provided further, That the Sec19 retary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, in20 cluding assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, in21 cluding the Government of Iraq, and other entities, to carry 

22 out assistance authorized under this heading: Provided fur23 ther, That contributions of funds for the purposes provided 

24 herein from any foreign government or other entities, may 

25 be credited to this Fund, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended, and used for such purposes: Provided further, That 

2 not more than 25 percent of the funds appropriated under 

3 this heading may be obligated or expended until not fewer 

4 than 15 days after (1) the Secretary of Defense submits a 

5 report to the appropriate congressional committees, describ6 ing the plan for the provision of such training and assist7 ance and the forces designated to receive such assistance, 

8 and (2) the President submits a report to the appropriate 

9 congressional committees on how assistance provided under 

10 this heading supports a larger regional strategy: Provided 

11 further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 

12 not more than 60 percent may be obligated or expended 

13 until not fewer than 15 days after the date on which the 

14 Secretary of Defense certifies to the appropriate congres15 sional committees that an amount equal to not less than 

16 40 percent of the amount provided under this heading has 

17 been contributed by other countries and entities for the pur18 poses for which funds are provided under this heading, of 

19 which at least 50 percent shall have been contributed or pro20 vided by the Government of Iraq: Provided further, That 

21 the limitation in the preceding proviso shall not apply if 

22 the Secretary of Defense determines, in writing, that the 

23 national security objectives of the United States will be 

24 compromised by the application of the limitation to such 

25 assistance, and notifies the appropriate congressional com-
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1 mittees not less than 15 days in advance of the exemption 

2 taking effect, including a justification for the Secretary’s 

3 determination and a description of the assistance to be ex4 empted from the application of such limitation: Provided 

5 further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive a provi6 sion of law relating to the acquisition of items and support 

7 services or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control 

8 Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines 

9 such provisions of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or oth10 erwise limit the provision of such assistance and a notice 

11 of and justification for such waiver is submitted to the ap12 propriate congressional committees: Provided further, That 

13 the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ under this 

14 heading means the ‘‘congressional defense committees’’, the 

15 Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the 

16 Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 

17 Affairs of the House of Representatives: Provided further, 

18 That amounts made available under this heading are des19 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper20 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

21 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the ‘‘Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund’’, 

4 $1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2016: Provided, That such funds shall be available to pro6 vide support and assistance to foreign security forces or 

7 other groups or individuals to conduct, support, or facilitate 

8 counterterrorism and crisis response activities pursuant to 

9 section 1534 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

10 Fiscal Year 2015: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

11 Defense shall transfer the funds provided herein to other ap12 propriations provided for in this Act to be merged with and 

13 to be available for the same purposes and subject to the same 

14 authorities and for the same time period as the appropria15 tion to which transferred: Provided further, That the trans16 fer authority under this heading is in addition to any other 

17 transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided 

18 further, That the funds available under this heading are 

19 available for transfer only to the extent that the Secretary 

20 of Defense submits a prior approval reprogramming request 

21 to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 

22 That the Secretary of Defense shall comply with the appro23 priate vetting standards and procedures established else24 where in this Act for any recipient of training, equipment, 

25 or other assistance: Provided further, That the amount pro-
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1 vided under this heading is designated by the Congress for 

2 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

3 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

4 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 EUROPEAN REASSURANCE INITIATIVE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the ‘‘European Reassurance Initiative’’, 

8 $175,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2015: Provided, That such funds shall be available under 

10 the authority provided to the Department of Defense by any 

11 other provision of law, for programs, activities, and assist12 ance to provide support to the Governments of Ukraine, Es13 tonia, Lithuania and Latvia, including the provision of 

14 training, equipment, and logistical supplies, support, and 

15 services, and the payment of incremental expenses of the 

16 Armed Forces associated with prepositioning additional 

17 equipment and undertaking additional or extended deploy18 ments in such countries and adjacent waters: Provided fur19 ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall transfer the funds 

20 provided herein to other appropriations provided for in this 

21 Act to be merged with and to be available for the same pur22 poses and for the same time period as the appropriation 

23 to which transferred: Provided further, That the Secretary 

24 of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to transfer25 ring amounts from this appropriation, notify the congres-
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1 sional defense committees in writing of the details of any 

2 such transfer: Provided further, That upon a determination 

3 by the Secretary of Defense that all or part of the funds 

4 transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for 

5 the purposes herein, such amounts may be transferred back 

6 to the appropriation and shall be available for the same 

7 purposes and for the same time period as originally appro8 priated: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro9 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans10 fer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur11 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 

12 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

13 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

14 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 PROCUREMENT 

16 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

18 Army’’, $196,200,000, to remain available until September 

19 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

20 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

21 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

22 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

23 1985. 
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1 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

3 Army’’, $32,136,000, to remain available until September 

4 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

5 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

6 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

8 1985. 

9 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

10 VEHICLES, ARMY

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weap12 ons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $5,000,000, to 

13 remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

14 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

15 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu16 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

17 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am20 munition, Army’’, $140,905,000, to remain available until 

21 September 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is des22 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper23 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

24 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

3 Army’’, $773,583,000, to remain available until September 

4 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

5 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

6 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

8 1985. 

9 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

11 Navy’’, $243,359,000, to remain available until September 

12 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

13 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

14 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

16 1985. 

17 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Procurement, 

19 Navy’’, $66,785,000, to remain available until September 

20 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

21 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

22 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

24 1985. 
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1 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

2 CORPS

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am4 munition, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $154,519,000, to re5 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

6 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

7 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu8 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

9 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

12 Navy’’, $123,710,000, to remain available until September 

13 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

14 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

15 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

16 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

17 1985. 

18 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine 

20 Corps’’, $65,589,000, to remain available until September 

21 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

22 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

23 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

24 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

25 1985. 
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1 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

3 Air Force’’, $481,019,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated 

5 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob6 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

7 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

8 of 1985. 

9 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

11 Air Force’’, $136,189,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated 

13 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob14 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

15 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

16 of 1985. 

17 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am19 munition, Air Force’’, $219,785,000, to remain available 

20 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is 

21 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper22 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

23 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

3 Air Force’’, $3,607,526,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated 

5 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob6 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

7 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

8 of 1985. 

9 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense11 Wide’’, $250,386,000, to remain available until September 

12 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

13 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

14 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

16 1985. 

17 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

18 For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat 

19 vehicles, ammunition, other weapons and other procure20 ment for the reserve components of the Armed Forces, 

21 $1,200,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 

22 September 30, 2017: Provided, That the Chiefs of National 

23 Guard and Reserve components shall, not later than 30 

24 days after enactment of this Act, individually submit to the 

25 congressional defense committees the modernization priority 
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1 assessment for their respective National Guard or Reserve 

2 component: Provided further, That such amount is des3 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper4 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

5 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

7 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

8 EVALUATION 

9 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop11 ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $2,000,000, to remain 

12 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That such 

13 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin14 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec15 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer16 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop19 ment, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, $36,020,000, to remain 

20 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That such 

21 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin22 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec23 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR

2 FORCE

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop4 ment, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $14,706,000, to re5 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 

6 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

7 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu8 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

9 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

11 DEFENSE-WIDE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop13 ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $174,647,000, 

14 to remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 

15 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over16 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur17 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

18 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

20 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working Cap22 ital Funds’’, $91,350,000: Provided, That such amount is 

23 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper24 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

4 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro6 gram’’, $300,531,000, which shall be for operation and 

7 maintenance: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

8 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

9 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

10 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

11 of 1985. 

12 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

13 DEFENSE

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and 

15 Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’, $205,000,000: Provided, 

16 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over17 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur18 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

19 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the ‘‘Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat 

23 Fund’’, $444,464,000, to remain available until September 

24 30, 2017: Provided, That such funds shall be available to 

25 the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provi-
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1 sion of law, for the purpose of allowing the Director of the 

2 Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization to 

3 investigate, develop and provide equipment, supplies, serv4 ices, training, facilities, personnel and funds to assist 

5 United States forces in the defeat of improvised explosive 

6 devices: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

7 may transfer funds provided herein to appropriations for 

8 military personnel; operation and maintenance; procure9 ment; research, development, test and evaluation; and de10 fense working capital funds to accomplish the purpose pro11 vided herein: Provided further, That this transfer authority 

12 is in addition to any other transfer authority available to 

13 the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to 

15 making transfers from this appropriation, notify the con16 gressional defense committees in writing of the details of 

17 any such transfer: Provided further, That such amount is 

18 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper19 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Inspec24 tor General’’, $10,623,000: Provided, That such amount is 

25 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
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1 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

2 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

5 SEC. 9001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, funds made available in this title are in addition to 

7 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 

8 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2015. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 9002. Upon the determination of the Secretary 

11 of Defense that such action is necessary in the national in12 terest, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Office 

13 of Management and Budget, transfer up to $3,500,000,000 

14 between the appropriations or funds made available to the 

15 Department of Defense in this title: Provided, That the Sec16 retary shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer 

17 made pursuant to the authority in this section: Provided 

18 further, That the authority provided in this section is in 

19 addition to any other transfer authority available to the 

20 Department of Defense and is subject to the same terms and 

21 conditions as the authority provided in the Department of 

22 Defense Appropriations Act, 2015. 

23 SEC. 9003. Supervision and administration costs and 

24 costs for design during construction associated with a con25 struction project funded with appropriations available for 
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1 operation and maintenance or the ‘‘Afghanistan Security 

2 Forces Fund’’ provided in this Act and executed in direct 

3 support of overseas contingency operations in Afghanistan, 

4 may be obligated at the time a construction contract is 

5 awarded: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, su6 pervision and administration costs and costs for design 

7 during construction include all in-house Government costs. 

8 SEC. 9004. From funds made available in this title, 

9 the Secretary of Defense may purchase for use by military 

10 and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in the 

11 U.S. Central Command area of responsibility: (a) passenger 

12 motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000 per vehicle; and 

13 (b) heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical secu14 rity of personnel or for force protection purposes up to a 

15 limit of $250,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or 

16 other limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger 

17 carrying vehicles. 

18 SEC. 9005. Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the amounts 

19 appropriated in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation 

20 and Maintenance, Army’’ may be used, notwithstanding 

21 any other provision of law, to fund the Commander’s Emer22 gency Response Program (CERP), for the purpose of ena23 bling military commanders in Afghanistan to respond to 

24 urgent, small-scale, humanitarian relief and reconstruction 

25 requirements within their areas of responsibility: Provided, 
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1 That each project (including any ancillary or related ele2 ments in connection with such project) executed under this 

3 authority shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, 

4 That not later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal 

5 year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

6 congressional defense committees a report regarding the 

7 source of funds and the allocation and use of funds during 

8 that quarter that were made available pursuant to the au9 thority provided in this section or under any other provi10 sion of law for the purposes described herein: Provided fur11 ther, That, not later than 30 days after the end of each 

12 month, the Army shall submit to the congressional defense 

13 committees monthly commitment, obligation, and expendi14 ture data for the Commander’s Emergency Response Pro15 gram in Afghanistan: Provided further, That not less than 

16 15 days before making funds available pursuant to the au17 thority provided in this section or under any other provi18 sion of law for the purposes described herein for a project 

19 with a total anticipated cost for completion of $500,000 or 

20 more, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 

21 committees a written notice containing each of the fol22 lowing: 

23 (1) The location, nature and purpose of the pro24 posed project, including how the project is intended to 
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1 advance the military campaign plan for the country 

2 in which it is to be carried out. 

3 (2) The budget, implementation timeline with 

4 milestones, and completion date for the proposed 

5 project, including any other CERP funding that has 

6 been or is anticipated to be contributed to the comple7 tion of the project. 

8 (3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed 

9 project, including the agreement with either the host 

10 nation, a non-Department of Defense agency of the 

11 United States Government or a third-party contrib12 utor to finance the sustainment of the activities and 

13 maintenance of any equipment or facilities to be pro14 vided through the proposed project. 

15 SEC. 9006. Funds available to the Department of De16 fense for operation and maintenance may be used, notwith17 standing any other provision of law, to provide supplies, 

18 services, transportation, including airlift and sealift, and 

19 other logistical support to coalition forces supporting mili20 tary and stability operations in Afghanistan: Provided, 

21 That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly re22 ports to the congressional defense committees regarding sup23 port provided under this section. 

24 SEC. 9007. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli-
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1 gated or expended by the United States Government for a 

2 purpose as follows: 

3 (1) To establish any military installation or base 

4 for the purpose of providing for the permanent sta5 tioning of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 

6 (2) To exercise United States control over any 

7 oil resource of Iraq. 

8 (3) To establish any military installation or base 

9 for the purpose of providing for the permanent sta10 tioning of United States Armed Forces in Afghani11 stan. 

12 SEC. 9008. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws en14 acted or regulations promulgated to implement the United 

15 Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, In16 human or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at 

17 New York on December 10, 1984): 

18 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 

19 Code. 

20 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 

21 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 

22 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 

23 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 

24 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Federal 
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1 Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal 

2 Regulations. 

3 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of 

4 Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to 

5 Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pan6 demic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–148). 

7 SEC. 9009. None of the funds provided for the ‘‘Afghan8 istan Security Forces Fund’’ (ASFF) may be obligated 

9 prior to the approval of a financial and activity plan by 

10 the Afghanistan Resources Oversight Council (AROC) of the 

11 Department of Defense: Provided, That the AROC must ap12 prove the requirement and acquisition plan for any service 

13 requirements in excess of $50,000,000 annually and any 

14 non-standard equipment requirements in excess of 

15 $100,000,000 using ASFF: Provided further, That the De16 partment of Defense must certify to the congressional de17 fense committees that the AROC has convened and approved 

18 a process for ensuring compliance with the requirements in 

19 the preceding proviso and accompanying report language 

20 for the ASFF. 

21 SEC. 9010. Funds made available in this title to the 

22 Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may 

23 be used to purchase items having an investment unit cost 

24 of not more than $250,000: Provided, That, upon deter25 mination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is 
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1 necessary to meet the operational requirements of a Com2 mander of a Combatant Command engaged in contingency 

3 operations overseas, such funds may be used to purchase 

4 items having an investment item unit cost of not more than 

5 $500,000. 

6 SEC. 9011. From funds made available to the Depart7 ment of Defense in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation 

8 and Maintenance, Air Force’’, up to $140,000,000 may be 

9 used by the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, to support United States Government 

11 transition activities in Iraq by funding the operations and 

12 activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and 

13 security assistance teams, including life support, transpor14 tation and personal security, and facilities renovation and 

15 construction, and site closeout activities prior to returning 

16 sites to the Government of Iraq: Provided, That to the extent 

17 authorized under the National Defense Authorization Act 

18 for Fiscal Year 2015, the operations and activities that may 

19 be carried out by the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq 

20 may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, include 

21 non-operational training activities in support of Iraqi Min22 ister of Defense and Counter Terrorism Service personnel 

23 in an institutional environment to address capability gaps, 

24 integrate processes relating to intelligence, air sovereignty, 

25 combined arms, logistics and maintenance, and to manage 
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1 and integrate defense-related institutions: Provided further, 

2 That not later than 30 days following the enactment of this 

3 Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 

4 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan 

5 for transitioning any such training activities that they de6 termine are needed after the end of fiscal year 2015, to exist7 ing or new contracts for the sale of defense articles or de8 fense services consistent with the provisions of the Arms Ex9 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.): Provided further, 

10 That not less than 15 days before making funds available 

11 pursuant to the authority provided in this section, the Sec12 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

13 committees a written notice containing a detailed justifica14 tion and timeline for the operations and activities of the 

15 Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq at each site where 

16 such operations and activities will be conducted during fis17 cal year 2015. 

18 SEC. 9012. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth19 erwise made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Oper20 ation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for payments under 

21 section 1233 of Public Law 110–181 for reimbursement to 

22 the Government of Pakistan may be made available unless 

23 the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

24 of State, certifies to the congressional defense committees 

25 that the Government of Pakistan is— 
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1 (1) cooperating with the United States in 

2 counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani Network, 

3 the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish4 e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other domestic and for5 eign terrorist organizations, including taking steps to 

6 end support for such groups and prevent them from 

7 basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out 

8 cross border attacks into neighboring countries; 

9 (2) not supporting terrorist activities against 

10 United States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and 

11 Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies are not 

12 intervening extra-judicially into political and judicial 

13 processes in Pakistan; 

14 (3) dismantling improvised explosive device 

15 (IED) networks and interdicting precursor chemicals 

16 used in the manufacture of IEDs; 

17 (4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-re18 lated material and expertise; 

19 (5) implementing policies to protect judicial 

20 independence and due process of law; 

21 (6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United 

22 States visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and 

23 assistance programs in Pakistan; and 
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1 (7) providing humanitarian organizations access 

2 to detainees, internally displaced persons, and other 

3 Pakistani civilians affected by the conflict. 

4 (b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 

5 Secretary of State, may waive the restriction in paragraph 

6 (a) on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 

7 congressional defense committees that it is in the national 

8 security interest to do so: Provided, That if the Secretary 

9 of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, ex10 ercises such waiver authority, the Secretaries shall report 

11 to the congressional defense committees on both the justifica12 tion for the waiver and on the requirements of this section 

13 that the Government of Pakistan was not able to meet: Pro14 vided further, That such report may be submitted in classi15 fied form if necessary. 

16 (RESCISSIONS)

17 SEC. 9013. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

18 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

19 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

20 in the specified amounts: Provided, That such amounts are 

21 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper22 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

23 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
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1 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2013/2015, 

2 $8,200,000; 

3 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2014/2016, 

4 $464,000,000; and 

5 ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 2014/2015, 

6 $764,380,000. 

7 SEC. 9014. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention of 

9 the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), includ10 ing for the introduction of United States armed or military 

11 forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in Syria 

12 where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indi13 cated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, air14 space, or waters while equipped for combat, in contraven15 tion of the congressional consultation and reporting require16 ments of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 

17 1543). 

18 SEC. 9015. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

19 in this Act, $250,000,000 is hereby appropriated, notwith20 standing any other provision of law, to conduct surface and 

21 subsurface clearance of unexploded ordnance at closed 

22 training ranges used by the Armed Forces of the United 

23 States in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds shall be 

24 available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

25 such ranges shall not have been transferred to the Islamic 
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1 Republic of Afghanistan for use by its armed forces: Pro2 vided further, That within 90 days of enactment of this Act, 

3 the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional 

4 defense committees a written plan to mitigate the threat 

5 of unexploded ordnance at such ranges, including a detailed 

6 spend plan: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

7 shall provide the congressional defense committees written 

8 progress reports every 180 days after the submission of the 

9 initial plan, until such funds are fully expended: Provided 

10 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

11 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter12 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

13 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 SEC. 9016. The Secretary of Defense is authorized, in 

15 coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assist16 ance, including training, equipment, supplies, sustainment 

17 and stipends, to appropriately vetted elements of the Syrian 

18 opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian groups 

19 or individuals for the following purposes: defending the Syr20 ian people from attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and 

21 the Levant (ISIL), and securing territory controlled by the 

22 Syrian opposition; protecting the United States, its friends 

23 and allies, and the Syrian people from the threats posed 

24 by terrorists in Syria; and promoting the conditions for 

25 a negotiated settlement to end the conflict in Syria: Pro-
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1 vided, That up to $500,000,000 of funds appropriated for 

2 the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund may be used for 

3 activities authorized by this section: Provided further, That 

4 the Secretary may accept and retain contributions, includ5 ing assistance in-kind, from foreign governments to carry 

6 out activities as authorized by this section and shall be cred7 ited to the appropriate appropriations accounts, except that 

8 any funds so accepted by the Secretary shall not be avail9 able for obligation until a reprogramming action is sub10 mitted to the congressional defense committees: Provided 

11 further, That the President and the Secretary of Defense 

12 shall comply with the reporting requirements in section 

13 149(b)(1), (b)(2), (c), and (d) of the Continuing Appropria14 tions Resolution, 2015 (Public Law 113–164): Provided 

15 further, That the term ‘‘appropriately vetted’’ as used in 

16 this section shall be construed to mean, at a minimum, as17 sessments of possible recipients for associations with ter18 rorist groups including the Islamic State of Iraq and the 

19 Levant (ISIL), Jabhat al Nusrah, Ahrar al Sham, other 

20 al-Qaeda related groups, Hezbollah, or Shia militias sup21 porting the Governments of Syria or Iran; and for commit22 ment to the rule of law and a peaceful and democratic 

23 Syria: Provided further, That none of the funds used pursu24 ant to this authority shall be used for the procurement or 

25 transfer of man portable air defense systems: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That nothing in this section shall be construed to con2 stitute a specific statutory authorization for the introduc3 tion of the United States Armed Forces into hostilities or 

4 into situations wherein hostilities are clearly indicated by 

5 the circumstances, in accordance with section 8(a)(1) of the 

6 War Powers Resolution: Provided further, That amounts 

7 made available by this section are designated by the Con8 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

9 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

11 Provided further, That the authority to provide assistance 

12 under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2015. 

13 SEC. 9017. None of the funds in this Act may be made 

14 available for the transfer of additional C–130 cargo aircraft 

15 to the Afghanistan National Security Forces or the Afghani16 stan Air Force until the Department of Defense provides 

17 a report to the congressional defense committees of the Af18 ghanistan Air Force’s medium airlift requirements. The re19 port should identify Afghanistan’s ability to utilize and 

20 maintain existing medium lift aircraft in the inventory 

21 and the best alternative platform, if necessary, to provide 

22 additional support to the Afghanistan Air Force’s current 

23 medium airlift capacity. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 9018. In addition to amounts appropriated in 

3 title II or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

4 $1,000,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 

5 of Defense and made available for transfer to the operation 

6 and maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, Marine 

7 Corps, and Air Force (including National Guard and re8 serve) for purposes of improving military readiness: Pro9 vided, That the transfer authority provided under this pro10 vision is in addition to any other transfer authority pro11 vided elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That such 

12 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin13 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec14 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 TITLE X 

17 EBOLA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS 

18 PROCUREMENT 

19 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense21 Wide’’, $17,000,000, to remain available until September 

22 30, 2017, for expenses related to the Ebola outbreak: Pro23 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 

24 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

4 EVALUATION 

5 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

6 DEFENSE-WIDE

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop8 ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $95,000,000, to 

9 remain available until September 30, 2016, for expenses re10 lated to developing technologies that are relevant to the 

11 Ebola outbreak: Provided, That such amount is designated 

12 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

13 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of De16 fense Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

17 DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL18 OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP19 PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

20 TITLE I 

21 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

22 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

23 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

24 The following appropriations shall be expended under 

25 the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
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1 vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func2 tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 

3 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro4 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 

5 INVESTIGATIONS

6 For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the 

7 collection and study of basic information pertaining to 

8 river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 

9 protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; 

10 for surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifica11 tions of proposed river and harbor, flood and storm damage 

12 reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restora13 tion projects, and related efforts prior to construction; for 

14 restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous inves15 tigations, and, when authorized by law, surveys and de16 tailed studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior 

17 to construction, $122,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended: Provided, That the Secretary may initiate up to, 

19 but not more than, 10 new study starts during fiscal year 

20 2015: Provided further, That the new study starts will con21 sist of seven studies where the majority of the benefits are 

22 derived from navigation transportation savings or from 

23 flood and storm damage reduction and three studies where 

24 the majority of the benefits are derived from environmental 

25 restoration: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not 
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1 deviate from the new starts proposed in the work plan, once 

2 the plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appro3 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

4 CONSTRUCTION

5 For expenses necessary for the construction of river 

6 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro7 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects 

8 authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, and 

9 plans and specifications, of such projects (including those 

10 involving participation by States, local governments, or 

11 private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by 

12 law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, 

13 shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to 

14 construction); $1,639,489,000, to remain available until ex15 pended; of which such sums as are necessary to cover the 

16 Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the 

17 Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be de18 rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as author19 ized by Public Law 104–303; and of which such sums as 

20 are necessary to cover one-half of the costs of construction, 

21 replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland water22 ways projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways 

23 Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for 

24 in law: Provided, That the Secretary may initiate up to, 

25 but not more than, four new construction starts during fis-
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1 cal year 2015: Provided further, That the new construction 

2 starts will consist of three projects where the majority of 

3 the benefits are derived from navigation transportation sav4 ings or from flood and storm damage reduction and one 

5 project where the majority of the benefits are derived from 

6 environmental restoration: Provided further, That for new 

7 construction projects, project cost sharing agreements shall 

8 be executed as soon as practicable but no later than August 

9 31, 2015: Provided further, That no allocation for a new 

10 start shall be considered final and no work allowance shall 

11 be made until the Secretary provides to the Committees on 

12 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

13 Senate an out-year funding scenario demonstrating the af14 fordability of the selected new start and the impacts on 

15 other projects: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 

16 deviate from the new starts proposed in the work plan, once 

17 the plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appro18 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

19 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

20 For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 

21 projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial 

22 valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by 

23 law, $302,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

24 which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share 

25 of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland har-
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1 bors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

2 Fund. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

4 For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, 

5 and care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm dam6 age reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 

7 projects authorized by law; providing security for infra8 structure owned or operated by the Corps, including admin9 istrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor 

10 channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public 

11 agency that serve essential navigation needs of general com12 merce, where authorized by law; surveying and charting 

13 northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; 

14 clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstruc15 tions to navigation, $2,908,511,000, to remain available 

16 until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover 

17 the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance 

18 costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland har19 bors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

20 Fund; of which such sums as become available from the spe21 cial account for the Corps of Engineers established by the 

22 Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be 

23 derived from that account for resource protection, research, 

24 interpretation, and maintenance activities related to re25 source protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation 
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1 is available; and of which such sums as become available 

2 from fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 104– 

3 303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and mainte4 nance of the dredged material disposal facilities for which 

5 such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of 

6 the total amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 

7 projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not 

8 be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin9 ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 

10 available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 

11 emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 

12 to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of Engi13 neers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any remain14 ing funds which have not been used for emergency activities 

15 proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided for 

16 the programs, projects, or activities. 

17 REGULATORY PROGRAM

18 For expenses necessary for administration of laws per19 taining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 

20 $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2016. 

22 FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

23 For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 

24 from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
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1 formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro2 gram, $101,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

4 For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, 

5 and other natural disasters and support emergency oper6 ations, repairs, and other activities in response to such dis7 asters as authorized by law, $28,000,000, to remain avail8 able until expended. 

9 EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 

11 administration of the civil works program in the head12 quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 

13 Division Engineers; and for costs of management and oper14 ation of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, 

15 the Institute for Water Resources, the United States Army 

16 Engineer Research and Development Center, and the 

17 United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center al18 locable to the civil works program, $178,000,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2016, of which not to exceed 

20 $5,000 may be used for official reception and representation 

21 purposes and only during the current fiscal year: Provided, 

22 That no part of any other appropriation provided in title 

23 I of this Act shall be available to fund the civil works activi24 ties of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works 

25 executive direction and management activities of the divi-
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1 sion offices: Provided further, That any Flood Control and 

2 Coastal Emergencies appropriation may be used to fund the 

3 supervision and general administration of emergency oper4 ations, repairs, and other activities in response to any flood, 

5 hurricane, or other natural disaster. 

6 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR

7 CIVIL WORKS

8 For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

9 for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 

10 $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS— 

12 CIVIL 

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 

15 of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 

16 to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act that 

17 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 

18 2015, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

19 through a reprogramming of funds that: 

20 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 

21 or activity; 

22 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

23 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro24 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

25 denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior approval 
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1 is received from the House and Senate Committees on 

2 Appropriations; 

3 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

4 activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 

5 is received from the House and Senate Committees on 

6 Appropriations; 

7 (5) augments or reduces existing programs, 

8 projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con9 tained in paragraphs 6 through 10, unless prior ap10 proval is received from the House and Senate Com11 mittees on Appropriations; 

12 (6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 

13 $100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 

14 amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 

15 or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 

16 less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 

17 $25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may be 

18 reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 

19 that did not receive an appropriation for existing ob20 ligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 

21 (7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 

22 $2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base 

23 amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, study 

24 or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 

25 less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming limit is 
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1 $300,000: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 

2 may be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, 

3 changed conditions, or real estate deficiency judg4 ments: Provided further, That up to $300,000 may be 

5 reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 

6 that did not receive an appropriation for existing ob7 ligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 

8 (8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlimited 

9 reprogramming authority is granted for the Corps to 

10 be able to respond to emergencies: Provided, That the 

11 Chief of Engineers shall notify the House and Senate 

12 Committees on Appropriations of these emergency ac13 tions as soon thereafter as practicable: Provided fur14 ther, That for a base level over $1,000,000, re15 programming of 15 percent of the base amount up to 

16 a limit of $5,000,000 per project, study or activity is 

17 allowed: Provided further, That for a base level less 

18 than $1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is 

19 $150,000: Provided further, That $150,000 may be re20 programmed into any continuing study or activity 

21 that did not receive an appropriation; 

22 (9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.—The 

23 reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), 

24 and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Construc25 tion, and Operation and Maintenance portions of the 
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1 Mississippi River and Tributaries Account respec2 tively; and 

3 (10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC4 TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 percent 

5 of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 

6 (b) DE MINIMIS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 

7 should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be submitted 

8 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

9 (c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Subsection 

10 (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity funded 

11 under the continuing authorities program. 

12 (d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the House 

14 and Senate Committees on Appropriations to establish the 

15 baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer au16 thorities for the current fiscal year which shall include: 

17 (1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa18 rate column to display the President’s budget request, 

19 adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 

20 enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fiscal year 

21 enacted level; and 

22 (2) A delineation in the table for each appro23 priation both by object class and program, project 

24 and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

25 the respective appropriations; and 
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1 (3) An identification of items of special congres2 sional interest. 

3 SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 

4 title may be used to award or modify any contract that 

5 commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 

6 program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex7 cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 

8 been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 

9 section 101. 

10 SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army may transfer to 

11 the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 

12 Service may accept and expend, up to $4,700,000 of funds 

13 provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 

14 Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps of 

15 Engineers projects. 

16 SEC. 104. Subsection (a)(6) of section 511 of the Water 

17 Resources Development Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3301 note; 

18 110 Stat. 3761–3762; 113 Stat. 375–376; 121 Stat. 1203) 

19 is amended by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘$43,400,000’’. 

21 SEC. 105. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 

22 available in this Act solely in accordance with the provi23 sions of this Act and the explanatory statement described 

24 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
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1 solidated Act), including the determination and designation 

2 of new starts. 

3 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to continue the study conducted by the 

5 Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to section 5018(a)(1) 

6 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public 

7 Law 110–114). 

8 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used within the borders of the State of Lou10 isiana by the Mississippi Valley Division or the South11 western Division of the Army Corps of Engineers or any 

12 district of the Corps within such divisions to implement or 

13 enforce the mitigation methodology, referred to as the 

14 ‘‘Modified Charleston Method’’. 

15 SEC. 108. (a) Of the funds made available in prior 

16 appropriations Acts for water resources efforts under the 

17 headings ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil, Department of the 

18 Army’’ that remain unobligated as of the date of enactment 

19 of this Act, including amounts specified in law for par20 ticular projects, programs, or activities, $28,000,000 is re21 scinded. 

22 (b) None of the funds under subsection (a) may be re23 scinded from amounts that the Congress designated as an 

24 emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolu-
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1 tion on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

3 SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 

4 or any other Act making appropriations for Energy and 

5 Water Development for any fiscal year may be used by the 

6 Corps of Engineers during the fiscal year ending September 

7 30, 2015, to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or en8 force any change to the regulations in effect on October 1, 

9 2012, pertaining to the definitions of the terms ‘‘fill mate10 rial’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’ for the purposes of the 

11 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 

12 seq.). 

13 SEC. 110. The limited reevaluation report initiated in 

14 fiscal year 2012 for the Mobile Harbor, Alabama navigation 

15 project shall include evaluation of the full depth of the 

16 project as authorized under section 201 of Public Law 99– 

17 662 (110 Stat. 4090) at the same non-Federal share of the 

18 cost as in the design agreement executed on August 14, 

19 2012. 

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

21 Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 

22 dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 

23 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.) for the activities iden24 tified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of 

25 the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A),(C)). 
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1 SEC. 112. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

2 and the U.S. Department of the Army shall withdraw the 

3 interpretive rule, ‘‘U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

4 and the U.S. Department of the Army Interpretive Rule 

5 Regarding the Applicability of the Clean Water Act Section 

6 404(f)(1)(A),’’ signed on March 25, 2014. 

7 TITLE II 

8 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

9 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

10 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

11 For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 

12 Utah Project Completion Act, $9,874,000, to remain avail13 able until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be deposited 

14 into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 

15 Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 

16 Conservation Commission: Provided, That of the amount 

17 provided under this heading, $1,300,000 shall be available 

18 until September 30, 2016, for necessary expenses incurred 

19 in carrying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of 

20 the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2015, 

21 of the amount made available to the Commission under this 

22 Act or any other Act, the Commission may use an amount 

23 not to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative expenses. 
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1 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

2 The following appropriations shall be expended to exe3 cute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation: 

4 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For management, development, and restoration of 

7 water and related natural resources and for related activi8 ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita9 tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 

10 fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri11 cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 

12 agreements with, State and local governments, federally rec13 ognized Indian tribes, and others, $978,131,000, to remain 

14 available until expended, of which $25,000 shall be avail15 able for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund 

16 and $6,840,000 shall be available for transfer to the Lower 

17 Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such 

18 amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the Colo19 rado River Dam Fund: Provided, That such transfers may 

20 be increased or decreased within the overall appropriation 

21 under this heading: Provided further, That of the total ap22 propriated, the amount for program activities that can be 

23 financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Rec24 lamation special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 

25 shall be derived from that Fund or account: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are avail2 able until expended for the purposes for which the funds 

3 were contributed: Provided further, That funds advanced 

4 under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and 

5 are available until expended for the same purposes as the 

6 sums appropriated under this heading: Provided further, 

7 That of the amounts provided herein, funds may be used 

8 for high-priority projects which shall be carried out by the 

9 Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 

10 1706. 

11 CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

12 For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat 

13 restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the 

14 Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $56,995,000, to be 

15 derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 

16 Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 

17 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 

18 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu19 reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full 

20 amount of the additional mitigation and restoration pay21 ments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102– 

22 575: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail23 able under this heading may be used for the acquisition or 

24 leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water is al-
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1 ready committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted 

2 decree or order. 

3 CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 

6 Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 

7 consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 

8 the Interior, $37,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 

10 carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 

11 accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 

12 out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro13 priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs 

14 of CALFED Program management: Provided further, That 

15 CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a bal16 anced manner with clear performance measures dem17 onstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals and 

18 objectives of the Program. 

19 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

20 For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and 

21 related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 

22 Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 

23 of Reclamation, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2016, $58,500,000, to be derived from the Reclamation 

25 Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 
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1 377: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in 

2 this Act shall be available for activities or functions budg3 eted as policy and administration expenses. 

4 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

6 Of the unobligated balances available under this head7 ing, $500,000 is hereby rescinded. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 

10 be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 

11 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 

13 INTERIOR 

14 SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 

15 of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 

16 by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities 

17 funded in title II of this Act for Water and Related Re18 sources that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

19 in fiscal year 2015, shall be available for obligation or ex20 penditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 

21 (1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 

22 or activity; 

23 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

24 (3) increases funds for any program, project, or 

25 activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
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1 by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Senate; 

4 (4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 

5 activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 

6 unless prior approval is received from the Committees 

7 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

8 and the Senate; 

9 (5) transfers funds in excess of the following lim10 its, unless prior approval is received from the Com11 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Represent12 atives and the Senate: 

13 (A) 15 percent for any program, project or 

14 activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail15 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 

16 (B) $300,000 for any program, project or 

17 activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail18 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 

19 (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the 

20 Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilita21 tion category or the Resources Management and De22 velopment category to any program, project, or activ23 ity in the other category, unless prior approval is re24 ceived from the Committees on Appropriations of the 

25 House of Representatives and the Senate; or 
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1 (7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 

2 obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 

3 $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled con4 tractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to 

5 accelerated rates of operations, and real estate defi6 ciency judgments, unless prior approval is received 

7 from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

8 of Representatives and the Senate. 

9 (b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 

10 of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 

11 Rehabilitation category. 

12 (c) For purposes of this section, the term transfer 

13 means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 

14 project, or activity. 

15 (d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 

16 on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 

17 of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 

18 all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac19 tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 

20 shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of 

21 enactment of this Act. 

22 SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act may be used to determine 

24 the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for 

25 the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of 
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1 the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 

2 shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 

3 of California as approved by the Administrator of the Envi4 ronmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental 

5 effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 

6 (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro7 gram and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage 

8 Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior 

9 as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully 

10 repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program—Alternative 

11 Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alternative Repay12 ment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repayment 

13 Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San 

14 Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, pre15 pared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Rec16 lamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United 

17 States relating to, or providing for, drainage service or 

18 drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully reim19 bursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or 

20 studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 

21 SEC. 203. Section 9504(e) of the Secure Water Act of 

22 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking 

23 ‘‘$200,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000,000’’. 
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1 SEC. 204. Section 301 of the Reclamation States 

2 Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) 

3 is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 

4 SEC. 205. Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed 

5 Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended 

6 by section 210 of Public Law 111–85, is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘2015’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 

8 SEC. 206. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the In9 terior may fund or participate in pilot projects to increase 

10 Colorado River System water in Lake Mead and the initial 

11 units of Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs, as au12 thorized by the first section of the Act of April 11, 1956 

13 (43 U.S.C. 620), to address the effects of historic drought 

14 conditions. 

15 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—Pilot projects under this sec16 tion are authorized to be funded through— 

17 (1) grants by the Secretary to public entities that 

18 use water from the Colorado River Basin for munic19 ipal purposes for projects that are implemented by 1 

20 or more non-Federal entities; or 

21 (2) grants or other appropriate financial agree22 ments to provide additional funds for renewing or 

23 implementing water conservation agreements that are 

24 in existence on the date of enactment of this Act. 

25 (c) LIMITATIONS.— 
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1 (1) Funds in the Upper Colorado River Basin 

2 Fund established by section 5 of the Colorado River 

3 Storage Project Act (43 U.S.C. 620d) and the Lower 

4 Colorado River Basin Development Fund established 

5 by section 403 of the Colorado River Basin Project 

6 Act (43 U.S.C. 1543) shall not be used to carry out 

7 this section; and 

8 (2) the authority to fund these pilot projects 

9 through grants shall terminate on September 30, 

10 2018. 

11 (d) REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than 

12 September 30, 2018, the Secretary shall submit to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations and Natural Resources of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Committees on Appro15 priations and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

16 a report evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot projects de17 scribed in subsection (a) and a recommendation to Congress 

18 whether the activities undertaken by the pilot projects 

19 should be continued. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

3 ENERGY PROGRAMS 

4 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

6 For Department of Energy expenses including the pur7 chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 

8 equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy effi9 ciency and renewable energy activities in carrying out the 

10 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con12 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

13 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

14 $1,936,999,858, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That $160,000,000 shall be available until September 

16 30, 2016, for program direction: Provided further, That, of 

17 the amount provided under this heading, the Secretary may 

18 transfer up to $45,000,000 to the Defense Production Act 

19 Fund for activities of the Department of Energy pursuant 

20 to the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 

21 2061, et seq.): Provided further, That $13,064,858 from un22 obligated balances available from prior year appropriations 

23 provided under this heading is hereby rescinded, of which 

24 $145,204 is from Public Law 111–8 and $696,654 is from 

25 Public Law 111–85: Provided further, That no amounts 
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1 may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 

2 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 

3 concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 

4 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY

6 For Department of Energy expenses including the pur7 chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 

8 equipment, and other expenses necessary for electricity de9 livery and energy reliability activities in carrying out the 

10 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con12 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

13 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

14 $147,306,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That $27,606,000 shall be available until September 

16 30, 2016, for program direction. 

17 NUCLEAR ENERGY

18 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

19 For Department of Energy expenses including the pur20 chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 

21 equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear energy 

22 activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

23 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in24 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop25 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
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1 struction, or expansion, $913,500,000, to remain available 

2 until expended: Provided, That, of the amount made avail3 able under this heading, $80,000,000 shall be available 

4 until September 30, 2016, for program direction including 

5 official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 

6 $10,000: Provided further, That, of the funds made avail7 able under this heading in prior years, $80,000,000 of unob8 ligated balances is hereby rescinded, including up to 

9 $18,000,000 from funds provided for program direction ac10 tivities: Provided further, That no amounts may be re11 scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

12 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res13 olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

16 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car17 rying out fossil energy research and development activities, 

18 under the authority of the Department of Energy Organiza19 tion Act (Public Law 95–91), including the acquisition of 

20 interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in any 

21 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi22 tion or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, techno23 logical investigations and research concerning the extrac24 tion, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances 

25 without objectionable social and environmental costs (30 
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1 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), $571,000,000, to remain avail2 able until expended: Provided, That $119,000,000 shall be 

3 available until September 30, 2016, for program direction. 

4 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

5 For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry 

6 out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 

7 $19,950,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

8 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobli9 gated funds remaining from prior years shall be available 

10 for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities. 

11 ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND

12 For necessary expenses in fulfilling the final payment 

13 under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the United 

14 States and the State of California on October 11, 1996, as 

15 authorized by section 3415 of Public Law 104–106, 

16 $15,579,815, for payment to the State of California for the 

17 State Teachers’ Retirement Fund, of which $15,579,815 

18 shall be derived from the Elk Hills School Lands Fund. 

19 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

20 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

21 Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and oper22 ations and program management activities pursuant to the 

23 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 

24 seq.), $200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

3 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

4 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 

5 and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 

6 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $7,600,000, 

7 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

8 unobligated balances from prior year appropriations avail9 able under this heading, $6,000,000 is hereby rescinded: 

10 Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

11 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer12 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

13 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

14 Control Act of 1985. 

15 ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

16 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car17 rying out the activities of the Energy Information Adminis18 tration, $117,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

20 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

21 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap22 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense 

23 environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the pur24 poses of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 

25 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con-
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1 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

2 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

3 $246,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That funding made available under this heading 

5 may be made available for 15–D–410 Fort St. Vrain Facil6 ity Improvements Project. 

7 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

8 DECOMMISSIONING FUND

9 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car10 rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 

11 and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activities 

12 of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, 

13 subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $625,000,000, 

14 to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamina15 tion and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until 

16 expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be available in accord17 ance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 

18 1992. 

19 SCIENCE

20 For Department of Energy expenses including the pur21 chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 

22 equipment, and other expenses necessary for science activi23 ties in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En24 ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 

25 the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 
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1 facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 

2 expansion, and purchase of not more than 17 passenger 

3 motor vehicles for replacement only, including two buses, 

4 $5,071,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That $183,700,000 shall be available until September 

6 30, 2016, for program direction: Provided further, That no 

7 funding may be made available for United States cash con8 tributions to the International Thermonuclear Experi9 mental Reactor project until its governing Council imple10 ments the recommendations of the Third Biennial Inter11 national Organization Management Assessment Report: 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary of Energy may waive 

13 this requirement upon submission to the Committees on Ap14 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

15 a determination that the Council is making satisfactory 

16 progress towards implementation of such recommendations. 

17 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY

18 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car19 rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 

20 America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69), as amend21 ed, $280,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That $28,000,000 shall be available until September 

23 30, 2016, for program direction. 
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1 TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE

2 PROGRAM

3 Such sums as are derived from amounts received from 

4 borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy 

5 Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be col6 lected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congres7 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That, for necessary 

8 administrative expenses to carry out this Loan Guarantee 

9 program, $42,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

11 $25,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) 

12 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited as offset13 ting collections to this account to cover administrative ex14 penses and shall remain available until expended, so as to 

15 result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation from the 

16 general fund estimated at not more than $17,000,000: Pro17 vided further, That fees collected under section 1702(h) in 

18 excess of the amount appropriated for administrative ex19 penses shall not be available until appropriated: Provided 

20 further, That the Department of Energy shall not subordi21 nate any loan obligation to other financing in violation of 

22 section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordi23 nate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other debt 

24 obligations in violation of section 609.10 of title 10, Code 

25 of Federal Regulations. 
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1 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING

2 LOAN PROGRAM

3 For Department of Energy administrative expenses 

4 necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles 

5 Manufacturing Loan Program, $4,000,000, to remain 

6 available until September 30, 2016. 

7 CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

8 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

9 Of the unobligated balances from prior year appro10 priations under this heading, $6,600,000 is hereby perma11 nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re12 scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

13 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res14 olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

16 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

17 For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy 

18 necessary for departmental administration in carrying out 

19 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $245,142,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2016, including the hire of passenger 

22 motor vehicles and official reception and representation ex23 penses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional amounts 

24 as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of 

25 cost of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of 
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1 the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, 

2 That such increases in cost of work are offset by revenue 

3 increases of the same or greater amount: Provided further, 

4 That moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous 

5 revenues estimated to total $119,171,000 in fiscal year 2015 

6 may be retained and used for operating expenses within this 

7 account, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95– 

8 238, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Pro9 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 

10 reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year 

11 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation 

12 from the general fund estimated at not more than 

13 $125,971,000: Provided further, That $31,181,000 is for 

14 Energy Policy and Systems Analysis: Provided further, 

15 That of the funds made available for Energy Policy and 

16 Systems Analysis, the Secretary may obligate only 

17 $26,000,000 until the report required under section 315(f) 

18 of this Act has been submitted to Congress. 

19 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen22 eral Act of 1978, $40,500,000, to remain available until 

23 September 30, 2016. 
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1 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

2 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

3 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

6 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap7 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

8 atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 

9 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con11 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

12 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and the 

13 purchase of not to exceed 4 passenger vehicles, 

14 $8,231,770,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That $97,118,000 shall be available until September 

16 30, 2016, for program direction: Provided further, That of 

17 the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 

18 available under this heading, $45,113,000 is hereby re19 scinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be re20 scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

21 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res22 olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer23 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

3 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

4 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap5 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

6 defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 

7 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

8 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con9 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

10 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

11 $1,641,369,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That funds provided by this Act for Project 99–D– 

13 143, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, and by prior 

14 Acts that remain unobligated for such Project, may be made 

15 available only for construction and program support activi16 ties for such Project: Provided further, That of the unobli17 gated balances from prior year appropriations available 

18 under this heading, $24,731,000 is hereby rescinded: Pro19 vided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

20 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer21 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

22 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

23 Control Act of 1985. 
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1 NAVAL REACTORS

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

3 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

4 naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of En5 ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 

6 the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, 

7 or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equip8 ment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,238,500,000, to 

9 remain available until expended: Provided, That 

10 $41,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, 

11 for program direction: Provided further, That $4,500,000 

12 from unobligated balances available from prior year appro13 priations provided under this heading is hereby rescinded: 

14 Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

15 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer16 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

17 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

18 Control Act of 1985. 

19 FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses for Federal Salaries and Ex21 penses (previously the Office of the Administrator) in the 

22 National Nuclear Security Administration, $370,000,000, 

23 to remain available until September 30, 2016, including 

24 official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 

25 $12,000. 
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 

2 ACTIVITIES 

3 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

6 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap7 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic en8 ergy defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying 

9 out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

10 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

11 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

12 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

13 and the purchase of not to exceed one sport utility vehicle, 

14 one heavy duty truck, two ambulances, and one ladder fire 

15 truck for replacement only, $5,010,830,000, to remain 

16 available until expended: Provided, That $280,784,000 shall 

17 be available until September 30, 2016, for program direc18 tion: Provided further, That $10,830,000 from unobligated 

19 balances available from prior year appropriations provided 

20 under this heading is hereby rescinded: Provided further, 

21 That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 

22 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

23 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

24 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

25 1985. 
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1 DEFENSE URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

2 DECOMMISSIONING

3 For an additional amount for atomic energy of defense 

4 environmental cleanup activities for Department of Energy 

5 contributions for uranium enrichment decontamination 

6 and decommissioning activities, $463,000,000, to be depos7 ited into the Defense Environmental Cleanup account 

8 which shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium Enrichment De9 contamination and Decommissioning Fund’’. 

10 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

11 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

12 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap13 ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic en14 ergy defense, other defense activities, and classified activi15 ties, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En16 ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 

17 the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 

18 any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc19 tion, or expansion, $754,000,000, to remain available until 

20 expended: Provided, That $249,378,000 shall be available 

21 until September 30, 2016, for program direction. 

22 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATION 

23 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

24 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra25 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are 
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1 approved for the Black Canyon Trout Hatchery and, in ad2 dition, for official reception and representation expenses in 

3 an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That during fis4 cal year 2015, no new direct loan obligations may be made. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

6 ADMINISTRATION

7 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 

8 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 

9 power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 

10 ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Con11 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south12 eastern power area, $7,220,000, including official reception 

13 and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 

14 $1,500, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

15 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood 

16 Control Act of 1944, up to $7,220,000 collected by the 

17 Southeastern Power Administration from the sale of power 

18 and related services shall be credited to this account as dis19 cretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 

20 expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual ex21 penses of the Southeastern Power Administration: Provided 

22 further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex23 penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 

24 the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 

25 appropriation estimated at not more than $0: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 

2 $73,579,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Adminis3 tration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover 

4 purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 

5 this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 

6 until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

7 power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 

8 for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 

9 expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 

10 that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 

11 wheeling expenses). 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance 

15 of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric 

16 power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 

17 transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 

18 and for administrative expenses, including official recep19 tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex20 ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 

21 Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the South22 western Power Administration, $46,240,000, to remain 

23 available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

24 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 

25 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $34,840,000 collected by the 
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1 Southwestern Power Administration from the sale of power 

2 and related services shall be credited to this account as dis3 cretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 

4 expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual ex5 penses of the Southwestern Power Administration: Provided 

6 further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex7 penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 

8 the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 

9 appropriation estimated at not more than $11,400,000: 

10 Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

11 up to $53,000,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Ad12 ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to 

13 recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred14 ited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail15 able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

16 power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That, 

17 for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 

18 expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 

19 that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 

20 wheeling expenses). 

21 CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND

22 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION

23 For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 

24 section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 

25 7152), and other related activities including conservation 
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1 and renewable resources programs as authorized, 

2 $304,402,000, including official reception and representa3 tion expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain 

4 available until expended, of which $296,321,000 shall be de5 rived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation 

6 Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sec7 tion 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), 

8 and section 1 of the Interior Department Appropriation 

9 Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to $211,030,000 collected 

10 by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale 

11 of power and related services shall be credited to this ac12 count as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 

13 available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 

14 the annual expenses of the Western Area Power Administra15 tion: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 

16 for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are re17 ceived during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal 

18 year 2015 appropriation estimated at not more than 

19 $93,372,000, of which $85,291,000 is derived from the Rec20 lamation Fund: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 

21 U.S.C. 3302, up to $260,510,000 collected by the Western 

22 Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 

23 Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to 

24 recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred25 ited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
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1 able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

2 power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That, 

3 for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 

4 expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 

5 that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 

6 wheeling expenses). 

7 FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE

8 FUND

9 For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 

10 the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 

11 Dams, $4,727,000, to remain available until expended, and 

12 to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 

13 Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Administra14 tion, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 

15 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding the provi16 sions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $4,499,000 

17 collected by the Western Area Power Administration from 

18 the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and 

19 Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as discre20 tionary offsetting collections, to remain available until ex21 pended for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses 

22 of the hydroelectric facilities of these Dams and associated 

23 Western Area Power Administration activities: Provided 

24 further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex25 penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 
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1 the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 

2 appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000: Pro3 vided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, an4 nual expenses means expenditures that are generally recov5 ered in the same year that they are incurred: Provided fur6 ther, That for fiscal year 2015, the Administrator of the 

7 Western Area Power Administration may accept up to 

8 $802,000 in funds contributed by United States power cus9 tomers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit into 

10 the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, 

11 and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which 

12 contributed in like manner as if said sums had been specifi13 cally appropriated for such purpose: Provided further, That 

14 any such funds shall be available without further appro15 priation and without fiscal year limitation for use by the 

16 Commissioner of the United States Section of the Inter17 national Boundary and Water Commission for the sole pur18 pose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 

19 replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these 

20 Dams in accordance with agreements reached between the 

21 Administrator, Commissioner, and the power customers. 

22 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regu25 latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
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1 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

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

3 the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and official reception 

4 and representation expenses not to exceed $3,000, 

5 $304,389,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not more 

7 than $5,400,000 may be made available for salaries, travel, 

8 and other support costs for the offices of the Commissioners: 

9 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

10 of law, not to exceed $304,389,000 of revenues from fees and 

11 annual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 

12 year 2015 shall be retained and used for necessary expenses 

13 in this account, and shall remain available until expended: 

14 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

15 the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received 

16 during fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year 

17 2015 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 

18 more than $0. 

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 

20 ENERGY 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 

23 made available by this title for the Department of Energy 

24 shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 

25 or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 
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1 or similar arrangements (including Requests for 

2 Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Oppor3 tunity Announcements) for a program, project, or activity 

4 if the program, project, or activity has not been funded by 

5 Congress. 

6 (b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Com7 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

8 and the Senate at least 3 full business days in advance, 

9 none of the funds made available in this title may be used 

10 to— 

11 (A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 

12 grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 

13 (B) make a discretionary contract award or 

14 Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or 

15 more, including a contract covered by the Federal Ac16 quisition Regulation; 

17 (C) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, 

18 award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in sub19 paragraph (A) or (B); or 

20 (D) announce publicly the intention to make an 

21 allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits 

22 in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

23 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

25 and the Senate within 15 days of the conclusion of each 
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1 quarter a report detailing each grant allocation or discre2 tionary grant award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided 

3 during the previous quarter. 

4 (3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the 

5 report required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient 

6 of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal year for 

7 which the funds for the award were appropriated, the ac8 count and program, project, or activity from which the 

9 funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and a brief 

10 description of the activity for which the award is made. 

11 (c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 

12 to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au13 thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De14 partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 

15 multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 

16 a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 

17 (1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

18 is funded for the full period of performance as antici19 pated at the time of award; or 

20 (2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

21 includes a clause conditioning the Federal Govern22 ment’s obligation on the availability of future year 

23 budget authority and the Secretary notifies the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Represent25 atives and the Senate at least 3 days in advance. 
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1 (d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 

2 the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 

3 as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and activi4 ties specified in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Depart5 ment of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title 

6 III—Department of Energy’’ in the explanatory statement 

7 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 

8 of this consolidated Act). 

9 (e) The amounts made available by this title may be 

10 reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 

11 the Department shall notify the Committees on Appropria12 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 

13 30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming 

14 which would cause any program, project, or activity fund15 ing level to increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 

16 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time period cov17 ered by this Act. 

18 (f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 

19 available for obligation or expenditure through a re20 programming of funds that— 

21 (1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 

22 project, or activity; 

23 (2) increases funds or personnel for any pro24 gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 

25 or restricted by this Act; or 
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1 (3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for 

2 a specific program, project, or activity by this Act. 

3 (g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re4 quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 

5 use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 

6 if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 

7 pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 

8 welfare, or national security. 

9 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit10 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

11 the Senate of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as 

12 practicable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 

13 activity to which a requirement or restriction would other14 wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 

15 of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 

16 such waiver. 

17 SEC. 302. The unexpended balances of prior appro18 priations provided for activities in this Act may be avail19 able to the same appropriation accounts for such activities 

20 established pursuant to this title. Available balances may 

21 be merged with funds in the applicable established accounts 

22 and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the 

23 same time period as originally enacted. 

24 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated by this or any other 

25 Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, 
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1 for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically au2 thorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 

3 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal 

4 year 2015 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authoriza5 tion Act for fiscal year 2015. 

6 SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 

7 title shall be used for the construction of facilities classified 

8 as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 

9 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Office of 

10 Independent Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project 

11 is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 

12 SEC. 305. None of the funds made available in this 

13 title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 

14 decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 

15 any successive departmental guidance, for construction 

16 projects where the total project cost exceeds $100,000,000, 

17 until a separate independent cost estimate has been devel18 oped for the project for that critical decision. 

19 SEC. 306. (a) SECRETARIAL DETERMINATIONS.—In 

20 this fiscal year, and in each subsequent fiscal year, any de21 termination (including a determination made prior to the 

22 date of enactment of this Act) by the Secretary of Energy 

23 under section 3112(d)(2)(B) of the USEC Privatization Act 

24 (110 Stat. 1321–335), as amended, shall be valid for not 
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1 more than 2 calendar years subsequent to such determina2 tion. 

3 (b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—In this fiscal 

4 year, and in each subsequent fiscal year, not less than 30 

5 days prior to the provision of uranium in any form the 

6 Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on Appro7 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

8 of the following— 

9 (1) the provisions of law (including regulations) 

10 authorizing the provision of uranium; 

11 (2) the amount of uranium to be provided; 

12 (3) an estimate by the Secretary of Energy of the 

13 gross fair market value of the uranium on the ex14 pected date of the provision of the uranium; 

15 (4) the expected date of the provision of the ura16 nium; 

17 (5) the recipient of the uranium; 

18 (6) the value the Secretary of Energy expects to 

19 receive in exchange for the uranium, including any 

20 adjustments to the gross fair market value of the ura21 nium; and 

22 (7) whether the uranium to be provided is en23 cumbered by any restriction on use under an inter24 national agreement or otherwise. 
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1 SEC. 307. Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, 

2 none of the funds made available under the heading ‘‘De3 partment of Energy—Energy Programs—Science’’ may be 

4 used for a multiyear contract, grant, cooperative agreement, 

5 or Other Transaction Agreement of $1,000,000 or less unless 

6 the contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other Trans7 action Agreement is funded for the full period of perform8 ance as anticipated at the time of award. 

9 SEC. 308. In fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal 

10 years, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congres11 sional defense committees (as defined in U.S.C. 101(a)(16)) 

12 a report, on each major warhead refurbishment program 

13 that reaches the Phase 6.3 milestone, that provides an anal14 ysis of alternatives. Such report shall include— 

15 (1) a full description of alternatives considered 

16 prior to the award of Phase 6.3; 

17 (2) a comparison of the costs and benefits of each 

18 of those alternatives, to include an analysis of trade19 offs among cost, schedule, and performance objectives 

20 against each alternative considered; 

21 (3) identification of the cost and risk of critical 

22 technology elements associated with each alternative, 

23 including technology maturity, integration risk, man24 ufacturing feasibility, and demonstration needs; 
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1 (4) identification of the cost and risk of addi2 tional capital asset and infrastructure capabilities re3 quired to support production and certification of each 

4 alternative; 

5 (5) a comparative analysis of the risks, costs, 

6 and scheduling needs for any military requirement 

7 intended to enhance warhead safety, security, or 

8 maintainability, including any requirement to con9 solidate and/or integrate warhead systems or mods as 

10 compared to at least one other feasible refurbishment 

11 alternative the Nuclear Weapons Council considers 

12 appropriate; and 

13 (6) a life-cycle cost estimate for the alternative 

14 selected that details the overall cost, scope, and sched15 ule planning assumptions. 

16 SEC. 309. (a) Unobligated balances available from 

17 prior year appropriations are hereby rescinded from the fol18 lowing accounts of the Department of Energy in the speci19 fied amounts: 

20 (1) ‘‘Energy Programs—Energy Efficiency and 

21 Renewable Energy’’, $9,740,000. 

22 (2) ‘‘Energy Programs—Electricity Delivery and 

23 Energy Reliability’’, $331,000. 

24 (3) ‘‘Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, 

25 $121,000. 
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1 (4) ‘‘Energy Programs—Fossil Energy Research 

2 and Development’’, $10,413,000. 

3 (5) ‘‘Energy Programs—Science’’, $3,262,000. 

4 (6) ‘‘Energy Programs—Advanced Research 

5 Projects Agency—Energy’’, $18,000. 

6 (7) ‘‘Energy Programs—Departmental Adminis7 tration’’, $928,000. 

8 (8) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—Na9 tional Nuclear Security Administration—Weapons 

10 Activities’’, $6,298,000. 

11 (9) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—Na12 tional Nuclear Security Administration—Defense Nu13 clear Nonproliferation’’, $1,390,000. 

14 (10) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—Na15 tional Nuclear Security Administration—Naval Re16 actors’’, $160,000. 

17 (11) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—Na18 tional Nuclear Security Administration—Office of the 

19 Administrator’’, $413,000. 

20 (12) ‘‘Environmental and Other Defense Activi21 ties—Defense Environmental Cleanup’’, $9,983,000. 

22 (13) ‘‘Environmental and Other Defense Activi23 ties—Other Defense Activities’’, $551,000. 

24 (14) ‘‘Power Marketing Administrations—Con25 struction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Mainte-
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1 nance, Western Area Power Administration’’, 

2 $1,632,000. 

3 (b) No amounts may be rescinded by this section from 

4 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer5 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

6 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

7 Control Act of 1985. 

8 SEC. 310. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

9 or any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear Non10 proliferation’’ may be made available to enter into new con11 tracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance to, 

12 the Russian Federation. 

13 (b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition 

14 in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that such ac15 tivity is in the national security interests of the United 

16 States. This waiver authority may not be delegated. 

17 (c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effective 

18 until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary submits 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Senate, in classified form if necessary, 

21 a report on the justification for the waiver. 

22 SEC. 311. Of the funds authorized by the Secretary of 

23 Energy for laboratory directed research and development, 

24 no individual program, project, or activity funded by this 

25 or any subsequent Act making appropriations for Energy 
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1 and Water Development for any fiscal year may be charged 

2 more than the statutory maximum authorized for such ac3 tivities: Provided, That this section shall take effect not ear4 lier than October 1, 2015. 

5 SEC. 312. (a) DOMESTIC URANIUM ENRICHMENT.— 

6 None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 

7 or that may be available to the Department of Energy may 

8 be used for the construction of centrifuges for the production 

9 of enriched uranium for national security needs in fiscal 

10 year 2015. 

11 (b) The Department shall provide a report to the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

13 and the Senate not later than April 30, 2015 that includes: 

14 (1) an accounting of the current and future 

15 availability of low-enriched uranium, highly-enriched 

16 uranium, and tritium to meet defense needs; and 

17 (2) a cost-benefit analysis of each of the options 

18 available to supply enriched uranium for defense pur19 poses, including a preliminary cost and schedule esti20 mate to build a national security train. 

21 SEC. 313. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used— 

23 (1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) of 

24 title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; or 
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1 (2) to implement or enforce the standards estab2 lished by the tables contained in section 325(i)(1)(B) 

3 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to BPAR incandescent re5 flector lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps, and 

6 ER incandescent reflector lamps. 

7 SEC. 314. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used in contravention of section 3112(d)(2)(B) 

9 of the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h– 

10 10(d)(2)(B)) and all public notice and comment require11 ments under chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, that 

12 are applicable to carrying out such section. 

13 SEC. 315. (a) NOTIFICATION OF STRATEGIC PETRO14 LEUM RESERVE DRAWDOWN.—None of the funds made 

15 available by this Act or any prior Act, or funds made avail16 able in the SPR Petroleum Account, may be used to conduct 

17 a drawdown (including a test drawdown) and sale or ex18 change of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum 

19 Reserve unless the Secretary of Energy provides notice, in 

20 accordance with subsection (b), of such exchange, or draw21 down (including a test drawdown) to the Committees on 

22 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

23 Senate. 
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1 (b)(1) CONTENT OF NOTIFICATION.—The notification 

2 required under subsection (a) shall include at a min3 imum— 

4 (A) The justification for the drawdown or 

5 exchange, including— 

6 (i) a specific description of any obliga7 tion under international energy agreements; 

8 and 

9 (ii) in the case of a test drawdown, the 

10 specific aspects of the Strategic Petroleum 

11 Reserve to be tested; 

12 (B) the provisions of law (including regula13 tions) authorizing the drawdown or exchange; 

14 (C) the number of barrels of petroleum 

15 products proposed to be withdrawn or exchanged; 

16 (D) the location of the Strategic Petroleum 

17 Reserve site or sites from which the petroleum 

18 products are proposed to be withdrawn; 

19 (E) a good faith estimate of the expected 

20 proceeds from the sale of the petroleum products; 

21 (F) an estimate of the total inventories of 

22 petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum 

23 Reserve after the anticipated drawdown; 
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1 (G) a detailed plan for disposition of the 

2 proceeds after deposit into the SPR Petroleum 

3 Account; and 

4 (H) a plan for refilling the Strategic Petro5 leum Reserve, including whether the acquisition 

6 will be of the same or a different petroleum prod7 uct. 

8 (2) TIMING OF NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary 

9 shall provide the notification required under sub10 section (a)— 

11 (A) in the case of an exchange or a draw12 down, as soon as practicable after the exchange 

13 or drawdown has occurred; and 

14 (B) in the case of a test drawdown, not 

15 later than 30 days prior to a test drawdown. 

16 (c) POST-SALE NOTIFICATION.—In addition to report17 ing requirements under other provisions of law, the Sec18 retary shall, upon the execution of all contract awards asso19 ciated with a competitive sale of petroleum products, notify 

20 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep21 resentatives and the Senate of the actual value of the pro22 ceeds from the sale. 

23 (d)(1) NEW REGIONAL RESERVES.—The Secretary 

24 may not establish any new regional petroleum product re25 serve— 
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1 (A) unless funding for the proposed regional 

2 petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested 

3 in advance in an annual budget submission and 

4 approved by the Congress in an appropriations 

5 Act; or 

6 (B) until 90 days after notification of, and 

7 approval by, the Committees on Appropriations 

8 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

9 (2) The budget request or notification shall in10 clude— 

11 (A) the justification for the new reserve; 

12 (B) a cost estimate for the establishment, 

13 operation, and maintenance of the reserve, in14 cluding funding sources; 

15 (C) a detailed plan for operation of the re16 serve, including the conditions upon which the 

17 products may be released; 

18 (D) the location of the reserve; and 

19 (E) the estimate of the total inventory of the 

20 reserve. 

21 (e) REPORT ON REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.— 

22 Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, 

23 the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropria24 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a de25 tailed plan for operation of the refined petroleum products 
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1 reserve, including funding sources and the conditions upon 

2 which refined petroleum products may be released. 

3 (f) REPORT ON STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE EX4 PANSION.—(1) The Secretary, through the Office of Energy 

5 Policy and Systems Analysis, shall submit to the Commit6 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

7 the Senate not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

8 Act the report required in Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 

9 617) regarding the expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Re10 serve. 

11 (2) The report required in paragraph (1) shall 

12 include an analysis of the impacts of Northeast Re13 gional Refined Petroleum Product Reserve on the do14 mestic petroleum market. 

15 TITLE IV 

16 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

17 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

18 For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au19 thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 

20 1965, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, and for necessary 

21 expenses for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on 

22 the Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of the 

23 Federal share of the administrative expenses of the Commis24 sion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 
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1 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $90,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facili6 ties Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by 

7 the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 

8 100–456, section 1441, $28,500,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2016. 

10 DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses necessary of the Delta Regional Authority 

13 and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta 

14 Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections 

15 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, 

16 $12,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 DENALI COMMISSION

18 For expenses of the Denali Commission including the 

19 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap20 ital equipment as necessary and other expenses, 

21 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, notwith22 standing the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the 

23 Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, That funds shall 

24 be available for construction projects in an amount not to 

25 exceed 80 percent of total project cost for distressed commu-
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1 nities, as defined by section 307 of the Denali Commission 

2 Act of 1998 (division C, title III, Public Law 105–277), 

3 as amended by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, Public 

4 Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–280), and an amount not 

5 to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed communities. 

6 NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION

7 For expenses necessary of the Northern Border Re8 gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 

9 subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to 

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

11 amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, not12 withstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United States 

13 Code. 

14 SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION

15 For necessary expenses of the Southeast Crescent Re16 gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 

17 subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, to re18 main available until expended. 

19 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying 

22 out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 

23 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $1,003,233,000, includ24 ing official representation expenses not to exceed $25,000, 

25 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
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1 amount appropriated herein, not more than $7,500,000 

2 may be made available for salaries, travel, and other sup3 port costs for the Office of the Commission, to remain avail4 able until September 30, 2016, of which, notwithstanding 

5 section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 

6 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure 

7 shall only be approved by a majority vote of the Commis8 sion: Provided further, That the Commission may repro9 gram, not earlier than 30 days after notification of and 

10 approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

11 of Representatives and the Senate, up to an additional 

12 $2,000,000 for salaries, travel, and other support costs of 

13 the Office of the Commission: Provided further, That reve14 nues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other serv15 ices and collections estimated at $885,375,000 in fiscal year 

16 2015 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and 

17 expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

18 and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur19 ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

20 the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2015 so 

21 as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation esti22 mated at not more than $117,858,000: Provided further, 

23 That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 

24 $10,000,000 shall be for university research and develop25 ment in areas relevant to their respective organization’s 
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1 mission, and $5,000,000 shall be for a Nuclear Science and 

2 Engineering Grant Program that will support multiyear 

3 projects that do not align with programmatic missions but 

4 are critical to maintaining the discipline of nuclear science 

5 and engineering. 

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For expenses necessary of the Office of Inspector Gen8 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

9 Act of 1978, $12,071,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That revenues from licensing 

11 fees, inspection services, and other services and collections 

12 estimated at $10,099,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall be re13 tained and be available until September 30, 2016, for nec14 essary salaries and expenses in this account, notwith15 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro16 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 

17 reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 

18 year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appro19 priation estimated at not more than $1,972,000: Provided 

20 further, That, of the amounts appropriated under this head21 ing, $850,000 shall be for Inspector General services for the 

22 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, which shall not 

23 be available from fee revenues: Provided further, That, not24 withstanding any other provision of law, in this fiscal year 

25 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 
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1 Nuclear Regulatory Commission is authorized to exercise 

2 the same authorities with respect to the Defense Nuclear Fa3 cilities Safety Board, as determined by the Inspector Gen4 eral of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as the Inspector 

5 General exercises under the Inspector General Act of 1978 

6 (5 U.S.C. App.) with respect to the Nuclear Regulatory 

7 Commission. 

8 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary of the Nuclear Waste Technical 

11 Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–203, sec12 tion 5051, $3,400,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste 

13 Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 

15 AGENCIES 

16 SEC. 401. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory 

17 Commission shall notify the other members of the Commis18 sion, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

19 Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Energy 

20 and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the 

21 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen22 ate, not later than 1 day after the Chairman begins per23 forming functions under the authority of section 3 of Reor24 ganization Plan No. 1 of 1980, or after a member of the 

25 Commission who is delegated emergency functions under 
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1 subsection (b) of that section begins performing those func2 tions. Such notification shall include an explanation of the 

3 circumstances warranting the exercise of such authority. 

4 The Chairman shall report to the Committees, not less fre5 quently than once each week, on the actions taken by the 

6 Chairman, or a delegated member of the Commission, under 

7 such authority, until the authority is relinquished. The 

8 Chairman shall notify the Committees not later than 1 day 

9 after such authority is relinquished. The Chairman shall 

10 submit the report required by section 3(d) of the Reorga11 nization Plan No. 1 of 1980 to the Committees not later 

12 than 1 day after it was submitted to the Commission. This 

13 section shall be in effect in fiscal year 2015 and each subse14 quent fiscal year. 

15 SEC. 402. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 

16 comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its 

17 Internal Commission Procedures when responding to Con18 gressional requests for information. 

19 SEC. 403. (a) SECURING RADIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.— 

20 No later than 2 years from enactment of this Act, the Nu21 clear Regulatory Commission (NRC) shall provide a report 

22 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Senate that evaluates the effectiveness 

24 of the requirements of 10 CFR Part 37 and determines 

25 whether such requirements are adequate to protect high-risk 
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1 radiological material. Such evaluation shall consider in2 spection results and event reports from the first two years 

3 of implementation of the requirements in 10 CFR Part 37 

4 for NRC licensees. 

5 (b) No later than 2 years after the completion of the 

6 NRC evaluation required in subsection (a), the Government 

7 Accountability Office, with assistance from an independent 

8 group of security experts, shall provide a report to Congress 

9 on the effectiveness of the requirements of 10 CFR Part 37 

10 for NRC and Agreement State licensees and recommenda11 tions to further strengthen radiological security. 

12 SEC. 404. For this fiscal year, and each fiscal year 

13 hereafter, each independent agency receiving funding under 

14 this title shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

15 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a Congres16 sional Budget Justification and a detailed annual report. 

17 TITLE V 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

20 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 

21 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

22 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu23 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

24 1913. 
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1 SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title 

2 III of this Act may be transferred to any department, agen3 cy, or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex4 cept pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority 

5 provided in this Act or any other appropriations Act for 

6 any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the explan7 atory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre8 ceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any authority 

9 whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

10 United States Government may provide goods or services 

11 to another department, agency, or instrumentality. 

12 (b) None of the funds made available for any depart13 ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Gov14 ernment may be transferred to accounts funded in title III 

15 of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or trans16 fer authority provided in this Act or any other appropria17 tions Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced 

18 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 

19 matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or 

20 any authority whereby a department, agency, or instru21 mentality of the United States Government may provide 

22 goods or services to another department, agency, or instru23 mentality. 

24 (c) The head of any relevant department or agency 

25 funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 
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1 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

2 of Representatives and the Senate a semiannual report de3 tailing the transfer authorities, except for any authority 

4 whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

5 United States Government may provide goods or services 

6 to another department, agency, or instrumentality, used in 

7 the previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 

8 shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes for 

9 which they were transferred, and shall not replace or modify 

10 existing notification requirements for each authority. 

11 SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 

13 12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address 

14 Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low15 Income Populations). 

16 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water 

17 Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

18 2015’’. 
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1 DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND 

2 GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIA3 TIONS ACT, 2015 

4 TITLE I 

5 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

6 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in9 cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build10 ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte11 nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com12 mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or 

13 owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi14 cial business; executive direction program activities; inter15 national affairs and economic policy activities; domestic fi16 nance and tax policy activities; and Treasury-wide man17 agement policies and programs activities, $210,000,000: 

18 Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 

19 heading— 

20 (1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep21 tion and representation expenses; 

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

23 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 

24 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 
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1 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 

2 Secretary’s certificate; and 

3 (3) not to exceed $24,200,000 shall remain avail4 able until September 30, 2016, for— 

5 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 

6 Audit and Internal Control Program; 

7 (B) information technology modernization 

8 requirements; 

9 (C) in an amount not less than $9,500,000, 

10 the audit, oversight, and administration of the 

11 Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; and 

12 (D) in an amount not to exceed $3,400,000, 

13 the development and implementation of pro14 grams within the Office of Critical Infrastruc15 ture Protection and Compliance Policy, includ16 ing entering into cooperative agreements. 

17 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 

21 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys22 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter23 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 

24 proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 

25 national security threats, $112,500,000: Provided, That of 
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1 the amount appropriated under this heading: (1) not to ex2 ceed $27,000,000 is available for administrative expenses; 

3 and (2) $1,000,000, to remain available until September 

4 30, 2016, is available for secure space requirements: Pro5 vided further, That the unobligated balances of prior year 

6 appropriations made available for terrorism and financial 

7 intelligence activities under the heading ‘‘Department of the 

8 Treasury—Departmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’ 

9 shall be transferred to, and merged with, this account. 

10 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

11 PROGRAMS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

14 processing equipment, software, and services and for repairs 

15 and renovations to buildings owned by the Department of 

16 the Treasury, $2,725,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That these funds shall be trans18 ferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy 

19 the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and 

20 other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer 

21 authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author22 ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of 

23 the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to 

24 support or supplement ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Oper-
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1 ations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business 

2 Systems Modernization’’. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen6 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

7 Act of 1978, $35,351,000, including hire of passenger motor 

8 vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available 

9 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 

10 allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector 

11 General of the Treasury; of which up to $2,800,000 shall 

12 be for audits and investigations conducted pursuant to sec13 tion 1608 of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, 

14 Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf 

15 Coast States Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of 

16 which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official 

17 reception and representation expenses. 

18 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen21 eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector 

22 General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase and 

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and 

24 services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may 

25 be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
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1 tion; $158,210,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail2 able until September 30, 2016; of which not to exceed 

3 $6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; of 

4 which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unfore5 seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 

6 and expended under the direction of the Inspector General 

7 for Tax Administration; and of which not to exceed $1,500 

8 shall be available for official reception and representation 

9 expenses. 

10 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET

11 RELIEF PROGRAM

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special In14 spector General in carrying out the provisions of the Emer15 gency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 

16 110–343), $34,234,000. 

17 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En20 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi21 cles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and for22 eign government personnel to attend meetings and training 

23 concerned with domestic and foreign financial intelligence 

24 activities, law enforcement, and financial regulation; serv25 ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed $10,000 for 
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1 official reception and representation expenses; and for as2 sistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or with3 out reimbursement, $112,000,000, of which not to exceed 

4 $34,335,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2017. 

6 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

7 (RESCISSION)

8 Of the unobligated balances available under this head9 ing, $769,000,000 are rescinded. 

10 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of 

13 the Fiscal Service, $348,184,000; of which not to exceed 

14 $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 

15 is for information systems modernization initiatives; and 

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

17 representation expenses. 

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

19 Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and per20 sonnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as 

21 authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 

22 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

25 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
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1 passenger motor vehicles, $100,000,000; of which not to ex2 ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex3 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

4 development programs for laboratory services; and provi5 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

6 with or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the 

7 amount appropriated under this heading, $3,000,000 shall 

8 be for the costs of criminal enforcement activities and spe9 cial law enforcement agents for targeting tobacco smuggling 

10 and other criminal diversion activities. 

11 UNITED STATES MINT

12 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

13 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

14 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

15 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

16 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis17 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper18 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That the 

19 aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in20 curred during fiscal year 2015 under such section 5136 for 

21 circulating coinage and protective service capital invest22 ments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 

23 $20,000,000. 
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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

2 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 

4 Regulatory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 

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

6 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 

7 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

8 the rate for EX–3, $230,500,000. Of the amount appro9 priated under this heading— 

10 (1) not less than $152,400,000, notwithstanding 

11 section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 

12 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerging Com13 munity Development Financial Institutions Assist14 ance awards, is available until September 30, 2016, 

15 for financial assistance and technical assistance 

16 under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

17 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 

18 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 

19 $3,102,500 may be used for the cost of direct loans: 

20 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 

21 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

22 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

23 Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 

24 funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for 
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1 the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

2 $25,000,000; 

3 (2) not less than $15,000,000, notwithstanding 

4 section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 

5 4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2016, for fi6 nancial assistance, technical assistance, training and 

7 outreach programs designed to benefit Native Amer8 ican, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native commu9 nities and provided primarily through qualified com10 munity development lender organizations with experi11 ence and expertise in community development bank12 ing and lending in Indian country, Native American 

13 organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, and 

14 other suitable providers; 

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

16 September 30, 2016, for the Bank Enterprise Award 

17 program; 

18 (4) not less than $22,000,000, notwithstanding 

19 subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 

20 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available 

21 until September 30, 2016, for a Healthy Food Fi22 nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance, 

23 technical assistance, training, and outreach to com24 munity development financial institutions for the 

25 purpose of offering affordable financing and technical 
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1 assistance to expand the availability of healthy food 

2 options in distressed communities; 

3 (5) up to $23,100,000 is available until Sep4 tember 30, 2015, for administrative expenses, includ5 ing administration of CDFI fund programs and the 

6 New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which up to 

7 $1,000,000 is for capacity building to expand CDFI 

8 investments in underserved areas, and up to $300,000 

9 is for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

10 loan program; and 

11 (6) during fiscal year 2015, none of the funds 

12 available under this heading are available for the 

13 cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

14 Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 

15 bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 

16 Community Development and Regulatory Improve17 ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That 

18 commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under 

19 such section 114A shall not exceed $750,000,000: Pro20 vided further, That such section 114A shall remain in 

21 effect until September 30, 2015. 

22 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

23 TAXPAYER SERVICES

24 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

25 to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance 
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1 and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advo2 cacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commis4 sioner, $2,156,554,000, of which not less than $7,000,000 

5 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, 

6 of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for 

7 low-income taxpayer clinic grants, and of which not less 

8 than $12,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2016, shall be available for a Community Volunteer Income 

10 Tax Assistance matching grants program for tax return 

11 preparation assistance, of which not less than $206,000,000 

12 shall be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer 

13 Advocate Service: Provided, That of the amounts made 

14 available for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, not less than 

15 $5,000,000 shall be for identity theft casework. 

16 ENFORCEMENT

17 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 

18 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 

19 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con20 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 

21 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi22 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi23 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services as 

24 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter25 mined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of which not 
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1 less than $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime 

2 and Drug Enforcement program. 

3 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

4 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 

5 to support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, in6 cluding rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; 

7 physical security; headquarters and other IRS-wide admin8 istration activities; research and statistics of income; tele9 communications; information technology development, en10 hancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire 

11 of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and other 

12 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 

13 may be determined by the Commissioner; $3,638,446,000, 

14 of which not to exceed $315,000,000 shall remain available 

15 until September 30, 2016; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 

16 shall remain available until September 30, 2017, for re17 search; of which not less than $1,850,000 shall be for the 

18 Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; of which not to 

19 exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and representa20 tion expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 days after 

21 the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall 

22 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp24 troller General of the United States detailing the cost and 

25 schedule performance for its major information technology 
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1 investments, including the purpose and life-cycle stages of 

2 the investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule 

3 variances; the risks of such investments and strategies the 

4 Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such risks; 

5 and the expected developmental milestones to be achieved 

6 and costs to be incurred in the next quarter: Provided fur7 ther, That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in 

8 its budget justification for fiscal year 2016, a summary of 

9 cost and schedule performance information for its major in10 formation technology systems. 

11 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

12 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv13 ice’s business systems modernization program, 

14 $290,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2017, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech16 nology systems, including management and related contrac17 tual costs of said acquisitions, including related Internal 

18 Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs associ19 ated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro20 vided, That not later than 30 days after the end of each 

21 quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit a report 

22 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Senate and the Comptroller General 

24 of the United States detailing the cost and schedule perform25 ance for CADE 2 and Modernized e-File information tech-
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1 nology investments, including the purposes and life-cycle 

2 stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost and sched3 ule variances; the risks of such investments and the strate4 gies the Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such 

5 risks; and the expected developmental milestones to be 

6 achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

8 SERVICE

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

11 made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 

12 may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service 

13 appropriation upon the advance approval of the Commit14 tees on Appropriations. 

15 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main16 tain an employee training program, which shall include the 

17 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously with 

18 taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the impartial 

19 application of tax law. 

20 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute 

21 and enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 

22 confidentiality of taxpayer information and protect tax23 payers against identity theft. 

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

25 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
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1 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi2 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. The 

3 Commissioner shall continue to make improvements to the 

4 Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service a priority 

5 and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response 

6 time to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard 

7 to victims of tax-related crimes. 

8 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available to the In9 ternal Revenue Service by this Act may be used to make 

10 a video unless the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board de11 termines in advance that making the video is appropriate, 

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

13 video. 

14 SEC. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a 

15 notice of confirmation of any address change relating to an 

16 employer making employment tax payments, and such no17 tice shall be sent to both the employer’s former and new 

18 address and an officer or employee of the Internal Revenue 

19 Service shall give special consideration to an offer-in-com20 promise from a taxpayer who has been the victim of fraud 

21 by a third party payroll tax preparer. 

22 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available under this 

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

24 citizens of the United States for exercising any right guar-
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1 anteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of 

2 the United States. 

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

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

5 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological be6 liefs. 

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

8 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex9 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the procedures, 

10 verification processes, documentation requirements, and 

11 policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human Cap12 ital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result 

13 of the recommendations in the report published on May 31, 

14 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Adminis15 tration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small Busi16 ness/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, 

17 California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 

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

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

20 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 

21 and disclosure of returns and return information). 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

2 TREASURY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the 

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

7 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

8 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

9 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

10 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

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

12 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

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

16 SEC. 112. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria17 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De18 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of In19 spector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the Trou20 bled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforce21 ment Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alco22 hol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be trans23 ferred between such appropriations upon the advance ap24 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

25 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no trans-
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1 fer under this section may increase or decrease any such 

2 appropriation by more than 2 percent. 

3 SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 

4 made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 

5 may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for 

6 Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap7 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

8 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no trans9 fer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 

10 more than 2 percent. 

11 SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

12 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

13 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to 

14 redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

15 SEC. 115. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 

16 funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries and 

17 Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover 

18 the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts 

19 shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account 

20 from debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund. 

21 SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

22 made available by this or any other Act may be used by 

23 the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum 

24 without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appro25 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
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1 the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate 

2 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

3 SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

4 made available by this or any other Act or source to the 

5 Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 

6 Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col7 lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 

8 of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 

9 States Mint without the explicit approval of the House 

10 Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on 

11 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Committees 

12 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

13 Senate. 

14 SEC. 118. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

15 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De16 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re17 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

18 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Se19 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2015 

20 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 

21 for Fiscal Year 2015. 

22 SEC. 119. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available 

23 from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial 

24 Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and rep25 resentation expenses. 
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1 SEC. 120. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

2 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro3 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

4 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an5 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 

6 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest7 ment spending from all accounts within the Department of 

8 the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department9 wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs account, 

10 Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treasury For11 feiture Fund account: Provided further, That such Capital 

12 Investment Plan shall include expenditures occurring in 

13 previous fiscal years for each capital investment project 

14 that has not been fully completed. 

15 SEC. 121. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of 

16 each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the Of17 fice of Financial Research shall submit reports on their ac18 tivities to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Finan20 cial Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

21 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 

22 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall in23 clude— 

24 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

25 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 
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1 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of 

2 the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 

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

4 each office during the previous quarter; 

5 (4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents 

6 within each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; 

7 and 

8 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, 

9 and performance measures of each office. 

10 (c) At the request of any such Committees specified in 

11 subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Of12 fice of Financial Research shall make officials available to 

13 testify on the contents of the reports required under sub14 section (a). 

15 SEC. 122. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 

16 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an 

17 itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Senate on the amount of 

19 total funds charged to each office by the Franchise Fund 

20 including the amount charged for each service provided by 

21 the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description 

22 of the services, a detailed explanation of how each charge 

23 for each service is calculated, and a description of the role 

24 customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund. 
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1 SEC. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta2 tion with the appropriate agencies, departments, bureaus, 

3 and commissions that have expertise in terrorism and com4 plex financial instruments, shall provide a report to the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa6 tives and Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of 

7 the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Bank8 ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate not later 

9 than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on 

10 economic warfare and financial terrorism. 

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

12 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

13 TITLE II 

14 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

15 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

16 THE WHITE HOUSE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the White House as author19 ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services 

20 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist21 ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall 

22 be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to exceed 

24 $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 

25 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official recep-
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1 tion and representation expenses, to be available for alloca2 tion within the Executive Office of the President; and for 

3 necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, in4 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 

5 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000. 

6 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at 

9 the White House, $12,700,000, to be expended and ac10 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 

11 112–114. 

12 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

13 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi14 dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: 

15 Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the 

16 Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the 

17 provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not18 withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for 

19 reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au20 thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 

21 to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 

22 further, That the Executive Residence shall require each 

23 person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in 

24 advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, 

25 and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac-
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1 count and remain available until expended: Provided fur2 ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na3 tional committee of the political party of the President to 

4 maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 

5 and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political 

6 events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 

7 Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 

8 that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs9 able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted 

10 to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such 

11 expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with12 in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided 

13 further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 

14 and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount 

15 that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance 

16 with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an 

17 outstanding debt on a United States Government claim 

18 under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such 

19 amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest 

20 and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella21 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi22 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap23 propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 

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

25 the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Resi-
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1 dence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 

2 amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that con3 sists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 

4 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 

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

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

7 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 

8 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events with9 in the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 

10 classification of any such expense as political or non11 political: Provided further, That no provision of this para12 graph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence 

13 from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or 

14 II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code. 

15 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

16 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex17 ecutive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 

18 105(d), $625,000, to remain available until expended, for 

19 required maintenance, resolution of safety and health 

20 issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 

21 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad24 visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment 

25 Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,184,000. 
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1 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND SECURITY

2 COUNCIL

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun5 cil and the Homeland Security Council, including services 

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

7 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 

10 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 

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

12 $111,300,000, of which not to exceed $12,006,000 shall re13 main available until expended for continued modernization 

14 of the information technology infrastructure within the Ex15 ecutive Office of the President. 

16 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

19 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 

20 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the 

21 provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 

22 and to prepare and submit the budget of the United States 

23 Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31, 

24 United States Code, $91,750,000, of which not to exceed 

25 $3,000 shall be available for official representation expenses: 
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1 Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 

2 for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for 

3 the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders 

4 or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the 

5 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 

6 601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made 

7 available for the Office of Management and Budget by this 

8 Act may be expended for the altering of the transcript of 

9 actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of offi10 cials of the Office of Management and Budget, before the 

11 Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Pro12 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this or 

13 prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office 

14 of Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining 

15 if water resource project or study reports submitted by the 

16 Chief of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army 

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

18 requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource 

19 planning process: Provided further, That the Office of Man20 agement and Budget shall have not more than 60 days in 

21 which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water resource 

22 matters on which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Pro23 vided further, That the Director of the Office of Management 

24 and Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and 

25 appropriating committees when the 60-day review is initi-
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1 ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 

2 not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 

3 appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 

4 the Office of Management and Budget review period based 

5 on the notification from the Director, Congress shall assume 

6 Office of Management and Budget concurrence with the re7 port and act accordingly. 

8 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 

11 Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 

12 of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 

13 2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed $10,000 for offi14 cial reception and representation expenses; and for partici15 pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on 

16 matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or pub17 lic organizations or agencies, with or without reimburse18 ment, $22,647,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized 

19 to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 

20 personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 

21 for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Of22 fice. 
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1 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

2 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 

5 Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 

6 Program, $245,000,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2016, for drug control activities consistent with 

8 the approved strategy for each of the designated High Inten9 sity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less 

10 than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti11 ties for drug control activities and shall be obligated not 

12 later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, 

13 That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agen14 cies and departments in amounts determined by the Direc15 tor of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which 

16 up to $2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and as17 sociated activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

18 the requirements of Public Law 106–58, any unexpended 

19 funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2013 may be used for 

20 any other approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to re21 programming requirements: Provided further, That each 

22 HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2014, shall be fund23 ed at not less than the fiscal year 2014 base level, unless 

24 the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations 

25 of the House of Representatives and the Senate justification 
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1 for changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior2 ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 

3 performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 

4 That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro5 priations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2015 fund6 ing among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment 

7 of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses 

8 of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in con9 sultation with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 

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

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

12 from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 

13 provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 

14 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

15 Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap16 propriation. 

17 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For other drug control activities authorized by the Of20 fice of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 

21 of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $107,150,000, to remain 

22 available until expended, which shall be available as follows: 

23 $93,500,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of 

24 which $2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by sec25 tion 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by Public Law 
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1 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); $1,400,000 for drug court 

2 training and technical assistance; $9,000,000 for anti3 doping activities; $2,000,000 for the United States member4 ship dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 

5 shall be made available as directed by section 1105 of Public 

6 Law 109–469: Provided, That amounts made available 

7 under this heading may be transferred to other Federal de8 partments and agencies to carry out such activities. 

9 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

10 For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 

11 unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 

12 security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur13 ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 

14 $800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 

15 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte18 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 

19 technology in the Federal Government, $20,000,000, to re20 main available until expended: Provided, That the Director 

21 of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer these 

22 funds to one or more other agencies to carry out projects 

23 to meet these purposes: Provided further, That the Director 

24 of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit quar25 terly reports not later than 45 days after the end of each 
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1 quarter to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

2 of Representatives and the Senate and the Government Ac3 countability Office identifying the savings achieved by the 

4 Office of Management and Budget’s government-wide infor5 mation technology reform efforts: Provided further, That 

6 such reports shall include savings identified by fiscal year, 

7 agency, and appropriation. 

8 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 

11 provide assistance to the President in connection with spe12 cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

13 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 

14 authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 

15 accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas16 senger motor vehicles, $4,211,000. 

17 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

18 OPERATING EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

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

22 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi23 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

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

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

2 made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 

3 out such activities. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

5 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE

6 PRESIDENT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

9 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi10 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Res11 toration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National Se12 curity Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Office 

13 of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’, 

14 and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the Director 

15 of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other offi16 cer as the President may designate in writing), may, with 

17 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 the House of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not 

19 to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other 

20 such appropriation, to be merged with and available for 

21 the same time and for the same purposes as the appropria22 tion to which transferred: Provided, That the amount of an 

23 appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 per24 cent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount 

25 shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
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1 dent’’ or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ without 

2 the approval of the Vice President. 

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

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

5 and Budget shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap6 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

7 on the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

8 Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111– 

9 203). Such report shall include— 

10 (1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary 

11 obligations of funds through fiscal year 2017, by Fed12 eral agency and by fiscal year, including— 

13 (A) the estimated obligations by cost inputs 

14 such as rent, information technology, contracts, 

15 and personnel; 

16 (B) the methodology and data sources used 

17 to calculate such estimated obligations; and 

18 (C) the specific section of such Act that re19 quires the obligation of funds; and 

20 (2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 

21 2017 from assessments, user fees, and other fees by the 

22 Federal agency making the collections, by fiscal year, 

23 including— 

24 (A) the methodology and data sources used 

25 to calculate such estimated collections; and 
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1 (B) the specific section of such Act that au2 thorizes the collection of funds. 

3 SEC. 203. (a) During fiscal year 2015, any Executive 

4 order issued by the President shall be accompanied by a 

5 statement from the Director of the Office of Management 

6 and Budget on the budgetary impact, including costs, bene7 fits, and revenues, of the Executive order. 

8 (b) Any such statement shall include— 

9 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im10 pact of such order on the Federal Government; 

11 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 

12 obligations and outlays, listed by Federal agency, for 

13 each year in the 5-fiscal year period beginning in fis14 cal year 2015; and 

15 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov16 ernment over the 5-fiscal year period beginning in fis17 cal year 2015. 

18 (c) If an Executive order is issued during fiscal year 

19 2015 due to a national emergency, the Director of the Office 

20 of Management and Budget may issue the statement re21 quired by subsection (a) not later than 15 days after the 

22 date that the Executive order is issued. 

23 SEC. 204. The Director of the Office of National Drug 

24 Control Policy shall submit to the Committees on Appro25 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
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1 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

2 Act, and prior to the initial obligation of more than 20 

3 percent of the funds appropriated in any account under the 

4 heading ‘‘Office of National Drug Control Policy’’, a de5 tailed narrative and financial plan on the proposed uses 

6 of all funds under the account by program, project, and ac7 tivity: Provided, That the reports required by this section 

8 shall be updated and submitted to the Committees on Ap9 propriations every 6 months and shall include information 

10 detailing how the estimates and assumptions contained in 

11 previous reports have changed: Provided further, That any 

12 new projects and changes in funding of ongoing projects 

13 shall be subject to the prior approval of the Committees on 

14 Appropriations. 

15 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria16 tions in this Act made available to the Office of National 

17 Drug Control Policy may be transferred between appro18 priated programs upon the advance approval of the Com19 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That no transfer may 

20 increase or decrease any such appropriation by more than 

21 3 percent. 

22 SEC. 206. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of any appropria23 tions in this Act made available to the Office of National 

24 Drug Control Policy may be reprogrammed within a pro-
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1 gram, project, or activity upon the advance approval of the 

2 Committees on Appropriations. 

3 SEC. 207. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Data4 Driven Innovation’’ in division E of Public Law 113–76 

5 is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’. 

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

7 President Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

8 TITLE III 

9 THE JUDICIARY 

10 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su13 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

14 building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 

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

16 exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex17 penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as 

18 the Chief Justice may approve, $74,967,000, of which 

19 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

20 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

22 justice and associate justices of the court. 

23 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

24 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

25 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed 
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1 upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 

2 $11,640,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

4 CIRCUIT

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec7 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

8 $30,212,000. 

9 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

11 judge and judges of the court. 

12 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For salaries of officers and employees of the court, serv15 ices, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by 

16 law, $17,807,000. 

17 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

19 judge and judges of the court. 

20 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

21 JUDICIAL SERVICES

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 

24 of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers 

25 and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe-
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1 cifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, and 

2 the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for 

3 Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as authorized 

4 by law, $4,846,818,000 (including the purchase of firearms 

5 and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall 

6 remain available until expended for space alteration 

7 projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new 

8 space alteration and construction projects; and of which not 

9 to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2016, for the Integrated Workplace Initiative: 

11 Provided, That the amount provided for the Integrated 

12 Workplace Initiative shall not be available for obligation 

13 until the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 

14 States Courts submits a report to the Committees on Appro15 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

16 showing that the estimated cost savings resulting from the 

17 Initiative will exceed the estimated amounts obligated for 

18 the Initiative. 

19 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

20 be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 

21 and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts 

22 of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and 

23 judges retired from office or from regular active service. 

24 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

25 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 
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1 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public 

2 Law 99–660), not to exceed $5,423,000, to be appropriated 

3 from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

4 DEFENDER SERVICES

5 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

6 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor7 neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A 

8 and 3599, and for the compensation and reimbursement of 

9 expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and 

10 other services for such representations as authorized by law; 

11 the compensation (in accordance with the maximums under 

12 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attor13 neys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where 

14 the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the 

15 compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 

16 appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec17 tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 

18 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reimbursement of ex19 penses of attorneys appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) 

20 in connection with certain judicial civil forfeiture pro21 ceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of travel ex22 penses of guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C. 

23 4100(b); and for necessary training and general adminis24 trative expenses, $1,016,499,000, to remain available until 

25 expended. 
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1 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

2 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

3 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners 

4 as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com5 missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 

6 rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 

7 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $52,191,000, to remain 

8 available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 

9 of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent 

10 of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332. 

11 COURT SECURITY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in14 cident to the provision of protective guard services for 

15 United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed16 eral court operations, and the procurement, installation, 

17 and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 

18 United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed19 eral court operations, including building ingress-egress con20 trol, inspection of mail and packages, directed security pa21 trols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by 

22 the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities 

23 as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 

24 and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

25 $513,975,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re-
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1 main available until expended, to be expended directly or 

2 transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which 

3 shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility 

4 Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 

5 agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of 

6 the United States Courts and the Attorney General. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

8 COURTS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of 

11 the United States Courts as authorized by law, including 

12 travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger 

13 motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver14 tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

15 $84,399,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized 

16 for official reception and representation expenses. 

17 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, 

20 as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $26,959,000; of which 

21 $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 

22 2016, to provide education and training to Federal court 

23 personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized 

24 for official reception and representation expenses. 
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1 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

4 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 

5 $16,894,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized 

6 for official reception and representation expenses. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

10 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

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

12 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

13 made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 

14 in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 

15 but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis16 trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv17 ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 

18 Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall 

19 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 

20 Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 

21 be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 604 

22 and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

23 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

24 forth in section 608. 
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1 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Ap3 peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall 

4 be available for official reception and representation ex5 penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Pro6 vided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 

7 and shall be administered by the Director of the Adminis8 trative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity 

9 as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

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

11 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘execu12 tive’’ each place it appears. 

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

14 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United 

15 States Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses 

16 as its Director may designate in consultation with the Di17 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 

18 Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the security services 

19 that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of Home20 land Security to provide, except for the services specified 

21 in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security 

22 services at these courthouses, the Director of the Administra23 tive Office of the United States Courts shall reimburse the 

24 United States Marshals Service rather than the Department 

25 of Homeland Security. 
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1 SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve2 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 

3 note), is amended in the matter following paragraph (12)— 

4 (1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis5 trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘23 years and 6 months’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘24 years and 6 months’’; and 

7 (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District 

8 of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘20 years and 6 months’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘21 years and 6 months’’. 

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

11 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis12 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria13 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28 

14 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence (relat15 ing to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking ‘‘21 

16 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘22 years and 6 

17 months’’. 

18 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department 

19 of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 

20 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 

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

22 and inserting ‘‘13 years’’; 

23 (2) in the second sentence (relating to the central 

24 District of California), by striking ‘‘11 years and 6 

25 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12 years and 6 months’’; and 
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1 (3) in the third sentence (relating to the western 

2 district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘10 years’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘11 years’’. 

4 SEC. 307. Section 84(b) of title 28, United States Code, 

5 is amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘Bakers6 field,’’ after ‘‘shall be held at’’. 

7 SEC. 308. Section 3155 of title 18, United States Code, 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) in the first sentence, by deleting the words 

10 ‘‘and the Director’’; and 

11 (2) in the first sentence, by inserting at the end 

12 ‘‘and shall ensure that case file, statistical, and other 

13 information concerning the work of pretrial services 

14 is provided to the Director’’. 

15 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria16 tions Act, 2015’’. 

17 TITLE IV 

18 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

19 FEDERAL FUNDS

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

21 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

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

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

24 Columbia resident tuition support, $30,000,000, to remain 

25 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
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1 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf 

2 of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount 

3 based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State 

4 tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay 

5 up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 

6 higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of 

7 such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s 

8 academic merit, the income and need of eligible students 

9 and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided fur10 ther, That the District of Columbia government shall main11 tain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support 

12 Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appro13 priated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent ap14 propriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal 

15 years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: 

16 Provided further, That the account shall be under the con17 trol of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who 

18 shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out 

19 the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, 

20 That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide 

21 a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appro22 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

23 for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures 

24 made and the purpose therefor. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

2 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

3 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as deter4 mined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written 

5 consultation with the elected county or city officials of sur6 rounding jurisdictions, $12,500,000, to remain available 

7 until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at 

8 events related to the presence of the National Capital in 

9 the District of Columbia, including support requested by 

10 the Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying 

11 out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary 

12 of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing sup13 port to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats 

14 or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding juris15 dictions. 

16 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

17 COURTS

18 For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 

19 Courts, $245,110,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis20 trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $13,622,000, of which 

21 not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representa22 tion expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of Co23 lumbia, $116,443,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for 

24 official reception and representation expenses; for the Dis25 trict of Columbia Court System, $71,155,000, of which not 
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1 to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation 

2 expenses; and $43,890,000, to remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2016, for capital improvements for District of 

4 Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds made 

5 available for capital improvements shall be expended con6 sistent with the District of Columbia Courts master plan 

7 study and facilities condition assessment: Provided further, 

8 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 

9 amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 

10 by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 

11 expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 

12 salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 

13 further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa15 tives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may 

16 reallocate not more than $6,000,000 of the funds provided 

17 under this heading among the items and entities funded 

18 under this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Com19 mittee on Judicial Administration in the District of Colum20 bia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially 

21 similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 

22 35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the Dis23 trict of Columbia Courts. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT

2 OF COLUMBIA COURTS

3 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

4 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representa5 tion provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Jus6 tice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings 

7 in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District 

8 of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official 

9 Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide 

10 guardian ad litem representation, training, technical as11 sistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve 

12 the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments 

13 for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chap14 ter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments author15 ized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to 

16 services provided under the District of Columbia Guardian17 ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attor18 ney Act of 1986), $49,890,000, to remain available until 

19 expended: Provided, That funds provided under this head20 ing shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judi21 cial Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided 

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

23 this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Of24 fice of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 
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1 in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 

2 other Federal agencies. 

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF4 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF

5 COLUMBIA

6 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

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

8 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as author9 ized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Gov10 ernment Improvement Act of 1997, $234,000,000, of which 

11 not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and representa12 tion expenses related to Community Supervision and Pre13 trial Services Agency programs, of which not to exceed 

14 $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the imple15 mentation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 

16 Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which 

17 $173,155,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community 

18 Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include ex19 penses relating to the supervision of adults subject to protec20 tion orders or the provision of services for or related to such 

21 persons, of which up to $9,000,000 shall remain available 

22 until September 30, 2017, for the relocation of offender su23 pervision field offices; and of which $60,845,000 shall be 

24 available to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That 

25 notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 
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1 under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 

2 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex3 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sala4 ries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur5 ther, That amounts under this heading may be used for pro6 grammatic incentives for offenders and defendants success7 fully meeting terms of supervision: Provided further, That 

8 the Director is authorized to accept and use gifts in the 

9 form of in-kind contributions of the following: space and 

10 hospitality to support offender and defendant programs; 

11 equipment, supplies, and vocational training services nec12 essary to sustain, educate, and train offenders and defend13 ants, including their dependent children; and pro14 grammatic incentives for offenders and defendants meeting 

15 terms of supervision: Provided further, That the Director 

16 shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance 

17 and use of any gift under the previous proviso, and shall 

18 make such records available for audit and public inspection: 

19 Provided further, That the Court Services and Offender Su20 pervision Agency Director is authorized to accept and use 

21 reimbursement from the District of Columbia Government 

22 for space and services provided on a cost reimbursable basis. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

3 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

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

5 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital Re6 vitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 

7 $41,231,000, of which $1,150,000, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2017, is for relocation of satellite offices: Pro9 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 

10 amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 

11 by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 

12 expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 

13 salaries and expenses of Federal agencies: Provided further, 

14 That, notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United 

15 States Code, and in addition to the authority provided by 

16 the District of Columbia Code Section 2–1607(b), upon ap17 proval of the Board of Trustees, the District of Columbia 

18 Public Defender Service may accept and use voluntary and 

19 uncompensated services for the purpose of aiding or facili20 tating the work of the District of Columbia Public Defender 

21 Service: Provided further, That, notwithstanding District 

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

23 action brought against the Board of the Trustees of the Dis24 trict of Columbia Public Defender Service, the trustees shall 

25 be deemed to be employees of the Public Defender Service. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER

2 AND SEWER AUTHORITY

3 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

4 Water and Sewer Authority, $14,000,000, to remain avail5 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

6 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That 

7 the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority pro8 vides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

9 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

10 COORDINATING COUNCIL

11 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co12 ordinating Council, $1,900,000, to remain available until 

13 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

14 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis15 trict of Columbia. 

16 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

17 For a Federal payment, to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2016, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities 

19 and Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomination 

20 Commission, $270,000. 

21 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

22 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro23 gram in the District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain 

24 available until expended, for payments authorized under the 

25 Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (division C 
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1 of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That within funds pro2 vided for opportunity scholarships $3,000,000 shall be for 

3 the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) 

4 and 3009 of the Act. 

5 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

6 NATIONAL GUARD

7 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

8 National Guard, $435,000, to remain available until ex9 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis10 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 

11 Access Program. 

12 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/ 

13 AIDS

14 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

15 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of indi16 viduals with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired 

17 immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, 

18 $5,000,000. 

19 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

20 Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co21 lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 

22 of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs 

23 and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘District of Co24 lumbia Funds Summary of Expenses’’ and at the rate set 

25 forth under such heading, as included in the Fiscal Year 
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1 2015 Budget Request Act of 2014 submitted to the Congress 

2 by the District of Columbia as amended as of the date of 

3 enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

4 other provision of law, except as provided in section 450A 

5 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1– 

6 204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of the 

7 Financial Services and General Government Appropria8 tions Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. Offi9 cial Code), and provisions of this Act, the total amount ap10 propriated in this Act for operating expenses for the Dis11 trict of Columbia for fiscal year 2015 under this heading 

12 shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal Year 

13 2015 Budget Request Act of 2014 submitted to Congress by 

14 the District of Columbia as amended as of the date of enact15 ment of this Act or the sum of the total revenues of the Dis16 trict of Columbia for such fiscal year: Provided further, 

17 That the amount appropriated may be increased by pro18 ceeds of one-time transactions, which are expended for emer19 gency or unanticipated operating or capital needs: Provided 

20 further, That such increases shall be approved by enactment 

21 of local District law and shall comply with all reserve re22 quirements contained in the District of Columbia Home 

23 Rule Act: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer 

24 of the District of Columbia shall take such steps as are nec25 essary to assure that the District of Columbia meets these 
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1 requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi2 nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 

3 available to the District during fiscal year 2015, except that 

4 the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for oper5 ating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other 

6 obligations issued for capital projects. 

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

8 Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

9 TITLE V 

10 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con14 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 

15 et seq., $3,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2016, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception 

17 and representation expenses. 

18 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

21 the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 

22 the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the 

23 rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the Dis24 trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $250,000,000, including 

25 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
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1 tion expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses 

2 for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission 

3 with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of 

4 which not less than $50,000,000, to remain available until 

5 September 30, 2016, shall be for the purchase of information 

6 technology and of which not less than $2,620,000 shall be 

7 for the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, That not 

8 to exceed $10,000,000 of the amounts provided herein may 

9 be moved between the amount for salaries and expenses and 

10 the amount for the purchase of information technology sub11 ject to reprogramming procedures under section 608 of this 

12 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

13 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

14 section. 

15 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 

18 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

19 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 

20 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

21 the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase 

22 of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con23 tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed 

24 $4,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

25 $123,000,000. 
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1 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 

5 Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $10,000,000, of 

6 which $1,900,000 shall be transferred to the National Insti7 tute of Standards and Technology for election reform activi8 ties authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 

9 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 

12 Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 

13 allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 

14 not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representa15 tion expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special 

16 counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

17 $339,844,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That of which not less than $300,000 shall be avail19 able for consultation with federally recognized Indian 

20 tribes, Alaska Native villages, and entities related to Ha21 waiian Home Lands: Provided further, That $339,844,000 

22 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and collected pursu23 ant to section 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 

24 1934, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses and 

25 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
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1 That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such 

2 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2015 

3 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation 

4 estimated at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting col5 lections received in excess of $339,844,000 in fiscal year 

6 2015 shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, 

7 That remaining offsetting collections from prior years col8 lected in excess of the amount specified for collection in each 

9 such year and otherwise becoming available on October 1, 

10 2014, shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, 

11 That notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds 

12 from the use of a competitive bidding system that may be 

13 retained and made available for obligation shall not exceed 

14 $106,000,000 for fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That 

15 of the amount appropriated under this heading, not less 

16 than $11,090,000 shall be for the salaries and expenses of 

17 the Office of Inspector General. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

19 COMMISSION

20 SEC. 501. Section 302 of the Universal Service 

21 Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 

22 striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’, each place it appears and 

23 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 

24 SEC. 502. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

25 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
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1 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for uni2 versal service support payments to implement the February 

3 27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board 

4 on Universal Service regarding single connection or pri5 mary line restrictions on universal service support pay6 ments. 

7 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

8 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen10 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

11 Act of 1978, $34,568,000, to be derived from the Deposit 

12 Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Res13 olution Fund. 

14 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

17 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $67,500,000, 

18 of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception 

19 and representation expenses. 

20 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

23 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga24 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

25 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
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1 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants, 

2 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official re3 ception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 

4 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

5 and elsewhere, $25,548,000: Provided, That public members 

6 of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel 

7 expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized 

8 by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently 

9 in the Government service, and compensation as authorized 

10 by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

11 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non12 Federal participants at labor-management relations con13 ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 

14 to be available without further appropriation for the costs 

15 of carrying out these conferences. 

16 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis19 sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author20 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 

21 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to 

22 exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex23 penses, $293,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

24 Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available 

25 for use to contract with a person or persons for collection 
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1 services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: 

2 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi3 sion of law, not to exceed $100,000,000 of offsetting collec4 tions derived from fees collected for premerger notification 

5 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve6 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

7 of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary ex8 penses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, not9 withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 

10 $14,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees suffi11 cient to implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales 

12 Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer 

13 Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 

14 shall be credited to this account, and be retained and used 

15 for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided fur16 ther, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 

17 fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are re18 ceived during fiscal year 2015, so as to result in a final 

19 fiscal year 2015 appropriation from the general fund esti20 mated at not more than $179,000,000: Provided further, 

21 That none of the funds made available to the Federal Trade 

22 Commission may be used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) 

23 of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 

24 U.S.C. 1831t). 
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1 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

2 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

3 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

4 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

9 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 

10 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 

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

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

14 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al15 location and transfer of space; contractual services incident 

16 to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and 

17 alteration of federally owned buildings including grounds, 

18 approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of 

19 sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip20 ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con21 demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition 

22 of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 

23 extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary plan24 ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con25 struction of new buildings (including equipment for such 
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1 buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any 

2 other obligations for public buildings acquired by install3 ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate 

4 amount of $9,238,310,000, of which— 

5 (1) $509,670,000 shall remain available until ex6 pended for construction and acquisition (including 

7 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 

8 and construction services) of additional projects at— 

9 (A) California, Calexico, Calexico West 

10 Land Port of Entry, $98,062,000; 

11 (B) California, San Diego, San Ysidro 

12 Land Port of Entry, $216,828,000; 

13 (C) District of Columbia, Washington, DHS 

14 Consolidation at St. Elizabeths, $144,000,000; 

15 (D) National Capital Region, Civilian 

16 Cyber Campus, $35,000,000; and 

17 (E) New York, Glenville, Scotia Depot, 

18 $15,780,000: 

19 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 

20 new construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded 

21 to the extent that savings are effected in other such projects, 

22 but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in 

23 a transmitted prospectus, if required, unless advance ap24 proval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations 

25 of a greater amount; 
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1 (2) $818,160,000 shall remain available until ex2 pended for repairs and alterations, including associ3 ated design and construction services, of which— 

4 (A) $306,894,000 is for Major Repairs and 

5 Alterations; 

6 (B) $390,266,000 is for Basic Repairs and 

7 Alterations; and 

8 (C) $121,000,000 is for Special Emphasis 

9 Programs, of which— 

10 (i) $5,000,000 is for Energy and Water 

11 Retrofit and Conservation Measures; 

12 (ii) $26,000,000 is for Fire and Life 

13 Safety; 

14 (iii) $20,000,000 is for Judiciary Cap15 ital Security; and 

16 (iv) $70,000,000 is for Consolidation 

17 Activities: Provided, That consolidation 

18 projects result in reduced annual rent paid 

19 by the tenant agency: Provided further, 

20 That no consolidation project exceed 

21 $20,000,000 in costs: Provided further, That 

22 consolidation projects are approved by each 

23 of the committees specified in section 

24 3307(a) of title 40, United States Code: 

25 Provided further, That preference is given to 
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1 consolidation projects that achieve a utiliza2 tion rate of 130 usable square feet or less 

3 per person for office space: Provided further, 

4 That the obligation of funds under this 

5 paragraph for consolidation activities may 

6 not be made until 10 days after a proposed 

7 spending plan and explanation for each 

8 project to be undertaken, including esti9 mated savings, has been submitted to the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of the House 

11 of Representatives and the Senate: 

12 Provided, That funds made available in this or any 

13 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs 

14 and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to 

15 the amount identified for each project, except each project 

16 in this or any previous Act may be increased by an amount 

17 not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is ob18 tained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater 

19 amount: Provided further, That additional projects for 

20 which prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 

21 under this category only if advance approval is obtained 

22 from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

23 That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act for 

24 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund costs associ25 ated with implementing security improvements to buildings 
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1 necessary to meet the minimum standards for security in 

2 accordance with current law and in compliance with the 

3 reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees 

4 of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the dif5 ference between the funds appropriated and expended on 

6 any projects in this or any prior Act, under the heading 

7 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic Re8 pairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases 

9 in prospectus projects: Provided further, That the amount 

10 provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and 

11 Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Govern12 ment arising from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs 

13 and Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in 

14 prospectus projects; 

15 (3) $5,666,348,000 for rental of space to remain 

16 available until expended; and 

17 (4) $2,244,132,000 for building operations to re18 main available until expended, of which 

19 $1,122,727,000 is for building services, and 

20 $1,121,405,000 is for salaries and expenses: Provided 

21 further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any appro22 priation made available under this paragraph for 

23 building operations may be transferred between and 

24 merged with such appropriations upon notification to 

25 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
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1 Representatives and the Senate, but no such appro2 priation shall be increased by more than 5 percent by 

3 any such transfers: Provided further, That section 508 

4 of this title shall not apply with respect to funds 

5 made available under this heading for building oper6 ations: 

7 Provided further, That the total amount of funds made 

8 available from this Fund to the General Services Adminis9 tration shall not be available for expenses of any construc10 tion, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which 

11 a prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not been 

12 approved, except that necessary funds may be expended for 

13 each project for required expenses for the development of a 

14 proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds available 

15 in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emer16 gency repairs when advance approval is obtained from the 

17 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

18 amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services 

19 to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and amounts 

20 to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard 

21 booths, and other facilities on private or other property not 

22 in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate 

23 to enable the United States Secret Service to perform its 

24 protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be 

25 available from such revenues and collections: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That revenues and collections and any other sums ac2 cruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2015, excluding re3 imbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in excess of the 

4 aggregate new obligational authority authorized for Real 

5 Property Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this 

6 Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available 

7 for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations 

8 Acts. 

9 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

10 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

11 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 

12 for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities 

13 associated with the management of real and personal prop14 erty assets and certain administrative services; Govern15 ment-wide policy support responsibilities relating to acqui16 sition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology man17 agement, and related technology activities; and services as 

18 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,000,000. 

19 OPERATING EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 

22 for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza23 tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal 

24 of real property; agency-wide policy direction, manage25 ment, and communications; the Civilian Board of Contract 
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1 Appeals; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 

2 $61,049,000, of which $26,328,000 is for Real and Personal 

3 Property Management and Disposal; $25,729,000 is for the 

4 Office of the Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 

5 is for official reception and representation expenses; and 

6 $8,992,000 is for the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals: 

7 Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of the appro8 priation made available under this heading for Office of 

9 the Administrator may be transferred to the appropriation 

10 for the Real and Personal Property Management and Dis11 posal upon notification to the Committees on Appropria12 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, but 

13 the appropriation for the Real and Personal Property Man14 agement and Disposal may not be increased by more than 

15 5 percent by any such transfer. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen18 eral and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $65,000,000, 

19 of which $2,000,000 is available until expended: Provided, 

20 That not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for payment 

21 for information and detection of fraud against the Govern22 ment, including payment for recovery of stolen Government 

23 property: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall 

24 be available for awards to employees of other Federal agen25 cies and private citizens in recognition of efforts and initia-
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1 tives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General effec2 tiveness. 

3 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

4 PRESIDENTS

5 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

6 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

7 $3,250,000. 

8 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Services 

11 and Innovative Technologies, including services authorized 

12 by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary 

13 expenses in support of interagency projects that enable the 

14 Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac15 tivities electronically, through the development and imple16 mentation of innovative uses of information technology; 

17 $53,294,000, of which $14,135,000 shall be available for 

18 electronic government projects, to be deposited into the Fed19 eral Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the previous 

20 amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out 

21 the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided 

22 further, That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, 

23 and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available 

24 until expended for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen 

25 Services and other activities that enable the Federal Gov-
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1 ernment to enhance its ability to conduct activities elec2 tronically in the aggregate amount not to exceed 

3 $90,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations, reve4 nues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this Fund 

5 during fiscal year 2015 in excess of such amount shall re6 main in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure 

7 except as authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided fur8 ther, That any appropriations provided to the Electronic 

9 Government Fund that remain unobligated as of September 

10 30, 2014, may be transferred to the Federal Citizen Services 

11 Fund: Provided further, That the transfer authorities pro12 vided herein shall be in addition to any other transfer au13 thority provided in this Act. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 510. Funds available to the General Services Ad18 ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

19 motor vehicles. 

20 SEC. 511. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 

21 available for fiscal year 2015 for Federal Buildings Fund 

22 activities may be transferred between such activities only 

23 to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro24 vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
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1 vance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

2 of Representatives and the Senate. 

3 SEC. 512. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 

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

5 a fiscal year 2016 request for United States Courthouse con6 struction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 

7 standards for construction as established and approved by 

8 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con9 ference of the United States, and the Office of Management 

10 and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Con11 ference of the United States as set out in its approved 5- 

12 year construction plan; and (3) includes a standardized 

13 courtroom utilization study of each facility to be con14 structed, replaced, or expanded. 

15 SEC. 513. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

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

17 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

18 other service usually provided through the Federal Build19 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

20 square foot assessment for space and services as determined 

21 by the General Services Administration in consideration of 

22 the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 

23 92–313). 

24 SEC. 514. From funds made available under the head25 ing ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability 
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1 of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less than 

2 $250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac3 quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef4 fected in other construction projects with prior notification 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep6 resentatives and the Senate. 

7 SEC. 515. In any case in which the Committee on 

8 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 

10 Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease au11 thority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress 

12 by the Administrator of the General Services Administra13 tion under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall ensure 

14 that the delineated area of procurement is identical to the 

15 delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease 

16 agreements, except that, if the Administrator determines 

17 that the delineated area of the procurement should not be 

18 identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, 

19 the Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement 

20 to each of such committees and the Committees on Appro21 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

22 prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the reso23 lution. 

24 SEC. 516. With respect to each project funded under 

25 the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judiciary 
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1 Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E-Govern2 ment projects funded under the heading ‘‘Federal Citizen 

3 Services Fund’’, the Administrator of General Services shall 

4 submit a spending plan and explanation for each project 

5 to be undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of 

6 the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 

7 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

8 SEC. 517. Any consolidation of the headquarters of the 

9 Federal Bureau of Investigation must result in a full con10 solidation. 

11 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 

14 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public 

15 Law 93–642, $750,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

20 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza21 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

22 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 

23 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as authorized by 

24 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 

25 of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
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1 direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 

2 $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

3 $42,740,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 

4 together with not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2016, for administrative expenses to 

6 adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the 

7 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts 

8 determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board. 

9 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION

10 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

13 Udall Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 

14 Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 

15 $1,995,000, to remain available until expended, of which, 

16 notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act: (1) up to 

17 $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits pursuant 

18 to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public 

19 Law 107–289); and (2) up to $1,000,000 shall be available 

20 to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of Pub21 lic Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 106– 

22 568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That of the total 

23 amount made available under this heading $200,000 shall 

24 be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the De25 partment of the Interior, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended, for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall 

2 and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with the In3 spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

4 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

5 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution 

6 Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Environ7 mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

8 $3,400,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATING EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin12 istration of the National Archives and Records Administra13 tion and archived Federal records and related activities, as 

14 provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review 

15 and declassification of documents, the activities of the Pub16 lic Interest Declassification Board, the operations and 

17 maintenance of the electronic records archives, the hire of 

18 passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances 

19 therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including 

20 maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $365,000,000. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen23 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

24 Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302– 

25 16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
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1 App.), and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

2 $4,130,000. 

3 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

4 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar5 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold6 ings, $7,600,000, to remain available until expended. 

7 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

8 COMMISSION

9 GRANTS PROGRAM

10 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

11 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

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

14 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

15 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

16 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

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

18 9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 

19 2016, for technical assistance to low-income designated 

20 credit unions. 

21 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

24 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Gov25 ernment Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and 
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1 the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, 

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

3 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else4 where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 

5 $1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 

6 $15,420,000. 

7 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

11 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reor12 ganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service 

13 Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 

14 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 

15 by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 

16 rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 

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

18 reception and representation expenses; advances for reim19 bursements to applicable funds of OPM and the Federal Bu20 reau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive 

21 Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and pay22 ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ23 ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 

24 to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, $96,039,000, 

25 of which $642,000 may be for strengthening the capacity 
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1 and capabilities of the acquisition workforce (as defined by 

2 the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended 

3 (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, 

4 training, and retention of such workforce and information 

5 technology in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness 

6 or for management solutions to improve acquisition man7 agement; and in addition $118,425,000 for administrative 

8 expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds 

9 of OPM without regard to other statutes, including direct 

10 procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and 

11 insurance programs: Provided, That the provisions of this 

12 appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applica13 ble trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 

14 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, 

15 United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this 

16 appropriation shall be available for salaries and expenses 

17 of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established pursuant 

18 to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any suc19 cessor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the Presi20 dent’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by 

21 Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 

22 fiscal year 2015, accept donations of money, property, and 

23 personal services: Provided further, That such donations, 

24 including those from prior years, may be used for the devel25 opment of publicity materials to provide information about 
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1 the White House Fellows, except that no such donations 

2 shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel ex3 penses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen8 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

9 Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

10 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,384,000, and in 

11 addition, not to exceed $21,340,000 for administrative ex12 penses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of 

13 the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insur14 ance programs, to be transferred from the appropriate trust 

15 funds of the Office of Personnel Management, as determined 

16 by the Inspector General: Provided, That the Inspector Gen17 eral is authorized to rent conference rooms in the District 

18 of Columbia and elsewhere. 

19 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

22 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

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

24 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

25 1989 (Public Law 101–12) as amended by Public Law 107– 
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1 304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 

2 (Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed Services Em3 ployment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (Public 

4 Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of 

6 conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 

7 and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $22,939,000. 

8 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Com12 mission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Ac13 countability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435), 

14 $14,700,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Serv15 ice Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(a) of 

16 such Act. 

17 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib20 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the 

21 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 

22 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $7,500,000, to remain available until 

23 September 30, 2016. 
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1 RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Recovery Accountability 

4 and Transparency Board to carry out the provisions of title 

5 XV of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

6 (Public Law 111–5), and to develop and test information 

7 technology resources and oversight mechanisms to enhance 

8 transparency of and detect and remediate waste, fraud, and 

9 abuse in Federal spending, and to develop and use informa10 tion technology resources and oversight mechanisms to de11 tect and remediate waste, fraud, and abuse in obligation 

12 and expenditure of funds as described in section 904(d) of 

13 the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 

14 113–2), which shall be administered under the terms and 

15 conditions of the accountability authorities of title XV of 

16 Public Law 111–5, $18,000,000. 

17 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 

20 Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

21 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 

22 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 

23 $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 

24 $1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended; of 

25 which not less than $9,239,000 shall be for the Office of In-
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1 spector General; of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be 

2 available for a permanent secretariat for the International 

3 Organization of Securities Commissions; of which not to ex4 ceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for consulta5 tions and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign 

6 governmental and other regulatory officials, members of 

7 their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning 

8 securities matters, such expenses to include necessary logis9 tic and administrative expenses and the expenses of Com10 mission staff and foreign invitees in attendance including: 

11 (1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel and trans12 portation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence; and of 

13 which not less than $56,613,000 shall be for the Division 

14 of Economic and Risk Analysis: Provided, That fees and 

15 charges authorized by section 31 of the Securities Exchange 

16 Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this ac17 count as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not 

18 to exceed $1,500,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall 

19 be available until expended for necessary expenses of this 

20 account: Provided further, That the total amount appro21 priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 

22 year 2015 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re23 ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2015 appro24 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

25 $0. 
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1 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 

4 including expenses of attendance at meetings and of train5 ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv6 ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil7 ian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as 

8 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for 

9 official reception and representation expenses; $22,500,000: 

10 Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President 

11 may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 

12 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action to 

13 be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided 

14 further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 

15 may be expended for or in connection with the induction 

16 of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States. 

17 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

20 the Small Business Administration, including hire of pas21 senger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 and 

22 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to exceed 

23 $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 

24 $257,000,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be 

25 available for examinations, reviews, and other lender over-
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1 sight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is au2 thorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications devel3 oped by the Small Business Administration, and certain 

4 loan program activities, including fees authorized by sec5 tion 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That, 

6 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all 

7 such activities shall be credited to this account, to remain 

8 available until expended, for carrying out these purposes 

9 without further appropriations: Provided further, That the 

10 Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an 

11 amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor ac12 tivities, each in accordance with section 132(a) of division 

13 K of Public Law 108–447, during fiscal year 2015: Pro14 vided further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the 

15 Loan Modernization and Accounting System, to be avail16 able until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

17 $2,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State Technology 

18 Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small Busi19 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657d). 

20 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

21 For necessary expenses of programs supporting entre22 preneurial and small business development, $220,000,000, 

23 to remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 

24 That $115,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for per25 formance in fiscal year 2015 or fiscal year 2016 as author-
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1 ized by section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided fur2 ther, That $22,300,000 shall be for marketing, management, 

3 and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the Small 

4 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 

5 make microloans under the microloan program: Provided 

6 further, That $17,400,000 shall be available for grants to 

7 States to carry out export programs that assist small busi8 ness concerns authorized under section 1207 of Public Law 

9 111–240. 

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen12 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

13 Act of 1978, $19,400,000. 

14 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 

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

17 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility 

18 Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to remain 

19 available until expended. 

20 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the cost of direct loans, $2,500,000, to remain 

23 available until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed 

24 loans as authorized by section 503 of the Small Business 

25 Investment Act of 1958 (Public Law 85–699), $45,000,000, 
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1 to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

2 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

3 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

4 of 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of 

5 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 

6 2015 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of 

7 the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 

8 $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 

9 2015 commitments for general business loans authorized 

10 under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not ex11 ceed $18,750,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 

12 loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 

13 by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 

14 year 2015 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 

15 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act 

16 of 1958 shall not exceed $4,000,000,000: Provided further, 

17 That during fiscal year 2015, guarantees of trust certifi18 cates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act 

19 shall not exceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In 

20 addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

21 and guaranteed loan programs, $147,726,000, which may 

22 be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 

23 Salaries and Expenses. 
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1 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

4 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Busi5 ness Act, $186,858,000, to be available until expended, of 

6 which $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of 

7 the Small Business Administration for audits and reviews 

8 of disaster loans and the disaster loan programs and shall 

9 be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 

10 the Office of Inspector General; of which $176,858,000 is 

11 for direct administrative expenses of loan making and serv12 icing to carry out the direct loan program, which may be 

13 transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Sala14 ries and Expenses; and of which $9,000,000 is for indirect 

15 administrative expenses for the direct loan program, which 

16 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 

17 for Salaries and Expenses. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

19 ADMINISTRATION

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 520. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

22 made available for the current fiscal year for the Small 

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

25 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
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1 Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 

2 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 

3 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

4 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

5 forth in that section. 

6 SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available under 

7 this Act may be used to collect a guarantee fee under section 

8 7(a)(18) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(18)) 

9 with respect to a loan guaranteed under section 7(a)(31) 

10 of such Act that is made to a small business concern (as 

11 defined under section 3 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) that 

12 is 51 percent or more owned and controlled by 1 or more 

13 individuals who is a veteran (as defined in section 101 of 

14 title 38, United States Code) or the spouse of a veteran. 

15 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit 

16 the authority of the Administrator of the Small Business 

17 Administration to waive such a guarantee fee or any other 

18 loan fee with respect to a loan to a small business concern 

19 described in subsection (a) or any other borrower. 

20 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

21 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

22 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

23 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub24 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 

25 Code, $70,000,000, of which $41,000,000 shall not be avail-
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1 able for obligation until October 1, 2015: Provided, That 

2 mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall con3 tinue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and 

4 rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 

5 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

6 available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to 

7 implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any 

8 officer or employee of any State or local child support en9 forcement agency, or any individual participating in a 

10 State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee 

11 for information requested or provided concerning an ad12 dress of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of 

13 the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate 

14 or close small rural and other small post offices. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen19 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

20 Act of 1978, $243,883,000, to be derived by transfer from 

21 the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec22 tion 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and Enhance23 ment Act (Public Law 109–435). 
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1 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

4 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

5 $51,300,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 

6 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 

7 TITLE VI 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

9 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

10 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

11 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

12 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

13 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund14 ed in this Act. 

15 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

16 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis17 cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria18 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

19 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

20 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

21 contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 

22 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 

23 record and available for public inspection, except where oth24 erwise provided under existing law, or under existing Exec25 utive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
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1 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur4 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

5 in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

6 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

8 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac9 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

10 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol11 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

12 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

13 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 

14 may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 

15 in expending the assistance the entity will comply with 

16 chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

17 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

18 available under this Act shall be made available to any per19 son or entity that has been convicted of violating chapter 

20 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

21 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

22 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 

23 appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 

24 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

25 in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any accounts in the 
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1 Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 

2 the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga3 tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 

4 (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 

5 project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any 

6 program, project, or activity for which funds have been de7 nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds 

8 directed for a specific activity by the Committee on Appro9 priations of either the House of Representatives or the Sen10 ate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, 

11 projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 

12 whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, 

13 or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 

14 or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities 

15 unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 

16 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

17 Senate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganiza18 tion or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 

19 agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa21 tives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later than 

22 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency 

23 funded by this Act shall submit a report to the Committees 

24 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

25 Senate to establish the baseline for application of re-
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1 programming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal 

2 year: Provided further, That at a minimum the report shall 

3 include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate 

4 column to display the President’s budget request, adjust5 ments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescis6 sions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) 

7 a delineation in the table for each appropriation both by 

8 object class and program, project, and activity as detailed 

9 in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; 

10 and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 

11 interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 

12 or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be 

13 reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the required 

14 date that the report has not been submitted to the Congress. 

15 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

16 law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re17 maining available at the end of fiscal year 2015 from ap18 propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 

19 fiscal year 2015 in this Act, shall remain available through 

20 September 30, 2016, for each such account for the purposes 

21 authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 

22 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Senate for approval prior to the ex24 penditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
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1 quests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 

2 guidelines. 

3 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 

5 to request— 

6 (1) any official background investigation report 

7 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves8 tigation; or 

9 (2) a determination with respect to the treatment 

10 of an organization as described in section 501(c) of 

11 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 

12 taxation under section 501(a) of such Code from the 

13 Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue 

14 Service. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 

16 (1) in the case of an official background inves17 tigation report, if such individual has given express 

18 written consent for such request not more than 6 

19 months prior to the date of such request and during 

20 the same presidential administration; or 

21 (2) if such request is required due to extraor22 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

23 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated 

24 under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not 

25 apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employ-
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1 ees Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 

2 of title 5, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

4 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non5 foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 

6 Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re7 gard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses 

8 imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available 

9 to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court 

10 approval. 

11 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 

12 available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative ex13 penses in connection with any health plan under the Fed14 eral employees health benefits program which provides any 

15 benefits or coverage for abortions. 

16 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply 

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

18 were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 

19 act of rape or incest. 

20 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 

21 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur22 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

23 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu24 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply to 

25 the acquisition by the Federal Government of information 
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1 technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United 

2 States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in sec3 tion 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

4 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

5 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory 

6 agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on 

7 behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or commission 

8 accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal enti9 ty for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose 

10 of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate 

11 in any meeting or similar function relating to the official 

12 duties of the officer or employee when the entity offering 

13 payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject to 

14 regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a 

15 person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or 

16 commission, unless the person or entity is an organization 

17 described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 

18 of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such 

19 Code. 

20 SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 

21 funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 

22 Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 

23 by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 

24 funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 

25 advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
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1 SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

2 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 

3 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 

4 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet5 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 

6 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of7 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case 

8 of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with 

9 the current lessor. 

10 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 

11 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 

12 the President to require emergency leasing authority with 

13 respect to such agency. 

14 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 

15 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 

16 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the General 

17 Services Administration or the United States Postal Serv18 ice. 

19 SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following 

20 activities the amounts required under current law: 

21 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 

22 102). 

23 (2) Payments to— 

24 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 

25 (28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
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1 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 

2 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 

3 (C) the United States Court of Federal 

4 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

5 178(l)). 

6 (3) Payment of Government contributions— 

7 (A) with respect to the health benefits of re8 tired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of 

9 title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Fed10 eral Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 

11 849); and 

12 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene13 fits for employees retiring after December 31, 

14 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 

15 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 

16 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 

17 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 

18 8348). 

19 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 

20 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

21 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 

22 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 

23 States Code. 

24 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt 

25 any amount appropriated by this section from any other-
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1 wise applicable limitation on the use of funds contained in 

2 this Act. 

3 SEC. 620. The Public Company Accounting Oversight 

4 Board (Board) shall have authority to obligate funds for 

5 the scholarship program established by section 109(c)(2) of 

6 the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–204) in 

7 an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount of funds col8 lected by the Board as of December 31, 2014, including ac9 crued interest, as a result of the assessment of monetary 

10 penalties. Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2015 

11 shall remain available until expended. 

12 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to com14 plete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group 

15 on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nu16 trition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Ef17 forts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Mar18 keted to Children complies with Executive Order No. 13563. 

19 SEC. 622. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses for the 

21 following positions: 

22 (1) Director, White House Office of Health Re23 form. 

24 (2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 

25 Climate Change. 
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1 (3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treas2 ury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on the 

3 Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manufac4 turing Policy. 

5 (4) White House Director of Urban Affairs. 

6 SEC. 623. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

7 for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to 

8 award a contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an op9 tion on a contract to a contractor conducting the final qual10 ity review processes for background investigation fieldwork 

11 services or background investigation support services that, 

12 as of the date of the award of the contract, are being con13 ducted by that contractor. 

14 SEC. 624. Sections 1101(a) and 1104(a)(2)(A) of the 

15 Internet Tax Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public 

16 Law 105–277; 47 U.S.C. 151 note) are amended by striking 

17 ‘‘November 1, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2015’’. 

18 SEC. 625. (a) The head of each executive branch agency 

19 funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information 

20 Officer of the agency has the authority to participate in 

21 decisions regarding the budget planning process related to 

22 information technology. 

23 (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 

24 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa25 tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
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1 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budg2 et guidelines and recommendations from the Director of the 

3 Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as speci4 fied by, or approved by, the Chief Information Officer of 

5 the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 

6 of the agency and budget officials. 

7 SEC. 626. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 

9 of title 44, United States Code. 

10 SEC. 627. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to enter into any contract with an incor12 porated entity if such entity’s sealed bid or competitive pro13 posal shows that such entity is incorporated or chartered 

14 in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, and such entity’s 

15 sealed bid or competitive proposal shows that such entity 

16 was previously incorporated in the United States. 

17 SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles 

19 for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, 

20 except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum— 

21 Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. In in22 stances where there is not an appropriate alternative fueled 

23 vehicle commercially available for a particular light duty 

24 vehicle class, an exception is granted as to not impede agen25 cy missions. 
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1 SEC. 629. From the unobligated balances available in 

2 the Securities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund es3 tablished by section 991 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re4 form and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111–203), 

5 $25,000,000 are rescinded. 

6 SEC. 630. Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

7 Reform and Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 8305) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘in11 sured depository institution’’ and inserting ‘‘cov12 ered depository institution’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(3) COVERED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—The 

15 term ‘covered depository institution’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) an insured depository institution, as 

17 that term is defined in section 3 of the Federal 

18 Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and 

19 ‘‘(B) a United States uninsured branch or 

20 agency of a foreign bank.’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (c)— 

22 (A) in the heading for such subsection, by 

23 striking ‘‘INSURED’’ and inserting ‘‘COVERED’’; 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘an insured’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘a covered’’; 
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘such insured’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘such covered’’; and 

3 (D) by striking ‘‘or savings and loan hold4 ing company’’ and inserting ‘‘savings and loan 

5 holding company, or foreign banking organiza6 tion (as such term is defined under Regulation 

7 K of the Board of Governors of the Federal Re8 serve System (12 CFR 211.21(o)))’’; 

9 (3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol10 lows: 

11 ‘‘(d) ONLY BONA FIDE HEDGING AND TRADITIONAL

12 BANK ACTIVITIES PERMITTED.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition in sub14 section (a) shall not apply to any covered depository 

15 institution that limits its swap and security-based 

16 swap activities to the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) HEDGING AND OTHER SIMILAR RISK

18 MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.—Hedging and other 

19 similar risk mitigating activities directly related 

20 to the covered depository institution’s activities. 

21 ‘‘(B) NON-STRUCTURED FINANCE SWAP AC22 TIVITIES.—Acting as a swaps entity for swaps or 

23 security-based swaps other than a structured fi24 nance swap. 
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1 ‘‘(C) CERTAIN STRUCTURED FINANCE SWAP

2 ACTIVITIES.—Acting as a swaps entity for swaps 

3 or security-based swaps that are structured fi4 nance swaps, if— 

5 ‘‘(i) such structured finance swaps are 

6 undertaken for hedging or risk management 

7 purposes; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) each asset-backed security under9 lying such structured finance swaps is of a 

10 credit quality and of a type or category 

11 with respect to which the prudential regu12 lators have jointly adopted rules author13 izing swap or security-based swap activity 

14 by covered depository institutions. 

15 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub16 section: 

17 ‘‘(A) STRUCTURED FINANCE SWAP.—The 

18 term ‘structured finance swap’ means a swap or 

19 security-based swap based on an asset-backed se20 curity (or group or index primarily comprised of 

21 asset-backed securities). 

22 ‘‘(B) ASSET-BACKED SECURITY.—The term 

23 ‘asset-backed security’ has the meaning given 

24 such term under section 3(a) of the Securities 

25 Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)).’’; 
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1 (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘an insured’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘a covered’’; and 

3 (5) in subsection (f)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘an insured depository’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘a covered depository’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘the insured depository’’ 

7 each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘the 

8 covered depository’’. 

9 TITLE VII 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

11 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

14 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

15 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2015 shall obligate or 

16 expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 

17 instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin18 ister in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that 

19 all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, 

20 or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the 

21 Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the officers 

22 and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen23 tality. 

24 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

25 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
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1 in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 

2 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle 

3 (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, 

4 protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is 

5 hereby fixed at $13,197 except station wagons for which the 

6 maximum shall be $13,631: Provided, That these limits 

7 may be exceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehi8 cles, and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty ve9 hicles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this 

10 section may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec11 tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 

12 the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, 

13 Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided 

14 further, That the limits set forth in this section may be ex15 ceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels ve16 hicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over the 

17 cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Provided 

18 further, That the limits set forth in this section shall not 

19 apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and which 

20 operates on emerging motor vehicle technology, including 

21 but not limited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hy22 drogen fuel cell vehicles. 

23 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments 

24 and independent establishments for the current fiscal year 

25 available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
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1 activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 

2 allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance 

3 with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

4 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the 

5 current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 

6 in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa7 tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 

8 United States (including any agency the majority of the 

9 stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 

10 States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 

11 States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 

12 States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for perma13 nent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 

14 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as 

15 a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 

16 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to 

17 become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen 

18 when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes allegiance to the 

19 United States: Provided, That for purposes of this section, 

20 affidavits signed by any such person shall be considered 

21 prima facie evidence that the requirements of this section 

22 with respect to his or her status are being complied with: 

23 Provided further, That for purposes of subsections (2) and 

24 (3) such affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment 

25 and updated thereafter as necessary: Provided further, That 
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1 any person making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a 

2 felony, and upon conviction, shall be fined no more than 

3 $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: 

4 Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in 

5 addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provi6 sions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment 

7 made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions 

8 of this section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal 

9 Government: Provided further, That this section shall not 

10 apply to any person who is an officer or employee of the 

11 Government of the United States on the date of enactment 

12 of this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by 

13 the Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary em14 ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 

15 field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer16 gencies: Provided further, That this section does not apply 

17 to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not more 

18 than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the De19 partment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursu20 ant to an agreement with another country. 

21 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department 

22 or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex23 penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall 

24 also be available for payment to the General Services Ad25 ministration for charges for space and services and those 
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1 expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa2 cilities which constitute public improvements performed in 

3 accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 

4 479), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 

5 216), or other applicable law. 

6 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any 

7 other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 

8 use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 

9 Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 

10 recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 

11 Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol12 lowing purposes: 

13 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

14 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

15 Order No. 13423 (January 24, 2007), including any 

16 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

17 the Executive order. 

18 (2) Other Federal agency environmental manage19 ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de20 velopment and implementation of hazardous waste 

21 management and pollution prevention programs. 

22 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

23 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the Fed24 eral agency. 
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1 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

2 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

3 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

4 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

5 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, for 

6 rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

7 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

8 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

9 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

10 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

11 the event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses 

12 are subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, 

13 the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor14 respondingly reduced. 

15 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

16 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi17 nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com18 missions, councils, committees, or similar groups (whether 

19 or not they are interagency entities) which do not have a 

20 prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial 

21 support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 

22 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

23 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to 

24 implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has 

25 been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopt-
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1 ed in accordance with the applicable law of the United 

2 States. 

3 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any 

4 department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em5 ployee of the Federal Government appointed by the Presi6 dent of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli7 gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redeco8 rate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, 

9 or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improve10 ments for any such office, unless advance notice of such fur11 nishing or redecoration is transmitted to the Committees 

12 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

13 Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ 

14 shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the indi15 vidual, as well as any other space used primarily by the 

16 individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the 

17 individual. 

18 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 

19 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 

20 year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter21 agency funding of national security and emergency pre22 paredness telecommunications initiatives which benefit 

23 multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as pro24 vided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 2012). 
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1 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this 

2 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any de3 partment, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal 

4 Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any indi5 vidual appointed to a position of a confidential or policy6 determining character that is excepted from the competitive 

7 service under section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, 

8 (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 

9 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless the head of 

10 the applicable department, agency, or other instrumentality 

11 employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Direc12 tor of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule 

13 C position occupied by the individual was not created solely 

14 or primarily in order to detail the individual to the White 

15 House. 

16 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

17 Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed 

18 to or from an element of the intelligence community (as 

19 that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National Secu20 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 

21 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 

22 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

23 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Gov24 ernment, who— 
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1 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat2 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em3 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

4 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

5 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con6 gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the 

7 employment of such other officer or employee or per8 taining to the department or agency of such other of9 ficer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether 

10 such communication or contact is at the initiative of 

11 such other officer or employee or in response to the re12 quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub13 committee; or 

14 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

15 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

16 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 

17 relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi18 nates in regard to any employment right, entitlement, 

19 or benefit, or any term or condition of employment of, 

20 any other officer or employee of the Federal Govern21 ment, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 

22 foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or 

23 employee, by reason of any communication or contact 

24 of such other officer or employee with any Member, 
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1 committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as de2 scribed in paragraph (1). 

3 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

4 or any other Act may be obligated or expended for any em5 ployee training that— 

6 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 

7 skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform8 ance of official duties; 

9 (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 

10 of emotional response or psychological stress in some 

11 participants; 

12 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

13 of the content and methods to be used in the training 

14 and written end of course evaluation; 

15 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

16 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

17 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ18 ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 

19 dated September 2, 1988; or 

20 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici21 pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work22 place. 

23 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

24 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

25 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
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1 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

2 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive 

3 branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg4 islative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur5 poses, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any 

6 kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film 

7 presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pend8 ing before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con9 gress itself. 

10 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

11 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed12 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization ex13 cept when the employee has authorized such disclosure or 

14 when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of com15 petent jurisdiction. 

16 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 

17 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

18 information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mail19 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 

20 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit21 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

22 the Senate. 

23 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 

24 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

25 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
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1 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore au2 thorized by Congress. 

3 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

4 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 

5 5 U.S.C. 105; and 

6 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

7 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and 

8 the Postal Regulatory Commission. 

9 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu10 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

11 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to 

12 perform official duties. An employee not under a leave sys13 tem, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 5 

14 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest effort 

15 and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time in the 

16 performance of official duties. 

17 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 

18 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 

19 year by this or any other Act to any department or agency, 

20 which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards 

21 Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to finance an 

22 appropriate share of FASAB administrative costs. 

23 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 

24 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive department and 

25 agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse 
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1 ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide Pol2 icy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of Man3 agement and Budget, funds made available for the current 

4 fiscal year by this or any other Act, including rebates from 

5 charge card and other contracts: Provided, That these funds 

6 shall be administered by the Administrator of General Serv7 ices to support Government-wide and other multi-agency fi8 nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 

9 management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as ap10 proved by the Director of the Office of Management and 

11 Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency 

12 and multi-agency groups designated by the Director (in13 cluding the President’s Management Council for overall 

14 management improvement initiatives, the Chief Financial 

15 Officers Council for financial management initiatives, the 

16 Chief Information Officers Council for information tech17 nology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Coun18 cil for human capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Offi19 cers Council for procurement initiatives, and the Perform20 ance Improvement Council for performance improvement 

21 initiatives): Provided further, That the total funds trans22 ferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000 for Gov23 ernment-Wide innovations, initiatives, and activities: Pro24 vided further, That the funds transferred to or for reim25 bursement of ‘‘General Services Administration, Govern-
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1 ment-wide Policy’’ during fiscal year 2015 shall remain 

2 available for obligation through September 30, 2016: Pro3 vided further, That such transfers or reimbursements may 

4 only be made after 15 days following notification of the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa6 tives and the Senate by the Director of the Office of Manage7 ment and Budget. 

8 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 a woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a 

10 Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman and 

11 her child are otherwise authorized to be present at the loca12 tion. 

13 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 

14 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal 

15 year by this or any other Act shall be available for the inter16 agency funding of specific projects, workshops, studies, and 

17 similar efforts to carry out the purposes of the National 

18 Science and Technology Council (authorized by Executive 

19 Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple Federal depart20 ments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of 

21 Management and Budget shall provide a report describing 

22 the budget of and resources connected with the National 

23 Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap24 propriations, the House Committee on Science and Tech-
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1 nology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, 

2 and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant 

4 application, form, notification, press release, or other publi5 cations involving the distribution of Federal funds shall in6 dicate the agency providing the funds, the Catalog of Fed7 eral Domestic Assistance Number, as applicable, and the 

8 amount provided: Provided, That this section shall apply 

9 to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by 

10 a State receiving Federal funds. 

11 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

12 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

13 the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 

14 used by any Federal agency— 

15 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

16 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

17 personally identifiable information relating to an in18 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Government 

19 Internet site of the agency; or 

20 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

21 party (including another government agency) to col22 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de23 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

24 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

25 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site. 
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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in sub2 section (a) shall not apply to— 

3 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

4 identify particular persons; 

5 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden6 tifiable information; 

7 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu8 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

9 applicable law; or 

10 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that 

11 is a system security action taken by the operator of 

12 an Internet site and is necessarily incident to pro13 viding the Internet site services or to protecting the 

14 rights or property of the provider of the Internet site. 

15 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

16 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions 

17 to implement, interpret or enforce authorities pro18 vided in law. 

19 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations 

20 of the agency’s supervised institutions, including as21 sessing safety and soundness, overall financial condi22 tion, management practices and policies and compli23 ance with applicable standards as provided in law. 

24 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

25 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
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1 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

2 except where the contract also includes a provision for con3 traceptive coverage. 

4 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

5 with— 

6 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

7 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

8 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

9 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for 

10 the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of reli11 gious beliefs. 

12 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

13 into or renews a contract under this section may not subject 

14 any individual to discrimination on the basis that the indi15 vidual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contra16 ceptives because such activities would be contrary to the in17 dividual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

18 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 

19 coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

20 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring 

21 the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic 

22 athletes, and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping 

23 in sport through testing, adjudication, education, and re24 search as performed by nationally recognized oversight au25 thorities. 
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1 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 funds appropriated for official travel to Federal depart3 ments and agencies may be used by such departments and 

4 agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

5 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Govern6 ment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

7 ownership pilot program. 

8 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

10 this or any other appropriations Act may be used to imple11 ment or enforce restrictions or limitations on the Coast 

12 Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to implement 

13 the proposed regulations of the Office of Personnel Manage14 ment to add sections 300.311 through 300.316 to part 300 

15 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, published in 

16 the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on September 

17 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch employees 

18 to the legislative branch). 

19 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or 

21 lease any additional facilities, except within or contiguous 

22 to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of con23 ducting Federal law enforcement training without the ad24 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

25 House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the 
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1 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to 

2 obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, 

3 contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be 

4 accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

5 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 

6 none of the funds provided in this or any other Act may 

7 be used by an executive branch agency to produce any pre8 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

9 in the United States, unless the story includes a clear notifi10 cation within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

11 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

12 funded by that executive branch agency. 

13 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

15 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

16 Act), and regulations implementing that section. 

17 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro18 priated or otherwise made available by this or any other 

19 Act may be used for any Federal Government contract with 

20 any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an in21 verted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the 

22 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any 

23 subsidiary of such an entity. 

24 (b) WAIVERS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

2 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern3 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

4 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required 

5 in the interest of national security. 

6 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

7 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

8 such issuance to Congress. 

9 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

10 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

12 pursuant to such contract. 

13 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2015, for each employee 

14 who— 

15 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 

16 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 

17 (2) retires under any other provision of sub18 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 

19 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to separate, 

20 the separating agency shall remit to the Civil Service 

21 Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 

22 the Office of Personnel Management’s average unit 

23 cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding 

24 fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until ex25 pended to the Office of Personnel Management and 
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1 shall be deemed to be an administrative expense 

2 under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States 

3 Code. 

4 SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

5 or any other Act may be used to recommend or require any 

6 entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose 

7 any of the following information as a condition of submit8 ting the offer: 

9 (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 

10 expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse11 ment for an electioneering communication that is 

12 made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of 

13 its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for election 

14 for Federal office or to a political committee, or that 

15 is otherwise made with respect to any election for 

16 Federal office. 

17 (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 

18 payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the en19 tity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or 

20 subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the rea21 sonable expectation that the person will use the funds 

22 to make a payment described in paragraph (1). 

23 (b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 

24 ‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘electioneering 

25 communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘Federal of-
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1 fice’’ has the meaning given such term in the Federal Elec2 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 

4 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 

5 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern6 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a member 

7 of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commis8 sioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency 

9 (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), 

10 or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 

11 SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

12 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

13 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

14 2015, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 

15 prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) 

16 of title 5, United States Code— 

17 (A) during the period from the date of expiration 

18 of the limitation imposed by the comparable section 

19 for the previous fiscal years until the normal effective 

20 date of the applicable wage survey adjustment that is 

21 to take effect in fiscal year 2015, in an amount that 

22 exceeds the rate payable for the applicable grade and 

23 step of the applicable wage schedule in accordance 

24 with such section; and 
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1 (B) during the period consisting of the remain2 der of fiscal year 2015, in an amount that exceeds, 

3 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate pay4 able under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum 

5 of— 

6 (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 

7 in fiscal year 2015 under section 5303 of title 5, 

8 United States Code, in the rates of pay under the 

9 General Schedule; and 

10 (ii) the difference between the overall aver11 age percentage of the locality-based com12 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

13 2015 under section 5304 of such title (whether by 

14 adjustment or otherwise), and the overall average 

15 percentage of such payments which was effective 

16 in the previous fiscal year under such section. 

17 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

18 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

19 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 

20 no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 

21 paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect 

22 at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 

23 paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such em24 ployee. 
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1 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay2 able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 

3 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 

4 30, 2014, shall be determined under regulations prescribed 

5 by the Office of Personnel Management. 

6 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

7 of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 

8 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 

9 30, 2014, except to the extent determined by the Office of 

10 Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of 

11 this subsection. 

12 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for 

13 service performed after September 30, 2014. 

14 (6) For the purpose of administering any provision 

15 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre16 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em17 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, 

18 or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis 

19 of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic 

20 pay payable after the application of this subsection shall 

21 be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

22 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 

23 permit or require the payment to any employee covered by 

24 this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 

25 be payable were this subsection not in effect. 
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1 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

2 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection 

3 if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 

4 to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ5 ees. 

6 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in 

7 rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 

8 place in fiscal year 2015 under sections 5344 and 5348 of 

9 title 5, United States Code, shall be— 

10 (1) not less than the percentage received by em11 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 

12 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 

13 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States 

14 Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employees at lo15 cations where there are no employees whose pay is in16 creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, 

17 United States Code, and prevailing rate employees de18 scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States 

19 Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay lo20 cality designated as ‘‘Rest of United States’’ pursuant 

21 to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for pur22 poses of this subsection; and 

23 (2) effective as of the first day of the first appli24 cable pay period beginning after September 30, 2014. 
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1 SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 

2 pay raise in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding the rate 

3 adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United States 

4 Code, or any other provision of law. 

5 (b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule po6 sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 

7 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive 

8 a pay rate increase in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding 

9 schedule adjustments made under section 5318 of title 5, 

10 United States Code, or any other provision of law, except 

11 as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection 

12 applies only to employees who are holding a position under 

13 a political appointment. 

14 (c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not 

15 receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2015, notwith16 standing section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

17 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, except 

18 as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 

19 (d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 

20 5, United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be re21 ceived in calendar year 2015 (except as provided in sub22 section (g), (h), or (i)) by— 

23 (1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu24 tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 

25 IV of the Executive Schedule; or 
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1 (2) a limited term appointee or limited emer2 gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service serv3 ing under a political appointment and paid a rate of 

4 basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive Sched5 ule. 

6 (e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including 

7 any locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 5, 

8 United States Code, or similar authority) at or above level 

9 IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a political 

10 appointment may not receive a pay rate increase in cal11 endar year 2015, notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This 

13 subsection does not apply to employees in the General 

14 Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay system, or 

15 to employees appointed under section 3161 of title 5, United 

16 States Code, or to employees in another pay system whose 

17 position would be classified at GS–15 or below if chapter 

18 51 of title 5, United States Code, applied to them. 

19 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 

20 employees who do not serve under a political appointment 

21 from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under 

22 applicable law. 

23 (g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service 

24 who receives a Presidential appointment and who makes 

25 an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay 
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1 entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United States 

2 Code, is not subject to this section. 

3 (h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re4 ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 

5 executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen6 ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 

7 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 

8 is not subject to this section. 

9 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an em10 ployee in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase 

11 upon an authorized movement to a different covered posi12 tion with higher-level duties and a pre-established higher 

13 level or range of pay, except that any such increase must 

14 be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations 

15 in effect on December 31, 2013. 

16 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an 

17 individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 

18 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 

19 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 

20 pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 

21 (k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) through 

22 (e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in cal23 endar year 2015 but ends in calendar year 2016, the bar 

24 on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases shall apply 

25 through the end of that pay period. 
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1 SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de2 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

3 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 

4 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for 

5 any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 

6 costs and contracting procedures related to each conference 

7 held by any such department, agency, board, commission, 

8 or office during fiscal year 2015 for which the cost to the 

9 United States Government was more than $100,000. 

10 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con11 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica12 ble period— 

13 (1) a description of its purpose; 

14 (2) the number of participants attending; 

15 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 

16 States Government, including— 

17 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

18 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

19 (C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 

20 to and from the conference; and 

21 (D) a discussion of the methodology used to 

22 determine which costs relate to the conference; 

23 and 

24 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

25 used including— 
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1 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

2 competitive basis; and 

3 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

4 conducted by the departmental component or of5 fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 

6 conference. 

7 (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

8 by any Executive branch department, agency, board, com9 mission, or office funded by this or any other appropria10 tions Act during fiscal year 2015 for which the cost to the 

11 United States Government was more than $20,000, the head 

12 of any such department, agency, board, commission, or of13 fice shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics offi14 cial for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 

15 date, location, and number of employees attending such con16 ference. 

17 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro18 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 

19 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference 

20 described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program21 matically related to the purpose for which the grant or con22 tract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 

23 with planning, training, assessment, review, or other rou24 tine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or 

25 contract. 
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1 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

2 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con3 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office of 

4 Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated 

5 May 11, 2012. 

6 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 

7 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 

8 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac9 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for a 

10 fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently en11 acted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change is 

12 made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions 

13 of this or any other appropriations Act. 

14 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 

15 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

16 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ pub17 lished by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal 

18 Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.). 

19 SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available by this or any other Act may be used to 

21 begin or announce a study or public-private competition 

22 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 

23 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office 

24 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other ad25 ministrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
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1 SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or any other Act may be avail3 able for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with 

4 an entity that requires employees or contractors of such en5 tity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal 

6 confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or oth7 erwise restricting such employees or contactors from law8 fully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated 

9 investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal 

10 department or agency authorized to receive such informa11 tion. 

12 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con13 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 

14 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart15 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified in16 formation. 

17 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 

18 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

19 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

20 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

21 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil22 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and admin23 istrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and 

24 that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an 

25 agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the 
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1 tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the 

2 unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered 

3 suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made 

4 a determination that this further action is not necessary 

5 to protect the interests of the Government. 

6 SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 

7 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

8 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

9 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

10 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 

11 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 

12 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic13 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or 

14 debarment of the corporation and has made a determina15 tion that this further action is not necessary to protect the 

16 interests of the Government. 

17 SEC. 746. Not later than 1 year after the date of enact18 ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management 

19 and Budget, in consultation with the Council of Inspectors 

20 General on Integrity and Efficiency, the Government Ac21 countability Office, and other stakeholders shall develop— 

22 (1) criteria for an agency that has demonstrated 

23 a stabilized, effective system of internal control over 

24 financial reporting, whereby the agency would qualify 

25 for a consolidated Department level audit for obtain-
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1 ing a financial statement audit opinion, rather than 

2 an agency level audit; and 

3 (2) recommendations on how to improve current 

4 financial reporting requirements to increase govern5 ment transparency, in conjunction with the imple6 mentation of the Digital Accountability and Trans7 parency Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–101), and bet8 ter meet the needs of all stakeholders. 

9 SEC. 747. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 

10 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree11 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government 

12 or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if 

13 such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the fol14 lowing provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent with 

15 and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the 

16 employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by exist17 ing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified in18 formation, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the report19 ing to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule, 

20 or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, 

21 an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger 

22 to public health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower 

23 protection. The definitions, requirements, obligations, 

24 rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by controlling Ex25 ecutive orders and statutory provisions are incorporated 
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1 into this agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That 

2 notwithstanding the preceding provision of this section, a 

3 nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be exe4 cuted by a person connected with the conduct of an intel5 ligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an em6 ployee or officer of the United States Government, may con7 tain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for 

8 which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 

9 shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis10 close any classified information received in the course of 

11 such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 

12 United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall 

13 also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Con14 gress, or to an authorized official of an executive agency 

15 or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting 

16 a substantial violation of law. 

17 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be im18 plemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if 

19 it complies with the requirements for such agreement that 

20 were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 

21 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

22 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement entered 

23 into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain sub24 stantially similar language to that required in subsection 

25 (a). 
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1 SEC. 748. During fiscal year 2015, on the date that 

2 a request is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with 

3 section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau of Con4 sumer Financial Protection shall notify Committees on Ap5 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen6 ate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

7 Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

8 and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such requests. 

9 SEC. 749. None of the funds made available by this 

10 or any other Act may be used to implement a new Federal 

11 Flood Risk Management Standard until the Administra12 tion has solicited and considered input from Governors, 

13 mayors, and other stakeholders. 

14 SEC. 750. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 

15 reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other than 

16 title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII. 

17 TITLE VIII 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 

21 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec22 essary for making refunds and for the payment of legal set23 tlements or judgments that have been entered against the 

24 District of Columbia government. 
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1 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

2 Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 

3 implementation of any policy including boycott designed to 

4 support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any 

5 State legislature. 

6 SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 

7 under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Fed8 eral and District government agencies, that remain avail9 able for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or 

10 provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 

11 States derived by the collection of fees available to the agen12 cies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 

13 expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 

14 funds which— 

15 (1) creates new programs; 

16 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi17 bility center; 

18 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifically 

19 denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

20 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

21 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

22 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

23 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre24 viously deferred through reprogramming; 
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1 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

2 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

3 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

4 is less; or 

5 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel as6 signed to a specific program, project or responsibility 

7 center, 

8 unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 

9 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

10 Senate. 

11 (b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 

12 to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer re13 quests of local funds under this title through November 7, 

14 2015. 

15 SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

16 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

17 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the of18 fices of United States Senator or United States Representa19 tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State20 hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 

21 Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 

22 SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 

23 none of the funds made available by this Act or by any 

24 other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee 

25 of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless 
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1 the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the perform2 ance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For pur3 poses of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does not in4 clude travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and 

5 workplace, except in the case of— 

6 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

7 Police Department who resides in the District of Co8 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

9 Department; 

10 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer 

11 or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

12 Emergency Medical Services Department who resides 

13 in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours 

14 a day; 

15 (3) at the discretion of the Director of the De16 partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of the 

17 District of Columbia Department of Corrections who 

18 resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

19 hours a day; 

20 (4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Exam21 iner, an officer or employee of the Office of the Chief 

22 Medical Examiner who resides in the District of Co23 lumbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 

24 (5) at the discretion of the Director of the Home25 land Security and Emergency Management Agency, 
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1 an officer or employee of the Homeland Security and 

2 Emergency Management Agency who resides in the 

3 District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 

4 (6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

5 (7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

6 of Columbia. 

7 SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 

8 this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney 

9 General or any other officer or entity of the District govern10 ment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 

11 action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting 

12 representation in Congress for the District of Columbia. 

13 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Colum14 bia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on 

15 briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials 

16 of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 

17 SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this 

18 Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the 

19 purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens 

20 in any location that has been determined by the local public 

21 health or local law enforcement authorities to be inappro22 priate for such distribution. 

23 SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to pre24 vent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 

25 addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive cov-
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1 erage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Con2 gress that any legislation enacted on such issue should in3 clude a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides exceptions for 

4 religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

5 SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 

6 this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, 

7 or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties asso8 ciated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched9 ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 

10 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva11 tive. 

12 (b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be 

13 used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or oth14 erwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, 

15 or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Con16 trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any 

17 tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational purposes. 

18 SEC. 810. None of the funds appropriated under this 

19 Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the life 

20 of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 

21 to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

22 rape or incest. 

23 SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

25 Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap-
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1 propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Coun2 cil of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 

3 operating budget in the format of the budget that the Dis4 trict of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 

5 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Offi6 cial Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District of 

7 Columbia government for fiscal year 2015 that is in the 

8 total amount of the approved appropriation and that re9 aligns all budgeted data for personal services and other10 than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual 

11 expenditures. 

12 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 

13 which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Colum14 bia certifies that a reallocation is required to address unan15 ticipated changes in program requirements. 

16 SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi18 cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro19 priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 

20 for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 

21 operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 

22 Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. The 

23 revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format 

24 of the budget that the District of Columbia government sub-
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1 mitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia 

2 Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, Sec. 1–204.42). 

3 SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 

4 operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co5 lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 

6 once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con7 sistent with the provisions of this Act. 

8 (b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 

9 to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local 

10 funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior 

11 fiscal years from operating funds to capital funds, and such 

12 amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain 

13 appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of 

14 this Act. 

15 (c) The District of Columbia government may not 

16 transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds de17 rived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for cap18 ital projects. 

19 SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in 

20 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

21 current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other 

22 appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 

23 SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

24 law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobli25 gated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 
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1 2015 from appropriations of Federal funds made available 

2 for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2015 in this Act, 

3 shall remain available through September 30, 2016, for each 

4 such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That 

5 a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appro6 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

7 for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Pro8 vided further, That these requests shall be made in compli9 ance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section 

10 803 of this Act. 

11 SEC. 816. (a) During fiscal year 2016, during a period 

12 in which neither a District of Columbia continuing resolu13 tion or a regular District of Columbia appropriation bill 

14 is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount pro15 vided for any project or activity for which local funds are 

16 provided in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Act of 

17 2015 as submitted to Congress (subject to any modifications 

18 enacted by the District of Columbia as of the beginning of 

19 the period during which this subsection is in effect) at the 

20 rate set forth by such Act. 

21 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 

22 to be available— 

23 (1) during any period in which a District of Co24 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2016 is 

25 in effect; or 
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1 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 

2 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 

3 2016. 

4 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro5 vided under the authority and conditions as provided under 

6 this Act and shall be available to the extent and in the man7 ner that would be provided by this Act. 

8 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 

9 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 

10 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2016 

11 for which this section applies to such project or activity. 

12 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 

13 during any period of fiscal year 2016 if any other provision 

14 of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)— 

15 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail16 able, or grants authority for such project or activity 

17 to continue for such period; or 

18 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

19 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 

20 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac21 tivity to continue for such period. 

22 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 

23 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 

24 mandated by other law. 
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1 SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 

2 reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in title 

3 IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 

4 this title or of title IV. 

5 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 

6 and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

7 DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE8 RIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 

9 AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

10 TITLE I 

11 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

12 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

13 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

14 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve15 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classifica16 tion, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, 

17 and performance of other functions, including maintenance 

18 of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of 

19 lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bu20 reau of Land Management, including the general adminis21 tration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential 

22 of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 

23 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $970,016,000, to remain avail24 able until expended; of which $3,000,000 shall be available 

25 in fiscal year 2015 subject to a match by at least an equal 
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1 amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for 

2 cost-shared projects supporting conservation of Bureau 

3 lands; and such funds shall be advanced to the Foundation 

4 as a lump-sum grant without regard to when expenses are 

5 incurred. 

6 In addition, $32,500,000 is for the processing of appli7 cations for permit to drill and related use authorizations, 

8 to remain available until expended, to be reduced by 

9 amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appro10 priation that shall be derived from a fee of $6,500 per new 

11 application for permit to drill that the Bureau shall collect 

12 upon submission of each new application, and, in addition, 

13 $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program 

14 operations, including the cost of administering the mining 

15 claim fee program, to remain available until expended, to 

16 be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited 

17 to this appropriation from mining claim maintenance fees 

18 and location fees that are hereby authorized for fiscal year 

19 2015 so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at 

20 not more than $970,016,000, and $2,000,000, to remain 

21 available until expended, from communication site rental 

22 fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administering 

23 communication site activities. 
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1 LAND ACQUISITION

2 For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, 

3 and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administra4 tive expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests 

5 therein, $19,746,000, to be derived from the Land and 

6 Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 

7 expended. 

8 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

9 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 

10 and development of resources and for construction, oper11 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 

12 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 

13 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 

14 and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adja15 cent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests 

16 therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent 

17 to such grant lands; $113,777,000, to remain available until 

18 expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 

19 receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Or20 egon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made 

21 a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant 

22 fund and shall be transferred to the General Fund in the 

23 Treasury in accordance with the second paragraph of sub24 section (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 

25 U.S.C. 1181(f)). 
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1 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

2 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 

3 and interests therein, and improvement of Federal range4 lands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy 

5 and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwith6 standing any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all 

7 moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 

8 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315(b), 

9 315(m)) and the amount designated for range improve10 ments from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from 

11 Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the 

12 Interior pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to 

13 remain available until expended: Provided, That not to ex14 ceed $600,000 shall be available for administrative ex15 penses. 

16 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

17 For administrative expenses and other costs related to 

18 processing application documents and other authorizations 

19 for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs 

20 of providing copies of official public land documents, for 

21 monitoring construction, operation, and termination of fa22 cilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for re23 habilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 

24 collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 

25 and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
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1 185), to remain available until expended: Provided, That, 

2 notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 

3 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any 

4 moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that 

5 section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or set6 tlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 

7 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available 

8 and may be expended under the authority of this Act by 

9 the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public 

10 lands administered through the Bureau of Land Manage11 ment which have been damaged by the action of a resource 

12 developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized per13 son, without regard to whether all moneys collected from 

14 each such action are used on the exact lands damaged which 

15 led to the action: Provided further, That any such moneys 

16 that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to 

17 the exact land for which funds were collected may be used 

18 to repair other damaged public lands. 

19 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

20 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 

21 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 

22 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Public 

23 Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may 

24 be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, 

25 and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under sec-
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1 tion 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 

5 operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, con6 tracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable 

7 agreements with public and private entities, including with 

8 States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for 

9 purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary struc10 tures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary build11 ings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States 

12 has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion 

13 of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning vio14 lations of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous 

15 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized 

16 or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely 

17 on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Pro18 vided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 

19 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and 

20 partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure 

21 printing services from cooperators in connection with joint22 ly produced publications for which the cooperators share the 

23 cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau 

24 determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 

25 quality standards: Provided further, That projects to be 
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1 funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State gov2 ernment to provide an identified amount of money in sup3 port of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on 

4 a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall not 

5 be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 

6 horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contrac7 tors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results 

8 in their destruction for processing into commercial prod9 ucts. 

10 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

11 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

12 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 

13 Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 

14 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 

15 performance of other authorized functions related to such 

16 resources, $1,207,658,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2016 except as otherwise provided herein: Pro18 vided, That not to exceed $20,515,000 shall be used for im19 plementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of 

20 the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (ex21 cept for processing petitions, developing and issuing pro22 posed and final regulations, and taking any other steps to 

23 implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), 

24 (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to exceed 

25 $4,605,000 shall be used for any activity regarding the des-
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1 ignation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), 

2 excluding litigation support, for species listed pursuant to 

3 subsection (a)(1) prior to October 1, 2012; of which not to 

4 exceed $1,501,000 shall be used for any activity regarding 

5 petitions to list species that are indigenous to the United 

6 States pursuant to subsections (b)(3)(A) and (b)(3)(B); and, 

7 of which not to exceed $1,504,000 shall be used for imple8 menting subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the 

9 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) for spe10 cies that are not indigenous to the United States. 

11 CONSTRUCTION

12 For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re13 moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con14 servation, management, investigation, protection, and utili15 zation of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 

16 of lands and interests therein; $15,687,000, to remain avail17 able until expended. 

18 LAND ACQUISITION

19 For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 

20 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, (16 U.S.C. 460l– 

21 4 et seq.), including administrative expenses, and for acqui22 sition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance 

23 with statutory authority applicable to the United States 

24 Fish and Wildlife Service, $47,535,000, to be derived from 

25 the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain 
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1 available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 

2 appropriated for specific land acquisition projects may be 

3 used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or 

4 other management costs. 

5 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

6 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 

7 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 

8 $50,095,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

9 $22,695,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan10 gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which $27,400,000 

11 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 

12 Fund. 

13 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

14 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 

15 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 

16 NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

17 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 

18 the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 

19 4401 et seq.), $34,145,000, to remain available until ex20 pended. 

21 NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

22 For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 

23 Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 

24 $3,660,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

2 For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele3 phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian 

4 Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), 

5 the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 

6 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 

7 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine Turtle Con8 servation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $9,061,000, 

9 to remain available until expended. 

10 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

11 For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 

12 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 

13 Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American 

14 Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish 

15 and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordi16 nation Act, for the development and implementation of pro17 grams for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including 

18 species that are not hunted or fished, $58,695,000, to re19 main available until expended: Provided, That of the 

20 amount provided herein, $4,084,000 is for a competitive 

21 grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remain22 ing provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 

23 $5,487,000 is for a competitive grant program for States, 

24 territories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of 

25 affected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 
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1 agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this ap2 propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

3 after deducting $9,571,000 and administrative expenses, 

4 apportion the amount provided herein in the following 

5 manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com6 monwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more 

7 than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, Amer8 ican Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 

9 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a 

10 sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: 

11 Provided further, That the Secretary shall apportion the re12 maining amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of 

13 which is based on the ratio to which the land area of such 

14 State bears to the total land area of all such States; and 

15 (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the 

16 population of such State bears to the total population of 

17 all such States: Provided further, That the amounts appor18 tioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so 

19 that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less than 

20 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment under 

21 this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent 

22 of such amount: Provided further, That the Federal share 

23 of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total 

24 costs of such projects and the Federal share of implementa25 tion grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs 
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1 of such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal 

2 share of such projects may not be derived from Federal 

3 grant programs: Provided further, That any amount appor4 tioned in 2015 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction 

5 that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2016, shall 

6 be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 2017, 

7 in the manner provided herein. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

9 The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 

10 carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex11 penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and re12 imbursable agreements with public and private entities. Ap13 propriations and funds available to the United States Fish 

14 and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of damage 

15 to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas 

16 caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase 

17 of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities inci18 dent to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 

19 as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the 

20 maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and 

21 other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to 

22 which the United States has title, and which are used pur23 suant to law in connection with management, and inves24 tigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That not25 withstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooper-
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1 ative cost sharing and partnership arrangements author2 ized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in 

3 connection with jointly produced publications for which the 

4 cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing either 

5 in cash or services and the Service determines the coop6 erator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 

7 Provided further, That the Service may accept donated air8 craft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, 

9 That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for 

10 non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited under 

11 the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Re12 source Management’’ and shall be available to the Sec13 retary, without further appropriation, to be used for ex14 penses of processing of such non-toxic shot type or coating 

15 applications and revising regulations as necessary, and 

16 shall remain available until expended. 

17 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

18 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

19 For expenses necessary for the management, operation, 

20 and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by 

21 the National Park Service and for the general administra22 tion of the National Park Service, $2,275,773,000, of which 

23 $9,923,000 for planning and interagency coordination in 

24 support of Everglades restoration and $81,961,000 for 

25 maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for con-
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1 structed assets shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2016: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head3 ing in this Act and previous Appropriations Acts are avail4 able for the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 95–348 

5 and section 204 of Public Law 93–486, as amended by sec6 tion 1(3) of Public Law 100–355. 

7 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

8 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro9 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage part10 nership programs, environmental compliance and review, 

11 international park affairs, and grant administration, not 

12 otherwise provided for, $63,117,000. 

13 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

14 For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 

15 Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), 

16 $56,410,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 

17 Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2016. 

18 CONSTRUCTION

19 For construction, improvements, repair, or replace20 ment of physical facilities, including modifications author21 ized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protec22 tion and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), 

23 $138,339,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

25 any project initially funded in fiscal year 2015 with a fu-
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1 ture phase indicated in the National Park Service 5–Year 

2 Line Item Construction Plan, a single procurement may 

3 be issued which includes the full scope of the project: Pro4 vided further, That the solicitation and contract shall con5 tain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 

6 52.232–18. 

7 LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

8 (RESCISSION)

9 The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2015 

10 by section 9 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act 

11 of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–10a) is rescinded. 

12 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

13 For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 

14 Water Conservation Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 

15 11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition 

16 of lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with 

17 the statutory authority applicable to the National Park 

18 Service, $98,960,000, to be derived from the Land and 

19 Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 

20 expended, of which $48,117,000 is for the State assistance 

21 program and of which $8,986,000 shall be for the American 

22 Battlefield Protection Program grants as authorized by sec23 tion 7301 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 

24 of 2009 (Public Law 111–11). 
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1 CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

2 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 

3 section 814(g) of Public Law 104–333 (16 U.S.C. 1f) relat4 ing to challenge cost share agreements, $10,000,000, to re5 main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 

6 projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 per7 cent of the total cost of each project or program shall be 

8 derived from non-Federal sources in the form of donated 

9 cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrev10 ocable letter of credit. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) 

14 of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub15 account shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, 

16 without further appropriation, for use at any unit within 

17 the National Park System to extinguish or reduce liability 

18 for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender interest. Such 

19 funds may only be used for this purpose to the extent that 

20 the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts over 

21 the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of 

22 funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees 

23 at the benefitting unit shall be credited to the sub-account 

24 of the originating unit over a period not to exceed the term 
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1 of a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount 

2 of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 

3 For the costs of administration of the Land and Water 

4 Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 

5 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 

6 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 

7 may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au8 thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 

9 amounts to remain available until expended. 

10 National Park Service funds may be transferred to the 

11 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 

12 Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 

13 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for 

14 FHWA administrative support costs. 

15 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

16 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

17 For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 

18 Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov19 ering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the min20 eral and water resources of the United States, its territories 

21 and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 

22 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and 

23 water resources; give engineering supervision to power per24 mittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licens25 ees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
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1 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 

2 affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 

3 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related 

4 purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and dissemi5 nate data relative to the foregoing activities; 

6 $1,045,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2016; of which $53,337,189 shall remain available until ex8 pended for satellite operations; and of which $7,280,000 

9 shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance 

10 and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in 

11 cost: Provided, That none of the funds provided for the eco12 system research activity shall be used to conduct new sur13 veys on private property, unless specifically authorized in 

14 writing by the property owner: Provided further, That no 

15 part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more than 

16 one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water resources 

17 data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation 

18 with States and municipalities. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 From within the amount appropriated for activities 

21 of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 

22 necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur23 nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo24 physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra25 tively determined that such procedures are in the public in-
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1 terest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings 

2 and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 

3 stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States 

4 National Committee for Geological Sciences; and payment 

5 of compensation and expenses of persons employed by the 

6 Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in 

7 the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts: 

8 Provided, That activities funded by appropriations herein 

9 made may be accomplished through the use of contracts, 

10 grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in section 6302 

11 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the 

12 United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts 

13 or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indi14 rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 

15 regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 

16 services of students or recent graduates, who shall be consid17 ered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of 

18 title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation for 

19 travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 

20 United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not 

21 be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur22 poses. 
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1 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

2 OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

3 For expenses necessary for granting leases, easements, 

4 rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, other 

5 minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer 

6 Continental Shelf and approving operations related thereto, 

7 as authorized by law; for environmental studies, as author8 ized by law; for implementing other laws and to the extent 

9 provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for 

10 matching grants or cooperative agreements, $169,770,000, 

11 of which $72,422,000 is to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2016 and of which $97,348,000 is to remain 

13 available until expended: Provided, That this total appro14 priation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Sec15 retary and credited to this appropriation from additions 

16 to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in 

17 effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 

18 activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man19 agement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 

20 Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella21 neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 

22 sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections 

23 are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final 

24 fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated at not more than 

25 $72,422,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 
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1 shall be available for reasonable expenses related to pro2 moting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities. 

3 BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

4 OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

5 For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations 

6 related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements 

7 for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine8 related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf, as author9 ized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and regu10 lations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by 

11 Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching 

12 grants or cooperative agreements, $124,726,000, of which 

13 $66,147,000 is to remain available until September 30, 

14 2016 and of which $58,579,000 is to remain available until 

15 expended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be 

16 reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited 

17 to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting 

18 from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 

19 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted 

20 by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 

21 pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, includ22 ing studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous ad23 ministrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 

24 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are 

25 received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final 
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1 fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated at not more than 

2 $66,147,000. 

3 For an additional amount, $65,000,000, to remain 

4 available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected 

5 by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, which 

6 shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees col7 lected in fiscal year 2015, as provided in this Act: Provided, 

8 That to the extent that amounts realized from such inspec9 tion fees exceed $65,000,000, the amounts realized in excess 

10 of $65,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and 

11 remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 

12 fiscal year 2015, not less than 50 percent of the inspection 

13 fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

14 Enforcement will be used to fund personnel and mission15 related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly 

16 development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the 

17 Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental 

18 Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the re19 view of applications for permits to drill. 

20 OIL SPILL RESEARCH

21 For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 

22 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 

23 VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 

24 $14,899,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li25 ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
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1 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND

2 ENFORCEMENT

3 REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

5 the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 

6 Public Law 95–87, $122,713,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2016: Provided, That appropriations for the 

8 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 

9 may provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State 

10 and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining 

11 Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

12 In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en13 force permits issued by the Bureau pursuant to section 507 

14 of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain 

15 available until expended: Provided, That fees assessed and 

16 collected by the Bureau pursuant to such section 507 shall 

17 be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collec18 tions, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 

19 That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 

20 shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal 

21 year, so as to result in a fiscal year 2015 appropriation 

22 estimated at not more than $122,713,000. 

23 ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

24 For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Sur25 face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
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1 Law 95–87, $27,399,000, to be derived from receipts of the 

2 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain avail3 able until expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public 

4 Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is authorized 

5 to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent 

6 debt owed to the United States Government to pay for con7 tracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That funds 

8 made available under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may 

9 be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of 

10 projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose 

11 of environmental restoration related to treatment or abate12 ment of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Pro13 vided further, That such projects must be consistent with 

14 the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control 

15 and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts pro16 vided under this heading may be used for the travel and 

17 per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending 

18 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 

19 sponsored training. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

21 In fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

22 with funds available for the Technical Innovation and Pro23 fessional Services program in this or any other Act with 

24 respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary may transfer title 

25 for computer hardware, software and other technical equip-
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1 ment to State and tribal regulatory and reclamation pro2 grams. 

3 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN

4 EDUCATION

5 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian pro8 grams, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 

9 November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Deter10 mination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 

11 450 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 

12 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 

13 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $2,429,236,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2016, except as otherwise pro15 vided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for offi16 cial reception and representation expenses; of which not to 

17 exceed $74,809,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: 

18 Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the 

19 Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided 

20 herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities 

21 affected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec22 ognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally 

23 recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allo24 cations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided further, 

25 That not to exceed $606,690,000 for school operations costs 
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1 of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs 

2 shall become available on July 1, 2015, and shall remain 

3 available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

4 not to exceed $48,553,000 shall remain available until ex5 pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attor6 ney fees, litigation support, land records improvement, and 

7 the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, 

8 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

9 but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of 

10 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.) and section 1128 of the Edu11 cation Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed 

12 $62,395,000 within and only from such amounts made 

13 available for school operations shall be available for admin14 istrative cost grants associated with ongoing grants entered 

15 into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2014 

16 for the operation of Bureau-funded schools, and up to 

17 $500,000 within and only from such amounts made avail18 able for administrative cost grants shall be available for the 

19 transitional costs of initial administrative cost grants to 

20 grantees that assume operation on or after July 1, 2014, 

21 of Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That any for22 estry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe which 

23 remain unobligated as of September 30, 2016, may be 

24 transferred during fiscal year 2017 to an Indian forest land 

25 assistance account established for the benefit of the holder 
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1 of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: Provided 

2 further, That any such unobligated balances not so trans3 ferred shall expire on September 30, 2017: Provided further, 

4 That in order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employ5 ees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or 

6 other identifying articles of clothing for personnel. 

7 CONSTRUCTION

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte10 nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 

11 and other facilities, including architectural and engineering 

12 services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in 

13 lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for con14 struction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant 

15 to Public Law 87–483, $128,876,000, to remain available 

16 until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be 

17 available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga18 tion Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclama19 tion: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 percent of con20 tract authority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

21 from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover 

22 the road program management costs of the Bureau: Pro23 vided further, That any funds provided for the Safety of 

24 Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made 

25 available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, 
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1 That for fiscal year 2015, in implementing new construc2 tion or facilities improvement and repair project grants in 

3 excess of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under 

4 Public Law 100–297, the Secretary of the Interior shall use 

5 the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost Prin6 ciples for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR part 

7 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, That 

8 such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; 

9 the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine 

10 a schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Pro11 vided further, That in considering grant applications, the 

12 Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would be defi13 cient in assuring that the construction projects conform to 

14 applicable building standards and codes and Federal, trib15 al, or State health and safety standards as required by 25 

16 U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect to organizational and finan17 cial management capabilities: Provided further, That if the 

18 Secretary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall 

19 follow the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): 

20 Provided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 

21 and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the 

22 disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided further, 

23 That in order to ensure timely completion of construction 

24 projects, the Secretary may assume control of a project and 

25 all funds related to the project, if, within 18 months of the 
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1 date of enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds 

2 appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not com3 pleted the planning and design phase of the project and 

4 commenced construction: Provided further, That this appro5 priation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special 

6 Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the appro7 priate share of construction costs for space expansion need8 ed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation. 

9 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND

10 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

11 For payments and necessary administrative expenses 

12 for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle13 ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 

14 111–11, and 111–291, and for implementation of other land 

15 and water rights settlements, $35,655,000, to remain avail16 able until expended. 

17 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 

19 $7,731,000, of which $1,045,000 is for administrative ex20 penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: 

21 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

22 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres23 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 

24 funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
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1 part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed 

2 $100,496,183. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper5 ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 

6 cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either di7 rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza8 tions. 

9 Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 

10 Affairs may contract for services in support of the manage11 ment, operation, and maintenance of the Power Division 

12 of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 

13 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

14 available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 

15 oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 

16 Services (except executive direction and administrative 

17 services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional of18 fices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 

19 available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 

20 agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 

21 provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 

22 Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–413). 

23 In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 

24 available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 

25 action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 
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1 responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern2 ment relationship between the United States and that tribe, 

3 or that tribe’s ability to access future appropriations. 

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

5 available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 

6 the amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools 

7 under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to support 

8 the operation of any elementary or secondary school in the 

9 State of Alaska. 

10 No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education 

11 shall be used to support expanded grades for any school or 

12 dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved 

13 by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau 

14 of Indian Education school system as of October 1, 1995, 

15 except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this 

16 prohibition to support expansion of up to one additional 

17 grade when the Secretary determines such waiver is needed 

18 to support accomplishment of the mission of the Bureau of 

19 Indian Education. Appropriations made available in this 

20 or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall 

21 be available, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding for22 mula, only to the schools in the Bureau school system as 

23 of September 1, 1996, and to any school or school program 

24 that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made avail25 able under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 
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1 school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 

2 in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 

3 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is in exist4 ence on the date of the enactment of this Act and that has 

5 operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 

6 1999, may continue to operate during that period, but only 

7 if the charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share 

8 of funds to reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real 

9 and personal property (including buses and vans), the 

10 funds of the charter school are kept separate and apart from 

11 Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume any obliga12 tion for charter school programs of the State in which the 

13 school is located if the charter school loses such funding. 

14 Employees of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with 

15 a charter school and performing functions related to the 

16 charter school’s operation and employees of a charter school 

17 shall not be treated as Federal employees for purposes of 

18 chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

20 section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 

21 113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi22 rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 

23 formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 

24 Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and adminis-
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1 trative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) dis2 tribution formula. 

3 Funds available under this Act may not be used to 

4 establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 

5 system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 

6 may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 

7 to provide language and cultural immersion educational 

8 programs for non-public schools located within the jurisdic9 tional area of the tribal government which exclusively serve 

10 tribal members, do not include grades beyond those cur11 rently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide 

12 an educational environment with educator presence and 

13 academic facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, 

14 comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health 

15 and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities 

16 Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations 

17 at a satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary 

18 costs, such as for transportation or other impacts to stu19 dents such as those caused by busing students extended dis20 tances: Provided, That no funds available under this Act 

21 may be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilita22 tion, construction or other facilities-related costs for such 

23 assets that are not owned by the Bureau: Provided further, 

24 That the term ‘‘satellite school’’ means a school location 

25 physically separated from the existing Bureau school by 
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1 more than 50 miles but that forms part of the existing 

2 school in all other respects. 

3 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

6 For necessary expenses for management of the Depart7 ment of the Interior, including the collection and disburse8 ment of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 

9 and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized 

10 by law, $265,263,000, to remain available until September 

11 30, 2016; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 

12 reception and representation expenses; and of which up to 

13 $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation pay14 ments and unemployment compensation payments associ15 ated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau 

16 of Mines; and of which $12,000,000 for the Office of Valu17 ation Services is to be derived from the Land and Water 

18 Conservation Fund and shall remain available until ex19 pended; and of which $38,300,000 shall remain available 

20 until expended for the purpose of mineral revenue manage21 ment activities: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

22 provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be avail23 able for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain 

24 Indian leases in which the Secretary concurred with the 

25 claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian 
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1 allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erro2 neous payments. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 For fiscal year 2015, up to $400,000 of the payments 

5 authorized by the Act of October 20, 1976 (31 U.S.C. 6901– 

6 6907) may be retained for administrative expenses of the 

7 Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That no 

8 payment shall be made pursuant to that Act to otherwise 

9 eligible units of local government if the computed amount 

10 of the payment is less than $100: Provided further, That 

11 the Secretary may reduce the payment authorized by 31 

12 U.S.C. 6901–6907 for an individual county by the amount 

13 necessary to correct prior year overpayments to that county: 

14 Provided further, That the amount needed to correct a prior 

15 year underpayment to an individual county shall be paid 

16 from any reductions for overpayments to other counties and 

17 the amount necessary to cover any remaining under18 payment is hereby appropriated and shall be paid to indi19 vidual counties. 

20 INSULAR AFFAIRS

21 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

22 For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 

23 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and 

24 other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Public 

25 Law 108–188, $85,976,000, of which: (1) $76,528,000 shall 
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1 remain available until expended for territorial assistance, 

2 including general technical assistance, maintenance assist3 ance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative activities, and 

4 brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judici5 ary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, 

6 as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the 

7 Government of American Samoa, in addition to current 

8 local revenues, for construction and support of govern9 mental functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin 

10 Islands as authorized by law; grants to the Government of 

11 Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Government 

12 of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law 

13 (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,448,000 

14 shall be available until September 30, 2016, for salaries and 

15 expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 

16 financial transactions of the territorial and local govern17 ments herein provided for, including such transactions of 

18 all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such 

19 governments, may be audited by the Government Account20 ability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 

21 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That 

22 Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be 

23 provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the 

24 Special Representatives on Future United States Financial 

25 Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
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1 Public Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for 

2 the program of operations and maintenance improvement 

3 are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 

4 maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with 

5 territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 

6 by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to time7 ly maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That 

8 any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head9 ing in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used 

10 as non-Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard 

11 mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the 

12 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist13 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

14 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

15 For grants and necessary expenses, $3,318,000, to re16 main available until expended, as provided for in sections 

17 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for 

18 the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Com19 pacts of Free Association for the Government of the Repub20 lic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Mi21 cronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 and Public 

22 Law 108–188. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary 

4 may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds pro5 vided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Pub6 lic Law 104–134, that are allocated for Guam, to the Sec7 retary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guar8 anteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount 

9 of the subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administra10 tion, for the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrifica11 tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 

12 Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and re13 pair projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain avail14 able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 

15 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec16 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

17 further, That such loans or loan guarantees may be made 

18 without regard to the population of the area, credit else19 where requirements, and restrictions on the types of eligible 

20 entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 

21 section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De22 velopment Act: Provided further, That any funds trans23 ferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be in addition 

24 to funds otherwise made available to make or guarantee 

25 loans under such authorities. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 

4 $65,800,000. 

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen8 eral, $50,047,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN

10 INDIANS

11 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the operation of trust programs for Indians by di14 rect expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, com15 pacts, and grants, $139,029,000, to remain available until 

16 expended, of which not to exceed $23,061,000 from this or 

17 any other Act, may be available for historical accounting: 

18 Provided, That funds for trust management improvements 

19 and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to or 

20 merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of 

21 Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ ac22 count; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 

23 account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Op24 erations’’ account: Provided further, That funds made 

25 available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal 
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1 year 2015, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination 

2 Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), shall remain available 

3 until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided fur4 ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

5 Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly state6 ment of performance for any Indian trust account that has 

7 not had activity for at least 18 months and has a balance 

8 of $15 or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

9 issue an annual account statement and maintain a record 

10 of any such accounts and shall permit the balance in each 

11 such account to be withdrawn upon the express written re12 quest of the account holder: Provided further, That not to 

13 exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make pay14 ments to correct administrative errors of either disburse15 ments from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or 

16 Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, 

17 That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be cred18 ited to and remain available in this account for this pur19 pose: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be re20 quired to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance 

21 of less than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee 

22 receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts 

23 claimant. 
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1 DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

2 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire sup5 pression operations, fire science and research, emergency re6 habilitation, hazardous fuels management activities, and 

7 rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 

8 $804,779,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

9 not to exceed $6,127,000 shall be for the renovation or con10 struction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are 

11 also available for repayment of advances to other appro12 priation accounts from which funds were previously trans13 ferred for such purposes: Provided further, That of the funds 

14 provided $164,000,000 is for hazardous fuels management 

15 activities, of which $10,000,000 is for resilient landscapes 

16 activities: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

17 $18,035,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided fur18 ther, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may 

19 be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from 

20 funds available from this appropriation: Provided further, 

21 That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by 

22 a bureau or office of the Department of the Interior for fire 

23 protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., pro24 tection of United States property, may be credited to the 

25 appropriation from which funds were expended to provide 
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1 that protection, and are available without fiscal year limi2 tation: Provided further, That using the amounts des3 ignated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Inte4 rior may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or coop5 erative agreements, for hazardous fuels management and re6 silient landscapes activities, and for training and moni7 toring associated with such hazardous fuels management 

8 and resilient landscapes activities on Federal land, or on 

9 adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit re10 sources on Federal land: Provided further, That the costs 

11 of implementing any cooperative agreement between the 

12 Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be 

13 shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro14 vided further, That notwithstanding requirements of the 

15 Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes 

16 of hazardous fuels management and resilient landscapes ac17 tivities, may obtain maximum practicable competition 

18 among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; 

19 (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps 

20 (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with State, 

21 local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-busi22 nesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally 

23 a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of 

24 the project workforce to complete such contracts: Provided 

25 further, That in implementing this section, the Secretary 
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1 shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure ac2 countability and consistent application of the authorities 

3 provided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

4 under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 

5 States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 

6 Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their respon7 sibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

8 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required 

9 by section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire 

10 management activities: Provided further, That the Sec11 retary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations 

12 to enter into leases of real property with local governments, 

13 at or below fair market value, to construct capitalized im14 provements for fire facilities on such leased properties, in15 cluding but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant sta16 tions, and other initial attack and fire support facilities, 

17 and to make advance payments for any such lease or for 

18 construction activity associated with the lease: Provided 

19 further, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 

20 of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appro21 priated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 

22 amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments 

23 when such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland 

24 fire management programs and projects: Provided further, 

25 That funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be avail-
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1 able for support of Federal emergency response actions: Pro2 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

3 shall be available for assistance to or through the Depart4 ment of State in connection with forest and rangeland re5 search, technical information, and assistance in foreign 

6 countries, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 

7 State, shall be available to support forestry, wildland fire 

8 management, and related natural resource activities outside 

9 the United States and its territories and possessions, in10 cluding technical assistance, education and training, and 

11 cooperation with United States and international organiza12 tions. 

13 FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses for large fire suppression oper16 ations of the Department of the Interior and as a reserve 

17 fund for suppression and Federal emergency response ac18 tivities, $92,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

19 Provided, That such amounts are only available for transfer 

20 to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account following a 

21 declaration by the Secretary in accordance with section 502 

22 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a). 

23 CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

24 For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte25 rior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the 
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1 response action, including associated activities, performed 

2 pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

3 Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 

4 $10,010,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND

6 RESTORATION

7 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

8 To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res9 toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the 

10 Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provi11 sions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com12 pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the 

13 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 

14 seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), 

15 and Public Law 101–337 (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), 

16 $7,767,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

18 For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 

19 financial and business management system, information 

20 technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart21 ment, consolidation of facilities and operations throughout 

22 the Department, $57,100,000, to remain available until ex23 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in 

24 this Act or any other Act may be used to establish reserves 

25 in the Working Capital Fund account other than for ac-
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1 crued annual leave and depreciation of equipment without 

2 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

3 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 

4 That the Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, 

5 local and tribal government employees for training services 

6 provided by the National Indian Program Training Center, 

7 other than training related to Public Law 93–638: Provided 

8 further, That the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide 

9 space and related facilities, equipment or professional serv10 ices of the National Indian Program Training Center to 

11 State, local and tribal government employees or persons or 

12 organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or rec13 reational activities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 

14 40, United States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar 

15 space, facilities, equipment, or services in the vicinity of 

16 the National Indian Program Training Center: Provided 

17 further, That all funds received pursuant to the two pre18 ceding provisos shall be credited to this account, shall be 

19 available until expended, and shall be used by the Secretary 

20 for necessary expenses of the National Indian Program 

21 Training Center: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

22 enter into grants and cooperative agreements to support the 

23 Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s collection and dis24 bursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue pro25 ceeds, as authorized by law. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail3 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 

4 which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 

5 available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 

6 aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 

7 or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

8 replacement aircraft. 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU

12 SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 

13 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 

14 or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer15 gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 

16 buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam17 aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable 

18 causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available 

19 under this authority until funds specifically made available 

20 to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 

21 been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pur22 suant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental 

23 appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as pos24 sible. 
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1 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE

2 SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi3 ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 

4 in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs 

5 of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency 

6 prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under 

7 the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 

8 emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its ju9 risdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or ac10 tual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other un11 avoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 

12 actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage 

13 assessment activities related to actual oil spills or releases 

14 of hazardous substances into the environment; for the pre15 vention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 

16 grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under 

17 the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority 

18 in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 

19 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section 

20 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no 

21 year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Rec22 lamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary 

23 to permit assumption of regulatory authority in the event 

24 a primacy State is not carrying out the regulatory provi25 sions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropria-
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1 tions made in this title for wildland fire operations shall 

2 be available for the payment of obligations incurred during 

3 the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other 

4 Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or 

5 other equipment in connection with their use for wildland 

6 fire operations, such reimbursement to be credited to appro7 priations currently available at the time of receipt thereof: 

8 Provided further, That for wildland fire operations, no 

9 funds shall be made available under this authority until 

10 the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for 

11 ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppres12 sion Reserve Fund’’ shall be exhausted within 30 days: Pro13 vided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section 

14 must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, 

15 which must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided 

16 further, That such replenishment funds shall be used to re17 imburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emer18 gency funds were transferred. 

19 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

20 SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of 

21 the Interior in this title shall be available for services as 

22 authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

23 when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to 

24 exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehi25 cles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; 
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1 hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of pas2 senger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for 

3 telephone service in private residences in the field, when au4 thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and 

5 the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for 

6 library membership in societies or associations which issue 

7 publications to members only or at a price to members 

8 lower than to subscribers who are not members. 

9 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT

10 SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 

11 headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 

12 Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 

13 Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro14 priations Acts made under the same headings shall be avail15 able for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust manage16 ment and reform activities. Total funding for historical ac17 counting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 

18 designated in this Act for such purpose. 

19 REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

20 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute 

22 any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base 

23 funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring 

24 funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, 

25 overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution meth-
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1 odologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Pri2 ority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal 

3 year 2015. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, over4 lapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodolo5 gies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply. 

6 ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS

7 SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, 

9 waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part 

10 of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York 

11 and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating 

12 and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation 

13 and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Lib14 erty Islands, and of other program and administrative ac15 tivities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including 

16 franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by ex17 change; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 

18 enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other 

19 agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and 

20 conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 

21 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES

22 SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2015, the Secretary shall 

23 collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be depos24 ited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforce-
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1 ment’’ account, from the designated operator for facilities 

2 subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 

3 (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are 

4 above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in 

5 place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2015 

6 shall be: 

7 (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 

8 processing equipment or gathering lines; 

9 (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with 

10 any combination of active or inactive wells; and 

11 (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 

12 wells, with any combination of active or inactive 

13 wells. 

14 (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspec15 tions completed in fiscal year 2015. Fees for fiscal year 

16 2015 shall be: 

17 (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 

18 water depths of 500 feet or more; and 

19 (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 

20 water depths of less than 500 feet. 

21 (d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under 

22 subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment required with23 in 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated 

24 operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end 
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1 of the month in which the inspection occurred, with pay2 ment required within 30 days of billing. 

3 OIL AND GAS LEASING INTERNET PROGRAM

4 SEC. 108. (a) Notwithstanding section 17(b)(1)(A) of 

5 the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)), the Sec6 retary of the Interior shall have the authority to implement 

7 an oil and gas leasing Internet program, under which the 

8 Secretary may conduct lease sales through methods other 

9 than oral bidding. 

10 (b) The authority in subsection (a) shall be effective 

11 for fiscal year 2015 until the date of the enactment of a 

12 provision of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 

13 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 

14 that amends section 17(b)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act 

15 (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)) to authorize onshore lease sales 

16 through Internet-based bidding methods. 

17 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION

18 AND ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION

19 SEC. 109. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 

20 implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy 

21 Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may transfer 

22 funds among and between the successor offices and bureaus 

23 affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the 

24 reprogramming guidelines for division F in the explanatory 
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1 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

2 division A of this consolidated Act). 

3 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND

4 BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES

5 SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

6 Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear 

7 cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and 

8 other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear 

9 contracts in accordance with the provisions of section 304B 

10 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 

11 of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c) (except that the 5-year term re12 striction in subsection (d) shall not apply), for the long13 term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming 

14 horses and burros by such organizations or entities on pri15 vate land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may 

16 not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of 

17 the Secretary. 

18 MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS

19 SEC. 111. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

20 shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threat21 ened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system 

22 of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, 

23 that are released from federally operated or federally fi24 nanced hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases 

25 of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must 
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1 have a visible mark that can be readily identified by com2 mercial and recreational fishers. 

3 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

4 SEC. 112. (a) Any proposed new use of the Arizona 

5 & California Railroad Company’s Right of Way for convey6 ance of water shall not proceed unless the Secretary of the 

7 Interior certifies that the proposed new use is within the 

8 scope of the Right of Way. 

9 (b) No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

10 to the Department of the Interior may be used, in relation 

11 to any proposal to store water underground for the purpose 

12 of export, for approval of any right-of-way or similar au13 thorization on the Mojave National Preserve or lands man14 aged by the Needles Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man15 agement, or for carrying out any activities associated with 

16 such right-of-way or similar approval. 

17 REPUBLIC OF PALAU

18 SEC. 113. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), 

19 the United States Government, through the Secretary of the 

20 Interior shall provide to the Government of Palau for fiscal 

21 year 2015 grants in amounts equal to the annual amounts 

22 specified in subsections (a), (c), and (d) of section 211 of 

23 the Compact of Free Association between the Government 

24 of the United States of America and the Government of 
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1 Palau (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) (referred to in this section as 

2 the ‘‘Compact’’). 

3 (b) PROGRAMMATIC ASSISTANCE.—Subject to sub4 section (c), the United States shall provide programmatic 

5 assistance to the Republic of Palau for fiscal year 2015 in 

6 amounts equal to the amounts provided in subsections (a) 

7 and (b)(1) of section 221 of the Compact. 

8 (c) LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The grants and programmatic 

10 assistance provided under subsections (a) and (b) 

11 shall be provided to the same extent and in the same 

12 manner as the grants and assistance were provided in 

13 fiscal year 2009. 

14 (2) TRUST FUND.—If the Government of Palau 

15 withdraws more than $5,000,000 from the trust fund 

16 established under section 211(f) of the Compact, 

17 amounts to be provided under subsections (a) and (b) 

18 shall be withheld from the Government of Palau. 

19 EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW

20 SEC. 114. Paragraph (1) of section 122(a) of division 

21 E of Public Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013), as amended by 

22 section 122 of division G of Public Law 113–76 (128 Stat. 

23 314), is further amended by striking ‘‘through 2015,’’ in 

24 the first sentence and inserting ‘‘through 2016,’’. 
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1 WILD LANDS FUNDING PROHIBITION

2 SEC. 115. None of the funds made available in this 

3 Act or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

4 or enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the Sec5 retary of the Interior on December 22, 2010: Provided, That 

6 nothing in this section shall restrict the Secretary’s authori7 ties under sections 201 and 202 of the Federal Land Policy 

8 and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1711 and 1712). 

9 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION OPERATED SCHOOLS

10 SEC. 116. Section 115(d) of division E of Public Law 

11 112–74 (125 Stat. 1010) is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 

13 REAUTHORIZATION OF FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND

14 RECOVERY FUND

15 SEC. 117. Title I of the Department of the Interior, 

16 Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

17 2010 (Public Law 111–88) is amended in the text under 

18 the heading ‘‘FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RE19 COVERY FUND’’ by striking ‘‘2015’’ each place it appears 

20 and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

21 VOLUNTEERS IN PARKS

22 SEC. 118. Section 4 of Public Law 91–357 (16 U.S.C. 

23 18j), as amended, is further amended by striking 

24 ‘‘$3,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 
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1 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS

2 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

3 during fiscal year 2015, in carrying out work involving co4 operation with State, local, and tribal governments or any 

5 political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record ob6 ligations against accounts receivable from any such entities, 

7 except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 

8 shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the 

9 end of the fiscal year. 

10 HERITAGE AREAS

11 SEC. 120. (a) Section 109 of title I of Public Law 105– 

12 355 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) shall be applied for fiscal year 

13 2015 by substituting ‘‘2015’’ for ‘‘2014’’. 

14 (b) Section 157(h)(1) of title I of Public Law 106–291 

15 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘$11,000,000’’. 

17 RATIFICATION OF PAYMENTS

18 SEC. 121. All payments made to school districts under 

19 the first section of the Act of June 4, 1948 (62 Stat. 338, 

20 chapter 417; 16 U.S.C. 40a), during the period beginning 

21 in fiscal year 1976 and ending on the date of enactment 

22 of this Act are ratified and approved, notwithstanding the 

23 payments made under chapter 69 of title 31, United States 

24 Code to the units of general local government. 
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1 SAGE-GROUSE

2 SEC. 122. None of the funds made available by this 

3 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte4 rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan5 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 

6 (1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 

7 (Centrocercus urophasianus); 

8 (2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis9 tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse; 

10 (3) a final rule for the bi-state distinct popu11 lation segment of greater sage-grouse; or 

12 (4) a final rule for Gunnison sage-grouse 

13 (Centrocercus minimus). 

14 TITLE II 

15 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

16 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

17 For science and technology, including research and de18 velopment activities, which shall include research and devel19 opment activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 

20 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; nec21 essary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel 

22 expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and sup23 plies; and other operating expenses in support of research 

24 and development, $734,648,000, to remain available until 

25 September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the funds included 
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1 under this heading, $4,100,000 shall be for Research: Na2 tional Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement 

3 accompanying this Act. 

4 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

5 For environmental programs and management, in6 cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

7 personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of pas8 senger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of 

9 aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in soci10 eties or associations which issue publications to members 

11 only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 

12 who are not members; administrative costs of the 

13 brownfields program under the Small Business Liability 

14 Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and not 

15 to exceed $19,000 for official reception and representation 

16 expenses, $2,613,679,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That of the funds included under 

18 this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for Environmental Pro19 tection: National Priorities as specified in the explanatory 

20 statement accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 

21 of the funds included under this heading, $427,737,000 shall 

22 be for Geographic Programs specified in the explanatory 

23 statement accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 

24 of the funds provided under this heading for Information 

25 Exchange and Outreach, $856,750 of funds made available 
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1 for the Immediate Office of the Administrator and 

2 $1,790,750 of funds made available for the Office of Con3 gressional and Intergovernmental Relations shall be with4 held from obligation until reports detailed in the explana5 tory statement accompanying this Act are provided to the 

6 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa7 tives and the Senate; and of the funds provided under this 

8 heading for Operations and Administration for the Office 

9 of the Chief Financial Officer, $741,500 shall be withheld 

10 from obligation until such reports are provided to the Com11 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

12 and the Senate. 

13 HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM

14 FUND

15 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of the 

16 Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), including the 

17 development, operation, maintenance, and upgrading of the 

18 hazardous waste electronic manifest system established by 

19 such section, $3,674,000, to remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2017. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen23 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

24 Act of 1978, $41,489,000, to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2016. 
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al3 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 

4 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

5 $42,317,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 

9 Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 

10 of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), 

11 (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611) $1,088,769,000, to re12 main available until expended, consisting of such sums as 

13 are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2014, 

14 as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amend15 ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up 

16 to $1,088,769,000 as a payment from general revenues to 

17 the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as au18 thorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That funds 

19 appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other 

20 Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of 

21 CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

22 under this heading, $9,939,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office 

23 of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain available 

24 until September 30, 2016, and $18,850,000 shall be paid 
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1 to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain 

2 available until September 30, 2016. 

3 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

4 PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under6 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub7 title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to re8 main available until expended, of which $66,572,000 shall 

9 be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank clean10 up activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid 

11 Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for carrying out 

12 the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act speci13 fied in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Pro14 vided, That the Administrator is authorized to use appro15 priations made available under this heading to implement 

16 section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide fi17 nancial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for 

18 the development and implementation of programs to man19 age underground storage tanks. 

20 INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

21 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental 

22 Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution 

23 Act of 1990, $18,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 

24 Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended. 
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1 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For environmental programs and infrastructure as3 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving 

4 funds and performance partnership grants, $3,545,161,000, 

5 to remain available until expended, of which— 

6 (1) $1,448,887,000 shall be for making capital7 ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 

8 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 

9 Control Act; and of which $906,896,000 shall be for 

10 making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 

11 State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe 

12 Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 

13 2015, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project 

14 applications, not less than 10 percent of the funds 

15 made available under this title to each State for 

16 Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 

17 grants shall be used by the State for projects to ad18 dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 

19 improvements, or other environmentally innovative 

20 activities: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2015, 

21 funds made available under this title to each State for 

22 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 

23 grants may, at the discretion of each State, be used 

24 for projects to address green infrastructure, water or 

25 energy efficiency improvements, or other environ-
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1 mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That 

2 notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal 

3 Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the 

4 amounts in a State water pollution control revolving 

5 fund that may be used by a State to administer the 

6 fund shall not apply to amounts included as prin7 cipal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2015 

8 and prior years where such amounts represent costs 

9 of administering the fund to the extent that such 

10 amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Ad11 ministrator, accounted for separately from other as12 sets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the 

13 fund, including administration: Provided further, 

14 That for fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding the limita15 tion on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal 

16 Water Pollution Control Act and section 1452(i) of 

17 the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 per18 cent of the funds appropriated for State Revolving 

19 Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the Ad20 ministrator for grants under section 518(c) and sec21 tion 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That for 

22 fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding the amounts speci23 fied in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 

24 Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds 

25 appropriated for the Clean Water State Revolving 
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1 Fund program under the Act less any sums reserved 

2 under section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by 

3 the Administrator for grants made under title II of 

4 the Clean Water Act for American Samoa, Guam, the 

5 Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and United 

6 States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That for fis7 cal year 2015, notwithstanding the limitations on 

8 amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe 

9 Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds 

10 appropriated for the Drinking Water State Revolving 

11 Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water Act 

12 may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 

13 made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking 

14 Water Act: Provided further, That not less than 20 

15 percent but not more than 30 percent of the funds 

16 made available under this title to each State for 

17 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 

18 grants shall be used by the State to provide addi19 tional subsidy to eligible recipients in the form of for20 giveness of principal, negative interest loans, or 

21 grants (or any combination of these), and shall be so 

22 used by the State only where such funds are provided 

23 as initial financing for an eligible recipient or to buy, 

24 refinance, or restructure the debt obligations of eligi-
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1 ble recipients only where such debt was incurred on 

2 or after the date of enactment of this Act; 

3 (2) $5,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi4 neering, planning, design, construction and related 

5 activities in connection with the construction of high 

6 priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 

7 of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation 

8 with the appropriate border commission; Provided, 

9 That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to 

10 address the water, wastewater and other critical in11 frastructure needs of the colonias in the United States 

12 along the United States-Mexico border shall be made 

13 available to a county or municipal government unless 

14 that government has established an enforceable local 

15 ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 

16 that jurisdiction the development or construction of 

17 any additional colonia areas, or the development 

18 within an existing colonia the construction of any 

19 new home, business, or other structure which lacks 

20 water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure; 

21 (3) $10,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 

22 of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 

23 infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil24 lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State of 

25 Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) no 
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1 more than 5 percent of the funds may be used for ad2 ministrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State 

3 of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the 

4 Statewide priority list established in conjunction with 

5 the Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

6 for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and similar 

7 projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are 

8 funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollu9 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated 

10 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 

11 seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of 

12 the funds provided for projects in regional hub com13 munities; 

14 (4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 

15 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re16 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

17 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree18 ments, and associated program support costs: Pro19 vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 

20 appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA 

21 shall be used for site characterization, assessment, and 

22 remediation of facilities described in section 

23 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA; 

24 (5) $30,000,000 shall be for grants under title 

25 VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 
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1 (6) $10,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 

2 grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 

3 of the explanatory statement accompanying this Act; 

4 and 

5 (7) $1,054,378,000 shall be for grants, including 

6 associated program support costs, to States, federally 

7 recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, 

8 and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or 

9 single media pollution prevention, control and abate10 ment and related activities, including activities pur11 suant to the provisions set forth under this heading 

12 in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under 

13 section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate mat14 ter monitoring and data collection activities subject to 

15 terms and conditions specified by the Administrator, 

16 of which: $47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 

17 128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environ18 mental Information Exchange Network grants, in19 cluding associated program support costs; $1,498,000 

20 shall be for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) 

21 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in ad22 dition to funds appropriated under the heading 

23 ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 

24 Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid 

25 Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the 
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1 Internal Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of 

2 the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the 

3 funds available for grants under section 106 of the 

4 Federal Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State 

5 participation in national- and State-level statistical 

6 surveys of water resources and enhancements to State 

7 monitoring programs. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL

9 PROTECTION AGENCY

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 For fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

12 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ13 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 

14 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro15 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 

16 acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree17 ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 

18 consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the 

19 Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 

20 programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 

21 except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded 

22 from funds designated for State financial assistance agree23 ments. 

24 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

25 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
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1 istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 

2 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 

3 amended by Public Law 112–177, the Pesticide Registra4 tion Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 

5 Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insec6 ticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 

7 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environmental 

8 Protection Agency may assess fees under section 33 of 

9 FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2015. 

10 The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 

11 $300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes 

12 Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environmental 

13 Programs and Management’’ to the head of any Federal de14 partment or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to 

15 carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes 

16 Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality 

17 Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into 

18 an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal de19 partment or agency to carry out these activities; and to 

20 make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organiza21 tions, institutions, and individuals for planning, research, 

22 monitoring, outreach, and implementation in furtherance 

23 of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great 

24 Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
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1 The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs 

2 and Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous 

3 Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage 

4 Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for the 

5 construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova6 tion of facilities provided that the cost does not exceed 

7 $150,000 per project. 

8 The fourth paragraph under the heading ‘‘Administra9 tive Provisions’’ in title II of Public Law 109–54 is amend10 ed by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

11 For fiscal year 2015, and notwithstanding section 

12 518(f) of the Water Pollution Control Act, the Adminis13 trator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 

14 any fiscal year under Section 319 of the Act to make grants 

15 to federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant to sections 

16 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 

17 The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 

18 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs 

19 and Management’’ for fiscal year 2015 to provide grants 

20 to implement the Southeastern New England Watershed 

21 Restoration Program. 

22 From unobligated balances to carry out projects and 

23 activities funded through the ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance 

24 Grants’’ account, $40,000,000, are hereby permanently re25 scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
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1 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer2 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

3 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

4 Control Act of 1985. 

5 TITLE III 

6 RELATED AGENCIES 

7 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

8 FOREST SERVICE

9 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

10 For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re11 search as authorized by law, $296,000,000, to remain avail12 able until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided, 

13 $70,000,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis pro14 gram. 

15 STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

16 For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro17 viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri18 tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health manage19 ment, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 

20 invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili21 tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, coopera22 tive forestry, and education and land conservation activi23 ties and conducting an international program as author24 ized, $232,653,000, to remain available until expended, as 
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1 authorized by law; of which $53,000,000 is to be derived 

2 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

3 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other6 wise provided for, for management, protection, improve7 ment, and utilization of the National Forest System, 

8 $1,494,330,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be de10 posited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration 

11 Fund for ecological restoration treatments as authorized by 

12 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That of the funds pro13 vided, $339,130,000 shall be for forest products: Provided 

14 further, That of the funds provided, up to $81,941,000 is 

15 for the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program for 

16 Region 1, Region 3 and Region 4: Provided further, That 

17 of the funds provided for forest products, up to $65,560,000 

18 may be transferred to support the Integrated Resource Res19 toration pilot program in the preceding proviso: Provided 

20 further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to 

21 the Secretary of the Interior any unobligated funds appro22 priated in this fiscal year or in a previous fiscal year for 

23 operation of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. 
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1 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other4 wise provided for, $360,374,000, to remain available until 

5 expended, for construction, capital improvement, mainte6 nance and acquisition of buildings and other facilities and 

7 infrastructure; and for construction, reconstruction, decom8 missioning of roads that are no longer needed, including 

9 unauthorized roads that are not part of the transportation 

10 system, and maintenance of forest roads and trails by the 

11 Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 

12 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That $40,000,000 shall be 

13 designated for urgently needed road decommissioning, road 

14 and trail repair and maintenance and associated activities, 

15 and removal of fish passage barriers, especially in areas 

16 where Forest Service roads may be contributing to water 

17 quality problems in streams and water bodies which sup18 port threatened, endangered, or sensitive species or commu19 nity water sources: Provided further, That funds becoming 

20 available in fiscal year 2015 under the Act of March 4, 1913 

21 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund 

22 of the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or 

23 obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are appro24 priated: Provided further, That of the funds provided for 

25 decommissioning of roads, up to $14,743,000 may be trans-
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1 ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ to support the Inte2 grated Resource Restoration pilot program. 

3 LAND ACQUISITION

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 

5 the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, (16 

6 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.), including administrative expenses, 

7 and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, 

8 in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the 

9 Forest Service, $47,500,000, to be derived from the Land 

10 and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available 

11 until expended. 

12 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL

13 ACTS

14 For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries 

15 of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; 

16 the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San 

17 Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, Cali18 fornia, as authorized by law, $950,000, to be derived from 

19 forest receipts. 

20 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

21 For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from 

22 funds deposited by State, county, or municipal govern23 ments, public school districts, or other public school authori24 ties, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited 

25 by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Ex-
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1 change Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, (16 

2 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended (16 

3 U.S.C. 460l–516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Public 

4 Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 

5 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

6 For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protec7 tion, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received 

8 during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic 

9 livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 Western 

10 States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94– 

11 579, to remain available until expended, of which not to 

12 exceed 6 percent shall be available for administrative ex13 penses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, 

14 protection, and improvements. 

15 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND

16 RANGELAND RESEARCH

17 For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 

18 $45,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 

19 from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 

20 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR

21 SUBSISTENCE USES

22 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage 

23 Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII 

24 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
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1 (Public Law 96–487), $2,500,000, to remain available until 

2 expended. 

3 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 

6 activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 

7 fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands 

8 under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels manage9 ment on or adjacent to such lands, emergency rehabilitation 

10 of burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 

11 and for State and volunteer fire assistance, $2,333,298,000, 

12 to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

13 funds including unobligated balances under this heading, 

14 are available for repayment of advances from other appro15 priations accounts previously transferred for such purposes: 

16 Provided further, That such funds shall be available to re17 imburse State and other cooperating entities for services 

18 provided in response to wildfire and other emergencies or 

19 disasters to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest 

20 Service for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the re21 sponsible emergency management agency: Provided further, 

22 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

23 $6,914,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation 

24 shall be available for the Forest Service in support of fire 

25 science research authorized by the Joint Fire Science Pro-
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1 gram, including all Forest Service authorities for the use 

2 of funds, such as contracts, grants, research joint venture 

3 agreements, and cooperative agreements: Provided further, 

4 That all authorities for the use of funds, including the use 

5 of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available 

6 to execute the Forest and Rangeland Research appropria7 tion, are also available in the utilization of these funds for 

8 Fire Science Research: Provided further, That funds pro9 vided shall be available for emergency rehabilitation and 

10 restoration, hazardous fuels management activities, support 

11 to Federal emergency response, and wildfire suppression ac12 tivities of the Forest Service: Provided further, That of the 

13 funds provided, $361,749,000 is for hazardous fuels man14 agement activities, $19,795,000 is for research activities 

15 and to make competitive research grants pursuant to the 

16 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, 

17 (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $78,000,000 is for State fire assist18 ance, and $13,000,000 is for volunteer fire assistance under 

19 section 10 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 

20 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2106): Provided further, That amounts in 

21 this paragraph may be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest 

22 System’’, and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ accounts 

23 to fund forest and rangeland research, the Joint Fire 

24 Science Program, vegetation and watershed management, 

25 heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish habitat 
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1 management and restoration: Provided further, That, of the 

2 funds provided, $65,000,000 shall be available for the pur3 pose of acquiring aircraft for the next-generation airtanker 

4 fleet to enhance firefighting mobility, effectiveness, effi5 ciency, and safety, and such aircraft shall be suitable for 

6 contractor operation over the terrain and forested-eco7 systems characteristic of National Forest System lands, as 

8 determined by the Chief of the Forest Service: Provided fur9 ther, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agree10 ment between the Federal Government and any non-Federal 

11 entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 

12 parties: Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 of the 

13 funds provided herein may be used by the Secretary of Agri14 culture to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative 

15 agreements or to issue grants for hazardous fuels manage16 ment activities and for training or monitoring associated 

17 with such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal 

18 land or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines 

19 such activities implement a community wildfire protection 

20 plan (or equivalent) and benefit resources on Federal land: 

21 Provided further, That funds made available to implement 

22 the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106– 

23 393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands 

24 in accordance with authorities made available to the Forest 

25 Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropria-
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1 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 

2 and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer 

3 of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an 

4 aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the 

5 Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expe6 dite wildland fire management programs and projects: Pro7 vided further, That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels 

8 management, not to exceed $15,000,000 may be used to 

9 make grants, using any authorities available to the Forest 

10 Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropria11 tion, for the purpose of creating incentives for increased use 

12 of biomass from National Forest System lands: Provided 

13 further, That funds designated for wildfire suppression, in14 cluding funds transferred from the ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Sup15 pression Reserve Fund,’’ shall be assessed for cost pools on 

16 the same basis as such assessments are calculated against 

17 other agency programs: Provided further, That of the funds 

18 for hazardous fuels management, up to $28,077,000 may 

19 be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ to support 

20 the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program. 

21 FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses for large fire suppression oper24 ations of the Department of Agriculture and as a reserve 

25 fund for suppression and Federal emergency response ac-
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1 tivities, $303,060,000, to remain available until expended: 

2 Provided, That such amounts are only available for transfer 

3 to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account following a 

4 declaration by the Secretary in accordance with section 502 

5 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a). 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 

9 fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 

10 motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from 

11 excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, op12 eration, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft to main13 tain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service wildland 

14 fire programs and other Forest Service programs; notwith15 standing other provisions of law, existing aircraft being re16 placed may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 

17 used to offset the purchase price for the replacement air18 craft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to 

19 exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) 

20 purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other 

21 public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of 

22 land, waters, and interests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

23 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the Na24 tional Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a 

25 note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
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1 5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accord2 ance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 

3 Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 

4 Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage5 ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency reha6 bilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under 

7 its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning 

8 conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the House 

9 and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire sup10 pression funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Wildland 

11 Fire Management’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Re12 serve Fund’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Provided, 

13 That all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be 

14 replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must 

15 be requested as promptly as possible. 

16 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

17 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter18 national Development in connection with forest and range19 land research, technical information, and assistance in for20 eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 

21 and related natural resource activities outside the United 

22 States and its territories and possessions, including tech23 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

24 with U.S., private, and international organizations. The 

25 Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may 
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1 sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments 

2 and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (includ3 ing the U.S. Agency for International Development, the De4 partment of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corpora5 tion), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and organiza6 tions to provide technical assistance and training programs 

7 overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 

8 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

9 available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of 

10 the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 

11 preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 

12 from National Forest System lands, and for the perform13 ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such 

14 lands. 

15 None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 

16 in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year 

17 shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 

18 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 

19 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 106–224 

20 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107– 

21 107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

22 None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 

23 be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 

24 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
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1 cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 

2 the explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 

3 Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 

4 Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

5 Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 

6 $14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 

7 be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Depart8 ment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as 

9 Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall pro10 hibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 

11 by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the 

12 Department of Agriculture’s National Information Tech13 nology Center. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the 

14 Forest Service portion of implementation costs to be paid 

15 to the Department of Agriculture for the International 

16 Technology Service. 

17 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 

18 $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 

19 the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried out 

20 by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out 

21 under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, 

22 Public Law 103–82, as amended by Public Lands Corps 

23 Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public Law 109– 

24 154. 
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1 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is 

2 available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official recep3 tion and representation expenses. 

4 Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 

5 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up 

6 to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the Na7 tional Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership 

8 projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without 

9 regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for projects 

10 on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 

11 to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal 

12 funds made available to the Foundation, no more than 

13 $300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: 

14 Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the 

15 end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private 

16 contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds 

17 made available by the Forest Service: Provided further, 

18 That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Fed19 eral or a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same 

20 rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal match21 ing funds. 

22 Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up 

23 to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service 

24 may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foun25 dation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
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1 projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on 

2 or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to 

3 Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds shall 

4 be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Founda5 tion or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Foun6 dation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non7 Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the 

8 recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds. 

9 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

10 available for interactions with and providing technical as11 sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 

12 businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 

13 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

14 available for payments to counties within the Columbia 

15 River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 

16 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 

17 663. 

18 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be 

19 used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 

20 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

21 3056(c)(2)). 

22 Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 

23 $55,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing 

24 fire, administrative and other facilities maintenance and 

25 decommissioning. Such assessments shall occur using a 
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1 square foot rate charged on the same basis the agency uses 

2 to assess programs for payment of rent, utilities, and other 

3 support services. 

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap5 propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 

6 to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of 

7 the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for 

8 travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC as9 sistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at 

10 meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land pur11 chase negotiations and similar nonlitigation-related mat12 ters. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service 

13 and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display 

14 the sums previously transferred and the requested funding 

15 transfers. 

16 An eligible individual who is employed in any project 

17 funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

18 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 

19 Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for pur20 poses of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

2 SERVICES 

3 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

4 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

5 For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 

6 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and 

7 Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improve8 ment Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service 

9 Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, 

10 $4,182,147,000, together with payments received during the 

11 fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b, for serv12 ices furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That 

13 funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations 

14 through contracts, grant agreements, or any other agree15 ments or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Deter16 mination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 

17 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant 

18 or contract award and thereafter shall remain available to 

19 the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limita20 tion: Provided further, That, $914,139,000 for Purchased/ 

21 Referred Care, including $51,500,000 for the Indian Cata22 strophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available 

23 until expended: Provided further, That, of the funds pro24 vided, up to $36,000,000 shall remain available until ex25 pended for implementation of the loan repayment program 
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1 under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 

2 Act: Provided further, That the amounts collected by the 

3 Federal Government as authorized by sections 104 and 108 

4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 

5 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for 

6 breach of contracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized 

7 by section 108A of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall 

8 remain available until expended and, notwithstanding sec9 tion 108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall 

10 be available to make new awards under the loan repayment 

11 and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 108 of 

12 the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided further, 

13 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

14 amounts made available within this account for the meth15 amphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment initia16 tive and for the domestic violence prevention initiative shall 

17 be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian 

18 Health Service and shall remain available until expended: 

19 Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be 

20 used for annual contracts and grants that fall within 2 fis21 cal years, provided the total obligation is recorded in the 

22 year the funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the 

23 amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human 

24 Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health 

25 Care Improvement Act shall remain available until ex-
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1 pended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 

2 applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and 

3 XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related to 

4 the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: Pro5 vided further, That funding contained herein for scholar6 ship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement 

7 Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: 

8 Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and trib9 al organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care 

10 Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 

11 available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 

12 until expended: Provided further, That the Bureau of In13 dian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, 

14 tribes and tribal organizations operating health facilities 

15 pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifi16 able health information relating to disabled children as may 

17 be necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions 

18 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

19 U.S.C. 1400, et seq.): Provided further, That the Indian 

20 Health Care Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, 

21 to carry out activities typically funded under the Indian 

22 Health Facilities account. 

23 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

24 For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 

25 and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, in-
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1 cluding quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, speci2 fications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and 

3 erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; 

4 and for provision of domestic and community sanitation 

5 facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act 

6 of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Deter7 mination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement 

8 Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and 

9 titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re10 spect to environmental health and facilities support activi11 ties of the Indian Health Service, $460,234,000 to remain 

12 available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

13 any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the plan14 ning, design, construction, renovation or expansion of 

15 health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes 

16 may be used to purchase land on which such facilities will 

17 be located: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 

18 may be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase 

19 TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for 

20 distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal facili21 ties: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

22 to the Indian Health Service may be used for sanitation 

23 facilities construction for new homes funded with grants by 

24 the housing programs of the United States Department of 

25 Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That 
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1 not to exceed $2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian 

2 Health Services’’ account may be used by the Indian Health 

3 Service to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service 

4 and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing inter5 agency agreement between the Indian Health Service and 

6 the General Services Administration: Provided further, 

7 That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in a Demolition 

8 Fund, to remain available until expended, and be used by 

9 the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 

10 buildings. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

12 Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 

13 Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 

14 by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 

15 equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level po16 sitions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehi17 cles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase 

18 of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular 

19 buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments for 

20 telephone service in private residences in the field, when au21 thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; uni22 forms or allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

23 5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance at meetings that 

24 relate to the functions or activities of the Indian Health 

25 Service: Provided, That in accordance with the provisions 
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1 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian 

2 patients may be extended health care at all tribally admin3 istered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to 

4 charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under 

5 the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651– 

6 2653) shall be credited to the account of the facility pro7 viding the service and shall be available without fiscal year 

8 limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

9 other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Depart10 ment of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian 

11 Health Service shall be administered under Public Law 86– 

12 121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 

13 93–638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the 

14 Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad15 ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 

16 subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 

17 and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 

18 funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 

19 Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the De20 partment of Health and Human Services unless identified 

21 in the budget justification and provided in this Act, or ap22 proved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria23 tions through the reprogramming process: Provided further, 

24 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

25 previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or-
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1 ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement author2 ized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination 

3 and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may 

4 be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con5 tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under 

6 title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available 

7 to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limi8 tation: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail9 able to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used 

10 to implement the final rule published in the Federal Reg11 ister on September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health 

12 and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the 

13 health care services of the Indian Health Service until the 

14 Indian Health Service has submitted a budget request re15 flecting the increased costs associated with the proposed 

16 final rule, and such request has been included in an appro17 priations Act and enacted into law: Provided further, That 

18 with respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health 

19 Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health 

20 Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those 

21 entities on a reimbursable basis, including payments in ad22 vance with subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements 

23 received therefrom, along with the funds received from those 

24 entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, 

25 may be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation 
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1 account from which the funds were originally derived, with 

2 such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided 

3 further, That reimbursements for training, technical assist4 ance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service will 

5 contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and 

6 overhead associated with the provision of goods, services, or 

7 technical assistance: Provided further, That the appropria8 tion structure for the Indian Health Service may not be 

9 altered without advance notification to the House and Sen10 ate Committees on Appropriations. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

12 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

13 SCIENCES

14 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 

15 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

16 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ17 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

18 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the Superfund 

19 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

20 $77,349,000. 

21 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY

22 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

23 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub24 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out ac25 tivities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
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1 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

2 and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 of 

3 the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $74,691,000, of which up to 

4 $1,000 per eligible employee of the Agency for Toxic Sub5 stances and Disease Registry shall remain available until 

6 expended for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided, That 

7 notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of per8 forming a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of 

9 CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other 

10 appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, in11 cluding, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 

12 evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 

13 healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 

14 any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or 

15 activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound 

16 by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Pro17 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 

18 this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess 

19 of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of 

20 CERCLA during fiscal year 2015, and existing profiles 

21 may be updated as necessary. 
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1 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

3 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

4 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

5 For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned 

6 to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En7 vironmental Quality pursuant to the National Environ8 mental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Im9 provement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 

10 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and rep11 resentation expenses, $3,000,000: Provided, That notwith12 standing section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 

13 Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, ap14 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con15 sent of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all 

16 powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

17 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur20 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 

21 hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, 

22 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for services au23 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not 

24 to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate pay25 able for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
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1 $11,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Haz2 ard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than 

3 three career Senior Executive Service positions: Provided 

4 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

5 the individual appointed to the position of Inspector Gen6 eral of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, 

7 by virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of In8 spector General of the Board: Provided further, That not9 withstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector Gen10 eral of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of In11 spector General of EPA in performing the duties of the In12 spector General of the Board, and shall not appoint any 

13 individuals to positions within the Board. 

14 OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 

18 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 

19 531, $7,341,000, to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria21 tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 

22 groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 

23 lands residents, those in significantly substandard housing, 

24 and all others certified as eligible and not included in the 

25 preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the 
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1 funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by 

2 the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict 

3 any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 

4 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned 

5 to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is pro6 vided for such household: Provided further, That no 

7 relocatee will be provided with more than one new or re8 placement home: Provided further, That the Office shall re9 locate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and 

10 received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation 

11 or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo reserva12 tion or on the land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d13 10: Provided further, That $200,000 shall be transferred to 

14 the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the In15 terior, to remain available until expended, for audits and 

16 investigations of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Re17 location, consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 

18 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

19 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

20 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

21 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

22 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 

23 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized 

24 by title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), 

25 $9,469,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 
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1 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, 

4 as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 

5 science, and history; development, preservation, and docu6 mentation of the National Collections; presentation of pub7 lic exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dis8 semination, and exchange of information and publications; 

9 conduct of education, training, and museum assistance pro10 grams; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements 

11 of no more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, fa12 cilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services 

13 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, re14 pair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $675,343,000, 

15 to remain available until September 30, 2016, except as oth16 erwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $47,522,000 

17 for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, 

18 exhibition reinstallation, the National Museum of African 

19 American History and Culture, and the repatriation of 

20 skeletal remains program shall remain available until ex21 pended; and including such funds as may be necessary to 

22 support American overseas research centers: Provided, That 

23 funds appropriated herein are available for advance pay24 ments to independent contractors performing research serv25 ices or participating in official Smithsonian presentations. 
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1 FACILITIES CAPITAL

2 For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 

3 alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso4 nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by 

5 section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and 

6 for construction, including necessary personnel, 

7 $144,198,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

8 not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 

9 5 U.S.C. 3109, and of which $24,010,000 shall be for con10 struction of the National Museum of African American His11 tory and Culture. 

12 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery 

15 of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, 

16 and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized 

17 by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended 

18 by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolu19 tion 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as au20 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when au21 thorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in 

22 library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 

23 publications or services are available to members only, or 

24 to members at a price lower than to the general public; pur25 chase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uni-
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1 forms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as author2 ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or rental of 

3 devices and services for protecting buildings and contents 

4 thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and re5 pair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and purchase 

6 of services for restoration and repair of works of art for 

7 the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without ad8 vertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such 

9 rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the 

10 Gallery may deem proper, $119,500,000, to remain avail11 able until September 30, 2016, of which not to exceed 

12 $3,578,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain 

13 available until expended. 

14 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

15 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and ren16 ovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occu17 pied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or other18 wise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 10 

19 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 years, 

20 that address space needs created by the ongoing renovations 

21 in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $19,000,000, 

22 to remain available until expended: Provided, That con23 tracts awarded for environmental systems, protection sys24 tems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the 

25 National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected 
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1 contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor quali2 fications as well as price. 

3 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

4 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

5 For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance 

6 and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per7 forming Arts, $22,000,000. 

8 CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

9 For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora10 tion of the existing features of the building and site of the 

11 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

12 $10,800,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR

14 SCHOLARS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 

17 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 

18 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 

19 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,500,000, to remain avail20 able until September 30, 2016. 
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1 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE

2 HUMANITIES

3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

4 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun6 dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

7 $146,021,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 

8 for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in 

9 the arts, including arts education and public outreach ac10 tivities, through assistance to organizations and individuals 

11 pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and 

12 for administering the functions of the Act, to remain avail13 able until expended. 

14 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

15 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun17 dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

18 $146,021,000 to remain available until expended, of which 

19 $135,121,000 shall be available for support of activities in 

20 the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and for 

21 administering the functions of the Act; and $10,900,000 

22 shall be available to carry out the matching grants program 

23 pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including 

24 $8,500,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That 

25 appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be 
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1 available for obligation only in such amounts as may be 

2 equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of 

3 money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by 

4 grantees of the National Endowment for the Humanities 

5 under the provisions of sections 11(a)(2)(B) and 

6 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years 

7 for which equal amounts have not previously been appro8 priated. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 None of the funds appropriated to the National Foun11 dation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to 

12 process any grant or contract documents which do not in13 clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none of 

14 the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 

15 Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception 

16 and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 

17 from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for 

18 official reception and representation expenses: Provided fur19 ther, That the Chairperson of the National Endowment for 

20 the Arts may approve grants of up to $10,000, if in the 

21 aggregate the amount of such grants does not exceed 5 per22 cent of the sums appropriated for grantmaking purposes per 

23 year: Provided further, That such small grant actions are 

24 taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct dele-
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1 gation of authority from the National Council on the Arts 

2 to the Chairperson. 

3 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 

6 Chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,524,000: Pro7 vided, That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to 

8 cover the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall 

9 be credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to re10 main available until expended without further appropria11 tion: Provided further, That the Commission is authorized 

12 to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, drawings 

13 and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the 

14 Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Com15 mission of Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, 

16 study or education. 

17 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

18 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 

19 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $2,000,000. 

20 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on His23 toric Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,204,000. 
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1 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan4 ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 

5 States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 3109, $7,948,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent 

7 of the funds provided under this heading may be used for 

8 official reception and representational expenses associated 

9 with hosting international visitors engaged in the planning 

10 and physical development of world capitals. 

11 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

12 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

13 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 

14 authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), 

15 $52,385,000, of which $515,000 shall remain available until 

16 September 30, 2017, for the Museum’s equipment replace17 ment program; and of which $1,900,000 for the Museum’s 

18 repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the 

19 Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall remain avail20 able until expended. 

21 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses, including the costs of construc24 tion design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Com25 mission, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

5 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica7 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 

8 promote public support or opposition to any legislative pro9 posal on which Congressional action is not complete other 

10 than to communicate to Members of Congress as described 

11 in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

12 OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

13 SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 

14 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

15 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

16 DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

17 SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead 

18 charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including work19 ing capital fund and cost pool charges, from programs, 

20 projects, activities and subactivities to support government21 wide, departmental, agency, or bureau administrative func22 tions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall 

23 be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to 

24 approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

25 of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-
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1 mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria2 tions for approval. 

3 MINING APPLICATIONS

4 SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

5 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 

6 to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or proc7 ess applications for a patent for any mining or mill site 

8 claim located under the general mining laws. 

9 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

10 the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 

11 concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec12 retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all require13 ments established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Re14 vised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode 

15 claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised 

16 Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and 

17 section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill 

18 site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with 

19 by the applicant by that date. 

20 (c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2015, the Secretary 

21 of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com22 mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 

23 Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 

24 Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 

25 by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
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1 section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related 

2 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208). 

3 (d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 

4 patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 

5 upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the 

6 Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third7 party contractor to be selected by the Director of the Bureau 

8 of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of 

9 the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli10 cation as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land 

11 Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose and 

12 pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the 

13 standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Man14 agement in the retention of third-party contractors. 

15 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION

16 SEC. 405. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 amounts appropriated to or otherwise designated in com18 mittee reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the In19 dian Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103–332, 

20 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105–277, 106–113, 106–291, 

21 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109–54, 109–289, divi22 sion B and Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 

23 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as amended by Public 

24 Laws 110–5 and 110–28), Public Laws 110–92, 110–116, 

25 110–137, 110–149, 110–161, 110–329, 111–6, 111–8, 111– 
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1 88, 112–10, 112–74, and 113–6 for payments for contract 

2 support costs associated with self-determination or self-gov3 ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 

4 agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian 

5 Health Service as funded by such Acts, are the total 

6 amounts available for fiscal years 1994 through 2013 for 

7 such purposes, except that the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

8 tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal priority 

9 allocations for unmet contract support costs of ongoing con10 tracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding 

11 agreements. 

12 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2014 LIMITATION

13 SEC. 406. Amounts provided under the headings ‘‘De14 partment of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bu15 reau of Indian Education, Operation of Indian Programs’’ 

16 and ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Indian 

17 Health Service, Indian Health Services’’ in the Consoli18 dated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76) are 

19 the only amounts available for contract support costs aris20 ing out of self-determination or self-governance contracts, 

21 grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements with the 

22 Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service for 

23 activities funded by the fiscal year 2014 appropriation: 

24 Provided, That such amounts provided by that Act are not 

25 available for payment of claims for contract support costs 
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1 for prior years, or for repayments of payments for settle2 ments or judgments awarding contract support costs for 

3 prior years. 

4 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2015 LIMITATION

5 SEC. 407. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 

6 2015 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 

7 Human Services, Indian Health Service, Indian Health 

8 Services’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of In9 dian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Operation 

10 of Indian Programs’’ are the only amounts available for 

11 contract support costs arising out of self-determination or 

12 self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual fund13 ing agreements for fiscal year 2015 with the Bureau of In14 dian Affairs or the Indian Health Service: Provided, That 

15 such amounts provided by this Act are not available for 

16 payment of claims for contract support costs for prior 

17 years, or for repayments of payments for settlements or 

18 judgments awarding contract support costs for prior years. 

19 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

20 SEC. 408. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 

21 considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of 

22 the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 

23 Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more 

24 than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for 

25 a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this sec-
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1 tion exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of 

2 the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 

3 Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, 

4 That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in 

5 good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan 

6 for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall 

7 be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 

8 jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an acceler9 ated basis. 

10 PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

11 SEC. 409. No funds provided in this Act may be ex12 pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 

13 under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) 

14 or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 

15 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monument es16 tablished pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 

17 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, 

18 except where such activities are allowed under the Presi19 dential proclamation establishing such monument. 

20 LIMITATION ON TAKINGS

21 SEC. 410. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 

22 appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or in23 terests in lands may be expended for the filing of declara24 tions of taking or complaints in condemnation without the 

25 approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
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1 priations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to 

2 funds appropriated to implement the Everglades National 

3 Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds 

4 appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of Florida 

5 to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 

6 TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS

7 SEC. 411. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 

8 be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the 

9 value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and 

10 stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk allow11 ance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) when ap12 praised using a residual value appraisal. The western red 

13 cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs 

14 of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available 

15 to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States 

16 at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red 

17 cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United 

18 States domestic processors may be exported to foreign mar19 kets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yel20 low cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the 

21 election of the timber sale holder. 

22 PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS

23 SEC. 412. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

24 made available by this Act to executive branch agencies may 

25 be used to enter into any Federal contract unless such con-
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1 tract is entered into in accordance with the requirements 

2 of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, or Chapter 

3 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acqui4 sition Regulation, unless— 

5 (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract 

6 to be entered into without regard for these require7 ments, including formula grants for States, or feder8 ally recognized Indian tribes; or 

9 (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 

10 Self-Determination and Education and Assistance 

11 Act (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by 

12 any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 

13 contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 

14 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 

15 (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 

16 of enactment of this Act. 

17 POSTING OF REPORTS

18 SEC. 413. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail19 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

20 post on the public website of that agency any report re21 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 

22 Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 

23 it shall serve the national interest. 

24 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
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1 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

2 national security; or 

3 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

4 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

5 do so only after such report has been made available to the 

6 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

7 than 45 days. 

8 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES

9 SEC. 414. Of the funds provided to the National En10 dowment for the Arts— 

11 (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to 

12 an individual if such grant is awarded to such indi13 vidual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage 

14 Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship. 

15 (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to 

16 ensure that no funding provided through a grant, ex17 cept a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or 

18 regional group, may be used to make a grant to any 

19 other organization or individual to conduct activity 

20 independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in 

21 this subsection shall prohibit payments made in ex22 change for goods and services. 

23 (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 

24 to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
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1 contents of the season, including identified programs 

2 and/or projects. 

3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM

4 PRIORITIES

5 SEC. 415. (a) In providing services or awarding finan6 cial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts 

7 and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated 

8 under this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment 

9 for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing 

10 services or awarding financial assistance for projects, pro11 ductions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved 

12 populations. 

13 (b) In this section: 

14 (1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a 

15 population of individuals, including urban minori16 ties, who have historically been outside the purview of 

17 arts and humanities programs due to factors such as 

18 a high incidence of income below the poverty line or 

19 to geographic isolation. 

20 (2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 

21 line (as defined by the Office of Management and 

22 Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec23 tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 

24 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the 

25 size involved. 
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1 (c) In providing services and awarding financial as2 sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 

3 Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 

4 Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 

5 Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services 

6 or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 

7 workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowl8 edge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the 

9 arts. 

10 (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

11 section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu12 manities Act of 1965— 

13 (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat14 egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro15 grams that are of national impact or availability or 

16 are able to tour several States; 

17 (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex18 ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to 

19 any single State, excluding grants made under the 

20 authority of paragraph (1); 

21 (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress 

22 annually and by State, on grants awarded by the 

23 Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of 

24 such Act; and 
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1 (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 

2 grants to improve and support community-based 

3 music performance and education. 

4 ARTS INDEMNITY LIMITATIONS

5 SEC. 416. Section 5 of the Arts and Artifacts Indem6 nity Act (20 U.S.C. 974) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000,000’’ and in9 serting ‘‘$15,000,000,000’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000,000’’ and in11 serting ‘‘$7,500,000,000’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (c)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘$1,200,000,000’’ and in14 serting ‘‘$1,800,000,000’’; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘$750,000,000’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘$1,000,000,000’’. 

17 STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS

18 SEC. 417. The Department of the Interior, the Envi19 ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 

20 Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on Ap21 propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 

22 quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations 

23 including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated 

24 funds in each program and activity. 
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1 REPORT ON USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS

2 SEC. 418. Not later than 120 days after the date on 

3 which the President’s fiscal year 2016 budget request is sub4 mitted to the Congress, the President shall submit a com5 prehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

6 the House of Representatives and the Senate describing in 

7 detail all Federal agency funding, domestic and inter8 national, for climate change programs, projects, and activi9 ties in fiscal years 2014 and 2015, including an accounting 

10 of funding by agency with each agency identifying climate 

11 change programs, projects, and activities and associated 

12 costs by line item as presented in the President’s Budget 

13 Appendix, and including citations and linkages where prac14 ticable to each strategic plan that is driving funding within 

15 each climate change program, project, and activity listed 

16 in the report. 

17 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

18 SEC. 419. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 none of the funds made available in this Act or any other 

20 Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regula21 tion requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the 

22 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, 

23 nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting 

24 from biological processes associated with livestock produc25 tion. 
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1 GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS

2 SEC. 420. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

3 none of the funds made available in this or any other Act 

4 may be used to implement any provision in a rule, if that 

5 provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas 

6 emissions from manure management systems. 

7 AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION PROGRAM GRANTS

8 SEC. 421. Section 7301(c) of Public Law 111–11 (16 

9 U.S.C. 469k–1(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ and in10 serting ‘‘2021’’. 

11 RECREATION FEE

12 SEC. 422. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation 

13 Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘10 years after December 8, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘on Sep15 tember 30, 2016’’. 

16 MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES

17 SEC. 423. (a) Section 8162(m)(3) of the Department 

18 of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; 

19 Public Law 106–79) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

20 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

21 (b) For fiscal year 2015, the authority provided by the 

22 provisos under the heading ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memo23 rial Commission—Capital Construction’’ in division E of 

24 Public Law 112–74 shall not be in effect. 
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1 USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL

2 SEC. 424. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by 

3 a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized 

4 by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the construction, 

6 alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system 

7 or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products 

8 used in the project are produced in the United States. 

9 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 

10 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

11 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

12 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 

13 clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 

14 precast concrete, and construction materials. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat16 egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ17 mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the 

18 ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 

19 (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 

20 with the public interest; 

21 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

22 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail23 able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
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1 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 

2 in the United States will increase the cost of the over3 all project by more than 25 percent. 

4 (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver 

5 under this section, the Administrator shall make available 

6 to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request 

7 and information available to the Administrator concerning 

8 the request, and shall allow for informal public input on 

9 the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding 

10 based on the request. The Administrator shall make the re11 quest and accompanying information available by elec12 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

13 site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

14 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con15 sistent with United States obligations under international 

16 agreements. 

17 (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 

18 of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 

19 Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the 

20 provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management 

21 and oversight of the requirements of this section. 

22 (f) This section does not apply with respect to a project 

23 if a State agency approves the engineering plans and speci24 fications for the project, in that agency’s capacity to ap-
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1 prove such plans and specifications prior to a project re2 questing bids, prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. 

3 FUNDING PROHIBITION

4 SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 

5 or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 

6 of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 

7 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 

8 et seq.) or any other law. 

9 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

10 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria11 tions Act, 2015’’. 

12 DIVISION G—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 

13 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 

14 EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

15 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

16 TITLE I 

17 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

18 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

19 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 

22 and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’), 

23 the Second Chance Act of 2007, and the Women in Appren24 ticeship and Non-Traditional Occupations Act of 1992 
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1 (‘‘WANTO Act’’), $3,139,706,000, plus reimbursements, 

2 shall be available. Of the amounts provided: 

3 (1) for grants to States for adult employment 

4 and training activities, youth activities, and dis5 located worker employment and training activities, 

6 $2,624,108,000 as follows: 

7 (A) $776,736,000 for adult employment and 

8 training activities, of which $64,736,000 shall be 

9 available for the period July 1, 2015, through 

10 June 30, 2016, and of which $712,000,000 shall 

11 be available for the period October 1, 2015 

12 through June 30, 2016; 

13 (B) $831,842,000 for youth activities, which 

14 shall be available for the period April 1, 2015 

15 through June 30, 2016; and 

16 (C) $1,015,530,000 for dislocated worker 

17 employment and training activities, of which 

18 $155,530,000 shall be available for the period 

19 July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, and of 

20 which $860,000,000 shall be available for the pe21 riod October 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016: 

22 Provided, That notwithstanding section 128(a)(1) of the 

23 WIOA, the amount available to the Governor for statewide 

24 workforce investment activities shall not exceed 10 percent 
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1 of the amount allotted to the State from each of the appro2 priations under the preceding subparagraphs; 

3 (2) for federally administered programs, 

4 $429,520,000 as follows: 

5 (A) $220,859,000 for the dislocated workers 

6 assistance national reserve, of which $20,859,000 

7 shall be available for the period July 1, 2015 

8 through September 30, 2016, and of which 

9 $200,000,000 shall be available for the period 

10 October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016: 

11 Provided, That funds provided to carry out sec12 tion 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to 

13 provide assistance to a State for statewide or 

14 local use in order to address cases where there 

15 have been worker dislocations across multiple 

16 sectors or across multiple local areas and such 

17 workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State 

18 workforce development plan with emerging eco19 nomic development needs; and train such eligible 

20 dislocated workers: Provided further, That funds 

21 provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) 

22 of the WIOA may be used for technical assistance 

23 and demonstration projects, respectively, that 

24 provide assistance to new entrants in the work25 force and incumbent workers: Provided further, 
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1 That notwithstanding section 168(b) of the 

2 WIOA and section 170(b) of the Workforce In3 vestment Act of 1998 (referred to in this Act as 

4 ‘‘WIA’’), of the funds provided under this sub5 paragraph, and the funds available from the ap6 propriation under this subparagraph under the 

7 authority of the WIA in Public Law 113–76, the 

8 Secretary of Labor (referred to in this title as 

9 ‘‘Secretary’’) may reserve not more than 10 per10 cent of such funds to provide technical assistance 

11 and carry out additional activities related to the 

12 transition to the WIOA; 

13 (B) $46,082,000 for Native American pro14 grams, which shall be available for the period 

15 July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016; 

16 (C) $81,896,000 for migrant and seasonal 

17 farmworker programs under section 167 of the 

18 WIOA, including $75,885,000 for formula grants 

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

20 employment and training services), $5,517,000 

21 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not 

22 less than 70 percent shall be for permanent hous23 ing), and $494,000 for other discretionary pur24 poses, which shall be available for the period 

25 July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016: Provided, 
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1 That notwithstanding any other provision of law 

2 or related regulation, the Department of Labor 

3 shall take no action limiting the number or pro4 portion of eligible participants receiving related 

5 assistance services or discouraging grantees from 

6 providing such services; 

7 (D) $994,000 for carrying out the WANTO 

8 Act, which shall be available for the period July 

9 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016; and 

10 (E) $79,689,000 for YouthBuild activities 

11 as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which 

12 shall be available for the period April 1, 2015 

13 through June 30, 2016; 

14 (3) for national activities, $86,078,000, as fol15 lows: 

16 (A) $82,078,000 for ex-offender activities, 

17 under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA 

18 and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 

19 2007, which shall be available for the period 

20 April 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016: Provided, 

21 That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall be for 

22 competitive grants to national and regional 

23 intermediaries for activities that prepare young 

24 ex-offenders and school dropouts for employment, 
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1 with a priority for projects serving high-crime, 

2 high-poverty areas; and 

3 (B) $4,000,000 for the Workforce Data 

4 Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 

5 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the 

6 period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. 

7 JOB CORPS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ10 ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire 

11 of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, 

12 and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the pur13 chase of real property for training centers as authorized by 

14 the WIOA, $1,688,155,000, plus reimbursements, as follows: 

15 (1) $1,580,825,000 for Job Corps Operations, 

16 which shall be available for the period July 1, 2015 

17 through June 30, 2016; 

18 (2) $75,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation 

19 and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 

20 available for the period July 1, 2015 through June 

21 30, 2018, and which may include the acquisition, 

22 maintenance, and repair of major items of equip23 ment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 

24 to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational 

25 needs of such centers or to achieve administrative effi-
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1 ciencies: Provided further, That any funds transferred 

2 pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be avail3 able for obligation after June 30, 2016: Provided fur4 ther, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 

6 at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and 

7 (3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job 

8 Corps, including expenses under the authority of the 

9 WIA, which shall be available for obligation for the 

10 period October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015: 

11 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 

12 shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 

13 centers: Provided further, That an entity operating a Job 

14 Corps center that is ranked among the top 5 percent of all 

15 Job Corps centers based on the Outcome Measurement Sys16 tem for program year 2013 shall be eligible to compete in 

17 any selection process to operate such center that is carried 

18 out during the period beginning on October 1, 2014 and 

19 ending on June 30, 2015. 

20 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS

21 To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

22 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $434,371,000, which 

23 shall be available for the period July 1, 2015 through June 

24 30, 2016, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accord25 ance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
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1 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

2 For payments during fiscal year 2015 of trade adjust3 ment benefit payments and allowances under part I of sub4 chapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 

5 and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment 

6 and case management services, allowances for job search 

7 and relocation, and related State administrative expenses 

8 under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of 

9 the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, al10 lowances, training, employment and case management serv11 ices, and related State administration provided pursuant 

12 to section 231(a) and section 233(b) of the Trade Adjust13 ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, $710,600,000, to14 gether with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged 

15 to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any pe16 riod subsequent to September 15, 2015. 

17 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT

18 SERVICE OPERATIONS

19 For authorized administrative expenses, $81,566,000, 

20 together with not to exceed $3,495,584,000 which may be 

21 expended from the Employment Security Administration 

22 Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust 

23 Fund’’), of which: 

24 (1) $2,757,793,000 from the Trust Fund is for 

25 grants to States for the administration of State un-
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1 employment insurance laws as authorized under title 

2 III of the Social Security Act (including not less than 

3 $60,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and 

4 eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 

5 improper payment reviews, and to provide reemploy6 ment services and referrals to training as appro7 priate, $10,000,000 for activities to address the 

8 misclassification of workers, and $3,000,000 for con9 tinued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integ10 rity Center of Excellence), the administration of un11 employment insurance for Federal employees and for 

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

13 8501–8523, and the administration of trade readjust14 ment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment as15 sistance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance 

16 under the Trade Act of 1974 and under sections 

17 231(a) and 233(b) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance 

18 Extension Act of 2011, and shall be available for obli19 gation by the States through December 31, 2015, ex20 cept that funds used for automation acquisitions shall 

21 be available for Federal obligation through December 

22 31, 2015, and for State obligation through September 

23 30, 2017, or, if the automation acquisition is being 

24 carried out through consortia of States, for State obli25 gation through September 30, 2020, and for expendi-
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1 ture through September 30, 2021, and funds for com2 petitive grants awarded to States for improved oper3 ations, to conduct in-person assessments and reviews 

4 and provide reemployment services and referrals, and 

5 to address misclassification of workers shall be avail6 able for Federal obligation through December 31, 2015 

7 and for obligation by the States through September 

8 30, 2017, and funds used for unemployment insur9 ance workloads experienced by the States through 

10 September 30, 2015 shall be available for Federal ob11 ligation through December 31, 2015: Provided, That 

12 funds provided under this heading for fiscal year 

13 2011 through fiscal year 2014 for automation acquisi14 tions that are being carried out by consortia of States 

15 shall be available for expenditure by the States for six 

16 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the funds 

17 were obligated to the States; 

18 (2) $12,892,000 from the Trust Fund is for na19 tional activities necessary to support the administra20 tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 

21 system; 

22 (3) $642,771,000 from the Trust Fund, together 

23 with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treas24 ury, is for grants to States in accordance with section 

25 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for 
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1 Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2015 through 

2 June 30, 2016; 

3 (4) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for na4 tional activities of the Employment Service, including 

5 administration of the work opportunity tax credit 

6 under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

7 1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 

8 staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 

9 (5) $62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 

10 administration of foreign labor certifications and re11 lated activities under the Immigration and Nation12 ality Act and related laws, of which $48,028,000 shall 

13 be available for the Federal administration of such 

14 activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available for 

15 grants to States for the administration of such activi16 ties; and 

17 (6) $60,153,000 from the General Fund is to 

18 provide workforce information, national electronic 

19 tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner20 Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal obliga21 tion for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 

22 2016: 

23 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In24 sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2015 is pro25 jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,957,000, an 
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1 additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be avail2 able for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU 

3 level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less 

4 than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security 

5 Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 

6 that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under 

7 title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such 

8 State to assist other States in carrying out activities under 

9 such title III if the other States include areas that have 

10 suffered a major disaster declared by the President under 

11 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As12 sistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 

13 funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of 

14 the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of 

15 States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires 

16 under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 

17 the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to 

18 States under title III of the Social Security Act to make 

19 payments on behalf of States to the entity operating the 

20 State Information Data Exchange System: Provided fur21 ther, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used 

22 to establish a national one-stop career center system, or 

23 which are used to support the national activities of the Fed24 eral-State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 

25 immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
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1 grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 

2 Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 

3 for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu4 rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi5 ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 

6 may award subgrants to other States under such grants, 

7 subject to the conditions applicable to the grants: Provided 

8 further, That funds appropriated under this Act for activi9 ties authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 

10 and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund 

11 integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment 

12 Service automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation 

13 principles prescribed under the Office of Management and 

14 Budget Circular A–87: Provided further, That the Sec15 retary, at the request of a State participating in a consor16 tium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to such 

17 State under title III of the Social Security Act to other 

18 States participating in the consortium in order to carry 

19 out activities that benefit the administration of the unem20 ployment compensation law of the State making the request: 

21 Provided further, That the Secretary may collect fees for 

22 the costs associated with additional data collection, anal23 yses, and reporting services relating to the National Agri24 cultural Workers Survey requested by State and local gov25 ernments, public and private institutions of higher edu-
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1 cation, and non-profit organizations and may utilize such 

2 sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, 

3 for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infrastruc4 ture, methodology, and data to meet the information collec5 tion and reporting needs of such entities, which shall be 

6 credited to this appropriation and shall remain available 

7 until September 30, 2016, for such purposes. 

8 In addition, $20,000,000 from the Employment Secu9 rity Administration Account of the Unemployment Trust 

10 Fund shall be available for in-person reemployment and eli11 gibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper 

12 payment reviews and to provide reemployment services and 

13 referrals to training as appropriate, which shall be avail14 able for Federal obligations through December 31, 2015, and 

15 for State obligation through September 30, 2017. 

16 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND

17 OTHER FUNDS

18 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 

19 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the So20 cial Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust 

21 Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal 

22 Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to 

23 the revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social 

24 Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund as author25 ized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment 
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1 Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be 

2 necessary, which shall be available for obligation through 

3 September 30, 2016. 

4 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

5 For expenses of administering employment and train6 ing programs, $104,577,000, together with not to exceed 

7 $49,982,000 which may be expended from the Employment 

8 Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 

9 Trust Fund. 

10 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Secu13 rity Administration, $181,000,000. 

14 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

15 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

16 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor17 poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, includ18 ing financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV 

19 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 

20 within limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

21 to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 

22 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

23 year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may 

24 be necessary in carrying out the program, including associ25 ated administrative expenses, through September 30, 2015, 
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1 for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds avail2 able to the Corporation for fiscal year 2015 shall be avail3 able for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of 

4 $415,394,000: Provided further, That to the extent that the 

5 number of new plan participants in plans terminated by 

6 the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2015, an 

7 amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be 

8 available through September 30, 2016, for obligation for ad9 ministrative expenses for every 20,000 additional termi10 nated participants: Provided further, That obligations in 

11 excess of the amounts provided in this paragraph may be 

12 incurred for unforeseen and extraordinary pretermination 

13 expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program related 

14 expenses after approval by the Office of Management and 

15 Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropria16 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

17 WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi20 sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 

21 agencies and their employees for inspection services ren22 dered, $227,500,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Manage4 ment Standards, $39,129,000. 

5 OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con8 tract Compliance Programs, $106,476,000. 

9 OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Com12 pensation Programs, $110,823,000, together with 

13 $2,177,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 

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

15 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 

16 SPECIAL BENEFITS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex19 penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the 

20 current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; 

21 continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading 

22 ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security Agency 

23 Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation 

24 Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sections 4(c) and 5(f) 

25 of the War Claims Act of 1948; and 50 percent of the addi-
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1 tional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) 

2 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 

3 $210,000,000, together with such amounts as may be nec4 essary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation 

5 for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any 

6 period subsequent to August 15 of the current year: Pro7 vided, That amounts appropriated may be used under 5 

8 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, 

9 who is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions 

10 of the salary of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Pro11 vided further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated 

12 on September 30, 2014, shall remain available until ex13 pended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex14 penses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be 

15 transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service 

16 and from any other corporation or instrumentality required 

17 under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share 

18 of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary 

19 determines to be the cost of administration for employees 

20 of such fair share entities through September 30, 2015: Pro21 vided further, That of those funds transferred to this ac22 count from the fair share entities to pay the cost of adminis23 tration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 

24 $60,334,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as fol25 lows: 
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1 (1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto2 mated data processing systems operations and tele3 communications systems, $19,499,000; 

4 (2) For automated workload processing oper5 ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 

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

7 (3) For periodic roll disability management and 

8 medical review, $16,482,000; 

9 (4) For program integrity, $1,385,000; and 

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

11 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 

13 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 

14 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com15 pensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, 

16 such identifying information (including Social Security ac17 count number) as such regulations may prescribe. 

18 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

19 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 

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

21 275, $77,262,000, to remain available until expended. 

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

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

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

25 as may be necessary. 
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1 For making benefit payments under title IV for the 

2 first quarter of fiscal year 2016, $21,000,000, to remain 

3 available until expended. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES

5 OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

6 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em7 ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 

8 $56,406,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

9 That the Secretary may require that any person filing a 

10 claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such 

11 claim such identifying information (including Social Secu12 rity account number) as may be prescribed. 

13 BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 

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

17 until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 

18 section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue 

19 Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of interest 

20 on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that 

21 Act. In addition, the following amounts may be expended 

22 from the Fund for fiscal year 2015 for expenses of operation 

23 and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 

24 as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed 

25 $33,321,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensa-
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1 tion Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 

2 $30,403,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, 

3 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $327,000 for trans4 fer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen5 eral’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into mis6 cellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the 

7 Treasury. 

8 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 

11 and Health Administration, $552,787,000, including not to 

12 exceed $100,850,000 which shall be the maximum amount 

13 available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Oc14 cupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants 

15 shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupa16 tional safety and health programs required to be incurred 

17 under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 

18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

19 3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

20 may retain up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training insti21 tute course tuition and fees, otherwise authorized by law 

22 to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational 

23 safety and health training and education: Provided, That 

24 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is author25 ized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, to 
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1 collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 

2 Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such 

3 sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, 

4 to administer national and international laboratory rec5 ognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and 

6 products used by workers in the workplace: Provided fur7 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this para8 graph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, ad9 minister, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order 

10 under the Act which is applicable to any person who is en11 gaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a 

12 temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: 

13 Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this 

14 paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or 

15 enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the 

16 Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees 

17 who is included within a category having a Days Away, 

18 Restricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 

19 and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification 

20 code for which such data are published, less than the na21 tional average rate as such rates are most recently published 

22 by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Sta23 tistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except— 
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1 (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con2 sultation, technical assistance, educational and train3 ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 

4 (2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 

5 response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation 

6 for violations found during such inspection, and to 

7 assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected 

8 within a reasonable abatement period and for any 

9 willful violations found; 

10 (3) to take any action authorized by the Act with 

11 respect to imminent dangers; 

12 (4) to take any action authorized by the Act with 

13 respect to health hazards; 

14 (5) to take any action authorized by the Act with 

15 respect to a report of an employment accident which 

16 is fatal to one or more employees or which results in 

17 hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take 

18 any action pursuant to such investigation authorized 

19 by the Act; and 

20 (6) to take any action authorized by the Act with 

21 respect to complaints of discrimination against em22 ployees for exercising rights under the Act: 

23 Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply 

24 to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which 

25 does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 
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1 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That $10,537,000 

2 shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants. 

3 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 

6 Administration, $375,887,000, including purchase and be7 stowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine 

8 rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor 

9 vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and 

10 recovery activities and not less than $8,441,000 for state 

11 assistance grants: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 

12 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by 

13 the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, 

14 board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise 

15 authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine 

16 safety and health education and training activities: Pro17 vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the 

18 Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to 

19 collect and retain up to $2,499,000 from fees collected for 

20 the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and 

21 explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for 

22 such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary is au23 thorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 

24 contributions from public and private sources and to pros25 ecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, 
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1 State, or private: Provided further, That the Mine Safety 

2 and Health Administration is authorized to promote health 

3 and safety education and training in the mining commu4 nity through cooperative programs with States, industry, 

5 and safety associations: Provided further, That the Sec6 retary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safe7 ty Association as a principal safety association and, not8 withstanding any other provision of law, may provide 

9 funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, in10 cluding service of Mine Safety and Health Administration 

11 officials as officers in local chapters or in the national orga12 nization: Provided further, That any funds available to the 

13 Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of 

14 the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and 

15 survival operations in the event of a major disaster. 

16 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statis19 tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Fed20 eral, and local agencies and their employees for services ren21 dered, $527,212,000, together with not to exceed $65,000,000 

22 which may be expended from the Employment Security Ad23 ministration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
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1 OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Em4 ployment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and 

5 initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of 

6 eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 

7 people with disabilities, $38,500,000. 

8 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 

12 including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 

13 $337,621,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which 

14 may be expended from the Employment Security Adminis15 tration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Pro16 vided, That $64,825,000 for the Bureau of International 

17 Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through De18 cember 31, 2015: Provided further, That funds available to 

19 the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used to 

20 administer or operate international labor activities, bilat21 eral and multilateral technical assistance, and micro22 finance programs, by or through contracts, grants, sub23 grants and other arrangements: Provided further, That not 

24 more than $58,825,000 shall be for programs to combat ex25 ploitative child labor internationally and not less than 
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1 $6,000,000 shall be used to implement model programs that 

2 address worker rights issues through technical assistance in 

3 countries with which the United States has free trade agree4 ments or trade preference programs: Provided further, That 

5 $8,040,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall 

6 be available for obligation through September 30, 2016: 

7 Provided further, That funds available for program evalua8 tion may be transferred to any other appropriate account 

9 in the Department for such purpose: Provided further, That 

10 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 

12 in advance of any transfer: Provided further, That the funds 

13 available to the Women’s Bureau may be used for grants 

14 to serve and promote the interests of women in the work15 force. 

16 VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

17 Not to exceed $231,872,000 may be derived from the 

18 Employment Security Administration account in the Un19 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 

20 chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, of 

21 which: 

22 (1) $175,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 

23 grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis24 abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 

25 section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ employ-
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1 ment representatives under section 4104(b) of such 

2 title, and for the expenses described in section 

3 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obliga4 tion by the States through December 31, 2015 and not 

5 to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal expendi6 tures for data systems and contract support to allow 

7 for the tracking of participant and performance infor8 mation: Provided, That, in addition, such funds may 

9 be used to support such specialists and representatives 

10 in the provision of services to transitioning members 

11 of the Armed Forces who have participated in the 

12 Transition Assistance Program and have been identi13 fied as in need of intensive services, to members of the 

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

15 receiving treatment in military treatment facilities or 

16 warrior transition units, and to the spouses or other 

17 family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or injured 

18 members; 

19 (2) $14,000,000 is for carrying out the Transi20 tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 

21 10 U.S.C. 1144; 

22 (3) $39,458,000 is for Federal administration of 

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

24 Code; and 
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1 (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Em2 ployment and Training Services Institute under 38 

3 U.S.C. 4109: 

4 Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the ap5 propriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 

6 above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria7 tion from which such reallocation is made. 

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

9 $38,109,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless 

10 veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 

11 transitioning from certain institutions under sections 2021, 

12 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 

13 That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 

14 2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 

15 30, 2015, to provide services under such section: Provided 

16 further, That services provided under section 2023 may in17 clude, in addition to services to the individuals described 

18 in subsection (e) of such section, services to veterans recently 

19 released from incarceration who are at risk of homelessness. 

20 IT MODERNIZATION

21 For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen22 tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re23 lated to support systems and modernization, $15,394,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen4 eral Act of 1978, $76,000,000, together with not to exceed 

5 $5,590,000 which may be expended from the Employment 

6 Security Administration account in the Unemployment 

7 Trust Fund. 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

10 for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo11 nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora12 tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 

13 Level II. 

14 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 

16 funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 

18 current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act 

19 may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, 

20 but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased 

21 by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, 

22 That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not 

23 be used to create any new program or to fund any project 

24 or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: 

25 Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 

2 at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

3 SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126, 

4 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

5 pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the 

6 procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or 

7 harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced 

8 or indentured child labor in industries and host countries 

9 already identified by the United States Department of 

10 Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available to the De12 partment of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the 

13 American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act 

14 of 1998 may be used for any purpose other than competitive 

15 grants for training individuals over the age of 16 who are 

16 not currently enrolled in school within a local educational 

17 agency in the occupations and industries for which employ18 ers are using H–1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the 

19 related activities necessary to support such training: Pro20 vided, That the preceding limitation shall not apply to 

21 funding provided pursuant to solicitations for grant appli22 cations issued prior to January 15, 2014. 

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

24 Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Admin25 istration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of 
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1 such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, 

2 either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess 

3 of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to 

4 vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office 

5 of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States 

6 are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower 

7 limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and 

8 bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into ac9 count factors including the relative cost-of-living in the 

10 State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local 

11 government employees, and the size of the organizations 

12 that administer Federal programs involved including Em13 ployment and Training Administration programs. 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 106. Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary 

16 may transfer funds made available to the Employment and 

17 Training Administration by this Act, either directly or 

18 through a set-aside, for technical assistance services to 

19 grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is deter20 mined that those services will be more efficiently performed 

21 by Federal employees: Provided, That this section shall not 

22 apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 

25 than 0.5 percent from each appropriation made available 
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1 in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 

2 out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 

3 are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 

4 this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Manage5 ment’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer 

6 within the Department of Labor, and shall be available for 

7 obligation through September 30, 2016: Provided, That such 

8 funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer 

9 of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Commit10 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

11 the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 

12 days in advance of any transfer. 

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

14 ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Com15 munity Service Employment for Older Americans’’, ‘‘State 

16 Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper17 ations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administration’’, 

18 ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and 

19 Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

20 Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Oc21 cupational Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine 

22 Safety and Health Administration’’, funding made avail23 able to the ‘‘Bureau of International Affairs’’ and ‘‘Wom24 en’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management, Sala-
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1 ries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans Employment 

2 and Training’’. 

3 SEC. 108. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE

4 CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE

5 SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 

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

7 petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em8 ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em9 ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in the 

10 petition into the United States at any time during 

11 the 120-day period beginning on the start date for 

12 which the employer is seeking the services of the non13 immigrants without filing another petition. 

14 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 90TH

15 DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry may not 

16 bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 

17 after the date that is 90 days after the start date for 

18 which the employer is seeking the services of the non19 immigrants unless the employer— 

20 (A) completes a new assessment of the local 

21 labor market by— 

22 (i) listing job orders in local news23 papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 

24 (ii) posting the job opportunity on the 

25 appropriate Department of Labor Elec-
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1 tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 

2 place of employment; and 

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

4 qualified United States worker who— 

5 (i) applies for the job; and 

6 (ii) will be available at the time and 

7 place of need. 

8 (3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT TO

9 STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not con10 sider an employer in the seafood industry who brings 

11 H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States during 

12 the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) to be 

13 staggering the date of need in violation of section 

14 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or 

15 any other applicable provision of law. 

16 (b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this section, 

17 the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens admitted 

18 to the United States pursuant to section 

19 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 

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

21 SEC. 109. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corpora23 tion to take any action in connection with any asserted li24 ability under subsection (e) of section 4062 of the Employee 

25 Retirement Income Security Act of 1974: Provided, That 
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1 this section shall cease to apply upon the enactment of any 

2 bill that amends such subsection. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 110. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 

5 than 0.25 percent from each appropriation made available 

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

7 out information technology purchases and upgrades for any 

8 of the programs or activities that are funded under such 

9 accounts. Any funds reserved under this section shall be 

10 transferred to ‘‘Departmental Management’’ for use by the 

11 Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Depart12 ment of Labor, and shall be available for obligation through 

13 September 30, 2016: Provided, That such funds shall only 

14 be available if the Chief Information Officer of the Depart15 ment of Labor submits a plan to the Committees on Appro16 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

17 describing the purchases and upgrades to be carried out and 

18 an explanation of why funds are not needed in the donor 

19 account 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

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

21 ‘‘Employment and Training Administration Program Ad22 ministration’’, funding made available for Federal admin23 istration within ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Foreign Labor Certification 

24 Program Administration’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security 

25 Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Pro-
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1 grams’’, ‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal 

2 Contract Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Manage3 ment Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Ad4 ministration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, 

5 ‘‘Veterans Employment and Training’’, ‘‘Bureau of Labor 

6 Statistics’’, and ‘‘Office of Disability Employment Policy’’. 

7 SEC. 111. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 

8 Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the fol9 lowing text is part of such section: 

10 ‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 

11 for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major dis12 aster to any employee— 

13 ‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims 

14 resulting from or relating to such major disaster, 

15 by an employer not engaged, directly or through 

16 an affiliate, in underwriting, selling, or mar17 keting property, casualty, or liability insurance 

18 policies or contracts; 

19 ‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on 

20 average weekly compensation of not less than 

21 $591.00 per week or any minimum weekly 

22 amount established by the Secretary, whichever 

23 is greater, for the number of weeks such employee 

24 is engaged in any of the activities described in 

25 subparagraph (C); and 
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1 ‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, 

4 individuals who suffered injuries or other 

5 damages or losses arising from or relating 

6 to a disaster, witnesses, or physicians; 

7 ‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or re8 viewing factual information to prepare 

9 damage estimates; 

10 ‘‘(iii) evaluating and making rec11 ommendations regarding coverage or com12 pensability of claims or determining liabil13 ity or value aspects of claims; 

14 ‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 

15 ‘‘(v) making recommendations regard16 ing litigation. 

17 ‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not 

18 affect the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 

19 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 

20 ‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any 

21 disaster or catastrophe declared or designated by 

22 any State or Federal agency or department; 

23 ‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust 

24 or evaluate claims resulting from or relating to 

25 such major disaster’ means an individual who 
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1 timely secured or secures a license required by 

2 applicable law to engage in and perform the ac3 tivities described in clauses (i) through (v) of 

4 paragraph (1)(C) relating to a major disaster, 

5 and is employed by an employer that maintains 

6 worker compensation insurance coverage or pro7 tection for its employees, if required by applica8 ble law, and withholds applicable Federal, State, 

9 and local income and payroll taxes from the 

10 wages, salaries and any benefits of such employ11 ees; and 

12 ‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company 

13 that, by reason of ownership or control of 25 per14 cent or more of the outstanding shares of any 

15 class of voting securities of one or more compa16 nies, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled 

17 by, or is under common control with, another 

18 company.’’. 

19 (b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact20 ment of this Act. 

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

22 Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

3 SERVICES 

4 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

5 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

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

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

8 respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian 

9 Health Care Act of 1988, $1,491,522,000: Provided, That 

10 no more than $100,000 shall be available until expended 

11 for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS 

12 Act, including associated administrative expenses and rel13 evant evaluations: Provided further, That no more than 

14 $99,893,000 shall be available until expended for carrying 

15 out the provisions of Public Law 104–73 and for expenses 

16 incurred by the Department of Health and Human Services 

17 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to adminis18 trative claims made under such law: Provided further, That 

19 of funds provided for the Health Centers program, as de20 fined by section 330 of the PHS Act, by this Act or any 

21 other Act for fiscal year 2015, not less than $165,000,000 

22 shall be obligated in fiscal year 2015 as base grant adjust23 ments, not less than $350,000,000 shall be obligated in fiscal 

24 year 2015 to support new access points including approved 

25 and unfunded applications from fiscal year 2014, grants 
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1 to expand medical services, behavioral health, oral health, 

2 pharmacy, and vision services, and up to $150,000,000 

3 shall be obligated in fiscal year 2015 for construction and 

4 capital improvement costs. 

5 HEALTH WORKFORCE

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

7 Act with respect to the health workforce, section 1128E of 

8 the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality Im9 provement Act of 1986, $751,600,000: Provided, That sec10 tions 747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), 762(k), and the proportional 

11 funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 

12 756(e) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made avail13 able under this heading: Provided further, That for any pro14 gram operating under section 751 of the PHS Act on or 

15 before January 1, 2009, the Secretary may hereafter waive 

16 any of the requirements contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) 

17 and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period of 

18 a grant under such section: Provided further, That no funds 

19 shall be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Pro20 vided further, That fees collected for the disclosure of infor21 mation under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Im22 provement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 

23 of the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to recover the 

24 full costs of operating the programs authorized by such sec25 tions and shall remain available until expended for the Na-
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1 tional Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, That 

2 funds transferred to this account to carry out section 846 

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

4 be used to make prior year adjustments to awards made 

5 under such sections. 

6 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

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

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

9 V of the Social Security Act, and section 712 of the Amer10 ican Jobs Creation Act of 2004, $851,738,000: Provided, 

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

12 the Social Security Act, not more than $77,093,000 shall 

13 be available for carrying out special projects of regional and 

14 national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such 

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

16 in paragraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such 

17 Act. 

18 RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM

19 For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with re20 spect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 

21 $2,318,781,000, of which $1,970,881,000 shall remain 

22 available to the Secretary through September 30, 2017, for 

23 parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which 

24 not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug 
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1 Assistance Programs under the authority of section 2616 

2 or 311(c) of such Act. 

3 HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

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

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

6 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $103,193,000, of 

7 which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facili8 ties renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease 

9 Center. 

10 RURAL HEALTH

11 For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with 

12 respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal 

13 Mine Health and Safety Act, the Cardiac Arrest Survival 

14 Act of 2000, and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social Secu15 rity Act, $147,471,000, of which $41,609,000 from general 

16 revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Se17 curity Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare 

18 rural hospital flexibility grants program: Provided, That 

19 of the funds made available under this heading for Medicare 

20 rural hospital flexibility grants, $14,942,000 shall be avail21 able for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Pro22 gram for quality improvement and adoption of health infor23 mation technology and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry 

24 out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with funds 

25 provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) available for 
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1 the purchase and implementation of telehealth services, in2 cluding pilots and demonstrations on the use of electronic 

3 health records to coordinate rural veterans care between 

4 rural providers and the Department of Veterans Affairs 

5 electronic health record system: Provided further, That not6 withstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $9,511,000 

7 shall be available for State Offices of Rural Health. 

8 FAMILY PLANNING

9 For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS 

10 Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects, 

11 $286,479,000: Provided, That amounts provided to said 

12 projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, 

13 that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and 

14 that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity 

15 (including the publication or distribution of literature) that 

16 in any way tends to promote public support or opposition 

17 to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office. 

18 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

19 For program support in the Health Resources and 

20 Services Administration, $154,000,000: Provided, That 

21 funds made available under this heading may be used to 

22 supplement program support funding provided under the 

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

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

25 Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 
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1 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

2 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 

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

4 may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related 

5 injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after 

6 September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of 

7 the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

8 That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed 

9 $7,500,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the 

10 Secretary. 

11 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

12 IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

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

14 section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immi15 gration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee 

16 Education Assistance Act, with respect to immunization 

17 and respiratory diseases, $573,105,000. 

18 HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED

19 DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION

20 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the 

21 PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexu22 ally transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 

23 $1,117,609,000. 
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1 EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

3 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration 

4 and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Edu5 cation Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and zoonotic 

6 infectious diseases, $352,990,000: Provided, That of the 

7 funds available under this heading, $30,000,000 shall be for 

8 the Advanced Molecular Detection initiative. 

9 CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

10 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX 

11 of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention 

12 and health promotion, $747,220,000: Provided, That funds 

13 appropriated under this account may be available for mak14 ing grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for not less 

15 than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided fur16 ther, That of the funds available under this heading, 

17 $7,500,000 shall be available to continue and expand com18 munity specific extension and outreach programs to combat 

19 obesity in counties with the highest levels of obesity: Pro20 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head21 ing, $80,000,000 shall be available for a program consisting 

22 of three-year grants of no less than $100,000 per year to 

23 non-governmental entities, local public health offices, school 

24 districts, local housing authorities, local transportation au25 thorities or Indian tribes to implement evidence-based 
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1 chronic disease prevention strategies: Provided further, 

2 That applicants for grants described in the previous proviso 

3 shall determine the population to be served and shall agree 

4 to work in collaboration with multi-sector partners: Pro5 vided further, That the proportional funding requirements 

6 under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 

7 funds made available under this heading. 

8 BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 

9 DISABILITIES AND HEALTH

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

11 PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis12 abilities, disabilities and health, $131,781,000. 

13 PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

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

15 Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 

16 informatics, and workforce development, $481,061,000. 

17 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

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

19 Act with respect to environmental health, $166,404,000. 

20 INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

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

22 Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 

23 $170,447,000: Provided, That of the funds provided under 

24 this heading, $20,000,000 shall be available for an evidence25 based prescription drug overdose prevention program. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND

2 HEALTH

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

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

5 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of 

6 the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, 

7 and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and 

8 Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, 

9 $334,863,000. 

10 ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS

11 COMPENSATION PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em13 ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 

14 $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

15 That this amount shall be available consistent with the pro16 vision regarding administrative expenses in section 151(b) 

17 of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 

18 GLOBAL HEALTH

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

20 Act with respect to global health, $416,517,000, of which 

21 $128,421,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain 

22 available through September 30, 2016: Provided, That funds 

23 may be used for purchase and insurance of official motor 

24 vehicles in foreign countries: Provided further, That these 
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1 funds are in addition to amounts provided in section 137 

2 of Public Law 113–164. 

3 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

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

5 Act with respect to public health preparedness and response, 

6 and for expenses necessary to support activities related to 

7 countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and 

8 chemical threats to civilian populations, $1,352,551,000, of 

9 which $534,343,000 shall remain available until expended 

10 for the Strategic National Stockpile: Provided, That in the 

11 event the Director of the CDC activates the Emergency Op12 erations Center, the Director of the CDC may detail CDC 

13 staff without reimbursement for up to 45 days to support 

14 the work of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long 

15 as the Director provides a notice to the Committees on Ap16 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

17 within 15 days of the use of this authority and a full report 

18 within 30 days after use of this authority which includes 

19 the number of staff and funding level broken down by the 

20 originating center and number of days detailed: Provided 

21 further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

22 be used to support a contract for the operation and mainte23 nance of an aircraft in direct support of activities through24 out CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to address public 

25 health preparedness emergencies. 
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc3 tion, and renovation of facilities, $10,000,000, which shall 

4 remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 

5 funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade 

6 of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall 

7 be used to acquire a replacement mine safety research facil8 ity. 

9 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

12 section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities 

13 and program support for activities funded in other appro14 priations included in this Act for the Centers for Disease 

15 Control and Prevention, $113,570,000: Provided, That 

16 paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 

17 of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under 

18 this heading and in all other accounts of the CDC: Provided 

19 further, That employees of CDC or the Public Health Serv20 ice, both civilian and commissioned officers, detailed to 

21 States, municipalities, or other organizations under author22 ity of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assign23 ments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for report24 ing purposes only and shall not be included within any 

25 personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS 
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1 during the period of detail or assignment: Provided further, 

2 That CDC may use up to $10,000 from amounts appro3 priated to CDC in this Act for official reception and rep4 resentation expenses when specifically approved by the Di5 rector of CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such 

6 sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which 

7 shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost 

8 thereof: Provided further, That with respect to the previous 

9 proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Pro10 gram shall be available through September 30, 2016: Pro11 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

12 heading and in all other accounts of CDC, up to $1,000 

13 per eligible employee of CDC shall be made available until 

14 expended for Individual Learning Accounts. 

15 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

16 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

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

18 Act with respect to cancer, $4,950,396,000, of which up to 

19 $8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improve20 ments at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick Feder21 ally Funded Research and Development Center in Fred22 erick, Maryland. 
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1 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

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

3 Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, 

4 and blood and blood products, $2,997,870,000. 

5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL

6 RESEARCH

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

8 Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 

9 $399,886,000. 

10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND

11 KIDNEY DISEASES

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

13 Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis14 ease, $1,749,681,000. 

15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND

16 STROKE

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

18 Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 

19 $1,605,205,000. 

20 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS

21 DISEASES

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

23 Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 

24 $4,358,841,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

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

3 Act with respect to general medical sciences, 

4 $2,371,476,000, of which $715,000,000 shall be from funds 

5 available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Provided, That 

6 not less than $273,325,000 is provided for the Institutional 

7 Development Awards program. 

8 EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD

9 HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

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

11 Act with respect to child health and human development, 

12 $1,286,571,000. 

13 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

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

15 Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 

16 $684,191,000. 

17 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

18 SCIENCES

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

20 Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 

21 $667,502,000. 

22 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

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

24 Act with respect to aging, $1,199,468,000. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND

2 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

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

4 Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 

5 diseases, $521,665,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER

7 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

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

9 Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis10 orders, $405,302,000. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

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

13 Act with respect to nursing research, $140,953,000. 

14 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND

15 ALCOHOLISM

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

17 Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 

18 $447,408,000. 

19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

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

21 Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,028,614,000. 

22 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

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

24 Act with respect to mental health, $1,463,036,000. 
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1 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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

3 Act with respect to human genome research, $499,356,000. 

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND

5 BIOENGINEERING

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

7 Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 

8 research, $330,192,000. 

9 NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND

10 INTEGRATIVE HEALTH

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

12 Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 

13 $124,681,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to 

14 support the transition enacted in section 224 of this Act. 

15 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH

16 DISPARITIES

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

18 Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 

19 research, $269,154,000. 

20 JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

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

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

23 title IV of the PHS Act), $67,786,000. 
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1 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

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

3 Act with respect to health information communications, 

4 $336,939,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 

5 improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 

6 available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

7 in fiscal year 2015, the National Library of Medicine may 

8 enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 

9 services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 

10 the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re11 ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 

12 NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL

13 SCIENCES

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

15 Act with respect to translational sciences, $635,230,000: 

16 Provided, That up to $9,835,000 shall be available to imple17 ment section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Ac18 celeration Network: Provided further, That at least 

19 $474,746,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 

20 Sciences Awards program. 

21 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 

24 the Director, NIH, $1,401,134,000, of which up to 

25 $25,000,000 may be used to carry out section 213 of this 
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1 Act: Provided, That funding shall be available for the pur2 chase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for re3 placement only: Provided further, That all funds credited 

4 to the NIH Management Fund shall remain available for 

5 one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are depos6 ited: Provided further, That $165,000,000 shall be for the 

7 National Children’s Study (‘‘NCS’’) or research related to 

8 the Study’s goals and mission, and any funds in excess of 

9 the estimated need shall be transferred to and merged with 

10 the accounts for the various Institutes and Centers to sup11 port activity related to the goals and objectives of the NCS: 

12 Provided further, That NIH shall submit a spend plan on 

13 the NCS’s next phase to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 

15 than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Pro16 vided further, That $533,039,000 shall be available for the 

17 Common Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the 

18 PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 

19 $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 

20 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the 

21 NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 

22 within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend 

23 up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or renova24 tion of facilities as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) 

25 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That NIH shall contract 
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1 with the National Academy of Sciences for a Blue Ribbon 

2 Commission on Scientific Literacy and Standing: Provided 

3 further, That NIH shall submit to Congress an NIH-wide 

4 5-year scientific strategic plan as outlined in sections 

5 402(b)(3) and 402(b)(4) of the PHS Act no later than 1 

6 year after enactment of this Act. 

7 In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com8 mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 

9 Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund 

10 from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de11 scribed in section 9008 of title 26, United States Code, for 

12 the purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the 

13 PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as authorized in 

14 the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. 

15 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

16 For the study of, construction of, renovation of, and 

17 acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, 

18 including the acquisition of real property, $128,863,000, to 

19 remain available through September 30, 2019. 

20 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 MENTAL HEALTH

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

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

25 Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, 
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1 $1,045,936,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

2 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for car3 rying out section 520A shall be available for carrying out 

4 section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in ad5 dition to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall be 

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

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

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

9 collection and evaluation activities, and further that the 

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

11 shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for 

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

13 section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 

14 appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2015: Provided fur15 ther, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 

16 $45,887,000 shall be for the National Child Traumatic 

17 Stress Initiative as described in section 582 of the PHS 

18 Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

19 565(b)(1) of the PHS Act, technical assistance may be pro20 vided to a public entity to establish or operate a system 

21 of comprehensive community mental health services to chil22 dren with a serious emotional disturbance, without regard 

23 to whether the public entity receives a grant under section 

24 561(a) of such Act: Provided further, That States shall ex25 pend at least 5 percent of the amount each receives for car-
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1 rying out section 1911 of the PHS Act to support evidence2 based programs that address the needs of individuals with 

3 early serious mental illness, including psychotic disorders, 

4 regardless of the age of the individual at onset: Provided 

5 further, That none of the funds provided for section 1911 

6 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 241 of such Act. 

7 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

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

9 Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and section 

10 1922(a) of the PHS Act with respect to substance abuse pre11 vention, $2,102,658,000: Provided, That in addition to 

12 amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be 

13 available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 

14 to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS 

15 Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national 

16 data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further 

17 that the total available under this Act for section 1935(b) 

18 activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appro19 priated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; and (2) 

20 $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment programs: 

21 Provided further, That none of the funds provided for sec22 tion 1921 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 241 

23 of such Act. 
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1 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

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

3 respect to substance abuse prevention, $175,219,000. 

4 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

5 For program support and cross-cutting activities that 

6 supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 

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

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

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

11 Mental Health Services Administration, $150,232,000: Pro12 vided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 

13 $31,428,000 shall be available under section 241 of the PHS 

14 Act to supplement funds available to carry out national 

15 surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and 

16 analyze program data, and to conduct public awareness 

17 and technical assistance activities: Provided further, That, 

18 in addition, fees may be collected for the costs of publica19 tions, data, data tabulations, and data analysis completed 

20 under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a public or 

21 private entity upon request, which shall be credited to this 

22 appropriation and shall remain available until expended 

23 for such purposes: Provided further, That amounts made 

24 available in this Act for carrying out section 501(m) of the 

25 PHS Act shall remain available through September 30, 
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1 2016: Provided further, That funds made available under 

2 this heading may be used to supplement program support 

3 funding provided under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, 

4 ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Pre5 vention’’. 

6 AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

7 HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

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

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

10 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 

11 Modernization Act of 2003, $363,698,000: Provided, That 

12 section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year 

13 2015: Provided further, That in addition, amounts received 

14 from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and 

15 interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be cred16 ited to this appropriation and shall remain available until 

17 September 30, 2016. 

18 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

19 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

20 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

21 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $234,608,916,000, 

22 to remain available until expended. 

23 For making, after May 31, 2015, payments to States 

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

25 of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the 
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1 last quarter of fiscal year 2015 for unanticipated costs in2 curred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec3 essary. 

4 For making payments to States or in the case of sec5 tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social 

6 Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, 

7 $113,272,140,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 

9 quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 

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

11 such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quar12 ter. 

13 PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

14 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

15 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

16 Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 

17 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 

18 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 

19 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for administrative 

20 expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social 

21 Security Act, $259,212,000,000. 

22 In addition, for making matching payments under sec23 tion 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 

24 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated in 

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

2 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

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

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

5 Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil6 ities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, not 

7 to exceed $3,669,744,000, to be transferred from the Federal 

8 Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple9 mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 

10 section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all 

11 funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS 

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

13 retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 302 of the 

14 Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and such sums 

15 as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale 

16 of data, which shall be credited to this account and remain 

17 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That all 

18 funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from or19 ganizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act 

20 shall be credited to and available for carrying out the pur21 poses of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec22 retary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2015 from 

23 Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant to section 

24 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible orga-
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1 nizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of 

2 that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act. 

3 HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT

4 In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro5 gram integrity and program management, $672,000,000, to 

6 remain available through September 30, 2016, to be trans7 ferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and 

8 the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 

9 as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, 

10 of which $477,120,000 shall be for the Medicare Integrity 

11 Program at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv12 ices, including administrative costs, to conduct oversight ac13 tivities for Medicare Advantage under Part C and the Medi14 care Prescription Drug Program under Part D of the Social 

15 Security Act and for activities described in section 1893(b) 

16 of such Act, of which $67,200,000 shall be for the Depart17 ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 

18 General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 

19 by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, of which $67,200,000 

20 shall be for the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance 

21 Program (‘‘CHIP’’) program integrity activities, and of 

22 which $60,480,000 shall be for the Department of Justice 

23 to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by sec24 tion 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re25 quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for 
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1 fiscal year 2015 shall include measures of the operational 

2 efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the 

3 Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the funds pro4 vided by this appropriation: Provided further, That of the 

5 amount provided under this heading, $311,000,000 is pro6 vided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the 

7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

8 1985, as amended, and $361,000,000 is additional new 

9 budget authority specified for purposes of section 

10 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act. 

11 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

12 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT

13 AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

14 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

15 I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 

16 and the Act of July 5, 1960, $2,438,523,000, to remain 

17 available until expended; and for such purposes for the first 

18 quarter of fiscal year 2016, $1,160,000,000, to remain 

19 available until expended. 

20 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 

21 year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 

22 XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 

23 July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 

24 year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 

25 year, such sums as may be necessary. 
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1 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

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

3 of section 2602 of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance 

4 Act of 1981, $3,390,304,000: Provided, That all but 

5 $491,000,000 of this amount shall be allocated as though 

6 the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 

7 2015 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That 

8 notwithstanding section 2609A(a), of the amounts appro9 priated under section 2602(b), not more than $2,988,000 

10 of such amounts may be reserved by the Secretary for tech11 nical assistance, training, and monitoring of program ac12 tivities for compliance with internal controls, policies and 

13 procedures and may, in addition to the authorities provided 

14 in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts 

15 with private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit orga16 nizations. 

17 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

18 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assist19 ance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration 

20 and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu21 cation Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 

22 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of 

23 the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Re24 authorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protec25 tion Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), section 203 of the Trafficking 
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1 Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, and the 

2 Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $1,559,884,000, of 

3 which $1,533,394,000 shall remain available through Sep4 tember 30, 2017 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 

5 462, and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 

6 heading to carry out such section 203 and the TVPA shall 

7 also be available for research and evaluation with respect 

8 to activities under those authorities: Provided further, That 

9 the limitation in section 206 of this Act regarding transfers 

10 increasing any appropriation shall apply to transfers to 

11 appropriations under this heading by substituting ‘‘10 per12 cent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’. 

13 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND

14 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

15 For carrying out the Child Care and Development 

16 Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $2,435,000,000 

17 shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general rev18 enue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: 

19 Provided, That $19,357,000 shall be available for child care 

20 resource and referral and school-aged child care activities, 

21 of which $996,000 shall be available to the Secretary for 

22 a competitive grant for the operation of a national toll free 

23 referral line and Web site to develop and disseminate child 

24 care consumer education information for parents and help 

25 parents access child care in their local community: Pro-
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1 vided further, That, in addition to the amounts required 

2 to be reserved by the States under section 658G of the 

3 CCDBG Act, $305,906,000 shall be reserved by the States 

4 for activities authorized under section 658G, of which 

5 $112,187,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality 

6 of infant and toddler care: Provided further, That 

7 $9,851,000 shall be for use by the Secretary for child care 

8 research, demonstration, and evaluation activities: Pro9 vided further, That technical assistance under section 

10 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, or through 

11 the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or 

12 interagency agreements. 

13 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

14 For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 

15 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That 

16 notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of 

17 such Act, the applicable percent specified under such sub18 paragraph for a State to carry out State programs pursu19 ant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 percent. 

20 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

21 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 

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

23 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 303 

24 and 313 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 

25 Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II 
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1 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption 

2 Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), the Aban3 doned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, part B–1 of title IV 

4 and sections 413, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security 

5 Act; for making payments under the Community Services 

6 Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’), sections 473B and 477(i) 

7 of the Social Security Act, and the Assets for Independence 

8 Act; for necessary administrative expenses to carry out such 

9 Acts and titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the 

10 Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low In11 come Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, title IV of the 

12 Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the 

13 Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; and for the ad14 ministration of prior year obligations made by the Admin15 istration for Children and Families under the Develop16 mental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act and 

17 the Help America Vote Act of 2002, $10,346,115,000, of 

18 which $37,943,000, to remain available through September 

19 30, 2016, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive 

20 payments, as authorized by section 473A of the Social Secu21 rity Act and may be made for adoptions completed before 

22 September 30, 2015: Provided, That $8,598,095,000 shall 

23 be for making payments under the Head Start Act: Pro24 vided further, That of the amount in the previous proviso, 

25 $8,073,095,000 shall be available for payments under sec-
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1 tion 640 of the Head Start Act: Provided further, That of 

2 the amount provided for making payments under the Head 

3 Start Act, $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by 

4 the Secretary to supplement activities described in para5 graphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of such Act under 

6 the Designation Renewal System, established under the au7 thority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12) and 645A(d) of 

8 such Act: Provided further, That amounts allocated to Head 

9 Start grantees at the discretion of the Secretary to supple10 ment activities pursuant to the previous proviso shall not 

11 be included in the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in subse12 quent fiscal years, as such term is used in section 

13 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act: Provided further, That 

14 notwithstanding section 640 of the Head Start Act, of the 

15 amount provided for making payments under the Head 

16 Start Act, and in addition to funds otherwise available 

17 under section 640 for such purposes, $500,000,000 shall be 

18 available through March 31, 2016 for Early Head Start 

19 programs as described in section 645A of such Act, for con20 version of Head Start services to Early Head Start services 

21 as described in section 645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, and for 

22 discretionary grants for high quality infant and toddler 

23 care through Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, 

24 to entities defined as eligible under section 645A(d) of such 

25 Act, with such funds in this Act and Public Law 113–76 
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1 not included in the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ for the 

2 current or any subsequent fiscal year as such term is used 

3 in section 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act, and, not4 withstanding section 645A(c)(2) of such Act, these funds are 

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

6 That of the amount made available in the immediately pre7 ceding proviso, up to $10,000,000 shall be available for the 

8 Federal costs of administration and evaluation activities of 

9 the program described in such proviso: Provided further, 

10 That $710,383,000 shall be for making payments under the 

11 CSBG Act: Provided further, That $36,733,000 shall be for 

12 sections 680 and 678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not 

13 less than $29,883,000 shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not 

14 less than $6,500,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of 

15 such Act: Provided further, That to the extent Community 

16 Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds 

17 by a State to an eligible entity as provided under the CSBG 

18 Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall 

19 remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal 

20 year for expenditure by such entity consistent with program 

21 purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall estab22 lish procedures regarding the disposition of intangible as23 sets and program income that permit such assets acquired 

24 with, and program income derived from, grant funds au25 thorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the 
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1 sole property of such grantees after a period of not more 

2 than 12 years after the end of the grant period for any ac3 tivity consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: 

4 Provided further, That intangible assets in the form of 

5 loans, equity investments and other debt instruments, and 

6 program income may be used by grantees for any eligible 

7 purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG 

8 Act: Provided further, That these procedures shall apply to 

9 such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: 

10 Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 

11 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing 

12 construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments 

13 in private business enterprises owned by community devel14 opment corporations: Provided further, That section 

15 303(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Family Violence Prevention and 

16 Services Act shall not apply to amounts provided herein: 

17 Provided further, That $1,864,000 shall be for a human 

18 services case management system for federally declared dis19 asters, to include a comprehensive national case manage20 ment contract and Federal costs of administering the sys21 tem: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for 

22 improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information 

23 System, including grants to States to support data collec24 tion for a study of the system’s effectiveness. 
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1 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

2 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 

3 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for car4 rying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such 

5 Act, $59,765,000. 

6 PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY

7 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 

8 IV–E of the Social Security Act, $4,832,000,000. 

9 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 

10 IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fis11 cal year 2016, $2,300,000,000. 

12 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 

13 year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 

14 E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 

15 current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 

16 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

17 ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING

18 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 

21 the OAA, titles III and XXIX of the PHS Act, section 119 

22 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers 

23 Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, the De24 velopmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 

25 parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America 
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1 Vote Act of 2002, and for Department-wide coordination 

2 of policy and program activities that assist individuals 

3 with disabilities, $1,621,141,000, together with $52,115,000 

4 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

5 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

6 Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus Budg7 et Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That amounts ap8 propriated under this heading may be used for grants to 

9 States under section 361 of the OAA only for disease preven10 tion and health promotion programs and activities which 

11 have been demonstrated through rigorous evaluation to be 

12 evidence-based and effective: Provided further, That none of 

13 the funds provided shall be used to carry out sections 1701 

14 and 1703 of the PHS Act (with respect to chronic disease 

15 self-management activity grants), except that such funds 

16 may be used for necessary expenses associated with admin17 istering any such grants awarded prior to the date of the 

18 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwith19 standing any other provision of this Act, funds made avail20 able under this heading to carry out section 311 of the OAA 

21 may be transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture in ac22 cordance with such section. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

2 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

4 general departmental management, including hire of six 

5 passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 

6 XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 

7 States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research 

8 studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, 

9 $448,034,000, together with $64,828,000 from the amounts 

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

11 national health or human services research and evaluation 

12 activities: Provided, That of this amount, $52,224,000 shall 

13 be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: 

14 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

15 this heading, $101,000,000 shall be for making competitive 

16 contracts and grants to public and private entities to fund 

17 medically accurate and age appropriate programs that re18 duce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated 

19 with administering and evaluating such contracts and 

20 grants, of which not more than 10 percent of the available 

21 funds shall be for training and technical assistance, evalua22 tion, outreach, and additional program support activities, 

23 and of the remaining amount 75 percent shall be for repli24 cating programs that have been proven effective through rig25 orous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral 
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1 risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associ2 ated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be available for re3 search and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, re4 fine, and test additional models and innovative strategies 

5 for preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided further, That 

6 of the amounts provided under this heading from amounts 

7 available under section 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 

8 shall be available to carry out evaluations (including longi9 tudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention ap10 proaches: Provided further, That of the funds made avail11 able under this heading, $1,750,000 is for strengthening the 

12 Department’s acquisition workforce capacity and capabili13 ties: Provided further, That with respect to the previous pro14 viso, such funds shall be available for training, recruiting, 

15 retaining, and hiring members of the acquisition workforce 

16 as defined by 41 U.S.C. 1703, for information technology 

17 in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness and for 

18 management solutions to improve acquisition management: 

19 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

20 this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for making competitive 

21 grants to provide abstinence education (as defined by sec22 tion 510(b)(2)(A)–(H) of the Social Security Act) to adoles23 cents, and for Federal costs of administering the grant: Pro24 vided further, That grants made under the authority of sec25 tion 510(b)(2)(A)–(H) of the Social Security Act shall be 
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1 made only to public and private entities that agree that, 

2 with respect to an adolescent to whom the entities provide 

3 abstinence education under such grant, the entities will not 

4 provide to that adolescent any other education regarding 

5 sexual conduct, except that, in the case of an entity ex6 pressly required by law to provide health information or 

7 services the adolescent shall not be precluded from seeking 

8 health information or services from the entity in a different 

9 setting than the setting in which abstinence education was 

10 provided: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act 

11 for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide to 

12 individuals adopting embryos, through grants and other 

13 mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed 

14 necessary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such 

15 services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 

16 59.5(a)(4). 

17 OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS

18 For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare Hear19 ings and Appeals, $87,381,000, to be transferred in appro20 priate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

21 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

22 Trust Fund. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH

2 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

3 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 

4 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 

5 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the devel6 opment and advancement of interoperable health informa7 tion technology, $60,367,000. 

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen10 eral, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for in11 vestigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

12 General Act of 1978, $71,000,000: Provided, That of such 

13 amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing 

14 protective services to the Secretary and investigating non15 payment of child support cases for which non-payment is 

16 a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 

17 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

18 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 

19 $38,798,000. 

20 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR

21 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

22 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 

23 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, 

24 for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Pro25 tection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical 
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1 care of dependents and retired personnel under the Depend2 ents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required 

3 during the current fiscal year. 

4 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

5 For expenses necessary to support activities related to 

6 countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chem7 ical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and 

8 for other public health emergencies, $848,154,000, of which 

9 $415,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 

10 2016, for expenses necessary to support advanced research 

11 and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act, 

12 and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Ad13 vanced Research and Development Authority: Provided, 

14 That funds provided under this heading for the purpose of 

15 acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in addition 

16 to any other funds available for such purpose: Provided fur17 ther, That products purchased with funds provided under 

18 this heading may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be de19 posited in the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to sec20 tion 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 

21 $5,000,000 of the amounts made available to support emer22 gency operations shall remain available through September 

23 30, 2017: Provided further, That these funds are in addition 

24 to amounts provided in section 136 of Public Law 113– 

25 164. 
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1 For expenses necessary for procuring security counter2 measures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS 

3 Act), $255,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 For an additional amount for expenses necessary to 

5 prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic, 

6 $71,915,000; of which $39,906,000 shall be available until 

7 expended, for activities including the development and pur8 chase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 

9 diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That 

10 notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may 

11 be used for the construction or renovation of privately 

12 owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza 

13 vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such con14 struction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient sup15 plies of such vaccines or biologics. 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS

17 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 

18 available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and 

19 representation expenses when specifically approved by the 

20 Secretary. 

21 SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through 

22 assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 

23 Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 

24 work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 

25 by the Agency for International Development, the United 
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1 Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 

2 World Health Organization. 

3 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this title 

4 shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 

5 a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 

6 of Executive Level II. 

7 SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

8 may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 

9 except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for 

10 other taps and assessments made by any office located in 

11 HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a report 

12 by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of 

13 the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 

14 planned uses of such funds. 

15 SEC. 205. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS 

16 Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not 

17 more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for 

18 programs authorized under such Act shall be made available 

19 for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and 

20 the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in 

21 this title. 

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 

24 funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
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1 current fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred 

2 between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 

3 increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro4 vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 

5 shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 

6 any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 

7 this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro8 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

9 are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

10 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 207. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 

12 Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 

13 to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 

14 amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 

15 research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 

16 Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 

18 least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

19 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 208. Of the amounts made available in this Act 

21 for NIH, the amount for research related to the human im22 munodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director 

23 of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, 

24 shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ 

25 account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall 
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1 transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out 

2 section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 

3 SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

4 may be made available to any entity under title X of the 

5 PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the 

6 Secretary that it encourages family participation in the de7 cision of minors to seek family planning services and that 

8 it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts 

9 to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 

10 SEC. 210. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall 

12 be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the 

13 reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, 

14 rape, or incest. 

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

16 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 

17 used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 

18 Secretary denies participation in such program to an other19 wise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Orga20 nization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it 

21 will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 

22 referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

23 make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation 

24 payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound 

25 estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such 
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1 entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this 

2 section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s 

3 coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage orga4 nization described in this section shall be responsible for 

5 informing enrollees where to obtain information about all 

6 Medicare covered services. 

7 SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international 

8 health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious 

9 disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other 

10 health activities abroad during fiscal year 2015: 

11 (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiva12 lent to that available to the Secretary of State in sec13 tion 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities 

14 Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with the Sec15 retary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to en16 sure that the authority provided in this section is ex17 ercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the 

18 Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable stat19 utes administered by the Department of State. 

20 (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 

21 funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 

22 of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac23 quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage24 ment of facilities outside of the United States for the 

25 use of HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate 
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1 fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has se2 cure, safe, functional facilities that comply with ap3 plicable regulation governing location, setback, and 

4 other facilities requirements and serve the purposes 

5 established by this Act. The Secretary is authorized, 

6 in consultation with the Secretary of State, through 

7 grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to 

8 public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in 

9 participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 

10 lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as 

11 necessary to conduct programs of assistance for inter12 national health activities, including activities relating 

13 to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic 

14 and environmental diseases, and other health activi15 ties abroad. 

16 (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 

17 personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 

18 serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those 

19 provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign 

20 Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through 

21 4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by the 

22 Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to pro23 vide locality-based comparability payments (stated as 

24 a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based 

25 comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
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1 would be payable to such personnel under section 

2 5304 of title 5, United States Code if such personnel’s 

3 official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 

4 Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 

5 shall be on the same basis as that provided under sub6 chapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, 

7 or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to 

8 individuals serving in the Foreign Service. 

9 SEC. 213. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 

11 may use funds available under section 402(b)(7) or 

12 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into transactions (other 

13 than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry 

14 out research identified pursuant to such section 402(b)(7) 

15 (pertaining to the Common Fund) or research and activi16 ties described in such section 402(b)(12). 

17 (b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 

18 under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer re19 view procedures (including consultation with appropriate 

20 scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro21 priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 

22 merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in 

23 lieu of the peer review and advisory council review proce24 dures that would otherwise be required under sections 
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1 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 

2 494 of the PHS Act. 

3 SEC. 214. Funds which are available for Individual 

4 Learning Accounts for employees of CDC and the Agency 

5 for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (‘‘ATSDR’’) 

6 may be transferred to appropriate accounts of CDC, to be 

7 available only for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided, 

8 That such funds may be used for any individual full-time 

9 equivalent employee while such employee is employed either 

10 by CDC or ATSDR. 

11 SEC. 215. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appro12 priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the Na13 tional Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, re14 pair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the prop15 er and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, 

16 at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 

17 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 216. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 

19 percent of the amount made available for National Research 

20 Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the 

21 Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Admin22 istration to make NRSA awards for research in primary 

23 medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have 

24 received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 

25 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made avail-
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1 able for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of 

2 the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make 

3 NRSA awards for health service research. 

4 SEC. 217. None of the funds made available in this 

5 title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro6 mote gun control. 

7 SEC. 218. (a) The Secretary shall establish a publicly 

8 accessible Web site to provide information regarding the 

9 uses of funds made available under section 4002 of the Pa10 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (‘‘ACA’’). 

11 (b) With respect to funds provided under section 4002 

12 of the ACA, the Secretary shall include on the Web site es13 tablished under subsection (a) at a minimum the following 

14 information: 

15 (1) In the case of each transfer of funds under 

16 section 4002(c), a statement indicating the program 

17 or activity receiving funds, the operating division or 

18 office that will administer the funds, and the planned 

19 uses of the funds, to be posted not later than the day 

20 after the transfer is made. 

21 (2) Identification (along with a link to the full 

22 text) of each funding opportunity announcement, re23 quest for proposals, or other announcement or solici24 tation of proposals for grants, cooperative agreements, 

25 or contracts intended to be awarded using such funds, 
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1 to be posted not later than the day after the an2 nouncement or solicitation is issued. 

3 (3) Identification of each grant, cooperative 

4 agreement, or contract with a value of $25,000 or 

5 more awarded using such funds, including the pur6 pose of the award and the identity of the recipient, 

7 to be posted not later than 5 days after the award is 

8 made. 

9 (4) A report detailing the uses of all funds trans10 ferred under section 4002(c) during the fiscal year, to 

11 be posted not later than 90 days after the end of the 

12 fiscal year. 

13 (c) With respect to awards made in fiscal years 2013 

14 through 2015, the Secretary shall also include on the Web 

15 site established under subsection (a), semi-annual reports 

16 from each entity awarded a grant, cooperative agreement, 

17 or contract from such funds with a value of $25,000 or 

18 more, summarizing the activities undertaken and identi19 fying any sub-grants or sub-contracts awarded (including 

20 the purpose of the award and the identity of the recipient), 

21 to be posted not later than 30 days after the end of each 

22 6-month period. 

23 (d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall: 
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1 (1) present the information required in sub2 section (b)(1) on a single webpage or on a single 

3 database; 

4 (2) ensure that all information required in this 

5 section is directly accessible from the single webpage 

6 or database; and 

7 (3) ensure that all information required in this 

8 section is able to be organized by program or State. 

9 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 219. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 

11 the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under sec12 tion 4002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

13 of 2010 (‘‘ACA’’) to the accounts specified, in the amounts 

14 specified, and for the activities specified under the heading 

15 ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the explanatory 

16 statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

17 division A of this Consolidated Act) accompanying this Act. 

18 (b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 

19 Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 

20 (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 

21 section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with22 out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 

23 SEC. 220. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and 

24 Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into a con25 tract, for more than one but no more than 10 program 
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1 years, for purchase of research services or of security coun2 termeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 

3 2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 

4 if— 

5 (1) funds are available and obligated— 

6 (A) for the full period of the contract or for 

7 the first fiscal year in which the contract is in 

8 effect; and 

9 (B) for the estimated costs associated with 

10 a necessary termination of the contract; and 

11 (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 

12 contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 

13 Government by encouraging full and open competi14 tion or promoting economy in administration, per15 formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 

16 (b) A contract entered into under this section: 

17 (1) shall include a termination clause as de18 scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 

19 United States Code; and 

20 (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice re21 quirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 

22 SEC. 221. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 

23 year 2016 budget justification and on Departmental Web 

24 sites information concerning the employment of full-time 

25 equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the purposes 
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1 of implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise 

2 carrying out the provisions of the Patient Protection and 

3 Affordable Care Act of 2010 (‘‘ACA’’), and the amendments 

4 made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and the 4 

5 prior fiscal years. 

6 (b) With respect to employees or contractors supported 

7 by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the 

8 ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary 

9 shall include, at a minimum, the following information: 

10 (1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such 

11 Act under which such funds were appropriated, a 

12 statement indicating the program, project, or activity 

13 receiving such funds, the Federal operating division 

14 or office that administers such program, and the 

15 amount of funding received in discretionary or man16 datory appropriations. 

17 (2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full18 time equivalent employees or contracted employees as19 signed to each authorized and funded provision de20 tailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 

21 (c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may ex22 clude from the report employees or contractors who: 

23 (1) Are supported through appropriations en24 acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro25 grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 
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1 (2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 

2 activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 

3 (3) or who work on contracts for which FTE re4 porting is not a requirement of their contract, such 

5 as fixed-price contracts. 

6 SEC. 222. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail7 able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Pro8 gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 

9 Services may transfer up to $305,000,000 to such account 

10 from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 

11 Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 

12 support program management activity related to the Medi13 care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing pur14 pose, such funds may not be used to support any provision 

15 of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or any 

16 amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant 

17 any other amounts within such account. 

18 SEC. 223. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 

19 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such 

20 section may occur up to 60 days after the execution of a 

21 contract awarded in fiscal year 2015 under section 338B 

22 of such Act. 

23 SEC. 224. Title IV of the PHS Act is amended by: 

24 (1) Striking ‘‘National Center for Complemen25 tary and Alternative Medicine’’ in each place it ap-
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1 pears and replacing it with ‘‘National Center for 

2 Complementary and Integrative Health’’; 

3 (2) Striking ‘‘alternative medicine’’ in each 

4 place it appears and replacing it with ‘‘integrative 

5 health’’; 

6 (3) Striking all references to ‘‘alternative and 

7 complementary medical treatment’’ or ‘‘complemen8 tary and alternative treatment’’ in each place either 

9 appears and inserting ‘‘complementary and integra10 tive health’’; 

11 (4) Striking references to ‘‘alternative medical 

12 treatment’’ in each place it appears and inserting 

13 ‘‘integrative health treatment’’; and 

14 (5) Striking section 485D(c) and inserting: 

15 ‘‘(c) In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the 

16 Center shall, as appropriate, study the integration of new 

17 and non-traditional approaches to health care treatment 

18 and consumption, including but not limited to non-tradi19 tional treatment, diagnostic and prevention systems, mo20 dalities, and disciplines.’’. 

21 SEC. 225. In addition to amounts provided herein, 

22 payments made for research organisms or substances, au23 thorized under section 301(a) of the PHS Act, shall be re24 tained and credited to the appropriations accounts of the 

25 Institutes and Centers of the NIH making the substance or 
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1 organism available under section 301(a). Amounts credited 

2 to the account under this authority shall be available for 

3 obligation through September 30, 2016. 

4 SEC. 226. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 

5 fiscal year 2016 budget of the President submitted under 

6 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information 

7 that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for 

8 Medicare and Medicaid Services specifically for Health In9 surance Marketplaces for each fiscal year since the enact10 ment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

11 (Public Law 111–148) and the proposed uses for such funds 

12 for fiscal year 2016. Such information shall include, for 

13 each such fiscal year— 

14 (1) the amount of funds used for each activity 

15 specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance Mar16 ketplace Transparency’’ in the explanatory statement 

17 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi18 sion A of this Consolidated Act) accompanying this 

19 Act; and 

20 (2) the milestones completed for data hub 

21 functionality and implementation readiness. 

22 SEC. 227. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 

24 the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 

25 or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 
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1 the ‘‘Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—Program 

2 Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 

3 section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to risk 

4 corridors). 

5 SEC. 228. (a) Subject to the succeeding provisions of 

6 this section, activities authorized under part A of title IV 

7 and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall con8 tinue through September 30, 2015, in the manner author9 ized for fiscal year 2014, and out of any money in the 

10 Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 

11 there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be nec12 essary for such purpose. Grants and payments may be made 

13 pursuant to this authority through September 30, 2015, at 

14 the level provided for such activities for fiscal year 2014, 

15 except as provided in subsections (b) and (c). 

16 (b) In the case of the Contingency Fund for State Wel17 fare Programs established under section 403(b) of the Social 

18 Security Act— 

19 (1) the amount appropriated for section 403(b) 

20 of such Act shall be $608,000,000 for each of fiscal 

21 years 2015 and 2016; 

22 (2) the requirement to reserve funds provided for 

23 in section 403(b)(2) of such Act shall not apply dur24 ing fiscal years 2015 and 2016; and 
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1 (3) grants and payments may only be made 

2 from such Fund for fiscal year 2015 after the applica3 tion of subsection (d). 

4 (c) In the case of research, evaluations, and national 

5 studies funded under section 413(h)(1) of the Social Secu6 rity Act, no funds shall be appropriated under that section 

7 for fiscal year 2015 or any fiscal year thereafter. 

8 (d) Of the amount made available under subsection 

9 (b)(1) for section 403(b) of the Social Security Act for fiscal 

10 year 2015— 

11 (1) $15,000,000 is hereby transferred and made 

12 available to carry out section 413(h) of the Social Se13 curity Act; and 

14 (2) $10,000,000 is hereby transferred and made 

15 available to the Bureau of the Census to conduct ac16 tivities using the Survey of Income and Program 

17 Participation to obtain information to enable inter18 ested parties to evaluate the impact of the amend19 ments made by title I of the Personal Responsibility 

20 and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. 

21 (e) Section 413(h)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 613(h)(1)) is amended, in the matter preceding sub23 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘Out of any money in the 

24 Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 

25 there are appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2012’’ 
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1 and inserting ‘‘Funds made available to carry out this sec2 tion for a fiscal year shall be used’’. 

3 (f) Section 414 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 614) is repealed. 

5 (g) Expenditures made pursuant to Public Law 113– 

6 164 for section 403(b) of the Social Security Act for fiscal 

7 year 2015 shall be charged to the appropriation provided 

8 by subsection (b)(1) for such fiscal year. 

9 SEC. 229. The remaining unobligated balances of the 

10 amount appropriated for fiscal year 2015 by section 510(d) 

11 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710(d)) for which no 

12 application has been received by the Funding Opportunity 

13 Announcement deadline, shall be made available to States 

14 that require the implementation of each element described 

15 in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of the definition of absti16 nence education in section 510(b)(2). The remaining unob17 ligated balances shall be reallocated to such States that sub18 mit a valid application consistent with the original formula 

19 for this funding. 

20 SEC. 230. Hereafter, for each fiscal year through fiscal 

21 year 2025, the Director of the National Institutes of Health 

22 shall prepare and submit directly to the President for re23 view and transmittal to Congress, after reasonable oppor24 tunity for comment, but without change, by the Secretary 

25 of Health and Human Services and the Advisory Council 
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1 on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services, an annual 

2 budget estimate (including an estimate of the number and 

3 type of personnel needs for the Institutes) for the initiatives 

4 of the National Institutes of Health pursuant to the Na5 tional Alzheimer’s Plan, as required under section 2(d)(2) 

6 of Public Law 111–375. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 

8 and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

9 TITLE III 

10 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

11 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

12 For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec13 ondary Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as 

14 ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A of the Higher Education Act 

15 of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), 

16 $15,536,107,000, of which $4,652,762,000 shall become 

17 available on July 1, 2015, and shall remain available 

18 through September 30, 2016, and of which $10,841,177,000 

19 shall become available on October 1, 2015, and shall remain 

20 available through September 30, 2016, for academic year 

21 2015–2016: Provided, That $6,459,401,000 shall be for 

22 basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA: Provided fur23 ther, That up to $3,984,000 of these funds shall be available 

24 to the Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as 

25 ‘‘Secretary’’) on October 1, 2014, to obtain annually up-
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1 dated local educational agency-level census poverty data 

2 from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 

3 $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under sec4 tion 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

5 $3,294,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 

6 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That $3,294,050,000 

7 shall be for education finance incentive grants under section 

8 1125A of the ESEA: Provided further, That funds available 

9 under sections 1124, 1124A, 1125 and 1125A of the ESEA 

10 may be used to provide homeless children and youths with 

11 services not ordinarily provided to other students under 

12 those sections, including supporting the liaison designated 

13 pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento 

14 Homeless Assistance Act, and providing transportation 

15 pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(iii) of such Act: Provided 

16 further, That $710,000 shall be to carry out sections 1501 

17 and 1503 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

18 $505,756,000 shall be available for school improvement 

19 grants under section 1003(g) of the ESEA, which shall be 

20 allocated by the Secretary through the formula described in 

21 section 1003(g)(2) and shall be used consistent with the re22 quirements of section 1003(g), except that State and local 

23 educational agencies may use such funds to serve any school 

24 eligible to receive assistance under part A of title I that 

25 has not made adequate yearly progress for at least 2 years 
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1 or is in the State’s lowest quintile of performance based on 

2 proficiency rates and, in the case of secondary schools, pri3 ority shall be given to those schools with graduation rates 

4 below 60 percent: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

5 section 1003(g)(5)(C) of the ESEA, the Secretary may per6 mit a State educational agency to establish an award pe7 riod of up to 5 years for each participating local edu8 cational agency: Provided further, That funds available for 

9 school improvement grants for fiscal year 2014 and there10 after may be used by a local educational agency to imple11 ment a whole-school reform strategy for a school using an 

12 evidence-based strategy that ensures whole-school reform is 

13 undertaken in partnership with a strategy developer offer14 ing a whole-school reform program that is based on at least 

15 a moderate level of evidence that the program will have a 

16 statistically significant effect on student outcomes, includ17 ing at least one well-designed and well-implemented experi18 mental or quasi-experimental study: Provided further, That 

19 funds available for school improvement grants may be used 

20 by a local educational agency to implement an alternative 

21 State-determined school improvement strategy that has been 

22 established by a State educational agency with the approval 

23 of the Secretary: Provided further, That a local educational 

24 agency that is determined to be eligible for services under 

25 subpart 1 or 2 of part B of title VI of the ESEA may mod-
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1 ify not more than one element of a school improvement 

2 grant model: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec3 tion 1003(g)(5)(A), each State educational agency may es4 tablish a maximum subgrant size of not more than 

5 $2,000,000 for each participating school applicable to such 

6 funds: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up 

7 to 5 percent of the funds available for section 1003(g) of 

8 the ESEA to carry out activities to build State and local 

9 educational agency capacity to implement effectively the 

10 school improvement grants program: Provided further, That 

11 $160,000,000 shall be available under section 1502 of the 

12 ESEA for a comprehensive literacy development and edu13 cation program to advance literacy skills, including pre14 literacy skills, reading, and writing, for students from birth 

15 through grade 12, including limited-English-proficient stu16 dents and students with disabilities, of which one-half of 

17 1 percent shall be reserved for the Secretary of the Interior 

18 for such a program at schools funded by the Bureau of In19 dian Education, one-half of 1 percent shall be reserved for 

20 grants to the outlying areas for such a program, up to 5 

21 percent may be reserved for national activities, and the re22 mainder shall be used to award competitive grants to State 

23 educational agencies for such a program, of which a State 

24 educational agency may reserve up to 5 percent for State 

25 leadership activities, including technical assistance and 
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1 training, data collection, reporting, and administration, 

2 and shall subgrant not less than 95 percent to local edu3 cational agencies or, in the case of early literacy, to local 

4 educational agencies or other nonprofit providers of early 

5 childhood education that partner with a public or private 

6 nonprofit organization or agency with a demonstrated 

7 record of effectiveness in improving the early literacy devel8 opment of children from birth through kindergarten entry 

9 and in providing professional development in early lit10 eracy, giving priority to such agencies or other entities serv11 ing greater numbers or percentages of disadvantaged chil12 dren: Provided further, That the State educational agency 

13 shall ensure that at least 15 percent of the subgranted funds 

14 are used to serve children from birth through age 5, 40 per15 cent are used to serve students in kindergarten through 

16 grade 5, and 40 percent are used to serve students in middle 

17 and high school including an equitable distribution of funds 

18 between middle and high schools: Provided further, That eli19 gible entities receiving subgrants from State educational 

20 agencies shall use such funds for services and activities that 

21 have the characteristics of effective literacy instruction 

22 through professional development, screening and assess23 ment, targeted interventions for students reading below 

24 grade level and other research-based methods of improving 

25 classroom instruction and practice: Provided further, That 
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1 $37,474,000 shall be for carrying out section 418A of the 

2 HEA. 

3 IMPACT AID

4 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 

5 federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 

6 ESEA, $1,288,603,000, of which $1,151,233,000 shall be for 

7 basic support payments under section 8003(b), $48,316,000 

8 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under 

9 section 8003(d), $17,406,000 shall be for construction under 

10 section 8007(b) and be available for obligation through Sep11 tember 30, 2016, $66,813,000 shall be for Federal property 

12 payments under section 8002, and $4,835,000, to remain 

13 available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance 

14 under section 8008: Provided, That for purposes of com15 puting the amount of a payment for an eligible local edu16 cational agency under section 8003(a) for school year 2014– 

17 2015, children enrolled in a school of such agency that 

18 would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 

19 8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both 

20 parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian 

21 having sole custody of such children, or due to the death 

22 of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty 

23 (so long as such children reside on Federal property as de24 scribed in section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible 

25 under such section, shall be considered as eligible students 
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1 under such section, provided such students remain in aver2 age daily attendance at a school in the same local edu3 cational agency they attended prior to their change in eligi4 bility status. 

5 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

6 For carrying out school improvement activities author7 ized by parts A and B of title II, part B of title IV, parts 

8 A and B of title VI, and parts B and C of title VII of 

9 the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; 

10 section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 

11 2002; the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 

12 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $4,402,671,000, of 

13 which $2,585,661,000 shall become available on July 1, 

14 2015, and remain available through September 30, 2016, 

15 and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Oc16 tober 1, 2015, and shall remain available through Sep17 tember 30, 2016, for academic year 2015–2016: Provided, 

18 That funds made available to carry out part B of title VII 

19 of the ESEA may be used for construction, renovation, and 

20 modernization of any elementary school, secondary school, 

21 or structure related to an elementary school or secondary 

22 school, run by the Department of Education of the State 

23 of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian 

24 student body: Provided further, That funds made available 

25 to carry out part C of title VII of the ESEA shall be award-
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1 ed on a competitive basis, and also may be used for con2 struction: Provided further, That $48,445,000 shall be 

3 available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Tech4 nical Assistance Act of 2002: Provided further, That 

5 $16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple6 mental Education Grants program for the Federated States 

7 of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: 

8 Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to 5 

9 percent of the amount referred to in the previous proviso 

10 to provide technical assistance in the implementation of 

11 these grants: Provided further, That up to 2.3 percent of 

12 the funds for subpart 1 of part A of title II of the ESEA 

13 shall be reserved by the Secretary for competitive awards 

14 for teacher or principal recruitment and training or profes15 sional enhancement activities, including for civic education 

16 instruction, to national not-for-profit organizations, of 

17 which up to 8 percent may only be used for research, dis18 semination, evaluation, and technical assistance for com19 petitive awards carried out under this proviso: Provided 

20 further, That $152,717,000 shall be to carry out part B of 

21 title II of the ESEA. 

22 INDIAN EDUCATION

23 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 

24 otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the ESEA, 

25 $123,939,000. 
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1 INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

2 For carrying out activities authorized by part G of 

3 title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title 

4 II, parts B, C, and D of title V of the ESEA, and section 

5 14007 of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvest6 ment Act of 2009, as amended, $1,102,111,000: Provided, 

7 That up to $120,000,000 shall be available through Decem8 ber 31, 2015 for section 14007 of division A of Public Law 

9 111–5, and up to 5 percent of such funds may be used for 

10 technical assistance and the evaluation of activities carried 

11 out under such section: Provided further, That the education 

12 facilities clearinghouse established through a competitive 

13 award process in fiscal year 2013 is authorized to collect 

14 and disseminate information on effective educational prac15 tices and the latest research regarding the planning, design, 

16 financing, construction, improvement, operation, and 

17 maintenance of safe, healthy, high-performance public fa18 cilities for early learning programs, kindergarten through 

19 grade 12, and higher education: Provided further, That 

20 $230,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 of part D of title 

21 V of the ESEA shall be for competitive grants to local edu22 cational agencies, including charter schools that are local 

23 educational agencies, or States, or partnerships of: (1) a 

24 local educational agency, a State, or both; and (2) at least 

25 one nonprofit organization to develop and implement per-
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1 formance-based compensation systems for teachers, prin2 cipals, and other personnel in high-need schools: Provided 

3 further, That such performance-based compensation systems 

4 must consider gains in student academic achievement as 

5 well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times dur6 ing each school year among other factors and provide edu7 cators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities 

8 and leadership roles: Provided further, That recipients of 

9 such grants shall demonstrate that such performance-based 

10 compensation systems are developed with the input of teach11 ers and school leaders in the schools and local educational 

12 agencies to be served by the grant: Provided further, That 

13 recipients of such grants may use such funds to develop or 

14 improve systems and tools (which may be developed and 

15 used for the entire local educational agency or only for 

16 schools served under the grant) that would enhance the qual17 ity and success of the compensation system, such as high18 quality teacher evaluations and tools to measure growth in 

19 student achievement: Provided further, That applications 

20 for such grants shall include a plan to sustain financially 

21 the activities conducted and systems developed under the 

22 grant once the grant period has expired: Provided further, 

23 That up to 5 percent of such funds for competitive grants 

24 shall be available for technical assistance, training, peer re25 view of applications, program outreach, and evaluation ac-
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1 tivities: Provided further, That $250,000,000 of the funds 

2 for part D of title V of the ESEA shall be available through 

3 December 31, 2015 for carrying out, in accordance with the 

4 applicable requirements of part D of title V of the ESEA, 

5 a preschool development grants program: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary, jointly with the Secretary of HHS, shall 

7 make competitive awards to States for activities that build 

8 the capacity within the State to develop, enhance, or expand 

9 high-quality preschool programs, including comprehensive 

10 services and family engagement, for preschool-aged children 

11 from families at or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty 

12 line: Provided further, That each State may subgrant a por13 tion of such grant funds to local educational agencies and 

14 other early learning providers (including, but not limited 

15 to, Head Start programs and licensed child care providers), 

16 or consortia thereof, for the implementation of high-quality 

17 preschool programs for children from families at or below 

18 200 percent of the Federal poverty line: Provided further, 

19 That subgrantees that are local educational agencies shall 

20 form strong partnerships with early learning providers and 

21 that subgrantees that are early learning providers shall 

22 form strong partnerships with local educational agencies, 

23 in order to carry out the requirements of the subgrant: Pro24 vided further, That up to 3 percent of such funds for pre25 school development grants shall be available for technical 
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1 assistance, evaluation, and other national activities related 

2 to such grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of funds 

3 available under part D of title V of the ESEA shall be for 

4 the Full-Service Community Schools program: Provided 

5 further, That of the funds available for part B of title V 

6 of the ESEA, the Secretary shall use up to $11,000,000 to 

7 carry out activities under section 5205(b) and shall use not 

8 less than $13,000,000 for subpart 2: Provided further, That 

9 of the funds available for subpart 1 of part B of title V 

10 of the ESEA, and notwithstanding section 5205(a), the Sec11 retary shall reserve up to $75,000,000 to make multiple 

12 awards to non-profit charter management organizations 

13 and other entities that are not for-profit entities for the rep14 lication and expansion of successful charter school models 

15 and shall reserve not less than $11,000,000 to carry out the 

16 activities described in section 5205(a), including improving 

17 quality and oversight of charter schools and providing tech18 nical assistance and grants to authorized public chartering 

19 agencies in order to increase the number of high-performing 

20 charter schools: Provided further, That funds available for 

21 part B of title V of the ESEA may be used for grants that 

22 support preschool education in charter schools: Provided 

23 further, That each application submitted pursuant to sec24 tion 5203(a) shall describe a plan to monitor and hold ac25 countable authorized public chartering agencies through 
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1 such activities as providing technical assistance or estab2 lishing a professional development program, which may in3 clude evaluation, planning, training, and systems develop4 ment for staff of authorized public chartering agencies to 

5 improve the capacity of such agencies in the State to au6 thorize, monitor, and hold accountable charter schools: Pro7 vided further, That each application submitted pursuant to 

8 section 5203(a) shall contain assurances that State law, 

9 regulations, or other policies require that: (1) each author10 ized charter school in the State operate under a legally 

11 binding charter or performance contract between itself and 

12 the school’s authorized public chartering agency that de13 scribes the rights and responsibilities of the school and the 

14 public chartering agency; conduct annual, timely, and 

15 independent audits of the school’s financial statements that 

16 are filed with the school’s authorized public chartering 

17 agency; and demonstrate improved student academic 

18 achievement; and (2) authorized public chartering agencies 

19 use increases in student academic achievement for all 

20 groups of students described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) of 

21 the ESEA as one of the most important factors when deter22 mining to renew or revoke a school’s charter. 

23 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

24 For carrying out activities authorized by part A of 

25 title IV and subparts 1, 2, and 10 of part D of title V of 
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1 the ESEA, $223,315,000: Provided, That $70,000,000 shall 

2 be available for subpart 2 of part A of title IV, of which 

3 up to $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

4 be for the Project School Emergency Response to Violence 

5 (‘‘Project SERV’’) program to provide education-related 

6 services to local educational agencies and institutions of 

7 higher education in which the learning environment has 

8 been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic crisis: Pro9 vided further, That $56,754,000 shall be available through 

10 December 31, 2015 for Promise Neighborhoods. 

11 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

12 For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 

13 $737,400,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2015, 

14 and shall remain available through September 30, 2016, ex15 cept that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on 

16 October 1, 2014, and shall remain available through Sep17 tember 30, 2016, to carry out activities under section 

18 3111(c)(1)(C): Provided, That the Secretary shall use esti19 mates of the American Community Survey child counts for 

20 the most recent 3-year period available to calculate alloca21 tions under such part: Provided further, That the Secretary 

22 shall use $14,000,000 of funds available under this para23 graph for grants to all State educational agencies within 

24 States with at least one county where 50 or more unaccom25 panied children have been released to sponsors since Janu-
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1 ary 1, 2014, through the Department of Health and Human 

2 Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement: Provided further, 

3 That awards to eligible State educational agencies shall be 

4 based on the State’s relative share of unaccompanied chil5 dren that have been released to sponsors since January 1, 

6 2014: Provided further, That the data on unaccompanied 

7 children used by the Secretary under the two preceding pro8 visos shall be the most recently available data from the De9 partment of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee 

10 Resettlement, as of the date of enactment of this Act: Pro11 vided further, That each eligible State educational agency 

12 that receives a grant shall award subgrants to local edu13 cational agencies in the State that have experienced a sig14 nificant increase during the 2014–2015 school year, as de15 termined by the State educational agency, compared to the 

16 average of the 2 preceding school years, in the number or 

17 percentage of immigrant children and youth enrolled in 

18 their schools: Provided further, That local educational agen19 cies shall use those subgrants for supplemental academic 

20 and non-academic services and supports to immigrant chil21 dren and youth: Provided further, That the term ‘‘immi22 grant children and youth’’ has the meaning given in section 

23 3301 of the ESEA, and the terms ‘‘State educational agen24 cy’’ and ‘‘local educational agency’’ have the meanings 

25 given to them in section 9101 of the ESEA: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That each eligible State educational agency shall pre2 pare and submit to the Secretary not later than 1 year after 

3 the award a report identifying the local educational agen4 cies that received subgrants, the State’s definition of ‘‘sig5 nificant increase’’ used to award the subgrants; and such 

6 other information as the Secretary may require. 

7 SPECIAL EDUCATION

8 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 

9 Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 

10 and Empowerment Act of 2004, $12,522,358,000, of which 

11 $3,006,259,000 shall become available on July 1, 2015, and 

12 shall remain available through September 30, 2016, and of 

13 which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 

14 2015, and shall remain available through September 30, 

15 2016, for academic year 2015–2016: Provided, That the 

16 amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal 

17 to the lesser of the amount available for that activity during 

18 fiscal year 2014, increased by the amount of inflation as 

19 specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the per20 cent change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) 

21 of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity 

22 during fiscal year 2014: Provided further, That the Sec23 retary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA, 

24 distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in 

25 section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount 
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1 by which a State’s allocation under section 611(d), from 

2 funds appropriated under this heading, is reduced under 

3 section 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 per4 cent on the basis of the States’ relative populations of chil5 dren aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children 

6 with disabilities for whom the State ensures the availability 

7 of a free appropriate public education under this part, and 

8 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ relative popu9 lations of those children who are living in poverty: Provided 

10 further, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds 

11 under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction 

12 in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading 

13 made funds available for such a distribution: Provided fur14 ther, That the States shall allocate such funds distributed 

15 under the second proviso to local educational agencies in 

16 accordance with section 611(f): Provided further, That the 

17 amount by which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) 

18 of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and 

19 the amounts distributed to States under the previous pro20 visos in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not 

21 be considered in calculating the awards under section 

22 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal 

23 years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provi24 sion in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in 

25 which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced 
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1 for failure to comply with the requirement of section 

2 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply the reduction spec3 ified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive 

4 fiscal years, not to exceed five, until the entire reduction 

5 is applied: Provided further, That the Secretary may, in 

6 any fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under section 

7 611 is reduced in accordance with section 612(a)(18)(B), 

8 reduce the amount a State may reserve under section 

9 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same relation to the 

10 maximum amount described in that paragraph as the re11 duction under section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allo12 cation the State would have received in that fiscal year 

13 under section 611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Pro14 vided further, That the Secretary shall either reduce the al15 location of funds under section 611 for any fiscal year fol16 lowing the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply 

17 with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized 

18 by section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec19 tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 

20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 

21 under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide technical 

22 assistance to States to improve the capacity of the States 

23 to meet the data collection requirements of sections 616 and 

24 618 and to administer and carry out other services and ac25 tivities to improve data collection, coordination, quality, 
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1 and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided fur2 ther, That the level of effort a local educational agency must 

3 meet under section 613(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the IDEA, in the 

4 year after it fails to maintain effort is the level of effort 

5 that would have been required in the absence of that failure 

6 and not the LEA’s reduced level of expenditures: Provided 

7 further, That the Secretary may use funds made available 

8 for the State Personnel Development Grants program under 

9 part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate program perform10 ance under such subpart. 

11 REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

12 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 

13 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act 

14 of 1998, and the Helen Keller National Center Act, 

15 $3,709,853,000, of which $3,335,074,000 shall be for grants 

16 for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Re17 habilitation Act: Provided, That the Secretary may use 

18 amounts provided in this Act that remain available subse19 quent to the reallotment of funds to States pursuant to sec20 tion 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act for innovative activi21 ties aimed at improving the outcomes of individuals with 

22 disabilities as defined in section 7(20)(B) of the Rehabilita23 tion Act, including activities aimed at improving the edu24 cation and post-school outcomes of children receiving Sup25 plemental Security Income (‘‘SSI’’) and their families that 
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1 may result in long-term improvement in the SSI child re2 cipient’s economic status and self-sufficiency: Provided fur3 ther, That States may award subgrants for a portion of 

4 the funds to other public and private, non-profit entities: 

5 Provided further, That any funds made available subse6 quent to reallotment for innovative activities aimed at im7 proving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities shall 

8 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided fur9 ther, That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to sup10 port alternative financing programs that provide for the 

11 purchase of assistive technology devices, such as a low-inter12 est loan fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving 

13 loan fund; a loan guarantee; or insurance program: Pro14 vided further, That applicants shall provide an assurance 

15 that, and information describing the manner in which, the 

16 alternative financing program will expand and emphasize 

17 consumer choice and control: Provided further, That State 

18 agencies and community-based disability organizations 

19 that are directed by and operated for individuals with dis20 abilities shall be eligible to compete. 

21 SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

22 AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

23 For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, 

24 $24,931,000. 
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1 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

2 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 

3 under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 

4 1986, $67,016,000: Provided, That from the total amount 

5 available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for 

6 the endowment program as authorized under section 207 

7 of such Act. 

8 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

9 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 

10 the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 

11 support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 

12 the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $120,275,000: Pro13 vided, That from the total amount available, the University 

14 may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program 

15 as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 

16 CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION

17 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 

18 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 

19 of 2006 and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 

20 (‘‘AEFLA’’), $1,707,686,000, of which $916,686,000 shall 

21 become available on July 1, 2015, and shall remain avail22 able through September 30, 2016, and of which 

23 $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2015, 

24 and shall remain available through September 30, 2016: 

25 Provided, That of the amount provided for Adult Education 
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1 State Grants, $71,439,000 shall be made available for inte2 grated English literacy and civics education services to im3 migrants and other limited-English-proficient populations: 

4 Provided further, That of the amount reserved for integrated 

5 English literacy and civics education, notwithstanding sec6 tion 211 of the AEFLA, 65 percent shall be allocated to 

7 States based on a State’s absolute need as determined by 

8 calculating each State’s share of a 10-year average of the 

9 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data 

10 for immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for 

11 the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allocated to States 

12 that experienced growth as measured by the average of the 

13 3 most recent years for which United States Citizenship and 

14 Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for 

15 legal permanent residence are available, except that no 

16 State shall be allocated an amount less than $60,000: Pro17 vided further, That of the amounts made available for 

18 AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activi19 ties under section 243. 

20 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

21 For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and 

22 part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,198,210,000, which shall 

23 remain available through September 30, 2016. 

24 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 

25 be eligible during award year 2015–2016 shall be $4,860. 
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1 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

2 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 

3 D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 

4 parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 

5 1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 

6 $1,396,924,000, to remain available through September 30, 

7 2016. 

8 HIGHER EDUCATION

9 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 

10 titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mu11 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and 

12 section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

13 Education Act of 2006, $1,924,839,000: Provided, That not14 withstanding any other provision of law, funds made avail15 able in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 

16 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex17 change Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study 

18 in foreign countries by individuals who are participating 

19 in advanced foreign language training and international 

20 studies in areas that are vital to United States national 

21 security and who plan to apply their language skills and 

22 knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the 

23 professions, or international development: Provided further, 

24 That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up 

25 to 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national 
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1 outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro2 vided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 

3 available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title 

4 IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation: Provided fur5 ther, That up to 2.5 percent of the funds made available 

6 under this Act for part B of title VII of the HEA may be 

7 used for technical assistance and the evaluation of activities 

8 carried out under such section. 

9 HOWARD UNIVERSITY

10 For partial support of Howard University, 

11 $221,821,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for 

12 a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard Uni13 versity Endowment Act and shall remain available until 

14 expended. 

15 COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS

16 PROGRAM

17 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac18 tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 

19 121 of the HEA, $435,000. 

20 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL

21 FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $19,096,000, as au23 thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 

24 shall remain available through September 30, 2016: Pro25 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
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1 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

2 Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 

3 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 

4 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $303,593,000: Pro5 vided further, That these funds may be used to support 

6 loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges and 

7 Universities without regard to the limitations within sec8 tion 344(a) of the HEA. 

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

10 the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi11 nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 

12 III of the HEA, $334,000. 

13 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

14 For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu15 cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess16 ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 

17 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 

18 and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu19 cation Act, $573,935,000, which shall remain available 

20 through September 30, 2016: Provided, That funds available 

21 to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical As22 sistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and 

23 secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec24 ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop 

25 such systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of 
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1 the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu2 cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 

3 to public or private organizations or agencies to support 

4 activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use 

5 at the local, State, and national levels: Provided further, 

6 That $137,235,000 shall be for carrying out activities au7 thorized by the National Assessment of Educational 

8 Progress Authorization Act. 

9 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

10 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

11 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 

12 the Department of Education Organization Act, including 

13 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

14 hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $411,000,000, of 

15 which up to $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

16 shall be for relocation of, and renovation of buildings occu17 pied by, Department staff. 

18 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

19 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 

20 as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu21 cation Organization Act, $100,000,000. 

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen24 eral, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of 

25 Education Organization Act, $57,791,000. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 

3 used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 

4 the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order 

5 to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, 

6 or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the 

7 purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to 

8 carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or 

9 school system. 

10 SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall 

11 be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation 

12 of any student to a school other than the school which is 

13 nearest the student’s home, except for a student requiring 

14 special education, to the school offering such special edu15 cation, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights 

16 Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect re17 quirement of transportation of students includes the trans18 portation of students to carry out a plan involving the reor19 ganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of 

20 schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of 

21 grade restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The prohibition 

22 described in this section does not include the establishment 

23 of magnet schools. 
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1 SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 

2 used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol3 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 

4 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 

6 funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 

8 Department of Education in this Act may be transferred 

9 between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 

10 increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro11 vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 

12 shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 

13 any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 

14 this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro15 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

16 are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

17 SEC. 305. The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds 

18 received under this Act, pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, under 

19 part A of title V of the ESEA. 

20 SEC. 306. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of 

21 Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 

22 1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2015’’ 

23 for ‘‘2009’’. 

24 SEC. 307. The Secretary, in consultation with the Di25 rector of the Institute of Education Sciences, may reserve 
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1 funds under section 9601 of the ESEA (subject to the limi2 tations in subsections (b) and (c) of that section) in order 

3 to carry out activities authorized under paragraphs (1) and 

4 (2) of subsection (a) of that section with respect to any 

5 ESEA program funded in this Act and without respect to 

6 the source of funds for those activities: Provided, That high7 quality evaluations of ESEA programs shall be prioritized, 

8 before using funds for any other evaluation activities: Pro9 vided further, That any funds reserved under this section 

10 shall be available from July 1, 2015 through September 30, 

11 2016: Provided further, That not later than 10 days prior 

12 to the initial obligation of funds reserved under this section, 

13 the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall sub14 mit an evaluation plan to the Senate Committees on Appro15 priations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and 

16 the House Committees on Appropriations and Education 

17 and the Workforce which identifies the source and amount 

18 of funds reserved under this section, the impact on program 

19 grantees if funds are withheld, the programs to be evaluated 

20 with such funds, how ESEA programs will be regularly 

21 evaluated, and how findings from evaluations completed 

22 under this section will be widely disseminated. 

23 SEC. 308. The Secretary of Education shall— 

24 (1) modify the Free Application for Federal Stu25 dent Aid described in section 483 of the HEA so that 
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1 the Free Application for Federal Student Aid con2 tains an individual box for the purpose of identifying 

3 students who are foster youth or were in the foster 

4 care system; and 

5 (2) utilize such identification as a tool to notify 

6 students who are foster youth or were in the foster 

7 care system of their potential eligibility for Federal 

8 student aid, including postsecondary education pro9 grams through the John H. Chafee Foster Care Inde10 pendence Program and any other Federal programs 

11 under which such students may be eligible to receive 

12 assistance. 

13 SEC. 309. (a) STUDENT ELIGIBILITY.— 

14 (1) Subsection (d) of section 484 of the HEA is 

15 amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(d) STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT HIGH SCHOOL GRAD17 UATES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) STUDENT ELIGIBILITY.—In order for a stu19 dent who does not have a certificate of graduation 

20 from a school providing secondary education, or the 

21 recognized equivalent of such certificate, to be eligible 

22 for any assistance under subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part 

23 A and parts B, C, D, and E of this title, the student 

24 shall meet the requirements of one of the following 

25 subparagraphs: 
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1 ‘‘(A) The student is enrolled in an eligible 

2 career pathway program and meets one of the 

3 following standards: 

4 ‘‘(i) The student shall take an inde5 pendently administered examination and 

6 shall achieve a score, specified by the Sec7 retary, demonstrating that such student can 

8 benefit from the education or training being 

9 offered. Such examination shall be approved 

10 by the Secretary on the basis of compliance 

11 with such standards for development, ad12 ministration, and scoring as the Secretary 

13 may prescribe in regulations. 

14 ‘‘(ii) The student shall be determined 

15 as having the ability to benefit from the 

16 education or training in accordance with 

17 such process as the State shall prescribe. 

18 Any such process described or approved by 

19 a State for the purposes of this section shall 

20 be effective 6 months after the date of sub21 mission to the Secretary unless the Sec22 retary disapproves such process. In deter23 mining whether to approve or disapprove 

24 such process, the Secretary shall take into 

25 account the effectiveness of such process in 
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1 enabling students without secondary school 

2 diplomas or the equivalent thereof to benefit 

3 from the instruction offered by institutions 

4 utilizing such process, and shall also take 

5 into account the cultural diversity, eco6 nomic circumstances, and educational prep7 aration of the populations served by the in8 stitutions. 

9 ‘‘(iii) The student shall be determined 

10 by the institution of higher education as 

11 having the ability to benefit from the edu12 cation or training offered by the institution 

13 of higher education upon satisfactory com14 pletion of 6 credit hours or the equivalent 

15 coursework that are applicable toward a de16 gree or certificate offered by the institution 

17 of higher education. 

18 ‘‘(B) The student has completed a secondary 

19 school education in a home school setting that is 

20 treated as a home school or private school under 

21 State law. 

22 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE CAREER PATHWAY PROGRAM.—In 

23 this subsection, the term ‘eligible career pathway pro24 gram’ means a program that— 
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1 ‘‘(A) concurrently enrolls participants in 

2 connected adult education and eligible postsec3 ondary programs; 

4 ‘‘(B) provides counseling and supportive 

5 services to identify and attain academic and ca6 reer goals; 

7 ‘‘(C) provides structured course sequences 

8 that— 

9 ‘‘(i) are articulated and contextualized; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(ii) allow students to advance to high12 er levels of education and employment; 

13 ‘‘(D) provides opportunities for acceleration 

14 to attain recognized postsecondary credentials, 

15 including degrees, industry relevant certifi16 cations, and certificates of completion of appren17 ticeship programs; 

18 ‘‘(E) is organized to meet the needs of 

19 adults; 

20 ‘‘(F) is aligned with the education and skill 

21 needs of the regional economy; and 

22 ‘‘(G) has been developed and implemented 

23 in collaboration with partners in business, work24 force development, and economic development.’’. 
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1 (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall 

2 take effect as if such amendment was enacted on June 

3 30, 2014, and shall apply to students who are en4 rolled or who first enroll in an eligible program of 

5 study on or after July 1, 2014. 

6 (b) Section 401 (b)(2)(A)(ii) of the HEA is amended 

7 by inserting after ‘‘year’’ and before the comma ‘‘except that 

8 a student eligible only under 484(d)(1)(A) who first enrolls 

9 in an eligible program of study on or after July 1, 2015 

10 shall not be eligible for the amount of the increase calculated 

11 under paragraph (7)(B)’’. 

12 SEC. 310. (a) An institution of higher education that 

13 maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appro14 priated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2015 

15 may use the income from that fund to award scholarships 

16 to students, subject to the limitation in section 

17 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such 

18 purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be consid19 ered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject 

20 to that limitation. 

21 (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and 

22 V of the HEA are reauthorized. 

23 SEC. 311. In making awards under section 402D of 

24 the HEA with funds appropriated by this Act, the Secretary 

25 shall— 
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1 (1) notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 publish a notice inviting applications for new awards 

3 no later than December 18, 2014; and 

4 (2) make all awards by August 10, 2015. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu6 cation Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

7 TITLE IV 

8 RELATED AGENCIES 

9 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

10 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase 

13 From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled estab14 lished by Public Law 92–28, $5,362,000. 

15 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

16 OPERATING EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na18 tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 

19 ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

20 of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 

21 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to 

22 in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $758,349,000, notwithstanding 

23 sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(6), 501(a)(4)(C), and 

24 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts 

25 provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program 
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1 grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting 

2 grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer 

3 reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle; 

4 (2) $70,000,000 shall be available for expenses authorized 

5 under section 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act; (3) $16,038,000 

6 shall be available to provide assistance to State commissions 

7 on national and community service, under section 126(a) 

8 of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) 

9 of the 1990 Act; (4) $30,000,000 shall be available to carry 

10 out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and (5) $3,800,000 shall 

11 be available for expenses authorized under section 

12 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the 

13 provisions of section 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on 

14 a competitive basis: Provided further, That for the purposes 

15 of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements 

16 in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of 

17 need by the local community: Provided further, That not 

18 to exceed 20 percent of funds made available under section 

19 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act may be used for Social Inno20 vation Fund Pilot Program-related performance-based 

21 awards for Pay for Success projects and shall remain avail22 able through September 30, 2016: Provided further, That, 

23 with respect to the previous proviso, any funds obligated 

24 for such projects shall remain available for disbursement 

25 until expended, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1552(a): Pro-
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1 vided further, That any funds deobligated from projects 

2 under section 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act shall imme3 diately be available for activities authorized under 198K 

4 of such Act. 

5 PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For payment to the National Service Trust established 

8 under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $209,618,000, 

9 to remain available until expended: Provided, That CNCS 

10 may transfer additional funds from the amount provided 

11 within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under sub12 title C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service 

13 Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary 

14 to support the activities of national service participants 

15 and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appro16 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 

17 Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans18 ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under 

19 section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the require20 ment to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of administration as provided 

23 under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 

24 504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au25 thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
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1 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employ2 ment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 

3 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 

4 representation expenses, $81,737,000. 

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen7 eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

8 $5,250,000. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 

11 to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 

12 through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 

13 year 2015, during any grant selection process, an officer 

14 or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov15 ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 

16 directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 

17 or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive 

18 such information. 

19 SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 

20 under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 

21 overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 

22 first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 

23 thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require24 ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 

25 Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 
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1 match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 

2 Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, 

3 and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 

4 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 

5 SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 

6 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and 

7 operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle 

8 B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to 

9 supplement and not supplant current programs and oper10 ations. 

11 SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 

12 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 

13 the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 

14 to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 

15 101 of the Act. 

16 SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 

17 189D of the 1990 Act: 

18 (1) Entities described in paragraph (a) of such 

19 section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 

20 section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 

21 (‘‘NCPA’’); and 

22 (2) Individuals described in such section shall be 

23 considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and 

24 (3) State Commissions on National and Commu25 nity Service established pursuant to section 178 of the 
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1 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history 

2 record information, consistent with Public Law 92– 

3 544. 

4 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

5 For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad6 casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act 

7 of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limita8 tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2017, 

9 $445,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail10 able to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, 

11 parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government 

12 officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the 

13 funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available 

14 or used to aid or support any program or activity from 

15 which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is 

16 discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national 

17 origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the 

18 funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to 

19 apply any political test or qualification in selecting, ap20 pointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action 

21 with respect to officers, agents, and employees of CPB: Pro22 vided further, That none of the funds made available to 

23 CPB by this Act shall be used to support the Television Fu24 ture Fund or any similar purpose. 
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1 FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 

4 Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions 

5 vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, 

6 including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses nec7 essary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; 

8 and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 

9 functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 

10 $45,666,000, including up to $400,000 to remain available 

11 through September 30, 2016 for activities authorized by the 

12 Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: Provided, 

13 That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to 

14 full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other 

15 conflict resolution services and technical assistance, includ16 ing those provided to foreign governments and international 

17 organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited 

18 to and merged with this account, and shall remain avail19 able until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitra20 tion services shall be available only for education, training, 

21 and professional development of the agency workforce: Pro22 vided further, That the Director of the Service is authorized 

23 to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of 

24 services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of 

25 any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
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1 FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

2 COMMISSION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 

5 and Health Review Commission, $16,751,000. 

6 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

7 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 

10 Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American 

11 History and Culture Act, $227,860,000. 

12 MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the 

15 Social Security Act, $7,650,000. 

16 MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 

19 Social Security Act, $11,749,000, to be transferred to this 

20 appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

21 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

22 Trust Fund. 
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1 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary for the National Council on 

4 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 

5 Act of 1973, $3,250,000. 

6 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela9 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 

10 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 

11 $274,224,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 

12 shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agri13 cultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, 

14 hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units 

15 composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 

16 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 

17 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in 

18 section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in 

19 said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and 

20 operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways 

21 when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis 

22 and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied there23 by is used for farming purposes. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 SEC. 406. None of the funds provided by this Act or 

3 previous Acts making appropriations for the National 

4 Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad5 ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em6 ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 

7 in an election to determine a representative for the purposes 

8 of collective bargaining. 

9 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 

12 the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap13 pointed by the President, $13,227,000. 

14 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

15 COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 

18 and Health Review Commission, $11,639,000. 

19 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

20 DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

21 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 

22 authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement 

23 Act of 1974, $34,000,000, which shall include amounts be24 coming available in fiscal year 2014 pursuant to section 

25 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addition, an 
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1 amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided 

2 herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by 

3 which the product of recipients and the average benefit re4 ceived exceeds the amount available for payment of vested 

5 dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided 

6 herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts 

7 on the first day of each month in the fiscal year. 

8 FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT

9 ACCOUNTS

10 For payment to the accounts established in the Treas11 ury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retire12 ment Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, 

13 $150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2016, 

14 which shall be the maximum amount available for payment 

15 pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–76. 

16 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

17 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 

18 Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retire19 ment Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 

20 $111,225,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined 

21 by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and 

22 from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insur23 ance administration fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 

24 section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limita25 tion may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted 
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1 service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall 

2 not change the status under Federal employment laws of 

3 any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board prior 

4 to January 1, 2013. 

5 LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen7 eral for audit, investigatory and review activities, as au8 thorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 

9 than $8,437,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement 

10 accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account. 

11 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

12 PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

13 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In14 surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 

15 Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 

16 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $16,400,000. 

17 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

18 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Secu19 rity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 

20 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of Public 

21 Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Security 

22 trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant 

23 to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 

24 $41,232,978,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
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1 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 

2 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro3 vided further, That not more than $83,000,000 shall be 

4 available for research and demonstrations under sections 

5 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re6 main available through September 30, 2017. 

7 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 

8 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So9 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 

10 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

11 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 

12 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, 

13 $19,200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas16 senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official 

17 reception and representation expenses, not more than 

18 $10,284,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 

19 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all 

20 of the trust funds referred to in such section: Provided, That 

21 not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Security 

22 Advisory Board: Provided further, That, $131,000,000 may 

23 be used for the costs associated with conducting continuing 

24 disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Se25 curity Act and conducting redeterminations of eligibility 
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1 under title XVI of the Social Security Act: Provided further, 

2 That the Commissioner may allocate additional funds 

3 under this paragraph above the level specified in the pre4 vious proviso for such activities but only to reconcile esti5 mated and actual unit costs for conducting such activities 

6 and after notifying the Committees on Appropriations of 

7 the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 

8 days in advance of any such reallocation: Provided further, 

9 That unobligated balances of funds provided under this 

10 paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2015 not needed for 

11 fiscal year 2015 shall remain available until expended to 

12 invest in the Social Security Administration information 

13 technology and telecommunications hardware and software 

14 infrastructure, including related equipment and non-pay15 roll administrative expenses associated solely with this in16 formation technology and telecommunications infrastruc17 ture: Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Se18 curity shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives and the Senate prior to making 

20 unobligated balances available under the authority in the 

21 previous proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement to 

22 the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for offi23 cial time for employees of the Social Security Administra24 tion pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support 

25 services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regula-
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1 tions, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such 

2 title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with 

3 interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise 

4 appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures 

5 are made. 

6 In addition, for the costs associated with continuing 

7 disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Se8 curity Act and for the cost associated with conducting rede9 terminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Se10 curity Act, $1,396,000,000 may be expended, as authorized 

11 by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any 

12 one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, 

13 That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the 

14 terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budg15 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, 

16 and $1,123,000,000 is additional new budget authority 

17 specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: 

18 Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to 

19 the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 

20 on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 

21 to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 

22 Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002. 

23 In addition, $124,000,000 to be derived from adminis24 tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment 

25 collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security 
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1 Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which shall 

2 remain available until expended. To the extent that the 

3 amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 

4 2015 exceed $124,000,000, the amounts shall be available 

5 in fiscal year 2016 only to the extent provided in advance 

6 in appropriations Acts. 

7 In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 

8 collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 

9 Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex10 pended. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen14 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

15 Act of 1978, $28,829,000, together with not to exceed 

16 $74,521,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized 

17 by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 

18 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 

19 the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 

20 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the 

21 total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 

22 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 

23 Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 

24 to be available for the time and purposes for which this 

25 account is available: Provided, That notice of such transfers 
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1 shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appro2 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

3 at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

4 TITLE V 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

6 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

8 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 

9 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 

10 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 

11 Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 

12 purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 

13 were originally appropriated. 

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

15 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

16 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

17 SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 

18 in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public 

19 Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal and rec20 ognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 

21 propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 

22 use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic 

23 communication, radio, television, or video presentation de24 signed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation be25 fore the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla-
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1 tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any 

2 State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or 

3 defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative 

4 action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State 

5 or local government, except in presentation to the executive 

6 branch of any State or local government itself. 

7 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 

8 Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 

9 111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any 

10 grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi11 ent, related to any activity designed to influence the enact12 ment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administra13 tive action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 

14 the Congress or any State government, State legislature or 

15 local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal 

16 and recognized executive-legislative relationships or partici17 pation by an agency or officer of a State, local or tribal 

18 government in policymaking and administrative processes 

19 within the executive branch of that government. 

20 (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 

21 include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 

22 pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 

23 any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction 

24 on any legal consumer product, including its sale or mar-
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1 keting, including but not limited to the advocacy or pro2 motion of gun control. 

3 SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 

4 authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and 

5 $20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and 

6 expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official re7 ception and representation expenses; the Director of the 

8 Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized 

9 to make available for official reception and representation 

10 expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for 

11 ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 

12 Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation 

13 Board is authorized to make available for official reception 

14 and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds 

15 available for ‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Ex16 penses’’. 

17 SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, re18 quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 

19 describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 

20 with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds 

21 included in this Act, including but not limited to State and 

22 local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, 

23 shall clearly state— 
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1 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro2 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 

3 money; 

4 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 

5 project or program; and 

6 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 

7 costs of the project or program that will be financed 

8 by non-governmental sources. 

9 SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

10 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 

11 are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any 

12 abortion. 

13 (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 

14 none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 

15 appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health bene16 fits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 

17 (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 

18 package of services covered by a managed care provider or 

19 organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 

20 SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre21 ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 

22 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

23 rape or incest; or 

24 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 

25 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
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1 including a life-endangering physical condition 

2 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 

3 would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 

4 in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 

5 (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 

6 as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, 

7 or private person of State, local, or private funds (other 

8 than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid match9 ing funds). 

10 (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 

11 as restricting the ability of any managed care provider 

12 from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 

13 locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 

14 coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s 

15 contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 

16 (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 

17 may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 

18 or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 

19 or government subjects any institutional or individual 

20 health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 

21 health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov22 erage of, or refer for abortions. 

23 (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 

24 includes an individual physician or other health care pro25 fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 
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1 health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 

2 or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 

3 plan. 

4 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used for— 

6 (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 

7 for research purposes; or 

8 (2) research in which a human embryo or em9 bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected 

10 to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed 

11 for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 

12 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health 

13 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 

14 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human em15 bryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as 

16 a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the 

17 enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, par18 thenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more 

19 human gametes or human diploid cells. 

20 SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legaliza22 tion of any drug or other substance included in schedule 

23 I of the schedules of controlled substances established under 

24 section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for nor-
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1 mal and recognized executive-congressional communica2 tions. 

3 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 

4 when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 

5 advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that 

6 federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to de7 termine therapeutic advantage. 

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

9 Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard 

10 under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing 

11 for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health 

12 identifier for an individual (except in an individual’s ca13 pacity as an employer or a health care provider), until leg14 islation is enacted specifically approving the standard. 

15 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 

17 a contract with an entity if— 

18 (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the 

19 United States and is subject to the requirement in 38 

20 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an annual 

21 report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employ22 ment of certain veterans; and 

23 (2) such entity has not submitted a report as re24 quired by that section for the most recent year for 

25 which such requirement was applicable to such entity. 
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1 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur4 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

5 in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

6 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 

8 may be made available to any library covered by paragraph 

9 (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Chil10 dren’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made 

11 the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section. 

12 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

13 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

14 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli15 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from 

16 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

17 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

18 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

19 through a reprogramming of funds that— 

20 (1) creates new programs; 

21 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

22 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

23 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

24 denied or restricted; 

25 (4) relocates an office or employees; 
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1 (5) reorganizes or renames offices; 

2 (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

3 (7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

4 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

5 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

6 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 

7 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 

8 intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 

9 earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 

10 such reprogramming. 

11 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro12 vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

13 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

14 expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any ac15 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 

16 collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 

17 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 

18 a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 per19 cent, whichever is less, that— 

20 (1) augments existing programs, projects (in21 cluding construction projects), or activities; 

22 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist23 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per24 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
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1 (3) results from any general savings from a re2 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

3 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap4 proved by Congress; 

5 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

6 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 

7 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 

8 intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 

9 earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 

10 such reprogramming. 

11 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used to request that a candidate for appoint13 ment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the 

14 political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or 

15 the position that the candidate holds with respect to polit16 ical issues not directly related to and necessary for the work 

17 of the committee involved. 

18 (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

19 be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false 

20 or misleading. 

21 SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 

22 each department and related agency funded through this 

23 Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro24 gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 

25 for fiscal year 2015 that are different than those specified 
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1 in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the explana2 tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre3 ceding division A of this consolidated Act) accompanying 

4 this Act, or the fiscal year 2015 budget request. 

5 SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

6 Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 

7 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

8 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 

9 and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree10 ments exceeding $500,000 in value and awarded by the De11 partment on a non-competitive basis during each quarter 

12 of fiscal year 2015, but not to include grants awarded on 

13 a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall in14 clude the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of 

15 funding, the governmental purpose, including a justifica16 tion for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such 

17 report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 30 

18 days after the end of the quarter for which the report is 

19 submitted. 

20 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

21 shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So22 cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 

23 benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 

24 to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 

25 based on work performed under a social security account 
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1 number that is not the claimant’s number and the perform2 ance of such work under such number has formed the basis 

3 for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 

4 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 

5 SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

6 may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the 

7 Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of 

8 employees of the Social Security Administration to admin9 ister Social Security benefit payments, under any agree10 ment between the United States and Mexico establishing to11 talization arrangements between the social security system 

12 established by title II of the Social Security Act and the 

13 social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise 

14 be payable but for such agreement. 

15 (RESCISSION)

16 SEC. 520. Of the funds made available for performance 

17 bonus payments under section 2105(a)(3)(E) of the Social 

18 Security Act, $1,745,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

19 SEC. 521. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

20 Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to 

21 carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or sy22 ringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. 
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1 (RESCISSION)

2 SEC. 522. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 

3 2015 under section 3403 of Public Law 111–148, 

4 $10,000,000 are rescinded. 

5 SEC. 523. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 

6 calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of fiscal 

7 year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 

8 Services and Education and the Social Security Adminis9 tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 the House of Representatives and Senate a quarterly report 

11 on the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That 

12 for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, com13 mitted, and obligated but unexpended, the quarterly reports 

14 shall separately identify the amounts attributable to each 

15 source year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 

16 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from 

17 which balances were derived. 

18 SEC. 524. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discre19 tionary funds that are made available in this Act to carry 

20 out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots 

21 shall: 

22 (1) be designed to improve outcomes for discon23 nected youth, and 

24 (2) involve Federal programs targeted on discon25 nected youth, or designed to prevent youth from dis-
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1 connecting from school or work, that provide edu2 cation, training, employment, and other related social 

3 services. Such Pilots shall be governed by the provi4 sions of section 526 of the Departments of Labor, 

5 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Re6 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, except that 

7 in carrying out such Pilots section 526 shall be ap8 plied by substituting ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2015’’ for ‘‘FISCAL

9 YEAR 2014’’ in the title of subsection (b) and by sub10 stituting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 

11 2018’’ each place it appears. 

12 (b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal dis13 cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to par14 ticipate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being 

15 carried out pursuant to the authority provided by section 

16 526 of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Serv17 ices, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

18 Act, 2014. 

19 SEC. 525. Each Federal agency, or in the case of an 

20 agency with multiple bureaus, each bureau (or operating 

21 division) funded under this Act that has research and devel22 opment expenditures in excess of $100,000,000 per year 

23 shall develop a Federal research public access policy that 

24 provides for— 
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1 (1) the submission to the agency, agency bureau, 

2 or designated entity acting on behalf of the agency, a 

3 machine-readable version of the author’s final peer-re4 viewed manuscripts that have been accepted for publi5 cation in peer-reviewed journals describing research 

6 supported, in whole or in part, from funding by the 

7 Federal Government; 

8 (2) free online public access to such final peer9 reviewed manuscripts or published versions not later 

10 than 12 months after the official date of publication; 

11 and 

12 (3) compliance with all relevant copyright laws. 

13 SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net15 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

16 and exchanging of pornography. 

17 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

18 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

19 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi20 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

21 SEC. 527. For purposes of carrying out Executive 

22 Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo23 randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 

24 contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 

25 conference attendance and expenditures: 
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1 (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con2 sidered independent agencies; and 

3 (2) attendance at and support for scientific con4 ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 

5 included in agency totals. 

6 (TRANSFER)

7 SEC. 528. (a) This section applies to the amounts 

8 that— 

9 (1) are made available in this Act— 

10 (A) under the heading ‘‘REHABILITATION

11 SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH’’ in title 

12 III; or 

13 (B) under the heading ‘‘PROGRAM ADMINIS14 TRATION’’ under the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENTAL

15 MANAGEMENT’’ in title III; and 

16 (2) relate to functions described in subsection (b), 

17 (m)(1), or (n)(2) of section 491 of the WIOA. 

18 (b) Amounts described in subsection (a) shall be obli19 gated, expended, and transferred in accordance with that 

20 section 491. 

21 SEC. 529. None of the funds made available under this 

22 or any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may 

23 be provided to the Association of Community Organizations 

24 for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidi25 aries, allied organizations, or successors. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 EBOLA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS 

3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

4 SERVICES 

5 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

6 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC-Wide Activities 

9 and Program Support,’’ $1,771,000,000, to remain avail10 able until September 30, 2019, to prevent, prepare for, and 

11 respond to Ebola domestically and internationally; for the 

12 transportation, medical care, treatment, and other related 

13 costs of persons quarantined or isolated under Federal or 

14 State quarantine law; and to carry out titles II, III, and 

15 XVII of the Public Health Service (‘‘PHS’’) Act with re16 spect to domestic preparedness and global health: Provided, 

17 That no less than $10,000,000 shall be for worker-based 

18 training to prevent and reduce exposure of hospital employ19 ees, emergency first responders and other workers who are 

20 at risk of exposure to Ebola through their work duties: Pro21 vided further, That $597,000,000 shall be used to support 

22 national public health institutes and global health security: 

23 Provided further, That $155,000,000 shall be to support the 

24 Public Health Emergency Preparedness program: Provided 

25 further, That products purchased with these funds may, at 
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1 the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Serv2 ices, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under 

3 section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 

4 funds may be used for purchase and insurance of official 

5 motor vehicles in foreign countries: Provided further, That 

6 such funds may be transferred by the Director of the Centers 

7 for Disease Control and Prevention (‘‘CDC’’) to other ac8 counts of the CDC for the purposes provided in this para9 graph: Provided further, That the Director of the CDC shall 

10 notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

11 Representatives and the Senate promptly after any transfer 

12 under the preceding proviso: Provided further, That the 

13 transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addi14 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law: Pro15 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con16 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

17 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

18 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

20 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS

21 DISEASES

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 

23 Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’ to prevent, prepare for, 

24 and respond to Ebola domestically and internationally, in25 cluding expenses related to carrying out section 301 and 
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1 title IV of the PHS Act, $238,000,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is 

3 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

4 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

5 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So10 cial Services Emergency Fund’’ to prevent, prepare for, and 

11 respond to Ebola domestically or internationally, and to 

12 develop necessary medical countermeasures and vaccines in13 cluding the development and purchase of vaccines, thera14 peutics, diagnostics, necessary medical supplies, and ad15 ministrative activities, $733,000,000, to remain available 

16 until September 30, 2019: Provided, That products pur17 chased with these funds may, at the discretion of the Sec18 retary of Health and Human Services, be deposited in the 

19 Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F–2 of the 

20 PHS Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 

21 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be used for the renova22 tion and alteration of privately owned facilities to improve 

23 preparedness and response capability at the State and local 

24 level: Provided further, That sections 319C–1(h)(3) and 

25 319C–2(h) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appro-
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1 priated under this heading: Provided further, That reim2 bursement of domestic transportation and treatment costs 

3 (other than costs paid or reimbursed by the individual’s 

4 health coverage) for an individual treated in the United 

5 States for Ebola, before or after the date of enactment of 

6 this Act, shall be deemed to be a use of resources of the Sec7 retary in implementation of a plan under section 311(c)(1) 

8 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 243(c)(1)), and funds made 

9 available by this title shall be available for that purpose, 

10 at the discretion of the Secretary: Provided further, That 

11 funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used for the 

12 purposes specified in this paragraph and to the fund au13 thorized by section 319F–4 of the PHS Act: Provided fur14 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 

15 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS

19 SEC. 601. For purposes of preventing, preparing for, 

20 and responding to Ebola domestically or internationally, 

21 the Secretary of Health and Human Services may use funds 

22 provided in this title— 

23 (1) for the CDC to acquire, lease, construct, alter, 

24 renovate, equip, furnish, or manage facilities outside 

25 of the United States, as necessary to conduct such 
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1 programs, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

2 either directly for the use of the United States Gov3 ernment or for the use, pursuant to grants, direct as4 sistance, or cooperative agreements, of public or non5 profit private institutions or agencies in partici6 pating foreign countries; 

7 (2) for the CDC to obtain by contract (in accord8 ance with section 3109 of title 5, but without regard 

9 to the limitations in such section on the period of 

10 service and on pay) the personal services of experts or 

11 consultants who have scientific or other professional 

12 qualifications, except that in no case shall the com13 pensation provided to any such expert or consultant 

14 exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of com15 pensation for Executive Level II employees; and 

16 (3) to use available resources to provide Federal 

17 assistance as necessary for repatriation notwith18 standing the limitation on temporary assistance in 

19 section 1113(d) of the Social Security Act. 

20 SEC. 602. The Secretary shall provide notice to the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa22 tives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of the provi23 sions in section 601. 

24 SEC. 603. A grant awarded by the Department of 

25 Health and Human Services with funds made available by 
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1 this title may be made conditional on agreement by the 

2 awardee to comply with existing and future guidance from 

3 the Secretary regarding control of the spread of the Ebola 

4 virus. 

5 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 604. Funds appropriated in this title may be 

7 transferred to, and merged with, other appropriation ac8 counts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

9 the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, or 

10 the National Institutes of Health for the purposes specified 

11 in this title following consultation with the Office of Man12 agement and Budget: Provided, That the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

14 Senate shall be notified 10 days in advance of any such 

15 transfer: Provided further, That, upon a determination that 

16 all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation 

17 are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back 

18 to that appropriation: Provided further, That none of the 

19 funds made available by this title may be transferred pursu20 ant to the authority in section 206 of this Act or section 

21 241(a) of the PHS Act. 

22 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 

23 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 

24 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
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1 DIVISION H—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

2 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 

3 TITLE I 

4 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

5 SENATE 

6 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

7 For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; 

8 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority 

9 Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Sen10 ate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority 

11 Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Chairmen of the Majority and 

12 Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 for each Chair13 man; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy 

14 Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $174,840. 

15 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

16 MINORITY LEADERS

17 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi18 nority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; 

19 in all, $28,140. 

20 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

21 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

22 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

23 $177,723,681, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

24 without regard to the following limitations: 
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1 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

2 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248. 

3 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

4 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466. 

5 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

6 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

7 $5,255,576. 

8 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

9 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

10 $3,359,424. 

11 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

12 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

13 $15,142,000. 

14 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

15 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 

16 of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 

17 Chairman of each such committee, $1,658,000 for each such 

18 committee; in all, $3,316,000. 

19 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

20 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

21 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 

22 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $817,402. 
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1 POLICY COMMITTEES

2 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

3 Minority Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such com4 mittee; in all, $3,385,810. 

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

6 For Office of the Chaplain, $416,886. 

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For Office of the Secretary, $24,772,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

11 $69,000,000. 

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

15 Secretary for the Minority, $1,762,000. 

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au18 thorized by law, and related expenses, $47,355,869. 

19 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla21 tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,408,500. 

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

24 Counsel, $1,120,000. 
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN2 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

3 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

4 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

5 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 

6 $7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 

7 $7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 

8 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 

9 $28,440. 

10 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

11 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

12 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

13 by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 

14 XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 

15 the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 

16 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th 

17 Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, of which 

18 $26,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2017. 

20 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

21 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

22 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

23 International Narcotics Control, $508,000. 
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1 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen3 ate, $6,250,000 of which $4,350,000 shall remain available 

4 until September 30, 2019. 

5 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

6 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 

7 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $128,300,499, which shall remain 

8 available until September 30, 2019. 

9 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

10 For miscellaneous items, $21,178,002, which shall re11 main available until September 30, 2017. 

12 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

13 ACCOUNT

14 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

15 Account, $390,000,000 of which $19,109,214 shall remain 

16 available until September 30, 2017. 

17 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

18 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

19 Senate, $300,000. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 SENATE STATIONERY PROCUREMENT

22 SEC. 1. (a) Sections 65, 66, 67, and 68 of the Revised 

23 Statutes (2 U.S.C. 6569, 6570, 6571) are repealed. 

24 (b) The fifth paragraph after the paragraph under the 

25 side heading ‘‘For contingent expenses, namely’’: under the 
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1 subheading ‘‘Senate’’, under the heading ‘‘Legislative’’ of 

2 the Act of March 3, 1887 (24 Stat. 596, chapter 392; 2 

3 U.S.C. 6572), is amended by striking ‘‘sections, sixty-five, 

4 sixty six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, and sixty-nine,’’ and in5 serting ‘‘section 69’’. 

6 SEC. 2. Section 7(e) of the Legislative Branch Appro7 priations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 6115 note) is amended by 

8 striking ‘‘and the 110th Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the 110th 

9 Congress, and the 114th Congress’’. 

10 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa13 tives, $1,180,736,000, as follows: 

14 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

15 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

16 $22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, $6,645,417, 

17 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 

18 of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, including $10,000 

19 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 

20 Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, including $10,000 for 

21 official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major22 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 

23 $1,886,632, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma24 jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 

25 Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,459,639, including $5,000 
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1 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con2 ference, $1,505,426; Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Pro3 vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re4 main available from January 3, 2015 until January 2, 

5 2016. 

6 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

7 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES

8 OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

9 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

10 Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 

11 $554,317,732. 

12 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

13 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

14 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe15 cial and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

16 $123,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

17 available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 

18 2016, except that $2,300,000 of such amount shall remain 

19 available until expended for committee room upgrading. 

20 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

21 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro22 priations, $23,271,004, including studies and examinations 

23 of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 

24 such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 

25 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 
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1 to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 

2 performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail3 able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2016. 

4 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

5 For compensation and expenses of officers and employ6 ees, as authorized by law, $171,344,864, including: for sala7 ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the 

8 positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including 

9 not more than $25,000 for official representative and recep10 tion expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 

11 Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office 

12 of the Chaplain, $24,009,473; for salaries and expenses of 

13 the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 

14 of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 

15 Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi16 cial representation and reception expenses, $11,926,729 of 

17 which $4,344,000 shall remain available until expended; for 

18 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administra19 tive Officer including not more than $3,000 for official rep20 resentation and reception expenses, $113,100,000, of which 

21 $4,000,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala22 ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 

23 $4,741,809; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

24 Counsel, $1,340,987; for salaries and expenses of the Office 

25 of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, 
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1 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 

2 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

3 $1,952,249; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

4 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $4,087,587, of which 

5 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

6 completion of the House Modernization Initiative; for sala7 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 

8 of the House, $8,892,975, of which $540,000 shall remain 

9 available until expended for the completion of the House 

10 Modernization Initiative; for salaries and expenses of the 

11 Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; for other 

12 authorized employees, $478,986. 

13 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

14 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

15 resolution or law, $285,620,336, including: supplies, mate16 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

17 $4,152,789; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 

18 and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; Govern19 ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 

20 and other applicable employee benefits, $256,635,776, to re21 main available until March 31, 2016; Business Continuity 

22 and Disaster Recovery, $16,217,008 of which $5,000,000 

23 shall remain available until expended; transition activities 

24 for new members and staff, $3,737,000, to remain available 

25 until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to 
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1 remain available until expended; Office of Congressional 

2 Ethics, $1,467,030; and miscellaneous items including pur3 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 

4 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 

5 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

6 $720,247. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

8 SEC. 101. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN

9 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED

10 FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

11 DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

12 amounts appropriated under this Act for ‘‘HOUSE OF 

13 REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES— 

14 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ shall be 

15 available only for fiscal year 2015. Any amount remaining 

16 after all payments are made under such allowances for fis17 cal year 2015 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used 

18 for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit 

19 after all such payments have been made, for reducing the 

20 Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treas21 ury considers appropriate). 

22 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin23 istration of the House of Representatives shall have author24 ity to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
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1 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

2 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep3 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 

4 the Congress. 

5 DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

6 SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 

8 resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 

9 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 

10 Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member requests 

11 a copy. 

12 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

13 SEC. 103. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version 

15 of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of 

16 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi17 dent Commissioner to the Congress). 

18 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

19 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

21 House of Representatives to make any payments from any 

22 Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a 

23 vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 

24 amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month. 
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1 LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO HOUSE

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

3 Act may be used to provide an aggregate number of more 

4 than 50 printed copies of any edition of the United States 

5 Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 

6 DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS

7 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the report 

9 of disbursements for the operations of the House of Rep10 resentatives under section 106 of the House of Representa11 tives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 

12 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House of Rep13 resentatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commis14 sioner to the Congress). 

15 DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR

16 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to deliver to the office of a Member of the 

18 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 

19 Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy of the Daily 

20 Calendar of the House of Representatives which is prepared 

21 by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 

22 JOINT ITEMS 

23 For Joint Committees, as follows: 
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1 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com3 mittee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 

4 Senate. 

5 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

7 Taxation, $10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin8 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

9 For other joint items, as follows: 

10 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

11 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex12 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi13 cian and his assistants, including: 

14 (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the At15 tending Physician; 

16 (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Sen17 ior Medical Officer; 

18 (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 

19 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At20 tending Physician; 

21 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist22 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assist23 ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist24 ants; and 
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1 (5) $2,486,000 for reimbursement to the Depart2 ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

3 equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending 

4 Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to 

5 the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 

6 which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses 

7 are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 

8 thereof, $3,371,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad9 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

10 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 

13 Accessibility Services, $1,387,000, to be disbursed by the 

14 Secretary of the Senate. 

15 CAPITOL POLICE 

16 SALARIES

17 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ18 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government con19 tributions for health, retirement, social security, profes20 sional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

21 benefits, $286,500,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

22 $23,425,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of the 

23 House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief 

24 of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
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1 GENERAL EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

3 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu4 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup5 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 

6 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

7 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

8 communication services, travel advances, relocation of in9 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce10 ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex11 pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

12 in connection with official representation and reception ex13 penses, $61,459,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap14 itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

15 any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for 

16 the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train17 ing Center for fiscal year 2015 shall be paid by the Sec18 retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 

19 Department of Homeland Security. 

20 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 

23 as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account24 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,959,000, of which 

25 $450,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: 
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1 Provided, That not more than $500 may be expended on 

2 the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 

3 Compliance in connection with official representation and 

4 reception expenses. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

6 EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATIONS

7 SEC. 1001. Section 301(h)(2) of the Congressional Ac8 countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381(h)(2)) is amended 

9 by striking ‘‘the residences of covered employees’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘covered employees by the end of each fiscal year’’. 

11 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

14 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

15 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

16 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi17 cial representation and reception expenses, $45,700,000. 

18 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

19 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

20 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 

21 personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for sur22 veys and studies in connection with activities under the 

23 care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary ex24 penses for the general and administrative support of the 

25 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
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1 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen2 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

3 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

4 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

5 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 

6 be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; 

7 for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of 

8 a passenger motor vehicle, $91,455,000. 

9 CAPITOL BUILDING

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

11 and operation of the Capitol, $54,665,000, of which 

12 $9,134,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2019, and of which $21,222,000 shall remain available 

14 until expended. 

15 CAPITOL GROUNDS

16 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

17 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

18 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $11,973,000, 

19 of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 

20 30, 2019. 

21 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

22 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

23 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

24 furnishings to be expended under the control and super25 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $94,313,000, of which 
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1 $36,488,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2019. 

3 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

5 and operation of the House office buildings, $89,446,898, 

6 of which $24,824,898 shall remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2019. 

8 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

9 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $70,000,000, to re10 main available until expended. 

11 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

12 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

13 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 

14 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

15 water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House 

16 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

17 grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 

18 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

19 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

20 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 

21 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 

22 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar23 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake24 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re25 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
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1 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 

2 to the credit of this appropriation, $90,652,000, of which 

3 $8,686,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

4 2019: Provided, That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds 

5 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

6 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

7 2015. 

8 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

9 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

10 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

11 buildings and grounds, $42,180,000, of which $17,042,000 

12 shall remain available until September 30, 2019. 

13 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SECURITY

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

15 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance16 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, 

17 the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security oper18 ations, $19,159,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain 

19 available until September 30, 2019. 

20 BOTANIC GARDEN

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

22 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

23 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex24 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

25 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
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1 mittee on the Library, $15,573,000, of which $5,693,000 

2 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 

3 That of the amount made available under this heading, the 

4 Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 

5 as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper6 ation of the National Garden established under section 

7 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 

8 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 

9 of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

10 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

11 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap12 itol Visitor Center, $20,844,000. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

15 OVER BUDGET

16 SEC. 1101. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 

18 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

19 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 

20 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, 

21 or agency-employed designee, determines that any such de22 viations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven 

23 scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 

24 scope of the project and/or program. 
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1 U.S. BOTANIC GARDEN ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL

2 OUTREACH AND SERVICES

3 SEC. 1102. (a) The Architect of the Capitol, subject to 

4 the direction of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Li5 brary, may enter into cooperative agreements with entities 

6 under such terms as the Architect determines advisable, in 

7 order to support the United States Botanic Garden in car8 rying out its duties, authorities, and mission. 

9 (b)(1) The Architect of the Capitol may, subject to the 

10 direction of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Li11 brary, enter into a no-cost agreement, through a contract, 

12 cooperative agreement, or memorandum of understanding, 

13 with a qualified entity to conduct, or provide support for, 

14 an educational exhibit, program, class, or outreach that 

15 benefits the educational mission of the United States Bo16 tanic Garden. 

17 (2) Any agreement under paragraph (1) may— 

18 (A) allow the qualified entity to accept fees for 

19 any program or class described in paragraph (1) in 

20 order to cover all or a portion of the entity’s costs of 

21 any supplies, honoraria, or associated expenses for the 

22 program or class; and 

23 (B) subject to such terms as the Architect con24 siders appropriate and necessary, grant temporary 

25 concessions to the qualified entity, or allow the quali-
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1 fied entity to grant temporary concessions to another 

2 person, in connection with an educational exhibit, 

3 program, class, or outreach described in paragraph 

4 (1), including concessions for food and merchandise 

5 sales that are specifically related to the educational 

6 mission involved. 

7 (3) Section 5104(c) of title 40, United States Code, 

8 shall not apply to any activity carried out under this sub9 section. 

10 (4) In this subsection, the term ‘‘qualified entity’’ 

11 means— 

12 (A) the National Fund for the United States Bo13 tanic Garden; and 

14 (B) any other organization described in section 

15 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex16 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code that 

17 the Architect of the Capitol determines shares interests 

18 complementary to the educational mission of the 

19 United States Botanic Garden. 

20 (c) Any authority under subsection (a) or (b) shall not 

21 apply to any agreement providing for the construction or 

22 improvement of real property. 

23 (d) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

24 2015 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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1 SCRIMS

2 SEC. 1103. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 

4 building facades during restoration or construction projects 

5 performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 

6 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

9 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte10 nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 

11 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun12 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic13 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte14 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; ac15 tivities under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009; 

16 preparation and distribution of catalog records and other 

17 publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one pas18 senger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Con19 gress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the in20 come of any trust fund held by the Board, $419,357,000, 

21 of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from 

22 collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 

23 2015, and shall remain available until expended, under the 

24 Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 

25 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from col-
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1 lections during fiscal year 2015 and shall remain available 

2 until expended for the development and maintenance of an 

3 international legal information database and activities re4 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 

5 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

6 under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 

7 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

8 Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for 

9 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec10 tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 

11 the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may 

12 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con13 gress, in connection with official representation and recep14 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided fur15 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $8,231,000 

16 shall remain available until expended for the digital collec17 tions and educational curricula program. 

18 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

21 $54,303,000, of which not more than $27,971,000, to re22 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec23 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2015 

24 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro25 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 
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1 any funds derived from collections under such section, in 

2 excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi3 ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 

4 more than $5,611,000 shall be derived from collections dur5 ing fiscal year 2015 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 

6 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 

7 the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 

8 by the amount by which collections are less than 

9 $33,582,000: Provided further, That not more than 

10 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 

11 maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in 

12 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the pur13 pose of training nationals of developing countries in intel14 lectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That 

15 not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification 

16 of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 

17 representation and reception expenses for activities of the 

18 International Copyright Institute and for copyright delega19 tions, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That not20 withstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 

21 States Code, any amounts made available under this head22 ing which are attributable to royalty fees and payments re23 ceived by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 

24 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the costs 

25 incurred in the administration of the Copyright Royalty 
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1 Judges program, with the exception of the costs of salaries 

2 and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff 

3 under section 802(e). 

4 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

7 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

8 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con9 stitution of the United States of America, $106,945,000: 

10 Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 

11 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 

12 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

13 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con14 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

15 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 

16 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

17 Administration of the Senate. 

18 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 

21 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

22 $50,248,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro23 priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide 

24 newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents 

25 at no cost to the individual. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

3 SEC. 1201. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2015, 

4 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 

5 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

6 $203,058,000. 

7 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub8 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

9 that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 

10 the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

11 branch. 

12 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

13 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For authorized publishing of congressional informa16 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 

17 any format; expenses necessary for preparing the semi18 monthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as 

19 authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States 

20 Code); publishing of Government publications authorized by 

21 law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and pub22 lishing and distribution of Government publications au23 thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re24 cipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

25 shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi-
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1 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa2 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

3 under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

4 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

5 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

6 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 

7 further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 

8 section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 

9 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 

10 Act for printing and binding and related services provided 

11 to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 

12 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica13 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 

14 such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con15 gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print16 ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 

17 Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex18 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

19 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

20 the Government Publishing Office business operations re21 volving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

22 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of the House of Representatives and Senate: Provided fur24 ther, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of 

25 title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be 
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1 used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 

2 a monthly and session basis. 

3 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

4 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses of the public information programs of the 

8 Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide 

9 for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 

10 and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, 

11 other Government agencies, and designated depository and 

12 international exchange libraries as authorized by law, 

13 $31,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than 

14 $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author15 ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial 

16 sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2013 and 

17 2014 to depository and other designated libraries: Provided 

18 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

19 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

20 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub21 lishing Office business operations revolving fund for car22 rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap23 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

24 of Representatives and Senate. 
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1 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

2 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

3 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

4 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $8,757,000, to re5 main available until expended, for information technology 

6 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov7 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

8 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

9 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 

10 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

11 provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 

12 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur13 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

14 the Government Publishing Office business operations re15 volving fund: Provided further, That not more than $7,500 

16 may be expended on the certification of the Director of the 

17 Government Publishing Office in connection with official 

18 representation and reception expenses: Provided further, 

19 That the business operations revolving fund shall be avail20 able for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger 

21 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con22 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the 

23 Director of the Government Publishing Office shall be 

24 deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, 

25 United States Code: Provided further, That the business op-
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1 erations revolving fund shall be available for temporary or 

2 intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 

3 States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the 

4 daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level 

5 V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: 

6 Provided further, That activities financed through the busi7 ness operations revolving fund may provide information in 

8 any format: Provided further, That the business operations 

9 revolving fund and the funds provided under the heading 

10 ‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 

11 Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv12 ices at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

14 REDESIGNATION OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE TO

15 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

16 SEC. 1301. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Government Print17 ing Office is hereby redesignated the Government Pub18 lishing Office. 

19 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Government 

20 Printing Office in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, di21 rective, instruction, or other official paper in force on the 

22 date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer 

23 and apply to the Government Publishing Office. 

24 (c) TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 44, 

25 United States Code, is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘Public Printer’’ each place that 

2 term appears and inserting ‘‘Director of the Govern3 ment Publishing Office’’; and 

4 (2) in the heading for each of sections 301, 302, 

5 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 502, 710, 1102, 1111, 1115, 

6 1340, 1701, 1712, and 1914, by striking ‘‘PUBLIC

7 PRINTER’’ and inserting ‘‘DIRECTOR OF THE

8 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE’’. 

9 (d) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law 

10 other than in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, 

11 regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other offi12 cial paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act 

13 to the Public Printer shall be considered to refer and apply 

14 to the Director of the Government Publishing Office. 

15 (e) TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 44, 

16 United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘Deputy Public Printer’’ each 

18 place that term appears and inserting ‘‘Deputy Di19 rector of the Government Publishing Office’’; and 

20 (2) in the heading for each of sections 302 and 

21 303, by striking ‘‘DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERN23 MENT PUBLISHING OFFICE’’. 

24 (f) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law 

25 other than in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, 
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1 regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other offi2 cial paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act 

3 to the Deputy Public Printer shall be considered to refer 

4 and apply to the Deputy Director of the Government Pub5 lishing Office. 

6 (g) Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, who must 

9 be a practical printer and versed in the art of book10 binding,’’; and 

11 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘His’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘The’’. 

13 (h) Section 302 of title 44, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, who must 

16 be a practical printer and versed in the art of book17 binding,’’; and 

18 (2) in the second sentence— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘He’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

20 Deputy Director of the Government Publishing 

21 Office’’; 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘perform the duties formerly 

23 required of the chief clerk,’’; 

24 (C) by striking ‘‘, and perform’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘and perform’’; and 
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1 (D) by striking ‘‘of him’’. 

2 (i) Chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) in the first sentence of section 304, by strik5 ing ‘‘or his’’ and inserting ‘‘or the Director’s’’; 

6 (2) in section 305(a)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘he considers’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘the Director considers’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘He may not’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘The Director of the Government Publishing 

11 Office may not’’; 

12 (3) in section 306, by striking ‘‘his direction’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘the direction of the Director’’; 

14 (4) in section 308— 

15 (A) in subsection (b)(1)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘his accounts’’ and in17 serting ‘‘the accounts of the disbursing offi18 cer’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘his name’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘the name of the disbursing officer’’; 

21 (B) in subsection (b)(2)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘his estate’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘the estate of the disbursing officer’’; 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘to him’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘to the deputy disbursing officer’’; and 
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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘his service’’ and in2 serting ‘‘the service of the deputy disbursing 

3 officer’’; and 

4 (C) in subsection (c)(1)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘by him’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘by such officer or employee’’; 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘his discretion’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘the discretion of the Comptroller 

9 General’’; and 

10 (iii) by striking ‘‘whenever he’’ each 

11 place that terms appears and inserting 

12 ‘‘whenever the Comptroller General’’; 

13 (5) in section 309— 

14 (A) in the second sentence of subsection (a), 

15 by striking ‘‘by him’’ and inserting ‘‘by the Di16 rector’’; and 

17 (B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘his or her 

18 discretion’’ and inserting ‘‘the discretion of the 

19 Comptroller General’’; 

20 (6) in section 310, by striking ‘‘his written re21 quest’’ and inserting ‘‘the written request of the Direc22 tor’’; 

23 (7) in section 311(b), by striking ‘‘he justifies’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘the Director justifies’’; 
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1 (8) in section 312, by striking ‘‘his service’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘the service of such officer’’; and 

3 (9) in section 317, by striking ‘‘his delegate’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘a delegate of the Director’’. 

5 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Government Account8 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex9 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

10 the United States in connection with official representation 

11 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

12 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

13 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

14 of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 

15 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas16 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 

17 in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 

18 Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 

19 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

20 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre21 scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 

22 rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $522,000,000: 

23 Provided, That, in addition, $23,750,000 of payments re24 ceived under sections 782, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, 

25 United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 
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1 limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 

2 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other de3 partment or agency which is a member of the National 

4 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovern5 mental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro6 priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the 

7 respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 

8 non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments 

9 hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements 

10 to any appropriation from which costs involved are ini11 tially financed. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

13 CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE

14 SEC. 1401. (a) CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE.— 

15 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 7 of title 31, 

16 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following new subchapter: 

18 ‘‘Subchapter VII—Center for Audit Excellence 

19 ‘‘SEC. 791. CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE. 

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Comptroller General 

21 shall establish, maintain, and operate a center within the 

22 Government Accountability Office to be known as the ‘Cen23 ter for Audit Excellence’ (hereafter in this subchapter re24 ferred to as the ‘Center’). 

25 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE AND ACTIVITIES.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall build insti2 tutional auditing capacity and promote good govern3 ance by providing affordable, relevant, and high-qual4 ity training, technical assistance, and products and 

5 services to qualified personnel and entities of govern6 ments (including the Federal Government, State and 

7 local governments, tribal governments, and govern8 ments of foreign nations), international organiza9 tions, and other private organizations. 

10 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF QUALIFIED PERSONNEL

11 AND ENTITIES.—Personnel and entities shall be con12 sidered qualified for purposes of receiving training, 

13 technical assistance, and products or services from the 

14 Center under paragraph (1) in accordance with such 

15 criteria as the Comptroller General may establish and 

16 publish. 

17 ‘‘(c) FEES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) PERMITTING CHARGING OF FEES.—The 

19 Comptroller General may establish, charge, and col20 lect fees (on a reimbursable or advance basis) for the 

21 training, technical assistance, and products and serv22 ices provided by the Center under this subchapter. 

23 ‘‘(2) DEPOSIT INTO SEPARATE ACCOUNT.—The 

24 Comptroller General shall deposit all fees collected 
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1 under paragraph (1) into the Center for Audit Excel2 lence Account established under section 792. 

3 ‘‘(d) GIFTS OF PROPERTY AND SERVICES.—The Comp4 troller General may accept and use conditional or non-con5 ditional gifts of property (both real and personal) and serv6 ices (including services of guest lecturers) to support the op7 eration of the Center, except that the Comptroller General 

8 may not accept or use such a gift if the Comptroller General 

9 determines that the acceptance or use of the gift would com10 promise or appear to compromise the integrity of the Gov11 ernment Accountability Office. 

12 ‘‘(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PERSONNEL.— 

13 It is the sense of Congress that the Center should be staffed 

14 primarily by personnel of the Government Accountability 

15 Office who are not otherwise engaged in carrying out other 

16 duties of the Office under this chapter, so as to ensure that 

17 the operation of the Center will not detract from or impact 

18 the oversight and audit work of the Office. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 792. ACCOUNT. 

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT.— 

21 There is established in the Treasury as a separate account 

22 for the Government Accountability Office the ‘Center for 

23 Audit Excellence Account’, which shall consist of the fees 

24 deposited by the Comptroller General under section 791(c) 

25 and such other amounts as may be appropriated under law. 
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1 ‘‘(b) USE OF ACCOUNT.—Amounts in the Center for 

2 Audit Excellence Account shall be available to the Comp3 troller General, in amounts specified in appropriations 

4 Acts and without fiscal year limitation, to carry out this 

5 subchapter. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 793. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

8 as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter.’’. 

9 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec10 tions for chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE

‘‘791. Center for Audit Excellence. 

‘‘792. Account. 

‘‘793. Authorization of appropriations.’’ 

12 (b) APPROVAL OF BUSINESS PLAN.—The Comptroller 

13 General may not begin operating the Center for Audit Ex14 cellence under subchapter VII of chapter 7 of title 31, 

15 United States Code (as added by subsection (a)) until— 

16 (1) the Comptroller General submits a business 

17 plan for the Center to the Committees on Appropria18 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate; and 

19 (2) each such Committee approves the plan. 

20 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

21 FUND 

22 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

23 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
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1 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

2 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 

3 $5,700,000: Provided, That funds made available to support 

4 Russian participants shall only be used for those engaging 

5 in free market development, humanitarian activities, and 

6 civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the 

7 central government of Russia. 

8 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 

9 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

10 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 

11 Service Development Trust Fund established under section 

12 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train13 ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 

14 TITLE II 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

17 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

18 Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 

19 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

20 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa21 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com22 mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 

23 by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
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1 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

2 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

3 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

4 2015 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

5 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

6 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 

7 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

8 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

9 of compensation or designation of any office or position ap10 propriated for is different from that specifically established 

11 by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 

12 in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 

13 Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various 

14 items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit15 tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 

16 hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa17 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

18 CONSULTING SERVICES

19 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

20 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

21 contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

22 shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 

23 are a matter of public record and available for public in24 spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
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1 law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 

2 law. 

3 COSTS OF LBFMC

4 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex5 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

6 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

7 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 

8 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

9 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 

10 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla11 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

12 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

13 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

14 SEC. 206. For fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year 

15 thereafter, the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with 

16 the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and im17 prove the landscape features, excluding streets, in Square 

18 580 up to the beginning of I–395. 

19 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

20 SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in22 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur23 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

24 in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
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1 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

2 SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

3 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap4 itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 

5 tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ6 ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other 

7 offices of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

8 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 

9 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap10 proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

11 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in12 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo13 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re14 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

15 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the 

16 Capitol. 

17 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 

18 Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
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1 DIVISION I—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

2 AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RE3 LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

4 ACT, 2015 

5 TITLE I 

6 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

7 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

8 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip9 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in10 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 

11 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

12 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec13 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con14 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func15 tions of the Commander in Chief, $528,427,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of this 

17 amount, not to exceed $51,127,000 shall be available for 

18 study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 

19 and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 

20 Secretary of the Army determines that additional obliga21 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

23 determination and the reasons therefor. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

2 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip3 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in4 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 

5 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

6 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

7 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 

8 appropriation, $1,018,772,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2019: Provided, That of this amount, not to 

10 exceed $33,366,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

11 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

12 by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 

13 additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 

14 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

15 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

16 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

17 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip18 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in19 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 

20 as currently authorized by law, $811,774,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of this 

22 amount, not to exceed $10,738,000 shall be available for 

23 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv24 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 

25 Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 
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1 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro2 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

3 and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That none of the 

4 funds provided under this heading for military construction 

5 in the United Kingdom as identified in the table entitled 

6 ‘‘Military Construction’’ in the explanatory statement de7 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 

8 this consolidated Act) may be obligated or expended until 

9 the Department of Defense completes a European Consoli10 dation Study, and the Secretary of Defense (1) provides to 

11 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con12 gress a comprehensive European basing strategy reflecting 

13 the findings of the Consolidation Study, and (2) certifies 

14 in writing the requirement identified in the study for any 

15 military construction project in the United Kingdom fund16 ed in this section. 

17 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip20 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa21 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen22 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

23 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

24 $1,991,690,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2019: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 
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1 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

2 transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De3 fense available for military construction or family housing 

4 as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 

5 be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 

6 period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: 

7 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not to 

8 exceed $162,240,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

9 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

10 by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad11 ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no12 tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

13 Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Pro14 vided further, That of the amount appropriated, notwith15 standing any other provision of law, $37,918,000 shall be 

16 available for payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Orga17 nization for the planning, design, and construction of a new 

18 North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters: Provided 

19 further, That none of the funds made available by this title 

20 may be used to construct a squadron operations facility at 

21 Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, until the Secretary 

22 of Defense submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 

23 both Houses of Congress a report that includes the following: 

24 (1) A definition of ‘‘Special Operations Forces25 peculiar’’ as it applies to the use of United States 
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1 Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) funding 

2 to meet military construction requirements for facili3 ties that provide healthcare services or support fitness 

4 activities. 

5 (2) A description of the decision-making process 

6 used to determine whether a military construction 

7 project that provides healthcare facilities or supports 

8 fitness activities should be funded by the USSOCOM 

9 or the military services. 

10 (3) An addendum to the DOD Form 1391 for 

11 this project providing a schematic of the human per12 formance center, a listing of the planned equipment 

13 related to training and resiliency and a description 

14 of the mission-critical benefit of each item, an expla15 nation of why the unique physical and psychological 

16 health services incorporated could not be provided by 

17 the Defense Health Agency or military services, and 

18 a planned staffing breakdown. 

19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

20 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita21 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad22 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu23 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

24 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza25 tion Acts, $128,920,000, to remain available until Sep-
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1 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount appro2 priated, not to exceed $17,600,000 shall be available for 

3 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv4 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Army 

5 National Guard determines that additional obligations are 

6 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina8 tion and the reasons therefor. 

9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

10 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita11 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad12 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

13 therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

14 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

15 $92,663,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 

16 Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 

17 $7,700,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

18 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 

19 unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 

20 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 

21 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

23 therefor. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

2 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita3 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad4 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

5 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con6 struction Authorization Acts, $103,946,000, to remain 

7 available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the 

8 amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,337,000 shall be 

9 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en10 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

11 the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 

12 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

13 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter14 mination and the reasons therefor. 

15 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

16 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita17 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad18 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma19 rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

20 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

21 $51,528,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 

22 Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 

23 $2,123,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

24 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 

25 unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional 
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1 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

3 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

5 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita6 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad7 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 

8 chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

9 Construction Authorization Acts, $49,492,000, to remain 

10 available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the 

11 amount appropriated, not to exceed $6,892,000 shall be 

12 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en13 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

14 the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obliga15 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com16 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

17 determination and the reasons therefor. 

18 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

19 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

20 For the United States share of the cost of the North 

21 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro22 gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili23 ties and installations (including international military 

24 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de25 fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 
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1 section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

2 Construction Authorization Acts, $199,700,000, to remain 

3 available until expended. 

4 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

5 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con6 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex7 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

8 $78,609,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 

9 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

10 For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper11 ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

12 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in13 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $350,976,000. 

14 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

15 CORPS

16 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma17 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace18 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au19 thorized by law, $16,412,000, to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2019. 

21 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

22 AND MARINE CORPS

23 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma24 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

25 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
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1 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

2 $354,029,000. 

3 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

4 FORCE

5 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

6 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas7 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

8 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

9 $327,747,000. 

10 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

11 DEFENSE-WIDE

12 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

13 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili14 tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 

15 and minor construction, as authorized by law, $61,100,000. 

16 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING

17 IMPROVEMENT FUND

18 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im19 provement Fund, $1,662,000, to remain available until ex20 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant 

21 to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 

22 alternative means of acquiring and improving military 

23 family housing and supporting facilities. 
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1 CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE2 WIDE

3 For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 

4 for, necessary for the destruction of the United States stock5 pile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance 

6 with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authoriza7 tion Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction 

8 of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 

9 chemical weapon stockpile, as currently authorized by law, 

10 $38,715,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 

11 which shall be only for the Assembled Chemical Weapons 

12 Alternatives program. 

13 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

14 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo15 sure Account, established by section 2906(a)(1) of the De16 fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 

17 2687 note), as amended by section 2711 of the National De18 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 

19 112–239), $315,085,000, to remain available until ex20 pended. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 

23 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a24 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex25 ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex-
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1 cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 

2 Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 

3 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con4 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi5 cles. 

6 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con7 struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 

8 Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con9 struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 

10 title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there11 in are certified as important to the national defense by the 

12 Secretary of Defense. 

13 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

14 title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the 

15 United States for which specific appropriations have not 

16 been made. 

17 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 

18 title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 

19 in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the 

20 Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer21 ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination 

22 of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by 

23 the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen24 eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 
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1 (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to 

2 be in the public interest. 

3 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 

4 title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 

5 preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 

6 except housing for which funds have been made available 

7 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con8 struction. 

9 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

10 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo11 cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 

12 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria13 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

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

15 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con16 struction project or activity for which American steel pro17 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 

18 opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

19 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart20 ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 

21 during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop22 erty taxes in any foreign nation. 

23 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 

24 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
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1 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria2 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

3 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 

4 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

5 estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects 

6 to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 

7 Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 

8 Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United 

9 States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 

10 host nation firms. 

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

12 title for military construction in the United States terri13 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

14 Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 

15 used to award any contract estimated by the Government 

16 to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That 

17 this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 

18 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 

19 States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon20 sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 

21 Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con22 tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 

23 for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub24 mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
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1 SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 

2 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ3 ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 

4 of any proposed military exercise involving United States 

5 personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex6 pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

7 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

8 SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the funds made 

9 available in this title which are limited for obligation dur10 ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 

11 2 months of the fiscal year. 

12 SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

13 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

14 for construction authorized for each such military depart15 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur16 rent session of Congress. 

17 SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 

18 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex19 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

20 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 

21 overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 

22 subsequent claims, if any. 

23 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 any funds made available to a military department or de25 fense agency for the construction of military projects may 
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1 be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 

2 or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any 

3 time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 

4 year for which funds for such project were made available, 

5 if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from 

6 funds available for military construction projects; and (2) 

7 do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 

8 plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in9 creased pursuant to law. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 

12 available to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited 

13 to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account estab14 lished by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authorization 

15 Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (10 

16 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such 

17 Act, may be transferred to the account established by section 

18 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 

19 Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be merged with, and 

20 to be available for the same purposes and the same time 

21 period as that account. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 119. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 

24 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

25 pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
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1 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

2 of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined 

3 by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the 

4 Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 

5 from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 

6 Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 

7 for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 

8 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De9 partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im10 provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc11 tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con12 struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 

13 for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 

14 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That 

15 appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail16 able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 

17 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

18 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

19 to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 

20 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of 

21 acquiring and improving military family housing, military 

22 unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities: Pro23 vided further, That the transfer authority in this provision 

24 shall also be applicable to amounts appropriated for con-
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1 struction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts in section 2002 

2 of Public Law 112–10. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 120. In addition to any other transfer authority 

5 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

6 transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 

7 Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 

8 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 

9 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with 

10 the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 

11 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 

12 merged with and be available for the same purposes and 

13 for the same time period as the fund to which transferred. 

14 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

15 funds made available in this title for operation and mainte16 nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 

17 funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 

18 units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 

19 That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu20 ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag 

21 officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 

22 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

23 pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 

24 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

25 of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall 
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1 be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 

2 associated with environmental remediation that could not 

3 be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis4 sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 

5 (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on 

6 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 

7 and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 

8 or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 

9 SEC. 122. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im10 provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 

11 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 

12 shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 

13 in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur14 suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 123. During the 5-year period after appropria17 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

18 for military construction and family housing operation and 

19 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

20 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

21 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

22 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga23 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap24 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

25 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
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1 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 

2 with and to be available for the same time period and for 

3 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans4 ferred. 

5 SEC. 124. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

6 none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 

7 by the Secretary of the Army to relocate a unit in the Army 

8 that— 

9 (1) performs a testing mission or function that 

10 is not performed by any other unit in the Army and 

11 is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 

12 Code; and 

13 (2) is located at a military installation at which 

14 the total number of civilian employees of the Depart15 ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel em16 ployed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of mem17 bers of the regular and reserve components of the 

18 Army assigned to the installation. 

19 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 

20 Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional defense 

21 committees that in proposing the relocation of the unit of 

22 the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regulation 

23 5–10 relating to the policy, procedures, and responsibilities 

24 for Army stationing actions. 
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1 SEC. 125. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

2 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

3 title may be transferred among projects and activities with4 in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

5 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

6 construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 

7 Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 

8 of February 2009, as in effect on the date of enactment of 

9 this Act. 

10 SEC. 126. None of the funds made available in this 

11 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

12 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme13 tery. 

14 SEC. 127. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

15 Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, ‘‘Military Con16 struction, Air Force’’, ‘‘Military Construction, Army Re17 serve’’, and ‘‘Military Construction, Navy Reserve’’, 

18 $125,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 

20 of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry 

21 out construction of projects, excluding in Europe, as author22 ized in division B of Public Law 113–66: Provided further, 

23 That not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, 

24 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 

2 plan for funds provided under this heading. 

3 SEC. 128. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

4 Construction, Army’’, $61,000,000; ‘‘Military Construction, 

5 Army National Guard’’, $5,000,000; and ‘‘Military Con6 struction, Army Reserve’’, $51,000,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding 

8 any other provision of law, such funds may only be obli9 gated to carry out construction of certain projects as au10 thorized in division B of an Act authorizing appropriations 

11 for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Depart12 ment of Defense (relating to Military Construction Author13 izations): Provided further, That not later than 30 days 

14 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall 

15 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

16 of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 

17 this heading. 

18 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 129. Of the unobligated balances available for 

20 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, from prior appropriations 

21 Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as being 

22 for contingency operations directly related to the global war 

23 on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), $49,533,000 

24 are hereby rescinded. 
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1 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 130. Of the unobligated balances available for 

3 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, from 

4 prior appropriations Acts (other than appropriations des5 ignated by law as for being for contingency operations di6 rectly related to the global war on terrorism or as an emer7 gency requirement), $25,522,000 are hereby rescinded. 

8 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 131. Of the unobligated balances available for 

10 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, from prior appropria11 tions Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 

12 for being for contingency operations directly related to the 

13 global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 

14 $41,392,000 are hereby rescinded. 

15 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 132. Of the unobligated balances available for 

17 ‘‘NATO Security Investment Program’’, from prior appro18 priations Acts (other than appropriations designated by 

19 law as being for contingency operations directly related to 

20 the global war on terrorism or as an emergency require21 ment), $25,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

22 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 133. Of the unobligated balances made available 

24 in prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in sec25 tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 
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1 Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other than ap2 propriations designated by law as being for contingency op3 erations directly related to the global war on terrorism or 

4 as an emergency requirement), $63,800,000 are hereby re5 scinded. 

6 SEC. 134. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con7 gressional defense committees’’ means the Committees on 

8 Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 

10 Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

11 Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction 

12 and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations 

13 of the House of Representatives. 

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

15 Act may be used for the closure or abandonment of any 

16 facility located at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal. 

17 TITLE II 

18 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

19 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

20 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be23 half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina24 tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 

25 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 
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1 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 

2 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 

3 burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for 

4 Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad5 justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 

6 due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 

7 the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 

8 Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 

9 authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 

10 chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 

11 Code, $79,071,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

12 Provided, That not to exceed $15,430,000 of the amount ap13 propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen14 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra15 tion’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for necessary 

16 expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, 

17 and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding source 

18 for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and 

19 Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums 

20 as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, 

21 shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to 

22 augment the funding of individual medical facilities for 

23 nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. 
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1 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

2 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

3 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 

4 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 

5 title 38, United States Code, $14,997,136,000, to remain 

6 available until expended: Provided, That expenses for reha7 bilitation program services and assistance which the Sec8 retary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of sec9 tion 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than under 

10 paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall 

11 be charged to this account. 

12 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

13 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

14 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet15 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

16 authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 

17 Code, $63,257,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

19 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums 

20 as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized 

21 by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, 

22 United States Code: Provided, That such costs, including 

23 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec24 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

25 further, That during fiscal year 2015, within the resources 
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1 available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 

2 direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 

3 loans. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

5 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $160,881,000. 

6 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 For the cost of direct loans, $10,000, as authorized by 

8 chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That 

9 such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 

10 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

11 Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available 

12 under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga13 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

14 $2,877,000. 

15 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

16 carry out the direct loan program, $361,000, which may 

17 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex18 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

19 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

20 ACCOUNT

21 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

22 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 

23 title 38, United States Code, $1,130,000. 
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1 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

2 MEDICAL SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

4 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

5 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet6 erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 

7 Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 

8 the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 

9 supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv10 ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 

11 hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes 

12 as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States 

13 Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as au14 thorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 

15 loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 

16 and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 

17 Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and 

18 hospital care and medical services authorized by section 

19 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $209,189,000, which 

20 shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 

21 this heading that became available on October 1, 2014; and, 

22 in addition, $47,603,202,000, plus reimbursements, shall 

23 become available on October 1, 2015, and shall remain 

24 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not25 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
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1 Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision 

2 of medical treatment for veterans who have service-con3 nected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: Pro4 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority 

6 funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to vet7 erans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided 

8 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dis10 pensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Admin11 istration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately writ12 ten prescriptions based on requirements established by the 

13 Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation of the 

14 program described in the previous proviso shall incur no 

15 additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

16 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

17 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

18 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

19 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad20 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 

21 and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 

22 for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 

23 as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 

24 Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 

25 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $6,144,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
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1 shall become available on October 1, 2015, and shall remain 

2 available until September 30, 2016. 

3 MEDICAL FACILITIES

4 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper5 ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

6 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin7 istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan8 ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 

9 and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil10 ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 

11 for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 

12 charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 

13 or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 

14 under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro15 vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 

16 employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 

17 and for laundry services, $4,915,000,000, plus reimburse18 ments, shall become available on October 1, 2015, and shall 

19 remain available until September 30, 2016. 

20 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

21 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

22 medical and prosthetic research and development as author23 ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

24 $588,922,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 

25 until September 30, 2016. 
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1 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

2 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad3 ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 

4 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 

5 cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 

6 passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 

8 improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na9 tional Cemetery Administration, $256,800,000, of which 

10 not to exceed $25,600,000 shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2016. 

12 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

13 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 

16 Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad17 ministrative expenses in support of Department-wide cap18 ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 

19 or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re20 ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 

21 motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 

22 Administration for security guard services, $321,591,000, 

23 of which not to exceed $9,660,000 shall remain available 

24 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That funds provided 
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1 under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Oper2 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

3 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

4 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet5 erans Appeals, $99,294,000, of which not to exceed 

6 $9,429,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2016. 

8 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

9 ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene11 fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 

12 hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen13 eral Services Administration for security guard services, 

14 and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 

15 cost of overseas employee mail, $2,534,254,000: Provided, 

16 That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 

17 paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 

18 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Af19 fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 

20 (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable 

21 and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) 

22 to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 

23 charged to this account: Provided further, That of the funds 

24 made available under this heading, not to exceed 
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1 $124,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2016. 

3 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses for information technology sys6 tems and telecommunications support, including develop7 mental information systems and operational information 

8 systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 

9 asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ10 ing management and related contractual costs of said ac11 quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper12 ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

13 Code, $3,903,344,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 

14 $1,039,000,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 

15 which not to exceed $30,792,000 shall remain available 

16 until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

17 $2,316,009,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of 

18 which not to exceed $160,000,000 shall remain available 

19 until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

20 $548,335,000 shall be for information technology systems 

21 development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 

22 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided fur23 ther, That amounts made available for information tech24 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance25 ment may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary 
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1 of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of the 

2 Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees 

3 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a certifi4 cation of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated 

5 and expended for each development project: Provided fur6 ther, That amounts made available for salaries and ex7 penses, operations and maintenance, and information tech8 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance9 ment may be transferred among the three subaccounts after 

10 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the au12 thority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro13 vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor14 mation Technology Systems’’ account for development, mod15 ernization, and enhancement may be transferred among 

16 projects or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That 

17 no project may be increased or decreased by more than 

18 $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Com19 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to 

20 make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a 

21 response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, 

22 That funds under this heading may be used by the Inter23 agency Program Office through the Department of Veterans 

24 Affairs to develop a standard data reference terminology 

25 model: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
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1 for information technology systems development, mod2 ernization, and enhancement for VistA Evolution, not more 

3 than 25 percent may be obligated or expended until the Sec4 retary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Ap5 propriations of both Houses of Congress, and such Commit6 tees approve, a report that describes: (1) the status of and 

7 changes to the VistA Evolution program plan (hereinafter 

8 referred to as the ‘‘Plan’’), VistA 4 product roadmap 

9 (‘‘Roadmap’’), or the VistA Evolution cost estimate, dated 

10 March 24, 2014; (2) any changes to the scope or 

11 functionality of projects within the VistA Evolution pro12 gram as established in the Plan; (3) any refinements to the 

13 cost estimate presented in the Plan, including those based 

14 on actual costs incurred; (4) a Project Management Ac15 countability System resourced schedule for every develop16 ment project within the VistA Evolution program, includ17 ing a testing methodology schedule; (5) progress toward de18 veloping and implementing all levels of interoperability, in19 cluding semantic interoperability, between the electronic 

20 health record systems of the Department of Defense and the 

21 Department of Veterans Affairs; and (6) a detailed govern22 ance structure for the VistA Evolution program, including 

23 the establishment of a single program director and inte24 grator who shall have responsibility for the entire program: 

25 Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
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1 heading for information technology systems development, 

2 modernization, and enhancement, shall be for the projects, 

3 and in the amounts, specified under this heading in the 

4 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

5 preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen8 eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 

9 provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

10 App.), $126,411,000, of which $12,141,000 shall remain 

11 available until September 30, 2016. 

12 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

13 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

14 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

15 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

16 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

17 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 

18 not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec19 tural and engineering services, construction management 

20 services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as21 sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 

22 project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 

23 drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 

24 where the estimated cost of a project is more than the 

25 amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United 
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1 States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail2 able in a previous major project appropriation, 

3 $561,800,000, of which $527,800,000 shall remain available 

4 until September 30, 2019, and of which $34,000,000 shall 

5 remain available until expended: Provided, That except for 

6 advance planning activities, including needs assessments 

7 which may or may not lead to capital investments, and 

8 other capital asset management related activities, including 

9 portfolio development and management activities, and in10 vestment strategy studies funded through the advance plan11 ning fund and the planning and design activities funded 

12 through the design fund, including needs assessments which 

13 may or may not lead to capital investments, and salaries 

14 and associated costs of the resident engineers who oversee 

15 those capital investments funded through this account, and 

16 funds provided for the purchase of land for the National 

17 Cemetery Administration through the land acquisition line 

18 item, none of the funds made available under this heading 

19 shall be used for any project which has not been approved 

20 by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further, 

21 That funds made available under this heading for fiscal 

22 year 2015, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) 

23 by the awarding of a construction documents contract by 

24 September 30, 2015; and (2) by the awarding of a construc25 tion contract by September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 
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1 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to 

2 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con3 gress a written report on any approved major construction 

4 project for which obligations are not incurred within the 

5 time limitations established above. 

6 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

7 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

8 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

9 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

10 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 

11 may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi12 neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

13 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 

14 the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 

15 storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi16 tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

17 2404, 2406, and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 

18 not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 

19 project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec20 tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 

21 $495,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2019, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con23 struction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 

24 made available for any project where the estimated cost is 

25 equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section: 
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1 Provided, That funds made available under this heading 

2 shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 

3 under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 

4 which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 

5 any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 

6 measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss 

7 by such causes. 

8 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

9 FACILITIES

10 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

11 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re12 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 

13 domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 

14 to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 

15 title 38, United States Code, $90,000,000, to remain avail16 able until expended. 

17 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

18 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

19 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme20 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

21 States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2015 for 

4 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 

5 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans6 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro7 priations: Provided, That before a transfer may take place, 

8 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

10 the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 

11 issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 

12 has elapsed. 

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 

15 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this or any other 

16 Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 

17 Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may be 

18 transferred among the accounts: Provided, That any trans19 fers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Support 

20 and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the total 

21 amount appropriated to the account in this or any other 

22 Act may take place subject to notification from the Sec23 retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria24 tions of both Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose 

25 of the transfer: Provided further, That any transfers be-
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1 tween the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Support and 

2 Compliance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding 

3 the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place 

4 only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 

6 make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided fur7 ther, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ 

8 account may take place only after the Secretary requests 

9 from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

10 Congress the authority to make the transfer and an ap11 proval is issued. 

12 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal13 aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 

14 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas15 senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 

16 and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec17 tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 

18 SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 

19 appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 

20 ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 

21 purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 

22 new hospital or home. 

23 SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 

24 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

25 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
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1 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet2 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 

3 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 

4 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist5 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 

6 of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 

7 to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such rates as may be 

8 fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

9 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

10 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 

11 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail12 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 

13 to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 

14 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2014. 

15 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

16 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

17 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

18 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

19 except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 

20 they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pen21 sions’’. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 during fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

25 shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
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1 section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 

2 Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 

3 United States Code, and the United States Government Life 

4 Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 

5 States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

6 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech7 nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 

8 the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 

9 Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 

10 surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro11 gram during fiscal year 2015 that are available for divi12 dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac13 tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 

14 further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur15 ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu16 mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 

17 only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur18 ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis19 tration for fiscal year 2015 which is properly allocable to 

20 the provision of each such insurance program and to the 

21 provision of any total disability income insurance included 

22 in that insurance program. 

23 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 

24 proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 

25 that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en-
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1 hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 

2 year in which the proceeds are received. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 

5 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

6 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management 

7 of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Em8 ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under 

9 section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 

10 provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 

11 to exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage12 ment and $3,400,000 for the Office of Employment Dis13 crimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That pay14 ments may be made in advance for services to be furnished 

15 based on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts 

16 received shall be credited to the ‘‘General Administration’’ 

17 and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by 

18 the office that provided the service. 

19 SEC. 211. No appropriations in this title shall be 

20 available to enter into any new lease of real property if 

21 the estimated annual rental cost is more than $1,000,000, 

22 unless the Secretary submits a report which the Committees 

23 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress approve with24 in 30 days following the date on which the report is re25 ceived. 
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1 SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af2 fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 

3 or medical services provided to any person under chapter 

4 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con5 nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 

6 title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 

7 Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 

8 current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 

9 for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 

10 the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 

11 debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 

12 care or services from any person who does not make such 

13 disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 

14 so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 

15 year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 

16 year in which amounts are received. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac20 tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 

21 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 

22 Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 

23 site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve24 ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 

25 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
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1 as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 

2 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 

3 Projects’’. 

4 SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 

5 Services’’ are available— 

6 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup7 plies, and equipment; and 

8 (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 

9 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

10 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 215. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med13 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 

14 title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to ‘‘Medical 

15 Services’’, to remain available until expended for the pur16 poses of that account. 

17 SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 

18 into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations 

19 which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with 

20 the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and tribal 

21 organizations serving rural Alaska which have entered into 

22 contracts with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 

23 Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act, to pro24 vide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental 

25 care. The Secretary shall require participating veterans and 
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1 facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regula2 tions, as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alas3 ka’’ shall mean those lands sited within the external bound4 aries of the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 

5 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native Claims Set6 tlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and those lands 

7 within the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 

8 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

9 Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are not within 

10 the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage, the Fair11 banks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough 

12 or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De15 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 

16 to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 

17 transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con18 struction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available 

19 until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

20 SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this 

21 title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 

22 Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks from 

23 conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans 

24 within their respective Networks. 
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1 SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub2 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

3 of Congress a quarterly report on the financial status of 

4 the Veterans Health Administration. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 

7 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical 

8 Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Bene9 fits Administration’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘Na10 tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 

11 2015 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Tech12 nology Systems’’ account: Provided, That before a transfer 

13 may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re14 quest from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

15 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

16 an approval is issued. 

17 SEC. 221. Of the amounts made available to the De18 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this 

19 or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account 

20 for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 percent 

21 of the funds made available shall be obligated during the 

22 last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That the Sec23 retary may waive this requirement after providing written 

24 notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

25 of Congress. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart3 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Medical 

4 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical 

5 Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Informa6 tion Technology Systems’’, up to $259,251,213, plus reim7 bursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of 

8 Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

9 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na10 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub11 lic Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for oper12 ation of the facilities designated as combined Federal med13 ical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 

14 Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

15 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, 

16 That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 

17 designated in this section to the Joint Department of De18 fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

19 Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec20 retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria21 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart24 ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 

25 1, 2015, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 
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1 Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to 

2 $245,398,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to 

3 the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 

4 Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established 

5 by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

6 for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) 

7 and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 

8 as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec9 tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author10 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 

11 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be trans12 ferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint 

13 Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 

14 Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notifi15 cation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Commit16 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 224. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med19 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 

20 title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa21 cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 

22 described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 

23 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

24 Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 

25 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 
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1 of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 

2 established by section 1704 of the National Defense Author3 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 

4 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities des5 ignated as combined Federal medical facilities as described 

6 by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au7 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 

8 122 Stat. 4500). 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 225. Of the amounts available in this title for 

11 ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 

12 and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a minimum of $15,000,000 shall 

13 be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incen14 tive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 

15 United States Code, to remain available until expended, for 

16 any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United 

17 States Code. 

18 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 226. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title II 

20 of division J of Public Law 113–76, the following amounts 

21 which became available on October 1, 2014, are hereby re22 scinded from the following accounts in the amounts speci23 fied: 

24 (1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

25 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 
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1 (2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

2 Support and Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 

3 (3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

4 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

5 (b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 

6 Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 

7 accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2016: 

9 (1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

10 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

11 (2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

12 Support and Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 

13 (3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

14 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

15 SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no16 tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

17 Congress of all bid savings in major construction projects 

18 that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro19 grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Provided, 

20 That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a con21 tract identifying the programmed amount: Provided fur22 ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap23 propriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to 

24 the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the an25 ticipated use of such savings. 
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1 SEC. 228. The scope of work for a project included in 

2 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may not be increased above 

3 the scope specified for that project in the original justifica4 tion data provided to the Congress as part of the request 

5 for appropriations. 

6 SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub7 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

8 of Congress a quarterly report that contains the following 

9 information from each Veterans Benefits Administration 

10 Regional Office: (1) the average time to complete a dis11 ability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims pend12 ing more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the number 

13 of claims personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within 

14 the quarter to address poor performance; (6) training pro15 grams undertaken; and (7) the number and results of Qual16 ity Review Team audits: Provided, That each quarterly re17 port shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the end 

18 of the respective quarter. 

19 SEC. 230. The Secretary shall submit to the Commit20 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a re21 programming request if at any point during fiscal year 

22 2015, the funding allocated for a medical care initiative 

23 identified in the fiscal year 2015 expenditure plan is ad24 justed by more than $25,000,000 from the allocation shown 

25 in the corresponding congressional budget justification. 
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1 Such a reprogramming request may go forward only if the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

3 approve the request or if a period of 14 days has elapsed. 

4 SEC. 231. Of the funds provided to the Department of 

5 Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Medical Services’’ 

6 and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, a maximum of 

7 $8,371,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Services’’ 

8 account and a maximum of $114,703,000 may be obligated 

9 from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ account for 

10 the VistA Evolution and electronic health record interoper11 ability projects: Provided, That funds in addition to these 

12 amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and elec13 tronic health record interoperability projects upon written 

14 notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com15 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

16 SEC. 232. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro17 vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria18 tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza19 tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 

20 full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 

21 Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 233. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate 

24 amount of $41,000,000 from the total budget authority pro-
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1 vided for fiscal year 2015 for discretionary accounts of the 

2 Department of Veterans Affairs in— 

3 (1) this Act; or 

4 (2) any advance appropriation for fiscal year 

5 2015 in prior appropriation Acts. 

6 (b) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report speci8 fying the account and amount of each rescission not later 

9 than 20 days following enactment of this Act. 

10 SEC. 234. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro11 vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria12 tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single 

13 national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 

14 which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 

15 SEC. 235. None of the funds in this or any other Act 

16 may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

17 hospitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environ18 mental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at ex19 isting Veterans Health Administration medical facilities lo20 cated in Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 as part 

21 of a planned realignment of VA services until the Secretary 

22 provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

23 Houses of Congress a report including the following ele24 ments: (1) a national realignment strategy that includes a 

25 detailed description of realignment plans within each Vet-
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1 erans Integrated Service Network (VISN), including an up2 dated Long Range Capital Plan to implement realignment 

3 requirements; (2) an explanation of the process by which 

4 those plans were developed and coordinated within the 

5 VISN; (3) a cost vs. benefit analysis of each planned re6 alignment, including the cost of replacing Veterans Health 

7 Administration services with contract care or other 

8 outsourced services; (4) an analysis of how any such 

9 planned realignment of services will impact access to care 

10 for veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, including 

11 travel distances and transportation costs to access a VA 

12 medical facility and availability of local specialty and pri13 mary care; (5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic 

14 designation and the methodology used to determine the 

15 buildings’ condition and utilization; (6) a description of 

16 how any realignment will be consistent with requirements 

17 under the National Historic Preservation Act; and (7) con18 sideration given for reuse of historic buildings within newly 

19 identified realignment requirements: Provided, That this 

20 provision shall not apply to capital projects in VISN 23, 

21 or any other VISN, which have been authorized or approved 

22 by Congress. 

23 SEC. 236. None of the funds available to the Depart24 ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 

25 be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 
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1 Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 

2 monitoring supplies and equipment. 

3 SEC. 237. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act or prior Acts may be used by the Secretary of Veterans 

5 Affairs to expand the dialysis pilot program approved by 

6 the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health in Au7 gust 2010 and by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in Sep8 tember 2010 or to create any new dialysis capability pro9 vided by the Department of Veterans Affairs in any facility 

10 that is not an initial facility under the pilot program until 

11 the later of the following dates: 

12 (1) September 30, 2015. 

13 (2) The date on which an independent analysis 

14 of the dialysis pilot program has been conducted at 

15 each initial facility and has been submitted to the 

16 Committees on Appropriations and the Committees 

17 on Veterans’ Affairs of both Houses of Congress. 

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 238. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon de20 termination that such action is necessary to address needs 

21 of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 

22 ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary appropria23 tions made available for fiscal year 2015 in this title (except 

24 appropriations made to the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

25 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) or any discre-
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1 tionary unobligated balances within the Department of Vet2 erans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 

3 2015, that were provided in advance by appropriations 

4 Acts: Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the 

5 approval of the Office of Management and Budget: Provided 

6 further, That the transfer authority provided in this section 

7 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

8 law: Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred 

9 from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emer10 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

11 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

12 Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such authority 

13 to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, 

14 based on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 

15 which originally appropriated and in no case where the 

16 item for which funds are requested has been denied by Con17 gress: Provided further, That, upon determination that all 

18 or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are 

19 not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that 

20 appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes 

21 as originally appropriated: Provided further, That before 

22 a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

23 shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 

24 both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

25 and receive approval of that request. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 239. Amounts made available for the Department 

3 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, under the ‘‘Board 

4 of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

5 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts may be trans6 ferred between such accounts: Provided, That before a trans7 fer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

8 request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

10 such Committees issue an approval. 

11 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 240. Of the unobligated balances available within 

13 the ‘‘DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, 

14 $15,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

15 SEC. 241. Subsection (b) of section 504 of the Veterans’ 

16 Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–275; 

17 38 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may carry out the 

19 pilot program under this section as follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) In fiscal years before fiscal year 2015, 

21 through not more than 10 regional offices of the De22 partment of Veterans Affairs. 

23 ‘‘(2) In fiscal year 2015, through not more than 

24 12 regional offices of the Department. 
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1 ‘‘(3) In fiscal year 2016, through not more than 

2 15 regional offices of the Department. 

3 ‘‘(4) In fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year 

4 thereafter, through such regional offices of the Depart5 ment as the Secretary considers appropriate.’’. 

6 SEC. 242. Section 101(d)(2)(B)(ii) of the Veterans Ac7 cess, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 

8 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at 

9 the end the following new subclause: 

10 ‘‘(III) OTHER EXCEPTIONS.— 

11 With respect to furnishing care or serv12 ices under this section in Alaska, the 

13 Alaska Fee Schedule of the Department 

14 of Veterans Affairs will be followed, ex15 cept for when another payment agree16 ment, including a contract or provider 

17 agreement, is in place. With respect to 

18 care or services furnished under this 

19 section in a State with an All-Payer 

20 Model Agreement under the Social Se21 curity Act that became effective on 

22 January 1, 2014, the Medicare pay23 ment rates under clause (i) shall be 

24 calculated based on the payment rates 

25 under such agreement.’’. 
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1 SEC. 243. Section 1710(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United 

2 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 1957,’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘August 1, 1953’’. 

4 ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN ACCOUNTS OF

5 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

6 SEC. 244. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of title 38, 

7 United States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘medical care accounts of the De9 partment’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘cov10 ered accounts of the Department’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘beginning with fiscal year 

13 2011,’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘discretionary’’ each place 

15 it appears; 

16 (3) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘medical care accounts of 

18 the Veterans Health Administration, Department 

19 of Veterans Affairs account’’ and inserting ‘‘ac20 counts of the Department of Veterans Affairs ac21 count’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Vet23 erans Health Administration,’’ and after ‘‘(1)’’; 

24 (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘Vet25 erans Health Administration,’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; 
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1 (D) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Vet2 erans Health Administration,’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; 

3 (E) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

4 through (3) as paragraphs (4) through (6), re5 spectively; 

6 (F) by inserting before paragraph (4), as 

7 redesignated by subparagraph (E), the following 

8 new paragraphs: 

9 ‘‘(1) Veterans Benefits Administration, Com10 pensation and Pensions. 

11 ‘‘(2) Veterans Benefits Administration, Readjust12 ment Benefits. 

13 ‘‘(3) Veterans Benefits Administration, Veterans 

14 Insurance and Indemnities.’’; and 

15 (G) in the subsection heading, by striking 

16 ‘‘MEDICAL CARE ACCOUNTS’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘COVERED ACCOUNTS OF THE DEPARTMENT’’; 

18 and 

19 (4) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘certain 

20 medical care accounts’’ and inserting ‘‘cer21 tain accounts’’. 

22 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 117 of title 38, United 

23 States Code, shall apply as follows: 

24 (1) With respect to an account described in 

25 paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of subsection (c) of such 
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1 section, as redesignated by subsection (a) of this sec2 tion, for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 

3 2011. 

4 (2) With respect to an account described in 

5 paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of such subsection (c), as 

6 added by subsection (a) of this section, for each fiscal 

7 year beginning with 2017. 

8 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

9 the beginning of chapter 1 of title 38, United States Code, 

10 is amended by striking the item relating to section 117 and 

11 inserting the following new item: 

‘‘117. Advance appropriations for certain accounts.’’. 

12 (d) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

13 Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amend14 ed— 

15 (1) by striking the first paragraph (37) and in16 serting the following new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(37) information on estimates of appropriations 

18 for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which 

19 the budget is submitted for the following accounts of 

20 the Department of Veterans Affairs: 

21 ‘‘(A) Veterans Benefits Administration, 

22 Compensation and Pensions. 

23 ‘‘(B) Veterans Benefits Administration, Re24 adjustment Benefits. 
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1 ‘‘(C) Veterans Benefits Administration, Vet2 erans Insurance and Indemnities. 

3 ‘‘(D) Veterans Health Administration, Med4 ical Services. 

5 ‘‘(E) Veterans Health Administration, Med6 ical Support and Compliance. 

7 ‘‘(F) Veterans Health Administration, Med8 ical Facilities.’’; and 

9 (2) by redesignating the second paragraph (37), 

10 as added by section 11(a)(2) of the GPRA Moderniza11 tion Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–352; 124 Stat. 

12 3881), as paragraph (39). 

13 TITLE III 

14 RELATED AGENCIES 

15 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

18 the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 

19 acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 

20 purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 

21 cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 

22 its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 

23 space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace24 ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 

25 to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation 
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1 expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 

2 countries, when required by law of such countries, 

3 $74,100,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

6 the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 

7 may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 

8 purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 

9 States Code. 

10 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

11 CLAIMS

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 

14 States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 

15 by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States 

16 Code, $31,386,000: Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be 

17 available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 

18 as described, and in accordance with the process and report19 ing procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 

20 102–229. 

21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

22 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

25 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
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1 diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 

2 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace3 ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 

4 for official reception and representation expenses, 

5 $65,800,000, of which not to exceed $3,000,000 shall remain 

6 available until September 30, 2016. In addition, such sums 

7 as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and 

8 replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Department 

9 of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ account. 

10 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

11 TRUST FUND

12 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire13 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re14 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

15 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 

16 be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire17 ment Home Trust Fund, $63,400,000, of which $1,000,000 

18 shall remain available until expended for construction and 

19 renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re20 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

21 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

23 SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 

24 heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex25 penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir-
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1 ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 

2 at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 

3 available for ground burials. 

4 TITLE IV 

5 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

6 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

7 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

9 Defense-Wide’’, $46,000,000 to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2017, for a project outside of the United States: 

11 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

12 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter13 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

14 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 EUROPEAN REASSURANCE INITIATIVE MILITARY

16 CONSTRUCTION

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

18 Army’’, ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, and ‘‘Military 

19 Construction, Defense-Wide’’, $175,000,000 to remain 

20 available until September 30, 2017, for military construc21 tion (including planning and design) for projects associated 

22 with the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, That 

23 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

24 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu25 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
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1 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 

2 That none of the funds provided under this heading may 

3 be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense sub4 mits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

5 of Congress: (1) a final spending plan for the European 

6 Reassurance Initiative military construction projects, and 

7 (2) the relevant Department of Defense Form 1391 for each 

8 project prior to the execution of that project. 

9 TITLE V 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

12 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

13 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

14 SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when 

16 it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which 

17 the funds are made available that the program, project, or 

18 activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 

19 to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, 

20 or unfunded mandates. 

21 SEC. 503. All departments and agencies funded under 

22 this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 

23 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

24 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 

25 of their business practices and public service activities. 
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1 SEC. 504. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti2 fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub3 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

4 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

5 of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 

6 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 

7 Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

8 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in10 strumentality of the United States Government except pur11 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

12 in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

13 SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used for a project or program named for an 

15 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com16 missioner of the United States House of Representatives. 

17 SEC. 507. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail18 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

19 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re20 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 

21 Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 

22 it shall serve the national interest. 

23 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

24 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

25 national security; or 
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1 (2) the report contains confidential or propri2 etary information. 

3 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

4 do so only after such report has been made available to the 

5 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

6 than 45 days. 

7 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net9 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

10 and exchanging of pornography. 

11 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

12 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

13 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi14 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

15 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch to 

17 pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency in 

18 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 

19 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

21 Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or services, 

22 including construction services, where the contractor has 

23 not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 

24 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the De-
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1 partment of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new light 

2 duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet 

3 inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo4 randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 

5 SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro6 priated or otherwise made available to the Department of 

7 Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or 

8 expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or 

9 possessions to house any individual detained at United 

10 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur11 poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 

12 the control of the Department of Defense. 

13 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

14 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

15 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

16 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

17 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

18 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

19 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

20 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

21 (2) is— 

22 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

23 control of the Department of Defense; or 

24 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

25 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 
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1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc2 tion and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria3 tions Act, 2015’’. 

4 DIVISION J—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 

5 FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 

6 PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 

7 2015 

8 TITLE I 

9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 

10 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

11 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

12 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

13 For necessary expenses of the Department of State and 

14 the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 

15 $6,460,639,000, of which up to $650,000,000 may remain 

16 available until September 30, 2016, and of which up to 

17 $2,128,115,000 may remain available until expended for 

18 Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds made 

19 available under this heading shall be allocated in accord20 ance with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows: 

21 (1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary ex22 penses for training, human resources management, 

23 and salaries, including employment without regard to 

24 civil service and classification laws of persons on a 

25 temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as author-
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1 ized by section 801 of the United States Information 

2 and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, 

3 $2,270,036,000, of which up to $331,885,000 is for 

4 Worldwide Security Protection. 

5 (2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex6 penses for the regional bureaus of the Department of 

7 State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 

8 $1,595,805,000. 

9 (3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 

10 necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 

11 Department of State, including representation to cer12 tain international organizations in which the United 

13 States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pur14 suant to the advice and consent of the Senate or spe15 cific Acts of Congress, general administration, and 

16 arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament ac17 tivities as authorized, $780,860,000. 

18 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex19 penses for security activities, $1,813,938,000, of which 

20 up to $1,796,230,000 is for Worldwide Security Pro21 tection. 

22 (5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In addi23 tion to amounts otherwise made available under this 

24 heading— 
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1 (A) not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived 

2 from fees collected from other executive agencies 

3 for lease or use of facilities located at the Inter4 national Center in accordance with section 4 of 

5 the International Center Act, and, in addition, 

6 as authorized by section 5 of such Act, $533,000, 

7 to be derived from the reserve authorized by that 

8 section, to be used for the purposes set out in 

9 that section; 

10 (B) as authorized by section 810 of the 

11 United States Information and Educational Ex12 change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain 

13 available until expended, may be credited to this 

14 appropriation from fees or other payments re15 ceived from English teaching, library, motion 

16 pictures, and publication programs and from 

17 fees from educational advising and counseling 

18 and exchange visitor programs; and 

19 (C) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be de20 rived from reimbursements, surcharges, and fees 

21 for use of Blair House facilities. 

22 (6) TRANSFER, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER

23 MATTERS.— 

24 (A) Notwithstanding any provision of this 

25 Act, funds may be reprogrammed within and be-
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1 tween paragraphs (1) through (4) under this 

2 heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 

3 (B) Of the amount made available under 

4 this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be 

5 transferred to, and merged with, funds made 

6 available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer7 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv8 ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu9 ations and rewards, as authorized. 

10 (C) Funds appropriated under this heading 

11 are available for acquisition by exchange or pur12 chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 

13 by law and, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1108(g), for 

14 the field examination of programs and activities 

15 in the United States funded from any account 

16 contained in this title. 

17 (D) Of the funds appropriated under this 

18 heading, up to $23,500,000, to remain available 

19 until expended, shall be for Conflict Stabilization 

20 Operations and for related reconstruction and 

21 stabilization assistance to prevent or respond to 

22 conflict or civil strife in foreign countries or re23 gions, or to enable transition from such strife: 

24 Provided, That such funds may be transferred to, 

25 and merged with, funds previously made avail-
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1 able under the heading ‘‘Conflict Stabilization 

2 Operations’’ in title I of prior acts making ap3 propriations for the Department of State, foreign 

4 operations, and related programs. 

5 (E) None of the funds appropriated under 

6 this heading may be used for the preservation of 

7 religious sites unless the Secretary of State deter8 mines and reports to the Committees on Appro9 priations that such sites are historically, artis10 tically, or culturally significant, that the purpose 

11 of the project is neither to advance nor to inhibit 

12 the free exercise of religion, and that the project 

13 is in the national interest of the United States. 

14 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

15 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

16 Fund, $56,400,000, to remain available until expended, as 

17 authorized. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen20 eral, $73,400,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the 

21 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it 

22 relates to post inspections: Provided, That of the funds ap23 propriated under this heading, $11,000,000 may remain 

24 available until September 30, 2016. 
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1 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

2 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange pro3 grams, as authorized, $589,900,000, to remain available 

4 until expended, of which not less than $236,485,000 shall 

5 be for the Fulbright Program: Provided, That fees or other 

6 payments received from, or in connection with, English 

7 teaching, educational advising and counseling programs, 

8 and exchange visitor programs as authorized may be cred9 ited to this account, to remain available until expended: 

10 Provided further, That a portion of the Fulbright awards 

11 from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall be des12 ignated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following con13 sultation with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

14 further, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

15 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Com16 mittees on Appropriations detailing modifications made to 

17 existing educational and cultural exchange programs since 

18 calendar year 2013, including for special academic and spe19 cial professional and cultural exchanges: Provided further, 

20 That any further substantive modifications to programs 

21 funded by this Act under this heading shall be subject to 

22 prior consultation with, and the regular notification proce23 dures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

24 REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

25 For representation expenses as authorized, $8,030,000. 
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1 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

2 For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Sec3 retary of State to provide for extraordinary protective serv4 ices, as authorized, $30,036,000, to remain available until 

5 September 30, 2016. 

6 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

7 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 

8 Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–303), pre9 serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for build10 ings that are owned or directly leased by the Department 

11 of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail12 able, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the 

13 Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 

14 $822,755,000, to remain available until expended as au15 thorized, of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for 

16 domestic and overseas representation expenses as author17 ized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this 

18 paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, 

19 furnishings, or generators for other departments and agen20 cies. 

21 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up22 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 

23 $1,240,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

25 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 
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1 on Appropriations the proposed allocation of funds made 

2 available under this heading and the actual and antici3 pated proceeds of sales for all projects in fiscal year 2015. 

4 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

5 SERVICE

6 For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State 

7 to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic 

8 and Consular Service, $7,900,000, to remain available until 

9 expended as authorized, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 

10 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro11 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans 

12 Program Account’’, subject to the same terms and condi13 tions. 

14 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized: 

16 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

17 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such 

19 funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 

20 principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,469,136. 

21 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela23 tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $30,000,000. 
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1 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

2 DISABILITY FUND

3 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 

4 Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 

5 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

6 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 

8 meet annual obligations of membership in international 

9 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 

10 pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven11 tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,399,151,000: Provided, 

12 That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of the submis13 sion of the President’s budget to Congress under section 

14 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, transmit to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial 

16 budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations 

17 of the United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary 

18 of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at 

19 least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency, as far in 

20 advance as is practicable) of any United Nations action 

21 to increase funding for any United Nations program with22 out identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the 

23 United Nations budget: Provided further, That not later 

24 than May 1, 2015, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 

25 2015, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees 
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1 on Appropriations any credits available to the United 

2 States, including from the United Nations Tax Equali3 zation Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2015 and fis4 cal year 2016 assessment costs including offsets from avail5 able credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates: 

6 Provided further, That any such credits shall only be avail7 able for United States assessed contributions to the United 

8 Nations and the Committees on Appropriations shall be no9 tified when such credits are applied to any assessed con10 tribution, including any payment of arrearages: Provided 

11 further, That any notification regarding funds appro12 priated or otherwise made available under this heading in 

13 this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De14 partment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 

15 submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, section 34 

16 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

17 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan submitted pursuant 

18 to section 7076 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all 

19 known credits currently available to the United States and 

20 provide updated assessment costs including offsets from 

21 available credits and updated foreign currency exchange 

22 rates: Provided further, That any payment of arrearages 

23 under this heading shall be directed to activities that are 

24 mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respec25 tive international organization and shall be subject to the 
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1 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro2 priations: Provided further, That none of the funds appro3 priated under this heading shall be available for a United 

4 States contribution to an international organization for the 

5 United States share of interest costs made known to the 

6 United States Government by such organization for loans 

7 incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through external bor8 rowings: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 

9 review the budgetary and personnel procedures of the 

10 United Nations and affiliated agencies funded under this 

11 heading and, not later than 180 days after enactment of 

12 this Act, submit a report to the Committees on Appropria13 tions on steps taken at each agency to eliminate unneces14 sary administrative costs and duplicative activities and en15 sure that personnel practices are transparent and merit16 based. 

17 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

18 ACTIVITIES

19 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex20 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 

21 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 

22 security, $2,118,891,000, of which 15 percent shall remain 

23 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That none 

24 of the funds made available by this Act shall be obligated 

25 or expended for any new or expanded United Nations peace-
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1 keeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of vot2 ing for such mission in the United Nations Security Coun3 cil (or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable), 

4 the Committees on Appropriations are notified: (1) of the 

5 estimated cost and duration of the mission, the objectives 

6 of the mission, the national interest that will be served, and 

7 the exit strategy; (2) that the United Nations has in place 

8 measures to prevent United Nations employees, contractor 

9 personnel, and peacekeeping troops serving in the mission 

10 from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of traf11 ficking, or committing acts of illegal sexual exploitation or 

12 other violations of human rights, and to bring to justice 

13 individuals who engage in such acts while participating in 

14 the peacekeeping mission, including prosecution in their 

15 home countries of such individuals in connection with such 

16 acts, and to make information about such cases publicly 

17 available in the country where an alleged crime occurs and 

18 on the United Nations’ Web site; and (3) the source of funds 

19 that will be used to pay the cost of the new or expanded 

20 mission, and the estimated cost in future fiscal years: Pro21 vided further, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping 

22 expenses unless the Secretary of State determines that 

23 American manufacturers and suppliers are not being given 

24 opportunities to provide equipment, services, and material 

25 for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those 
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1 being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Pro2 vided further, That the Secretary of State shall work with 

3 the United Nations and foreign governments contributing 

4 peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting proce5 dures to ensure that such troops have not violated human 

6 rights: Provided further, That none of the funds appro7 priated or otherwise made available under this heading 

8 may be used for any United Nations peacekeeping mission 

9 that will involve United States Armed Forces under the 

10 command or operational control of a foreign national, un11 less the President’s military advisors have submitted to the 

12 President a recommendation that such involvement is in 

13 the national interest of the United States and the President 

14 has submitted to the Congress such a recommendation: Pro15 vided further, That not later than May 1, 2015, and 30 

16 days after the end of fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of State 

17 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any cred18 its available to the United States, including those resulting 

19 from United Nations peacekeeping missions or the United 

20 Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide updated fis21 cal year 2015 and fiscal year 2016 assessment costs includ22 ing offsets from available credits: Provided further, That 

23 any such credits shall only be available for United States 

24 assessed contributions to the United Nations, and the Com25 mittees on Appropriations shall be notified when such cred-
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1 its are applied to any assessed contribution, including any 

2 payment of arrearages: Provided further, That any notifica3 tion regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made avail4 able under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making 

5 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper6 ations, and related programs submitted pursuant to section 

7 7015 of this Act, section 34 of the State Department Basic 

8 Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating 

9 plan submitted pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, shall 

10 include an estimate of all known credits currently available 

11 to the United States and provide updated assessment costs 

12 including offsets from available credits: Provided further, 

13 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap14 propriated or otherwise made available under this heading 

15 shall be available for United States assessed contributions 

16 up to the amount specified in Annex IV accompanying 

17 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 64/220: Pro18 vided further, That such funds may be made available above 

19 the amount authorized in section 404(b)(2)(B) of the For20 eign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 

21 1995 (22 U.S.C. 287e note) only if the Secretary of State 

22 determines and reports to the appropriate congressional 

23 committees that it is important to the national interest of 

24 the United States. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 

3 meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, 

4 or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 

5 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

6 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

7 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

8 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

9 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli10 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 

11 $6,000 for representation expenses; as follows: 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

14 $44,707,000. 

15 CONSTRUCTION

16 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au17 thorized projects, $29,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, as authorized. 

19 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 

21 International Joint Commission and the International 

22 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au23 thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada 

24 or Great Britain, and the Border Environment Cooperation 

25 Commission as authorized by Public Law 103–182, 
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1 $12,561,000: Provided, That of the amount provided under 

2 this heading for the International Joint Commission, up 

3 to $500,000 may remain available until September 30, 

4 2016, and $9,000 may be made available for representation 

5 expenses. 

6 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

7 For necessary expenses for international fisheries com8 missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 

9 $36,681,000: Provided, That the United States share of such 

10 expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions 

11 pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324. 

12 RELATED AGENCY 

13 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

14 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 

16 Board of Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out 

17 international communication activities, and to make and 

18 supervise grants for radio and television broadcasting to the 

19 Middle East, $726,567,000: Provided, That in addition to 

20 amounts otherwise available for such purposes, up to 

21 $44,025,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 

22 may remain available until expended for satellite trans23 missions and Internet freedom programs, of which not less 

24 than $17,500,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: 

25 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated 
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1 under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for 

2 representation expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for 

3 representation expenses within the United States as author4 ized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be used for representa5 tion expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Pro6 vided further, That the authority provided by section 504(c) 

7 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 

8 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note) shall re9 main in effect through September 30, 2015: Provided fur10 ther, That the BBG shall notify the Committees on Appro11 priations within 15 days of any determination by the 

12 Board that any of its broadcast entities, including its 

13 grantee organizations, provides an open platform for inter14 national terrorists or those who support international ter15 rorism, or is in violation of the principles and standards 

16 set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the 

17 United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 

18 U.S.C. 6202) or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics: Pro19 vided further, That significant modifications to BBG 

20 broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including 

21 changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium 

22 wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG lan23 guage services shall be subject to the regular notification 

24 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

25 further, That in addition to funds made available under 
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1 this heading, and notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and rev3 enue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts 

4 from cooperating international organizations, and up to 

5 $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice 

6 of America and the International Broadcasting Bureau, 

7 shall remain available until expended for carrying out au8 thorized purposes. 

9 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

10 For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preserva11 tion, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and 

12 digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and 

13 installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, 

14 and digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba, 

15 as authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition 

16 to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 

17 $4,800,000, to remain available until expended, as author18 ized. 

19 RELATED PROGRAMS 

20 THE ASIA FOUNDATION

21 For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 

22 by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $17,000,000, 

23 to remain available until expended, as authorized. 
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1 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

2 For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 

3 of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of 

4 Peace Act, $35,300,000, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2016, which shall not be used for construction 

6 activities. 

7 CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE

8 TRUST FUND

9 For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle East10 ern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 

11 633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 

12 the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

13 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the interest and 

14 earnings accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 

15 2015, to remain available until expended. 

16 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

17 For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel18 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 

19 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 

20 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 

21 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund 

22 on or before September 30, 2015, to remain available until 

23 expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

24 herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa25 tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
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1 ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

2 5376; or for purposes which are not in accordance with 

3 OMB Circulars A–110 (Uniform Administrative Require4 ments) and A–122 (Cost Principles for Non-profit Organi5 zations), including the restrictions on compensation for per6 sonal services. 

7 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 

9 Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela10 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 

11 U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the 

12 Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 

13 2015, to remain available until expended. 

14 EAST-WEST CENTER

15 To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car16 rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 

17 Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, 

18 by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter19 change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 

20 $16,700,000. 

21 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

22 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

23 National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 

24 National Endowment for Democracy Act, $135,000,000, to 

25 remain available until expended, of which $100,000,000 
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1 shall be allocated in the traditional and customary manner, 

2 including for the core institutes, and $35,000,000 shall be 

3 for democracy, human rights, and rule of law programs. 

4 OTHER COMMISSIONS 

5 COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S

6 HERITAGE ABROAD

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 

9 Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $644,000, as 

10 authorized by section 1303 of Public Law 99–83: Provided, 

11 That the Commission may procure temporary, intermittent, 

12 and other services notwithstanding paragraph (3) of section 

13 1303(g) of Public Law 99–83 (16 U.S.C. 469j): Provided 

14 further, That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 

15 2015: Provided further, That the Commission shall consult 

16 with the Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising 

17 such authority. 

18 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL

19 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the United States Commis22 sion on International Religious Freedom established in title 

23 II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 

24 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $3,500,000, to remain available until 
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1 September 30, 2016, including not more than $4,000 for 

2 representation expenses, subject to authorization. 

3 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security 

6 and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 

7 94–304, $2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 for 

8 representation expenses, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2016. 

10 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE

11 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 

14 Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as author15 ized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 

16 (22 U.S.C. 6911–6919), $2,000,000, including not more 

17 than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain avail18 able until September 30, 2016. 

19 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW

20 COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the United States-China 

23 Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 

24 by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 

25 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 
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1 $3,500,000, including not more than $4,000 for representa2 tion expenses, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2016: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limita4 tions, and conditions contained in the second through sixth 

5 provisos under this heading in division F of Public Law 

6 111–117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

7 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading 

8 as if included in this Act. 

9 TITLE II 

10 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

11 DEVELOPMENT 

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

13 OPERATING EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

15 section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

16 $1,090,836,000, of which up to $163,625,000 may remain 

17 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That none 

18 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

19 the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title may 

20 be made available to finance the construction (including ar21 chitect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term 

22 lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter23 national Development (USAID), unless the USAID Admin24 istrator has identified such proposed use of funds in a re25 port submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at 
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1 least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such pur2 poses: Provided further, That contracts or agreements en3 tered into with funds appropriated under this heading may 

4 entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds 

5 through the following fiscal year: Provided further, That the 

6 authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance 

7 Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to 

8 transfer funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part 

9 I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with 

10 the provisions of those sections: Provided further, That of 

11 the funds appropriated or made available under this head12 ing, not to exceed $250,000 may be available for representa13 tion and entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed 

14 $5,000 may be available for entertainment expenses, for 

15 USAID during the current fiscal year. 

16 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

17 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

18 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 

19 information technology and related capital investments, 

20 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

21 1961, $130,815,000, to remain available until expended: 

22 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other23 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

24 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
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1 for obligation only pursuant to the regular notification pro2 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

5 section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

6 $54,285,000, of which up to $8,143,000 may remain avail7 able until September 30, 2016, for the Office of Inspector 

8 General of the United States Agency for International De9 velopment. 

10 TITLE III 

11 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

13 For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry 

14 out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

15 and for other purposes, as follows: 

16 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

18 chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

19 of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds 

20 otherwise available for such purposes, $2,783,950,000, to re21 main available until September 30, 2016, and which shall 

22 be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 

23 International Development (USAID): Provided, That this 

24 amount shall be made available for training, equipment, 

25 and technical assistance to build the capacity of public 
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1 health institutions and organizations in developing coun2 tries, and for such activities as: (1) child survival and ma3 ternal health programs; (2) immunization and oral re4 hydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, water and 

5 sanitation programs which directly address the needs of 

6 mothers and children, and related education programs; (4) 

7 assistance for children displaced or orphaned by causes 

8 other than AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treat9 ment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, 

10 polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases including ne11 glected tropical diseases, and for assistance to communities 

12 severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including children infected 

13 or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness training for 

14 health crises; and (7) family planning/reproductive health: 

15 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this para16 graph may be made available for a United States contribu17 tion to the GAVI Alliance: Provided further, That none of 

18 the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated 

19 balances from prior appropriations Acts may be made 

20 available to any organization or program which, as deter21 mined by the President of the United States, supports or 

22 participates in the management of a program of coercive 

23 abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, 

24 That any determination made under the previous proviso 

25 must be made not later than 6 months after the date of 
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1 enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by the evi2 dence and criteria utilized to make the determination: Pro3 vided further, That none of the funds made available under 

4 this Act may be used to pay for the performance of abortion 

5 as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce 

6 any person to practice abortions: Provided further, That 

7 nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any 

8 existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under sec9 tion 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided 

10 further, That none of the funds made available under this 

11 Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided 

12 further, That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in de13 veloping nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary 

14 family planning projects which offer, either directly or 

15 through referral to, or information about access to, a broad 

16 range of family planning methods and services, and that 

17 any such voluntary family planning project shall meet the 

18 following requirements: (1) service providers or referral 

19 agents in the project shall not implement or be subject to 

20 quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of births, 

21 number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a par22 ticular method of family planning (this provision shall not 

23 be construed to include the use of quantitative estimates or 

24 indicators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the 

25 project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, gra-
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1 tuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in ex2 change for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) 

3 program personnel for achieving a numerical target or 

4 quota of total number of births, number of family planning 

5 acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 

6 planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, 

7 including the right of access to participate in any program 

8 of general welfare or the right of access to health care, as 

9 a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept 

10 family planning services; (4) the project shall provide fam11 ily planning acceptors comprehensible information on the 

12 health benefits and risks of the method chosen, including 

13 those conditions that might render the use of the method 

14 inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be con15 sequent to the use of the method; and (5) the project shall 

16 ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and devices 

17 and medical procedures are provided only in the context 

18 of a scientific study in which participants are advised of 

19 potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after 

20 the date on which the USAID Administrator determines 

21 that there has been a violation of the requirements con22 tained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, 

23 or a pattern or practice of violations of the requirements 

24 contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Adminis25 trator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 a report containing a description of such violation and the 

2 corrective action taken by the Agency: Provided further, 

3 That in awarding grants for natural family planning 

4 under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no 

5 applicant shall be discriminated against because of such ap6 plicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer 

7 only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such 

8 applicants shall comply with the requirements of the pre9 vious proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of this 

10 or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for 

11 the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

12 programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family plan13 ning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provi14 sion, consistent with local law, of information or counseling 

15 about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That infor16 mation provided about the use of condoms as part of 

17 projects or activities that are funded from amounts appro18 priated by this Act shall be medically accurate and shall 

19 include the public health benefits and failure rates of such 

20 use. 

21 In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 

22 provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the pre23 vention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/ 

24 AIDS, $5,670,000,000, to remain available until September 

25 30, 2019, which shall be apportioned directly to the Depart-
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1 ment of State: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

2 this paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding 

3 any other provision of law, except for the United States 

4 Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 

5 Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), as amended, for a United 

6 States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tu7 berculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), and shall be ex8 pended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely pay9 ment for projects and activities: Provided further, That the 

10 amount of such contribution should be $1,350,000,000: Pro11 vided further, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount 

12 of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 

13 2015 may be made available to USAID for technical assist14 ance related to the activities of the Global Fund: Provided 

15 further, That of the funds appropriated under this para16 graph, up to $17,000,000 may be made available, in addi17 tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for 

18 administrative expenses of the Office of the United States 

19 Global AIDS Coordinator. 

20 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

22 sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, 

23 and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

24 1961, $2,507,001,000, to remain available until September 

25 30, 2016: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
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1 this heading, not less than $23,000,000 shall be made avail2 able for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad pro3 gram, and not less than $10,500,000 shall be made available 

4 for cooperative development programs of the United States 

5 Agency for International Development. 

6 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

8 section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter9 national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction 

10 assistance, $560,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended. 

12 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

13 For necessary expenses for international disaster reha14 bilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by the 

15 Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for 

16 International Development (USAID), pursuant to section 

17 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $47,000,000, to 

18 remain available until expended, to support transition to 

19 democracy and long-term development for countries in cri20 sis: Provided, That such support may include assistance to 

21 develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and 

22 processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the 

23 peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the 

24 USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the Commit25 tees on Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning 
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1 a new program of assistance: Provided further, That if the 

2 Secretary of State determines that it is important to the 

3 national interest of the United States to provide transition 

4 assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 

5 heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by 

6 this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 

7 Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this 

8 heading and under the authorities applicable to funds ap9 propriated under this heading: Provided further, That 

10 funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso shall 

11 be made available subject to prior consultation with the 

12 Committees on Appropriations. 

13 COMPLEX CRISES FUND

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

16 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support programs and 

17 activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen 

18 foreign challenges and complex crises overseas, $20,000,000, 

19 to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

20 appropriated under this heading may be made available on 

21 such terms and conditions as are appropriate and necessary 

22 for the purposes of preventing or responding to such chal23 lenges and crises, except that no funds shall be made avail24 able for lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters: 

25 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head-
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1 ing may be made available notwithstanding any other pro2 vision of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this 

3 Act and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 

4 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head5 ing may be used for administrative expenses, in addition 

6 to funds otherwise made available for such purposes, except 

7 that such expenses may not exceed 5 percent of the funds 

8 appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 

9 funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to 

10 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

11 Appropriations, except that such notifications shall be 

12 transmitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds. 

13 DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

14 For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro15 vided by the United States Agency for International Devel16 opment (USAID), as authorized by sections 256 and 635 

17 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $40,000,000 

18 may be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this 

19 Act to carry out part I of such Act: Provided, That funds 

20 provided under this paragraph and funds provided as a gift 

21 that are used for purposes of this paragraph pursuant to 

22 section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 

23 be made available only for micro- and small enterprise pro24 grams, urban programs, and other programs which further 

25 the purposes of part I of such Act: Provided further, That 
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1 such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and 

2 guaranteed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

3 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 

4 further, That funds made available by this paragraph may 

5 be used for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans 

6 under this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 

7 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro8 grams, and funds used for such costs shall be subject to the 

9 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro10 priations: Provided further, That the provisions of section 

11 107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable to the 

12 Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance 

13 Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as 

14 reported by the House Committee on International Rela15 tions on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans 

16 and loan guarantees provided under this heading, except 

17 that the principal amount of loans made or guaranteed 

18 under this heading with respect to any single country shall 

19 not exceed $300,000,000: Provided further, That these funds 

20 are available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion 

21 of which is to be guaranteed, of up to $1,500,000,000. 

22 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

23 credit programs administered by USAID, $8,120,000, 

24 which may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made 

25 available under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title 
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1 II of this Act: Provided, That funds made available under 

2 this heading shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2017. 

4 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

6 chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

7 $2,632,529,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2016. 

9 DEMOCRACY FUND

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

11 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of de12 mocracy globally, $130,500,000, to remain available until 

13 September 30, 2016, of which $75,500,000 shall be made 

14 available for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of 

15 the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, De16 partment of State, and $55,000,000 shall be made available 

17 for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

18 Assistance, United States Agency for International Develop19 ment. 

20 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

21 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

22 For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to 

23 enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions 

24 of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assist25 ance Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee and 
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1 migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel and de2 pendents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; 

3 allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of 

4 title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger 

5 motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 

6 of title 5, United States Code, $931,886,000, to remain 

7 available until expended, of which not less than $35,000,000 

8 shall be made available to respond to small-scale emergency 

9 humanitarian requirements, and $10,000,000 shall be made 

10 available for refugees resettling in Israel. 

11 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

12 ASSISTANCE FUND

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

14 section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act 

15 of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $50,000,000, to 

16 remain available until expended. 

17 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

18 PEACE CORPS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

21 the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501–2523), including the 

22 purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 

23 administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

24 States, $379,500,000, of which $5,150,000 is for the Office 

25 of Inspector General, to remain available until September 
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1 30, 2016: Provided, That the Director of the Peace Corps 

2 may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Ac3 count, as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 2515, an amount not 

4 to exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That funds trans5 ferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be derived 

6 from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas op7 erations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

8 under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be available 

9 for representation expenses, of which not to exceed $4,000 

10 may be made available for entertainment expenses: Pro11 vided further, That any decision to open, close, significantly 

12 reduce, or suspend a domestic or overseas office or country 

13 program shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 

14 regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap15 propriations, except that prior consultation and regular no16 tification procedures may be waived when there is a sub17 stantial security risk to volunteers or other Peace Corps per18 sonnel, pursuant to section 7015(e) of this Act: Provided 

19 further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 

20 heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided further, 

21 That notwithstanding the previous proviso, section 614 of 

22 division E of Public Law 113–76 shall apply to funds ap23 propriated under this heading. 
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1 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

3 the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (MCA), 

4 $899,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

6 up to $105,000,000 may be available for administrative ex7 penses of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (the Cor8 poration): Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the 

9 funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail10 able to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the MCA 

11 for fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That section 605(e) 

12 of the MCA shall apply to funds appropriated under this 

13 heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

14 this heading may be made available for a Millennium Chal15 lenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the 

16 MCA only if such Compact obligates, or contains a commit17 ment to obligate subject to the availability of funds and the 

18 mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact to proceed, 

19 the entire amount of the United States Government funding 

20 anticipated for the duration of the Compact: Provided fur21 ther, That the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation 

22 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations not later 

23 than 15 days prior to commencing negotiations for any 

24 country compact or threshold country program; signing any 

25 such compact or threshold program; or terminating or sus-
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1 pending any such compact or threshold program: Provided 

2 further, That funds appropriated under this heading by this 

3 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart4 ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 

5 that are available to implement section 609(g) of the MCA 

6 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

7 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no 

8 country should be eligible for a threshold program after such 

9 country has completed a country compact: Provided further, 

10 That any funds that are deobligated from a Millennium 

11 Challenge Compact shall be subject to the regular notifica12 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations prior 

13 to re-obligation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

14 section 606(a)(2) of the MCA, a country shall be a can15 didate country for purposes of eligibility for assistance for 

16 the fiscal year if the country has a per capita income equal 

17 to or below the World Bank’s lower middle income country 

18 threshold for the fiscal year and is among the 75 lowest 

19 per capita income countries as identified by the World 

20 Bank; and the country meets the requirements of section 

21 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided further, That notwith22 standing section 606(b)(1) of the MCA, in addition to coun23 tries described in the preceding proviso, a country shall be 

24 a candidate country for purposes of eligibility for assistance 

25 for the fiscal year if the country has a per capita income 
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1 equal to or below the World Bank’s lower middle income 

2 country threshold for the fiscal year and is not among the 

3 75 lowest per capita income countries as identified by the 

4 World Bank; and the country meets the requirements of sec5 tion 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided further, That any 

6 Millennium Challenge Corporation candidate country 

7 under section 606 of the MCA with a per capita income 

8 that changes in the fiscal year such that the country would 

9 be reclassified from a low income country to a lower middle 

10 income country or from a lower middle income country to 

11 a low income country shall retain its candidacy status in 

12 its former income classification for the fiscal year and the 

13 2 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That publica14 tion in the Federal Register of a notice of availability of 

15 a copy of a Compact on the Millennium Challenge Corpora16 tion Web site shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements 

17 of section 610(b)(2) of the MCA for such Compact: Provided 

18 further, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

19 or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

20 of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be 

21 available for a threshold program in a country that is not 

22 currently a candidate country: Provided further, That of 

23 the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

24 $100,000 may be available for representation and enter-
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1 tainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be 

2 available for entertainment expenses. 

3 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

5 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the pro6 visions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, 

7 $22,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: 

8 Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head9 ing, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representa10 tion expenses. 

11 UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

12 For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the Inter13 national Security and Development Cooperation Act of 

14 1980 (Public Law 96–533), $30,000,000, to remain avail15 able until September 30, 2016, of which not to exceed $2,000 

16 may be available for representation expenses: Provided, 

17 That funds made available to grantees may be invested 

18 pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized 

19 by the Board of Directors of the United States African De20 velopment Foundation (USADF): Provided further, That 

21 interest earned shall be used only for the purposes for which 

22 the grant was made: Provided further, That notwith23 standing section 505(a)(2) of the African Development 

24 Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the Board of 

25 Directors of the USADF may waive the $250,000 limitation 
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1 contained in that section with respect to a project and a 

2 project may exceed the limitation by up to 10 percent if 

3 the increase is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: 

4 Provided further, That the USADF shall submit a report 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations after each time such 

6 waiver authority is exercised: Provided further, That the 

7 USADF may make rent or lease payments in advance from 

8 appropriations available for such purpose for offices, build9 ings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be necessary 

10 to carry out its functions. 

11 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

12 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

14 section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

15 $23,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 

16 which shall be available notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law. 

18 TITLE IV 

19 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

20 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

21 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

22 ENFORCEMENT

23 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $853,055,000, to remain 

25 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That the pro-
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1 vision of assistance by any other United States Government 

2 department or agency which is comparable to assistance 

3 made available under this heading but which is provided 

4 under any other provision of law, shall be administered in 

5 accordance with the provisions of sections 481(b) and 622(c) 

6 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 

7 That funds appropriated under this heading for counter8 narcotics programs should be used to support social, eco9 nomic, and judicial reform programs that address the 

10 causes of illicit drug production, trafficking, addiction, and 

11 related violent crime and corruption: Provided further, 

12 That the reporting requirements contained in section 1404 

13 of Public Law 110–252 shall apply to funds made available 

14 by this Act, including a description of modifications, if any, 

15 to the Palestinian Authority’s security strategy: Provided 

16 further, That the Department of State may use the author17 ity of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

18 without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property 

19 from an agency of the United States Government for the 

20 purpose of providing such property to a foreign country or 

21 international organization under chapter 8 of part I of that 

22 Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

23 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

24 funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail25 able to support training and technical assistance for foreign 
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1 law enforcement, corrections, and other judicial authorities, 

2 utilizing regional partners: Provided further, That section 

3 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply 

4 to funds appropriated under this heading, except that any 

5 funds made available notwithstanding such section shall be 

6 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit7 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not later 

8 than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

9 State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro10 priations on the feasibility and cost of establishing an avia11 tion platform in Africa to conduct the activities described 

12 in House Report 113–499. 

13 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

14 RELATED PROGRAMS

15 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter16 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

17 $586,260,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2016, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 

19 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism as20 sistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

21 of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 

22 23 of the Arms Export Control Act or the Foreign Assist23 ance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of 

24 unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and 

25 related activities, notwithstanding any other provision of 
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1 law, including activities implemented through nongovern2 mental and international organizations, and section 301 of 

3 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary contribu4 tion to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 

5 and for a United States contribution to the Comprehensive 

6 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission: Pro7 vided, That for the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the 

8 Secretary of State should prioritize those areas where such 

9 ordnance was caused by the United States: Provided fur10 ther, That funds made available under this heading for the 

11 Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be available 

12 notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to 

13 prior consultation with, and the regular notification proce14 dures of, the Committees on Appropriations, to promote bi15 lateral and multilateral activities relating to nonprolifera16 tion, disarmament and weapons destruction, and shall re17 main available until expended: Provided further, That such 

18 funds may also be used for such countries other than the 

19 Independent States of the former Soviet Union and inter20 national organizations when it is in the national security 

21 interest of the United States to do so: Provided further, That 

22 funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail23 able for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State determines 

24 that Israel is being denied its right to participate in the 

25 activities of that Agency: Provided further, That funds 
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1 made available for conventional weapons destruction pro2 grams, including demining and related activities, in addi3 tion to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may 

4 be used for administrative expenses related to the operation 

5 and management of such programs and activities. 

6 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

8 section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

9 $144,993,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

10 this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of 

11 such Act, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of 

12 foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to 

13 participate in peacekeeping operations: Provided further, 

14 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 

15 than $28,000,000 shall be made available for a United 

16 States contribution to the Multinational Force and Observ17 ers mission in the Sinai: Provided further, That funds ap18 propriated under this Act should not be used to support 

19 any military training or operations that include child sol20 diers: Provided further, That none of the funds appro21 priated under this heading shall be obligated except as pro22 vided through the regular notification procedures of the 

23 Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

2 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

4 section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

5 $106,074,000, of which up to $4,000,000 may remain avail6 able until September 30, 2016, and may only be provided 

7 through the regular notification procedures of the Commit8 tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the civilian per9 sonnel for whom military education and training may be 

10 provided under this heading may include civilians who are 

11 not members of a government whose participation would 

12 contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian 

13 control of the military, or respect for human rights: Pro14 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

15 heading, not to exceed $55,000 may be available for enter16 tainment expenses. 

17 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses for grants to enable the Presi19 dent to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms 

20 Export Control Act, $5,014,109,000: Provided, That to ex21 pedite the provision of assistance to foreign countries and 

22 international organizations, the Secretary of State, fol23 lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropriations 

24 and subject to the regular notification procedures of such 

25 Committees, may use the funds appropriated under this 
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1 heading to procure defense articles and services to enhance 

2 the capacity of foreign security forces: Provided further, 

3 That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 

4 than $3,100,000,000 shall be available for grants only for 

5 Israel, and funds are available for assistance for Jordan 

6 and Egypt subject to section 7041 of this Act: Provided fur7 ther, That the funds appropriated under this heading for 

8 assistance for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of 

9 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That to the extent 

10 that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used 

11 for such purposes, grants made available for Israel under 

12 this heading shall, as agreed by the United States and 

13 Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which 

14 not less than $815,300,000 shall be available for the pro15 curement in Israel of defense articles and defense services, 

16 including research and development: Provided further, That 

17 none of the funds made available under this heading shall 

18 be made available to support or continue any program ini19 tially funded under the authority of section 1206 of the Na20 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Pub21 lic Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456) (or any successor author22 ity) unless the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 

23 Secretary of Defense, has justified such program to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

25 appropriated or otherwise made available under this head-
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1 ing shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement 

2 in section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided fur3 ther, That funds made available under this heading shall 

4 be obligated upon apportionment in accordance with para5 graph (5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, section 

6 1501(a). 

7 None of the funds made available under this heading 

8 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense arti9 cles, defense services, or design and construction services 

10 that are not sold by the United States Government under 

11 the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country pro12 posing to make such procurement has first signed an agree13 ment with the United States Government specifying the 

14 conditions under which such procurement may be financed 

15 with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding 

16 level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the 

17 regular notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act: 

18 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

19 heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 

20 of law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, 

21 and related activities, and may include activities imple22 mented through nongovernmental and international organi23 zations: Provided further, That only those countries for 

24 which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military 

25 Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congres-
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1 sional presentation for security assistance programs may 

2 utilize funds made available under this heading for procure3 ment of defense articles, defense services or design and con4 struction services that are not sold by the United States 

5 Government under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided 

6 further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 

7 be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 

8 payment for defense articles and services: Provided further, 

9 That not more than $63,945,000 of the funds appropriated 

10 under this heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, 

11 including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for re12 placement only for use outside of the United States, for the 

13 general costs of administering military assistance and sales, 

14 except that this limitation may be exceeded only through 

15 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

16 Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds made 

17 available under this heading for general costs of admin18 istering military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 

19 may be available for entertainment expenses and not to ex20 ceed $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 

21 Provided further, That not more than $904,000,000 of funds 

22 realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export 

23 Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the 

24 Department of Defense during fiscal year 2015 pursuant 

25 to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that 
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1 this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 

2 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria3 tions. 

4 TITLE V 

5 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

6 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

7 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

9 section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of 

10 section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Par11 ticipation Act of 1973, $344,170,000, of which up to 

12 $10,000,000 may be made available for the Intergovern13 mental Panel on Climate Change/United Nations Frame14 work Convention on Climate Change: Provided, That sec15 tion 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 

16 apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy 

17 Fund. 

18 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

19 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

20 For payment to the International Bank for Recon21 struction and Development as trustee for the Global Envi22 ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

23 $136,563,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2 ASSOCIATION

3 For payment to the International Development Asso4 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,287,800,000, 

5 to remain available until expended. 

6 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR

7 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

8 For payment to the International Bank for Recon9 struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury 

10 for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the 

11 increases in capital stock, $186,957,000, to remain avail12 able until expended. 

13 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

14 The United States Governor of the International Bank 

15 for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without 

16 fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the 

17 United States share of increases in capital stock in an 

18 amount not to exceed $2,928,990,899. 

19 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND

20 For payment to the International Bank for Recon21 struction and Development as trustee for the Clean Tech22 nology Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

23 $184,630,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRATEGIC CLIMATE FUND

2 For payment to the International Bank for Recon3 struction and Development as trustee for the Strategic Cli4 mate Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $49,900,000, 

5 to remain available until expended. 

6 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT

7 BANK

8 For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank 

9 by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 

10 of the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 

11 $102,020,448, to remain available until expended. 

12 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

13 The United States Governor of the Inter-American De14 velopment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limita15 tion to the callable capital portion of the United States 

16 share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

17 $4,098,794,833. 

18 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS

19 MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND

20 For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multi21 lateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

22 $3,378,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

23 That such payment shall be subject to prior consultation 

24 with the Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

2 For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the 

3 Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of 

4 the paid-in portion of increase in capital stock, 

5 $106,586,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

7 The United States Governor of the Asian Development 

8 Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the 

9 callable capital portion of the United States share of such 

10 capital stock in an amount not to exceed $2,558,048,769. 

11 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

12 For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 

13 Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

14 $104,977,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

16 For payment to the African Development Bank by the 

17 Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of 

18 the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 

19 $32,418,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

21 The United States Governor of the African Develop22 ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to 

23 the callable capital portion of the United States share of 

24 such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $507,860,808. 
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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

2 For payment to the African Development Fund by the 

3 Secretary of the Treasury, $175,668,000, to remain avail4 able until expended. 

5 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

6 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

7 For payment to the International Fund for Agricul8 tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

9 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 TITLE VI 

11 EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

12 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

13 INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen15 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

16 Act of 1978, as amended, $5,750,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2016. 

18 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 The Export-Import Bank (the Bank) of the United 

20 States is authorized to make such expenditures within the 

21 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such 

22 corporation, and in accordance with law, and to make such 

23 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

24 limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 

25 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 
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1 out the program for the current fiscal year for such corpora2 tion: Provided, That none of the funds available during the 

3 current fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con4 tracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, 

5 fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear6 weapon state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the 

7 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive 

8 economic or military assistance under this Act, that has 

9 detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enactment 

10 of this Act: Provided further, That not less than 20 percent 

11 of the aggregate loan, guarantee, and insurance authority 

12 available to the Bank under this Act should be used to fi13 nance exports directly by small business concerns (as de14 fined under section 3 of the Small Business Act): Provided 

15 further, That not less than 10 percent of the aggregate loan, 

16 guarantee, and insurance authority available to the Bank 

17 under this Act should be used for renewable energy tech18 nologies or energy efficiency technologies: Provided further, 

19 That notwithstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103–428, 

20 as amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103–428 

21 shall remain in effect through October 1, 2015. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

23 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

24 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

25 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
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1 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official 

2 reception and representation expenses for members of the 

3 Board of Directors, not to exceed $106,250,000: Provided, 

4 That the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and 

5 use, payment or services provided by transaction partici6 pants for legal, financial, or technical services in connection 

7 with any transaction for which an application for a loan, 

8 guarantee or insurance commitment has been made: Pro9 vided further, That notwithstanding subsection (b) of sec10 tion 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 

11 (a) thereof shall remain in effect until September 30, 2015: 

12 Provided further, That the Bank shall charge fees for nec13 essary expenses (including special services performed on a 

14 contract or fee basis, but not including other personal serv15 ices) in connection with the collection of moneys owed the 

16 Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other as17 sets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed 

18 the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, 

19 or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical aspects 

20 of any transaction for which an application for a loan, 

21 guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, or sys22 tems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: Pro23 vided further, That in addition to other funds appropriated 

24 for administrative expenses, such fees shall be credited to 
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1 this account for such purposes, to remain available until 

2 expended. 

3 RECEIPTS COLLECTED

4 Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 

5 Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit Reform 

6 Act of 1990, as amended, in an amount not to exceed the 

7 amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as offsetting 

8 collections to this account: Provided, That the sums herein 

9 appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on 

10 a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting collections so as 

11 to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the Gen12 eral Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That amounts 

13 collected in fiscal year 2015 in excess of obligations, up to 

14 $10,000,000, shall become available on September 1, 2015, 

15 and shall remain available until September 30, 2018. 

16 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

17 NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

18 The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au19 thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 

20 as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and com21 mitments within the limits of funds available to it and in 

22 accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, That 

23 the amount available for administrative expenses to carry 

24 out the credit and insurance programs (including an 

25 amount for official reception and representation expenses 
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1 which shall not exceed $35,000) shall not exceed 

2 $62,787,000: Provided further, That project-specific trans3 action costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred 

4 in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with 

5 services provided to specific investors or potential investors 

6 pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

7 1961, shall not be considered administrative expenses for 

8 the purposes of this heading. 

9 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 

11 $25,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 

12 Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from the 

13 Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac14 count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi15 fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

16 Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

17 such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and 

18 loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal 

19 years 2015, 2016, and 2017: Provided further, That funds 

20 so obligated in fiscal year 2015 remain available for dis21 bursement through 2023; funds obligated in fiscal year 2016 

22 remain available for disbursement through 2024; and funds 

23 obligated in fiscal year 2017 remain available for disburse24 ment through 2025: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

25 any other provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment 
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1 Corporation is authorized to undertake any program au2 thorized by title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign 

3 Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided further, That 

4 funds made available pursuant to the authority of the pre5 vious proviso shall be subject to the regular notification pro6 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

7 In addition, such sums as may be necessary for admin8 istrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be 

9 derived from amounts available for administrative expenses 

10 to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over11 seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account 

12 and merged with said account. 

13 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

15 section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

16 $60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: 

17 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 

18 heading, up to $2,500,000 may be made available to provide 

19 comprehensive procurement advice to foreign governments 

20 to support local procurements funded by the United States 

21 Agency for International Development, the Millennium 

22 Challenge Corporation, and the Department of State: Pro23 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

24 heading, not more than $4,000 may be available for rep25 resentation and entertainment expenses. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

4 SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 

5 Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for al6 lowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 

7 of title 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 

8 5 U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transportation 

9 pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 

10 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

11 SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United 

12 States Government to which funds are appropriated or oth13 erwise made available by this Act shall provide to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumu15 lative unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended, 

16 balances by program, project, and activity, and Treasury 

17 Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by such depart18 ment or agency in fiscal year 2015 or any previous fiscal 

19 year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, That the report 

20 required by this section should specify by account the 

21 amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilateral agreements 

22 which have not been further sub-obligated. 

23 CONSULTING SERVICES

24 SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 

25 under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 
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1 procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be 

2 limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a 

3 matter of public record and available for public inspection, 

4 except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 

5 under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to existing 

6 law. 

7 DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES

8 SEC. 7004. (a) Of funds provided under title I of this 

9 Act, except as provided in subsection (b), a project to con10 struct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not 

11 include office space or other accommodations for an em12 ployee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary 

13 of State determines that such department or agency has not 

14 provided to the Department of State the full amount of 

15 funding required by subsection (e) of section 604 of the Se16 cure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 

17 1999 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public 

18 Law 106–113 and contained in appendix G of that Act; 

19 113 Stat. 1501A–453), as amended by section 629 of the 

20 Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judici21 ary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005. 

22 (b) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a), 

23 a project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United 

24 States may include office space or other accommodations 

25 for members of the United States Marine Corps. 
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1 (c) For the purposes of calculating the fiscal year 2015 

2 costs of providing new United States diplomatic facilities 

3 in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy 

4 Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 

5 4865 note), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

6 Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall de7 termine the annual program level and agency shares in a 

8 manner that is proportional to the Department of State’s 

9 contribution for this purpose. 

10 (d) Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 

11 making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

12 operations, and related programs, which may be made 

13 available for the acquisition of property or award of con14 struction contracts for overseas diplomatic facilities during 

15 fiscal year 2015, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 

16 and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

17 on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant 

18 to this subsection shall include the information enumerated 

19 under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 

20 Maintenance’’ in House Report 113–499. 

21 (e)(1) None of the funds appropriated under the head22 ing ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ 

23 in this Act and in prior Acts making appropriations for 

24 the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

25 programs, made available through Federal agency Capital 
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1 Security Cost Sharing contributions and reimbursements, 

2 or generated from the proceeds of real property sales, other 

3 than from real property sales located in London, United 

4 Kingdom, may be made available for site acquisition and 

5 mitigation, planning, design, or construction of the New 

6 London Embassy: Provided, That the reporting requirement 

7 contained in section 7004(f)(2) of division I of Public Law 

8 112–74 shall remain in effect during fiscal year 2015. 

9 (2) Funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

10 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

11 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro12 grams under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 

13 and Maintenance’’ may be obligated for the relocation of 

14 the United States Embassy to the Holy See only if the Sec15 retary of State reports in writing to the Committees on Ap16 propriations that such relocation continues to be consistent 

17 with the conditions of section 7004(e)(2) of division K of 

18 Public Law 113–76. 

19 (f)(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the head20 ing ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ 

21 may be made available to address security vulnerabilities 

22 at expeditionary, interim, and temporary facilities abroad, 

23 including physical security upgrades and local guard staff24 ing, except that the amount of funds made available for such 

25 purposes from this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
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1 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

2 related programs shall be a minimum of $25,000,000: Pro3 vided, That the uses of such funds should be the responsi4 bility of the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau 

5 of Diplomatic Security and Foreign Missions, in consulta6 tion with the Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings 

7 Operations: Provided further, That such funds shall be sub8 ject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appro9 priations. 

10 (2) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 

11 the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con12 gressional committees a list of all expeditionary, interim, 

13 and temporary diplomatic facilities and the number of per14 sonnel and security costs for each such facility: Provided, 

15 That the report required by this paragraph may be sub16 mitted in classified form if necessary. 

17 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

18 opening, closure, or any significant modification to an ex19 peditionary, interim, or temporary diplomatic facility shall 

20 be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate con21 gressional committees and the regular notification proce22 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that such 

23 consultation and notification may be waived if there is a 

24 security risk to personnel. 
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1 (g) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplo2 matic and Consular Programs’’, including for Worldwide 

3 Security Protection, and under the heading ‘‘Embassy Se4 curity, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in titles I and VIII 

5 of this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

6 appropriated by such titles under such headings if the Sec7 retary of State determines and reports to the Committees 

8 on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to implement 

9 the recommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Re10 view Board, or to prevent or respond to security situations 

11 and requirements, following consultation with, and subject 

12 to the regular notification procedures of, such Committees: 

13 Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition to 

14 any transfer authority otherwise available under any other 

15 provision of law. 

16 PERSONNEL ACTIONS

17 SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 

18 agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per19 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in20 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg21 etary resources available under title I to such department 

22 or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 

23 between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

24 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

25 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
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1 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a re2 programming of funds under section 7015 of this Act and 

3 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

5 LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS

6 SEC. 7006. In evaluating proposals for local guard 

7 contracts, the Secretary of State shall award contracts in 

8 accordance with section 136 of the Foreign Relations Au9 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 

10 4864), except that the Secretary may grant authorization 

11 to award such contracts on the basis of best value as deter12 mined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis (as described in 

13 Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15.101), notwith14 standing subsection (c)(3) of such section, for high risk, high 

15 threat posts: Provided, That the authority in this section 

16 shall apply to any options for renewal that may be exercised 

17 under such contracts that are awarded during the current 

18 fiscal year. 

19 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

20 COUNTRIES

21 SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

23 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

24 any assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba, 

25 North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for purposes 
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1 of this section, the prohibition on obligations or expendi2 tures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance and 

3 guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 

4 COUPS D’E ́TAT

5 SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

7 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

8 any assistance to the government of any country whose duly 

9 elected head of government is deposed by military coup 

10 d’e ́tat or decree or, after the date of enactment of this Act, 

11 a coup d’e ́tat or decree in which the military plays a deci12 sive role: Provided, That assistance may be resumed to such 

13 government if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 

14 to the appropriate congressional committees that subsequent 

15 to the termination of assistance a democratically elected 

16 government has taken office: Provided further, That the pro17 visions of this section shall not apply to assistance to pro18 mote democratic elections or public participation in demo19 cratic processes: Provided further, That funds made avail20 able pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to 

21 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

22 Appropriations. 

23 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

24 SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD25 CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 
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1 (1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

2 made available for the current fiscal year for the De3 partment of State under title I of this Act may be 

4 transferred between, and merged with, such appro5 priations, but no such appropriation, except as other6 wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 

7 than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no such 

8 transfer may be made to increase the appropriation 

9 under the heading ‘‘Representation Expenses’’. 

10 (2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

11 made available for the current fiscal year for the 

12 Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I of this 

13 Act may be transferred between, and merged with, 

14 such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex15 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in16 creased by more than 10 percent by any such trans17 fers. 

18 (3) Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 

19 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 

20 7015(a) and (b) of this Act and shall not be available 

21 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

22 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

23 (b) EXPORT FINANCING TRANSFER AUTHORITIES.— 

24 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation other than 

25 for administrative expenses made available for fiscal year 
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1 2015, for programs under title VI of this Act may be trans2 ferred between such appropriations for use for any of the 

3 purposes, programs, and activities for which the funds in 

4 such receiving account may be used, but no such appropria5 tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in6 creased by more than 25 percent by any such transfer: Pro7 vided, That the exercise of such authority shall be subject 

8 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

9 Appropriations. 

10 (c) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS BETWEEN AGEN11 CIES.— 

12 (1) None of the funds made available under titles 

13 II through V of this Act may be transferred to any 

14 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

15 States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 

16 made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 

17 or any other appropriations Act. 

18 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition 

19 to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this 

20 Act, funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the 

21 purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may 

22 be allocated or transferred to agencies of the United 

23 States Government pursuant to the provisions of sec24 tions 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

25 of 1961. 
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1 (3) Any agreement entered into by the United 

2 States Agency for International Development 

3 (USAID) or the Department of State with any de4 partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

5 States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 

6 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 

7 $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to sec8 tion 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated by 

9 this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

10 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re11 lated programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

12 Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, and ‘‘Eco13 nomic Support Fund’’ shall be subject to the regular 

14 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro15 priations: Provided, That the requirement in the pre16 vious sentence shall not apply to agreements entered 

17 into between USAID and the Department of State. 

18 (d) TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 

19 funds made available under titles II through V of this Act 

20 may be obligated under an appropriation account to which 

21 such funds were not appropriated, except for transfers spe22 cifically provided for in this Act, unless the President, not 

23 less than 5 days prior to the exercise of any authority con24 tained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to transfer 
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1 funds, consults with and provides a written policy justifica2 tion to the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 (e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS.—Any agree4 ment for the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated 

5 by this Act, or prior Acts, entered into between the Depart6 ment of State or USAID and another agency of the United 

7 States Government under the authority of section 632(a) 

8 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable 

9 provision of law, shall expressly provide that the Inspector 

10 General (IG) for the agency receiving the transfer or alloca11 tion of such funds, or other entity with audit responsibility 

12 if the receiving agency does not have an IG, shall perform 

13 periodic program and financial audits of the use of such 

14 funds: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 

15 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

16 funds transferred under such authority may be made avail17 able for the cost of such audits. 

18 SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT

19 SEC. 7010. Not later than 120 days after enactment 

20 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com21 mittees on Appropriations a report on funds obligated and 

22 expended during fiscal year 2014 under the headings 

23 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, ‘‘Peace24 keeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

25 Program’’. 
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1 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

2 SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 

3 in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 

4 expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro5 vided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 

6 the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 661, 

7 chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign Assist8 ance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export Control 

9 Act, and funds provided under the heading ‘‘Development 

10 Credit Authority’’ shall remain available for an additional 

11 4 years from the date on which the availability of such 

12 funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are ini13 tially obligated before the expiration of their respective peri14 ods of availability contained in this Act: Provided further, 

15 That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any 

16 funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part 

17 I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

18 of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash disburse19 ments in order to address balance of payments or economic 

20 policy reform objectives, shall remain available for an addi21 tional 4 years from the date on which the availability of 

22 such funds would otherwise have expired, if such funds are 

23 initially allocated or obligated before the expiration of their 

24 respective periods of availability contained in this Act: Pro25 vided further, That the Secretary of State shall provide a 
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1 report to the Committees on Appropriations at the begin2 ning of each fiscal year, detailing by account and source 

3 year, the use of this authority during the previous fiscal 

4 year. 

5 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

6 SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 

7 under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to fur8 nish assistance to the government of any country which is 

9 in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year in 

10 payment to the United States of principal or interest on 

11 any loan made to the government of such country by the 

12 United States pursuant to a program for which funds are 

13 appropriated under this Act unless the President deter14 mines, following consultations with the Committees on Ap15 propriations, that assistance for such country is in the na16 tional interest of the United States. 

17 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

18 ASSISTANCE

19 SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None of 

20 the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this 

21 Act may be made available to provide assistance for a for22 eign country under a new bilateral agreement governing the 

23 terms and conditions under which such assistance is to be 

24 provided unless such agreement includes a provision stating 

25 that assistance provided by the United States shall be ex-
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1 empt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign govern2 ment, and the Secretary of State shall expeditiously seek 

3 to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements, 

4 as necessary, to conform with this requirement. 

5 (b) REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.—An 

6 amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed 

7 during fiscal year 2015 on funds appropriated by this Act 

8 by a foreign government or entity against United States 

9 assistance programs for which funds are appropriated by 

10 this Act, either directly or through grantees, contractors, 

11 and subcontractors shall be withheld from obligation from 

12 funds appropriated for assistance for fiscal year 2016 and 

13 allocated for the central government of such country and 

14 for the West Bank and Gaza program to the extent that 

15 the Secretary of State certifies and reports in writing to 

16 the Committees on Appropriations, not later than Sep17 tember 30, 2016, that such taxes have not been reimbursed 

18 to the Government of the United States. 

19 (c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 

20 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of sub21 section (b). 

22 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

23 from obligation for each country or entity pursuant to sub24 section (b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance for coun25 tries which do not assess taxes on United States assistance 
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1 or which have an effective arrangement that is providing 

2 substantial reimbursement of such taxes, and that can rea3 sonably accommodate such assistance in a program4 matically responsible manner. 

5 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

6 (1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 

7 to any country or entity the Secretary of State re8 ports to the Committees on Appropriations— 

9 (A) does not assess taxes on United States 

10 assistance or which has an effective arrangement 

11 that is providing substantial reimbursement of 

12 such taxes; or 

13 (B) the foreign policy interests of the United 

14 States outweigh the purpose of this section to en15 sure that United States assistance is not subject 

16 to taxation. 

17 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with the 

18 Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior 

19 to exercising the authority of this subsection with re20 gard to any country or entity. 

21 (f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 

22 issue rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, 

23 to implement the prohibition against the taxation of assist24 ance contained in this section. 

25 (g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 
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1 (1) the term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a 

2 framework bilateral agreement between the Govern3 ment of the United States and the government of the 

4 country receiving assistance that describes the privi5 leges and immunities applicable to United States for6 eign assistance for such country generally, or an indi7 vidual agreement between the Government of the 

8 United States and such government that describes, 

9 among other things, the treatment for tax purposes 

10 that will be accorded the United States assistance 

11 provided under that agreement; 

12 (2) the term ‘‘taxes and taxation’’ shall include 

13 value added taxes and customs duties but shall not 

14 include individual income taxes assessed to local staff. 

15 (h) REPORT.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 

16 with the heads of other relevant departments or agencies, 

17 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, 

18 not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, de19 tailing steps taken by such departments or agencies to com20 ply with the requirements of this section. 

21 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

22 SEC. 7014. (a) Funds appropriated under titles III 

23 through VI of this Act which are specifically designated 

24 may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same 

25 account notwithstanding the designation if compliance with 
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1 the designation is made impossible by operation of any pro2 vision of this or any other Act: Provided, That any such 

3 reprogramming shall be subject to the regular notification 

4 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

5 further, That assistance that is reprogrammed pursuant to 

6 this subsection shall be made available under the same 

7 terms and conditions as originally provided. 

8 (b) In addition to the authority contained in sub9 section (a), the original period of availability of funds ap10 propriated by this Act and administered by the Department 

11 of State or the United States Agency for International De12 velopment (USAID) that are specifically designated for 

13 particular programs or activities by this or any other Act 

14 may be extended for an additional fiscal year if the Sec15 retary of State or the USAID Administrator, as appro16 priate, determines and reports promptly to the Committees 

17 on Appropriations that the termination of assistance to a 

18 country or a significant change in circumstances makes it 

19 unlikely that such designated funds can be obligated during 

20 the original period of availability: Provided, That such des21 ignated funds that continue to be available for an addi22 tional fiscal year shall be obligated only for the purpose 

23 of such designation. 

24 (c) Ceilings and specifically designated funding levels 

25 contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds or 
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1 authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by 

2 any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: 

3 Provided, That specifically designated funding levels or 

4 minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act 

5 shall not be applicable to funds appropriated by this Act. 

6 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

7 SEC. 7015. (a) None of the funds made available in 

8 titles I and II of this Act, or in prior appropriations Acts 

9 to the agencies and departments funded by this Act that 

10 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 

11 2015, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of 

12 the United States derived by the collection of fees or of cur13 rency reflows or other offsetting collections, or made avail14 able by transfer, to the agencies and departments funded 

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

16 through a reprogramming of funds that— 

17 (1) creates new programs; 

18 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

19 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

20 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

21 denied or restricted; 

22 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

23 (5) closes or opens a mission or post; 

24 (6) creates, closes, reorganizes, or renames bu25 reaus, centers, or offices; 
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1 (7) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

2 (8) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

3 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

4 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

5 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds: Provided, 

6 That unless previously justified to the Committees on Ap7 propriations, the requirements of this subsection shall apply 

8 to all obligations of funds appropriated under titles I and 

9 II of this Act for paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (6) of this 

10 subsection. 

11 (b) None of the funds provided under titles I and II 

12 of this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts 

13 to the agency or department funded under titles I and II 

14 of this Act that remain available for obligation or expendi15 ture in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any accounts 

16 in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec17 tion of fees available to the agency or department funded 

18 under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation 

19 or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through 

20 a reprogramming of funds in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 

21 percent, whichever is less, that— 

22 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac23 tivities; 
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1 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist2 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per3 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

4 (3) results from any general savings, including 

5 savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 

6 result in a change in existing programs, activities, or 

7 projects as approved by Congress; unless the Commit8 tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in ad9 vance of such reprogramming of funds. 

10 (c) None of the funds made available by this Act under 

11 the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development As12 sistance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, 

13 ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Nar14 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

15 Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, 

16 ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 

17 Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign 

18 Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military 

19 Education and Training’’, ‘‘Conflict Stabilization Oper20 ations’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall be available for obliga21 tion for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel as22 sistance, countries, or other operations not justified or in 

23 excess of the amount justified to the Committees on Appro24 priations for obligation under any of these specific headings 

25 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 
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1 days in advance: Provided, That the President shall not 

2 enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for the 

3 purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for 

4 the provision of major defense equipment, other than con5 ventional ammunition, or other major defense items defined 

6 to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not pre7 viously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the 

8 quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees on 

9 Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 

10 commitment: Provided further, That requirements of this 

11 subsection or any similar provision of this or any other 

12 Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, 

13 program, or project for which funds are appropriated under 

14 titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 percent of 

15 the amount previously justified to the Congress for obliga16 tion for such activity, program, or project for the current 

17 fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification sub18 mitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall in19 clude information (if known on the date of transmittal of 

20 such notification) on the use of notwithstanding authority: 

21 Provided further, That if subsequent to the notification of 

22 assistance it becomes necessary to rely on notwithstanding 

23 authority, the Committees on Appropriations should be in24 formed at the earliest opportunity and to the extent prac25 ticable. 
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1 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with 

2 the exception of funds transferred to, and merged with, 

3 funds appropriated under title I of this Act, funds trans4 ferred by the Department of Defense to the Department of 

5 State and the United States Agency for International De6 velopment for assistance for foreign countries and inter7 national organizations, and funds made available for pro8 grams authorized by section 1206 of the National Defense 

9 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109– 

10 163) (or any successor authority), shall be subject to the 

11 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro12 priations. 

13 (e) The requirements of this section or any similar pro14 vision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior 

15 Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 

16 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria17 tions, may be waived if failure to do so would pose a sub18 stantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That 

19 in case of any such waiver, notification to the Committees 

20 on Appropriations shall be provided as early as practicable, 

21 but in no event later than 3 days after taking the action 

22 to which such notification requirement was applicable, in 

23 the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: 

24 Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant 
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1 to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emer2 gency circumstances. 

3 (f) None of the funds appropriated under titles III 

4 through VI of this Act shall be obligated or expended for 

5 assistance for Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Burma, Cam6 bodia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, 

7 Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, the Rus8 sian Federation, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri 

9 Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and 

10 Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notifica11 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

12 NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

13 SEC. 7016. Prior to providing excess Department of 

14 Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the 

15 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense 

16 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same 

17 extent and under the same conditions as other committees 

18 pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided, That 

19 before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles 

20 under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of De21 fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in ac22 cordance with the regular notification procedures of such 

23 Committees if such defense articles are significant military 

24 equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of the Arms Export 

25 Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original acquisition 
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1 cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required 

2 elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated funds for 

3 specific countries that would receive such excess defense ar4 ticles: Provided further, That such Committees shall also be 

5 informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense ar6 ticles. 

7 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

8 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

9 SEC. 7017. Subject to the regular notification proce10 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appro11 priated under titles I and III through V of this Act, which 

12 are returned or not made available for organizations and 

13 programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) 

14 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or section 7048(a) 

15 of this Act, shall remain available for obligation until Sep16 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the requirement to with17 hold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 

18 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to 

19 funds appropriated by this Act. 

20 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

21 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

22 SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 

23 out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend24 ed, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions 

25 as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce 
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1 any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made 

2 available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

3 of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the perform4 ance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family 

5 planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive 

6 to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds 

7 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 

8 Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any bio9 medical research which relates in whole or in part, to meth10 ods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary steri11 lization as a means of family planning. None of the funds 

12 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 

13 Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for 

14 any country or organization if the President certifies that 

15 the use of these funds by any such country or organization 

16 would violate any of the above provisions related to abor17 tions and involuntary sterilizations. 

18 ALLOCATIONS

19 SEC. 7019. (a) Funds provided by this Act shall be 

20 made available for programs and countries in the amounts 

21 specifically designated in the explanatory statement de22 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 

23 this consolidated Act). 

24 (b) For the purposes of implementing this section and 

25 only with respect to the amounts for programs and coun-
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1 tries specifically designated in the explanatory statement 

2 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 

3 of this consolidated Act), the Secretary of State, the Admin4 istrator of the United States Agency for International De5 velopment, and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, as 

6 appropriate, may propose deviations to the amounts ref7 erenced in subsection (a), subject to the regular notification 

8 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

9 REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES

10 SEC. 7020. (a) Each Federal department, agency, or 

11 entity funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the Depart12 ment of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in 

13 titles III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to ensure that 

14 domestic and overseas representation and entertainment ex15 penses further official agency business and United States 

16 foreign policy interests and are— 

17 (1) primarily for fostering relations outside of 

18 the Executive Branch; 

19 (2) principally for meals and events of a protocol 

20 nature; 

21 (3) not for employee-only events; and 

22 (4) do not include activities that are substan23 tially of a recreational character. 

24 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

25 available by this Act under the headings ‘‘International 
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1 Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military 

2 Financing Program’’ for Informational Program activities 

3 or under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Devel4 opment Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may 

5 be obligated or expended to pay for— 

6 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

7 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that are 

8 substantially of a recreational character, including 

9 but not limited to entrance fees at sporting events, 

10 theatrical and musical productions, and amusement 

11 parks. 

12 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS

13 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

14 SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX15 PORTS.— 

16 (1) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

17 made available by titles III through VI of this Act 

18 may be available to any foreign government which 

19 provides lethal military equipment to a country the 

20 government of which the Secretary of State has deter21 mined supports international terrorism for purposes 

22 of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 

23 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter24 national Emergency Economic Powers Act: Provided, 

25 That the prohibition under this section with respect 
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1 to a foreign government shall terminate 12 months 

2 after that government ceases to provide such military 

3 equipment: Provided further, That this section applies 

4 with respect to lethal military equipment provided 

5 under a contract entered into after October 1, 1997. 

6 (2) Assistance restricted by paragraph (1) or 

7 any other similar provision of law, may be furnished 

8 if the President determines that to do so is important 

9 to the national interest of the United States. 

10 (3) Whenever the President makes a determina11 tion pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall 

12 submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report 

13 with respect to the furnishing of such assistance, in14 cluding a detailed explanation of the assistance to be 

15 provided, the estimated dollar amount of such assist16 ance, and an explanation of how the assistance fur17 thers United States national interests. 

18 (b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 

19 (1) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance 

20 in titles III through VI of this Act and funds appro21 priated under any such title in prior Acts making 

22 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

23 operations, and related programs, shall not be made 

24 available to any foreign government which the Presi25 dent determines— 
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1 (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 

2 any individual or group which has committed 

3 an act of international terrorism; 

4 (B) otherwise supports international ter5 rorism; or 

6 (C) is controlled by an organization des7 ignated as a terrorist organization under section 

8 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 

9 (2) The President may waive the application of 

10 paragraph (1) to a government if the President deter11 mines that national security or humanitarian reasons 

12 justify such waiver: Provided, That the President 

13 shall publish each such waiver in the Federal Register 

14 and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes effect, 

15 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 

16 waiver (including the justification for the waiver) in 

17 accordance with the regular notification procedures of 

18 the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

20 SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 

21 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Develop22 ment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith23 standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672, section 15 of 

24 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, section 

25 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
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1 Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), and section 

2 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

3 3094(a)(1)). 

4 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

5 SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI of 

6 this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be defined 

7 at the appropriations Act account level and shall include 

8 all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding direc9 tives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that for 

10 the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

11 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, project, 

12 and activity’’ shall also be considered to include country, 

13 regional, and central program level funding within each 

14 such account; and for the development assistance accounts 

15 of the United States Agency for International Development, 

16 ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered 

17 to include central, country, regional, and program level 

18 funding, either as— 

19 (1) justified to the Congress; or 

20 (2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accord21 ance with a report, to be provided to the Committees 

22 on Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment 

23 of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the For24 eign Assistance Act of 1961. 
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1 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

2 FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOP3 MENT FOUNDATION

4 SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 

5 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

6 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria7 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

8 related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi9 ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, 

10 the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Develop11 ment Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to conducting 

12 activities in a country for which assistance is prohibited, 

13 the agency shall consult with the Committees on Appropria14 tions and report to such Committees within 15 days of tak15 ing such action. 

16 COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

17 SEC. 7025. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made 

18 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for 

19 direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise made 

20 available to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Pri21 vate Investment Corporation shall be obligated or expended 

22 to finance any loan, any assistance or any other financial 

23 commitments for establishing or expanding production of 

24 any commodity for export by any country other than the 

25 United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus 
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1 on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca2 pacity is expected to become operative and if the assistance 

3 will cause substantial injury to United States producers of 

4 the same, similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That 

5 such prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank 

6 if in the judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to 

7 industry and employment in the United States are likely 

8 to outweigh the injury to United States producers of the 

9 same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman 

10 of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations: 

11 Provided further, That this subsection shall not prohibit— 

12 (1) activities in a country that is eligible for as13 sistance from the International Development Associa14 tion, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter15 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

16 and does not export on a consistent basis the agricul17 tural commodity with respect to which assistance is 

18 furnished; or 

19 (2) activities in a country the President deter20 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu21 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

22 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 

23 Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assist24 ance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breed25 ing feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction, 
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1 consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connec2 tion with the growth or production in a foreign country 

3 of an agricultural commodity for export which would com4 pete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the 

5 United States: Provided, That this subsection shall not pro6 hibit— 

7 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

8 in developing countries where such activities will not 

9 have a significant impact on the export of agricul10 tural commodities of the United States; 

11 (2) research activities intended primarily to ben12 efit American producers; 

13 (3) activities in a country that is eligible for as14 sistance from the International Development Associa15 tion, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter16 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

17 and does not export on a consistent basis the agricul18 tural commodity with respect to which assistance is 

19 furnished; or 

20 (4) activities in a country the President deter21 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu22 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

23 (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

24 United States executive directors of the international finan25 cial institutions, as defined in section 7029(h) of this Act, 
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1 to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose 

2 any assistance by such institutions, using funds appro3 priated or made available by this Act, for the production 

4 or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export, if 

5 it is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance will 

6 cause substantial injury to United States producers of the 

7 same, similar, or competing commodity. 

8 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

9 SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CUR10 RENCIES.— 

11 (1) If assistance is furnished to the government 

12 of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part 

13 I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

14 of 1961 under agreements which result in the genera15 tion of local currencies of that country, the Adminis16 trator of the United States Agency for International 

17 Development (USAID) shall— 

18 (A) require that local currencies be depos19 ited in a separate account established by that 

20 government; 

21 (B) enter into an agreement with that gov22 ernment which sets forth— 

23 (i) the amount of the local currencies 

24 to be generated; and 
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1 (ii) the terms and conditions under 

2 which the currencies so deposited may be 

3 utilized, consistent with this section; and 

4 (C) establish by agreement with that gov5 ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 

6 government to monitor and account for deposits 

7 into and disbursements from the separate ac8 count. 

9 (2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 

10 agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur11 rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 

12 subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur13 rencies, shall be used only— 

14 (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I 

15 or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

16 Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such pur17 poses as— 

18 (i) project and sector assistance activi19 ties; or 

20 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

21 (B) for the administrative requirements of 

22 the United States Government. 

23 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 

24 shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the equiv25 alent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to 
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1 subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account estab2 lished pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the 

3 purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 

4 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— 

5 Upon termination of assistance to a country under 

6 chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 

7 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as the case may 

8 be), any unencumbered balances of funds which re9 main in a separate account established pursuant to 

10 subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes 

11 as may be agreed to by the government of that coun12 try and the United States Government. 

13 (5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The USAID 

14 Administrator shall report on an annual basis as 

15 part of the justification documents submitted to the 

16 Committees on Appropriations on the use of local cur17 rencies for the administrative requirements of the 

18 United States Government as authorized in subsection 

19 (a)(2)(B), and such report shall include the amount 

20 of local currency (and United States dollar equiva21 lent) used or to be used for such purpose in each ap22 plicable country. 

23 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail25 able to the government of a foreign country, under 
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1 chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 

2 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 

3 assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 

4 country shall be required to maintain such funds in 

5 a separate account and not commingle them with any 

6 other funds. 

7 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

8 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 

9 notwithstanding provisions of law which are incon10 sistent with the nature of this assistance including 

11 provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explana12 tory Statement of the Committee of Conference accom13 panying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report 

14 No. 98–1159). 

15 (3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to ob16 ligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector 

17 assistance, the President shall submit a notification 

18 through the regular notification procedures of the 

19 Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a 

20 detailed description of how the funds proposed to be 

21 made available will be used, with a discussion of the 

22 United States interests that will be served by the as23 sistance (including, as appropriate, a description of 

24 the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by 

25 such assistance). 
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1 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 

2 funds may be exempt from the requirements of sub3 section (b)(1) only through the regular notification 

4 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

5 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

6 SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN7 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

8 or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 

9 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 

10 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds ap11 propriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chap12 ters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of part II 

13 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That before 

14 using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 

15 in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 

16 the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria17 tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in18 cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the as19 sistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such 

20 assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this sub21 section shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 

22 prohibitions against abortion or involuntary sterilizations 

23 contained in this or any other Act. 

24 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2015, re25 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 
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1 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict 

2 assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 

3 480): Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to 

4 carry out title I of such Act and made available pursuant 

5 to this subsection may be obligated or expended except as 

6 provided through the regular notification procedures of the 

7 Committees on Appropriations. 

8 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 

9 (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 

10 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

11 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that support 

12 international terrorism; or 

13 (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign As14 sistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of 

15 law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

16 country that violates internationally recognized 

17 human rights. 

18 LOCAL COMPETITION

19 SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO

20 COMPETITION FOR LOCAL ENTITIES.—Funds appropriated 

21 by this Act that are made available to the United States 

22 Agency for International Development (USAID) may only 

23 be made available for limited competitions through local en24 tities if— 
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1 (1) prior to the determination to limit competi2 tion to local entities, USAID has— 

3 (A) assessed the level of local capacity to ef4 fectively implement, manage, and account for 

5 programs included in such competition; and 

6 (B) documented the written results of the 

7 assessment and decisions made; and 

8 (2) prior to making an award after limiting 

9 competition to local entities— 

10 (A) each successful local entity has been de11 termined to be responsible in accordance with 

12 USAID guidelines; and 

13 (B) effective monitoring and evaluation sys14 tems are in place to ensure that award funding 

15 is used for its intended purposes; and 

16 (3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed. 

17 (b) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1), 

18 the Administrator of USAID shall report, on a semi-annual 

19 basis, to the appropriate congressional committees on all 

20 awards subject to limited or no competition for local enti21 ties: Provided, That such report should be posted on the 

22 USAID Web site: Provided further, That the requirements 

23 of this subsection shall only apply to awards in excess of 

24 $3,000,000 and sole source awards to local entities in excess 

25 of $2,000,000. 
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1 (c) Section 7077 of division I of Public Law 112–74 

2 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015, as amended 

3 by division K of Public Law 113–76. 

4 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

5 SEC. 7029. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in6 struct the United States executive director of each inter7 national financial institution to seek to require that such 

8 institution adopts and implements a publicly available pol9 icy, including the strategic use of peer reviews and external 

10 experts, to conduct independent, in-depth evaluations of the 

11 effectiveness of at least 25 percent of all loans, grants, pro12 grams, and significant analytical non-lending activities in 

13 advancing the institution’s goals of reducing poverty and 

14 promoting equitable economic growth, consistent with rel15 evant safeguards, to ensure that decisions to support such 

16 loans, grants, programs, and activities are based on accu17 rate data and objective analysis: Provided, That not later 

18 than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

19 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 on steps taken by the United States executive directors and 

21 the international financial institutions consistent with this 

22 paragraph. 

23 (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

24 United States Executive Director of the International Bank 

25 for Reconstruction and Development and the International 
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1 Development Association to vote against any loan, grant, 

2 policy, or strategy if such institution has adopted and is 

3 implementing any social or environmental safeguard rel4 evant to such loan, grant, policy, or strategy that provides 

5 less protection than World Bank safeguards in effect on 

6 September 30, 2014. 

7 (c) None of the funds appropriated under title V of 

8 this Act may be made as payment to any international fi9 nancial institution while the United States executive direc10 tor to such institution is compensated by the institution at 

11 a rate which, together with whatever compensation such ex12 ecutive director receives from the United States, is in excess 

13 of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position 

14 at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 

15 of title 5, United States Code, or while any alternate United 

16 States executive director to such institution is compensated 

17 by the institution at a rate in excess of the rate provided 

18 for an individual occupying a position at level V of the 

19 Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 

20 States Code. 

21 (d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

22 United States executive director of each international fi23 nancial institution to seek to require that such institution 

24 conducts rigorous human rights due diligence and human 

25 rights risk management, as appropriate, in connection with 
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1 any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of such institution: Pro2 vided, That prior to voting on any such loan, grant, policy, 

3 or strategy the executive director shall consult with the As4 sistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 

5 Labor, Department of State, if the executive director has 

6 reason to believe that such loan, grant, policy, or strategy 

7 could result in forced displacement or other violation of 

8 human rights. 

9 (e) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

10 United States executive director of each international fi11 nancial institution to promote in loan, grant, and other 

12 financing agreements improvements in borrowing countries’ 

13 financial management and judicial capacity to investigate, 

14 prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption. 

15 (f) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

16 United States executive director of each international fi17 nancial institution to seek to require that such institution 

18 collects, verifies, and publishes, to the maximum extent 

19 practicable, beneficial ownership information (excluding 

20 proprietary information) for any corporation or limited li21 ability company, other than a publicly listed company, that 

22 receives funds appropriated by this Act that are provided 

23 as payment to such institution: Provided, That not later 

24 than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

25 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 on steps taken by the United States executive directors and 

2 the international financial institutions consistent with this 

3 paragraph. 

4 (g) The Secretary of the Treasury should support ef5 forts by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to 

6 promote economic cooperation and integration within the 

7 Caribbean region, consistent with the IDB’s charter and 

8 United States policy. 

9 (h) For the purposes of this Act ‘‘international finan10 cial institutions’’ shall mean the International Bank for 

11 Reconstruction and Development, the International Devel12 opment Association, the International Finance Corpora13 tion, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter14 national Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the 

15 Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American Investment 

16 Corporation, the North American Development Bank, the 

17 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 

18 African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, 

19 and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 

20 DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

21 SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued partici22 pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel23 opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental 

24 organization which is a grantee or contractor of the United 

25 States Agency for International Development may place in 
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1 interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to 

2 that organization as a result of economic assistance pro3 vided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 

4 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria5 tions, any interest earned on such investment shall be used 

6 for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to 

7 that organization. 

8 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY

9 SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERNMENT10 TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 

11 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act may be 

12 made available for direct government-to-government 

13 assistance only if— 

14 (A) each implementing agency or ministry 

15 to receive assistance has been assessed and is 

16 considered to have the systems required to man17 age such assistance and any identified 

18 vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 

19 ministry have been addressed; and 

20 (i) the recipient agency or ministry 

21 employs and utilizes staff with the necessary 

22 technical, financial, and management capa23 bilities; 
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1 (ii) the recipient agency or ministry 

2 has adopted competitive procurement poli3 cies and systems; 

4 (iii) effective monitoring and evalua5 tion systems are in place to ensure that 

6 such assistance is used for its intended pur7 poses; 

8 (iv) no level of acceptable fraud is as9 sumed; and 

10 (v) the government of the recipient 

11 country is taking steps to publicly disclose 

12 on an annual basis its national budget, to 

13 include income and expenditures; 

14 (B) the recipient government is in compli15 ance with the principles set forth in section 7013 

16 of this Act; 

17 (C) the recipient agency or ministry is not 

18 headed or controlled by an organization des19 ignated as a foreign terrorist organization under 

20 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

21 Act; 

22 (D) the Government of the United States 

23 and the government of the recipient country have 

24 agreed, in writing, on clear and achievable objec25 tives for the use of such assistance, which should 
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1 be made available on a cost-reimbursable basis; 

2 and 

3 (E) the recipient government is taking steps 

4 to protect the rights of civil society, including 

5 freedoms of expression, association, and assem6 bly. 

7 (2) In addition to the requirements in subsection 

8 (a), no funds may be made available for direct gov9 ernment-to-government assistance without prior con10 sultation with, and notification of, the Committees on 

11 Appropriations: Provided, That such notification 

12 shall contain an explanation of how the proposed ac13 tivity meets the requirements of paragraph (1): Pro14 vided further, That the requirements of this para15 graph shall only apply to direct government-to-gov16 ernment assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and all 

17 funds available for cash transfer, budget support, and 

18 cash payments to individuals. 

19 (3) The Administrator of the United States 

20 Agency for International Development (USAID) or 

21 the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall suspend 

22 any direct government-to-government assistance if the 

23 Administrator or the Secretary has credible informa24 tion of material misuse of such assistance, unless the 

25 Administrator or the Secretary reports to the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations that it is in the national 

2 interest of the United States to continue such assist3 ance, including a justification, or that such misuse 

4 has been appropriately addressed. 

5 (4) The Secretary of State shall submit to the 

6 Committees on Appropriations, concurrent with the 

7 fiscal year 2016 congressional budget justification 

8 materials, amounts planned for assistance described 

9 in subsection (a) by country, proposed funding 

10 amount, source of funds, and type of assistance. 

11 (5) Not later than 90 days after the enactment 

12 of this Act and 6 months thereafter until September 

13 30, 2015, the USAID Administrator shall submit to 

14 the Committees on Appropriations a report that— 

15 (A) details all assistance described in sub16 section (a) provided during the previous 6-month 

17 period by country, funding amount, source of 

18 funds, and type of such assistance; and 

19 (B) the type of procurement instrument or 

20 mechanism utilized and whether the assistance 

21 was provided on a reimbursable basis. 

22 (6) None of the funds made available by this Act 

23 may be used for any foreign country for debt service 

24 payments owed by any country to any international 

25 financial institution: Provided, That for purposes of 
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1 this subsection, the term ‘‘international financial in2 stitution’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

3 7029(h) of this Act. 

4 (b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANS5 PARENCY.— 

6 (1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANS7 PARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall continue to 

8 update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum requirements of 

9 fiscal transparency’’ for each government receiving 

10 assistance appropriated by this Act, as identified in 

11 the report required by section 7031(b) of division K 

12 of Public Law 113–76. 

13 (2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 

14 (1), ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ 

15 are requirements consistent with those in subsection 

16 (a)(1), and the public disclosure of national budget 

17 documentation (to include receipts and expenditures 

18 by ministry) and government contracts and licenses 

19 for natural resource extraction (to include bidding 

20 and concession allocation practices). 

21 (3) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 

22 government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the 

23 Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after en24 actment of this Act, shall make or update any deter25 mination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no significant 
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1 progress’’ in meeting the minimum requirements of 

2 fiscal transparency, and make such determinations 

3 publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Trans4 parency Report’’ to be posted on the Department of 

5 State’s Web site: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

6 identify the significant progress made by each such 

7 government to publicly disclose national budget docu8 mentation, contracts, and licenses which are addi9 tional to such information disclosed in previous fiscal 

10 years, and include specific recommendations of short11 and long-term steps such government should take to 

12 improve fiscal transparency: Provided further, That 

13 the annual report shall include a detailed description 

14 of how funds appropriated by this Act are being used 

15 to improve fiscal transparency, and identify bench16 marks for measuring progress. 

17 (4) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 

18 title III of this Act shall be made available for pro19 grams and activities to assist governments identified 

20 pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve budget trans21 parency and to support civil society organizations in 

22 such countries that promote budget transparency: 

23 Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 

24 funds otherwise made available for such purposes: 

25 Provided further, That a description of the uses of 
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1 such funds shall be included in the annual ‘‘Fiscal 

2 Transparency Report’’ required by paragraph (3). 

3 (c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

4 (1)(A) Officials of foreign governments and their 

5 immediate family members about whom the Secretary 

6 of State has credible information have been involved 

7 in significant corruption, including corruption re8 lated to the extraction of natural resources, or a gross 

9 violation of human rights shall be ineligible for entry 

10 into the United States. 

11 (B) The Secretary may also publicly or privately 

12 designate or identify officials of foreign governments 

13 and their immediate family members about whom the 

14 Secretary has such credible information without re15 gard to whether the individual has applied for a visa. 

16 (2) Individuals shall not be ineligible if entry 

17 into the United States would further important 

18 United States law enforcement objectives or is nec19 essary to permit the United States to fulfill its obliga20 tions under the United Nations Headquarters Agree21 ment: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) shall 

22 be construed to derogate from United States Govern23 ment obligations under applicable international 

24 agreements. 
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1 (3) The Secretary may waive the application of 

2 paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the 

3 waiver would serve a compelling national interest or 

4 that the circumstances which caused the individual to 

5 be ineligible have changed sufficiently. 

6 (4) Not later than 6 months after enactment of 

7 this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, 

8 including a classified annex if necessary, to the Com9 mittees on Appropriations and the Committees on the 

10 Judiciary describing the information related to cor11 ruption or violation of human rights concerning each 

12 of the individuals found ineligible in the previous 12 

13 months pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the 

14 individuals who the Secretary designated or identified 

15 pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineli16 gible but for the application of paragraph (2), a list 

17 of any waivers provided under paragraph (3), and 

18 the justification for each waiver. 

19 (5) Any unclassified portion of the report re20 quired under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the De21 partment of State’s Web site. 

22 (6) For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B), (4), and 

23 (5), the records of the Department of State and of 

24 diplomatic and consular offices of the United States 

25 pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas or per-
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1 mits to enter the United States shall not be considered 

2 confidential. 

3 (d) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEB SITE.—Funds appro4 priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 

5 available for any independent agency in title III, as appro6 priate, shall be made available to support the provision of 

7 additional information on United States Government for8 eign assistance on the Department of State’s foreign assist9 ance Web site: Provided, That all Federal agencies funded 

10 under this Act shall provide such information on foreign 

11 assistance, upon request, to the Department of State. 

12 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

13 SEC. 7032. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, 

14 not less than $2,264,986,000 should be made available for 

15 democracy programs, as defined in subsection (c). 

16 (b) Funds made available by this Act for democracy 

17 programs may be made available notwithstanding any 

18 other provision of law, and with regard to the National En19 dowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation. 

20 (c) For purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, 

21 the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ means programs that sup22 port good governance, credible and competitive elections, 

23 freedom of expression, association, assembly, and religion, 

24 human rights, labor rights, independent media, and the rule 

25 of law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of demo-
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1 cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or2 ganizations and institutions, and citizens to support the de3 velopment of democratic states, and institutions that are 

4 responsive and accountable to citizens. 

5 (d) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

6 available for governance programs should be made available 

7 to support institutions and individuals that demonstrate a 

8 commitment to democracy. 

9 (e) With respect to the provision of assistance for de10 mocracy, human rights, and governance activities in this 

11 Act, the organizations implementing such assistance, the 

12 specific nature of that assistance, and the participants in 

13 such programs shall not be subject to the prior approval 

14 by the government of any foreign country: Provided, That 

15 the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Adminis16 trator of the United States Agency for International Devel17 opment (USAID), shall report to the Committees on Appro18 priations, not later than 120 days after enactment of this 

19 Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of State and 

20 USAID to comply with the requirements of this subsection. 

21 (f) Any funds made available by this Act for a business 

22 and human rights program in the People’s Republic of 

23 China shall be made available on a cost-matching basis 

24 from sources other than the United States Government. 
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1 (g) The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 

2 Labor, Department of State (DRL) and the Bureau for De3 mocracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, 

4 shall regularly communicate their planned programs to the 

5 NED. 

6 (h) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

7 ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ that are made available to DRL shall 

8 be made available to maintain a database of prisons and 

9 gulags in North Korea, in accordance with section 7032(i) 

10 of division K of Public Law 113–76. 

11 (i) Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

12 available for democracy programs shall be made available 

13 to support freedom of religion, including in the Middle East 

14 and North Africa. 

15 (j) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act shall 

16 be made available for democracy programs in countries in 

17 the Western Hemisphere above the total amount requested 

18 in the Congressional Budget Justification, Foreign Oper19 ations, Fiscal Year 2015: Provided, That the Department 

20 of State and USAID, as appropriate, shall consult with the 

21 Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of 

22 such funds. 

23 (k) Funds made available by this Act for the Near East 

24 Regional Democracy program shall be the responsibility of 

25 the Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, Depart-
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1 ment of State, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary 

2 for DRL: Provided, That such funds shall be made available 

3 for the activities described in section 1243 of Public Law 

4 112–239, following consultation with the appropriate con5 gressional committees. 

6 MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES

7 SEC. 7033. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

8 may be used to make any pledge for future year funding 

9 for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in titles 

10 III through VI of this Act unless such pledge was— 

11 (1) previously justified, including the projected 

12 future year costs, in a congressional budget justifica13 tion; 

14 (2) included in an Act making appropriations 

15 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

16 related programs or previously authorized by an Act 

17 of Congress; 

18 (3) notified in accordance with the regular noti19 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria20 tions, including the projected future year costs; or 

21 (4) the subject of prior consultation with the 

22 Committees on Appropriations and such consultation 

23 was conducted at least 7 days in advance of the 

24 pledge. 
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1 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL3 DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in 

4 titles III and VI of this Act that are made available for 

5 victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, and 

6 to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims of such 

7 trafficking, may be made available notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law. 

9 (b) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.— 

10 In providing assistance with funds appropriated by this 

11 Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

12 of 1961, support for a nation emerging from instability 

13 may be deemed to mean support for regional, district, mu14 nicipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from insta15 bility, as well as a nation emerging from instability. 

16 (c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Funds managed by the 

17 Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assist18 ance, United States Agency for International Development 

19 (USAID), from this or any other Act, may be made avail20 able as a general contribution to the World Food Program, 

21 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

22 (d) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND RE23 INTEGRATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, regulation or Executive order, funds appropriated 

25 under titles III and IV of this Act and prior Acts making 
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1 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper2 ations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Eco3 nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Inter4 national Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, and 

5 ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ may be made available to support 

6 programs to disarm, demobilize, and reintegrate into civil7 ian society former members of foreign terrorist organiza8 tions: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall consult 

9 with the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obliga10 tion of funds pursuant to this subsection: Provided further, 

11 That for the purposes of this subsection the term ‘‘foreign 

12 terrorist organization’’ means an organization designated 

13 as a terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immi14 gration and Nationality Act. 

15 (e) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.—(1) Funds ap16 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup17 port Fund’’ shall be made available to carry out the Pro18 gram for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and 

19 the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as au20 thorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research and 

21 Training Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501–4508). 

22 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

23 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

24 State, foreign operations, and related programs under 

25 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 
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1 available as a contribution to establish and maintain 

2 memorial sites of genocide, subject to the regular noti3 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropria4 tions. 

5 (3) Of the amounts made available by this Act 

6 under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro7 grams’’ in title I, up to $500,000 may be made avail8 able for grants pursuant to section 504 of Public Law 

9 95–426 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate col10 laboration with indigenous communities. 

11 (f) PARTNER VETTING.—Funds appropriated by this 

12 Act or in titles I through IV of prior Acts making appro13 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

14 and related programs shall be used by the Secretary of State 

15 and the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, to support 

16 the continued implementation of the Partner Vetting Sys17 tem (PVS) pilot program: Provided, That the Secretary of 

18 State and the USAID Administrator shall jointly submit 

19 a report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later 

20 than 30 days after completion of the pilot program, on the 

21 estimated timeline and criteria for evaluating the PVS pilot 

22 program for possible expansion: Provided further, That such 

23 report shall include the requirements in Senate Report 113– 

24 195 and House Report 113–499: Provided further, That 

25 such report may be delivered in classified form, if necessary. 
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1 (g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2015, the 

2 President may use up to $100,000,000 under the authority 

3 of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not4 withstanding any other provision of law. 

5 (h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Sec6 retary of State should withhold funds appropriated under 

7 title III of this Act for assistance for the central government 

8 of any country that is not taking appropriate steps to com9 ply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of Inter10 national Child Abductions, done at the Hague on October 

11 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the 

12 Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of with13 holding funds under this subsection. 

14 (i) REPORTS REPEALED.—Section 304(f) of Public 

15 Law 107–173; section 2104 of Public Law 109–13; and sub16 section 1405(c) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 

17 2008 (Public Law 110–252), are hereby repealed. 

18 (j) TRANSFERS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PROTECTION.— 

19 The Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge with, 

20 funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions 

21 and Officials’’ unobligated balances of expired funds appro22 priated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro23 grams’’ for fiscal year 2015, except for funds designated for 

24 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

25 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget 
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1 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, at no later 

2 than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year 

3 for which such funds are available for the purposes for 

4 which appropriated: Provided, That not more than 

5 $50,000,000 may be transferred. 

6 (k) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES OF

7 DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA8 TIONS.—The Secretary of State shall implement section 

9 203(a)(2) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 

10 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

11 457): Provided, That in determining whether to suspend the 

12 issuance of A–3 or G–5 visas under such section, the Sec13 retary should consider the following as ‘‘credible evidence’’: 

14 (1) a final court judgment (including a default judgment) 

15 issued against a current or former employee of such mission 

16 or organization (for which the time period for appeal has 

17 expired); (2) the issuance of a T-visa to the victim; or (3) 

18 a request by the Department of State to the sending state 

19 that immunity of individual diplomats or family members 

20 be waived to permit criminal prosecution: Provided further, 

21 That the Secretary should assist in obtaining payment of 

22 final court judgments awarded to A–3 and G–5 visa hold23 ers, including encouraging the sending states to provide 

24 compensation directly to victims: Provided further, That the 

25 Secretary shall include in the Trafficking in Persons an-
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1 nual report a concise summary of each trafficking case in2 volving an A–3 or G–5 visa holder which meets one or more 

3 of the items in the first proviso of this subsection. 

4 (l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

5 (1) Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of June 

6 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by sub7 stituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for ‘‘September 30, 

8 2010’’. 

9 (2) The authority provided by section 301(a)(3) 

10 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 

11 Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) 

12 shall remain in effect for facilities in Afghanistan 

13 through September 30, 2015, except that the notifica14 tion and reporting requirements contained in such 

15 section shall include the Committees on Appropria16 tions. 

17 (3) The authority contained in section 1115(d) of 

18 Public Law 111–32 shall remain in effect through 

19 September 30, 2015. 

20 (4) Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 

21 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) shall be applied by sub22 stituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ 

23 in paragraph (2). 

24 (5) Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic 

25 Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) shall be 
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1 applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for 

2 ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in paragraph (2). 

3 (6) Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 

4 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by 

5 substituting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ for ‘‘October 1, 

6 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 

7 (7)(A) Subject to the limitation described in sub8 paragraph (B), the authority provided by section 

9 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 

10 (Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1904) shall remain in 

11 effect through September 30, 2015. 

12 (B) The authority described in subparagraph (A) 

13 may not be used to pay an eligible member of the 

14 Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of the 

15 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009) a locality16 based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) 

17 that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality18 based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) 

19 that would be payable to such member under section 

20 5304 of title 5, United States Code, if such member’s 

21 official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 

22 (8) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 

23 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 

24 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 

25 (A) In section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
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1 (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 

2 ‘‘and 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2014, and 

3 2015’’; and 

4 (ii) in subsection (e), by striking 

5 ‘‘2014’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘2015’’; and 

7 (B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in 

8 subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘2015’’. 

10 (9) The authorities provided in section 1015(b) 

11 of Public Law 111–212 shall remain in effect through 

12 September 30, 2015. 

13 (m) CROWD CONTROL ITEMS.—Funds appropriated 

14 by this Act should not be used for tear gas, small arms, 

15 light weapons, ammunition, or other items for crowd con16 trol purposes for foreign security forces that use excessive 

17 force to repress peaceful expression, association, or assembly 

18 in countries undergoing democratic transition. 

19 (n) DEPARTMENT OF STATE WORKING CAPITAL

20 FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 

21 available to the Department of State for payments to the 

22 Working Capital Fund may only be used for the activities 

23 and in the amounts allowed in the President’s fiscal year 

24 2015 budget: Provided, That Federal agency components 

25 shall be charged only for their direct usage of each Working 
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1 Capital Fund service: Provided further, That Federal agen2 cy components may only pay for Working Capital Fund 

3 services that are consistent with the component’s purpose 

4 and authorities: Provided further, That the Working Cap5 ital Fund shall be paid in advance or reimbursed at rates 

6 which will return the full cost of each service. 

7 (o) SECURITY FORCE ACCOUNTABILITY ASSIST8 ANCE.—The Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

9 Committees on Appropriations not later than 90 days after 

10 enactment of this Act on steps taken to implement section 

11 620M(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including 

12 program details and sources of funding: Provided, That 

13 such report shall describe how funds appropriated by this 

14 Act are used to encourage, assist, and build the capacity 

15 of foreign governments to investigate, prosecute, and punish 

16 security force personnel who are credibly alleged to have 

17 committed gross violations of human rights, including by 

18 providing: 

19 (1) technical assistance in support of such inves20 tigations and prosecutions; 

21 (2) assistance to strengthen civilian-military co22 operation on human rights and the rule of law; 

23 (3) assistance to strengthen the internal account24 ability mechanisms and technical capacity of foreign 

25 governments to bring such personnel to justice; and 
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1 (4) support for nongovernmental organizations 

2 that monitor and document gross violations. 

3 (p) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro4 priated by this Act that are available for monitoring and 

5 evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘International 

6 Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist7 ance’’ shall, as appropriate, be made available for the reg8 ular collection of feedback obtained directly from bene9 ficiaries on the quality and relevance of such assistance: 

10 Provided, That the Department of State and USAID shall 

11 conduct regular oversight to ensure that such feedback is 

12 collected and used by grantees to maximize the cost-effective13 ness and utility of such assistance, and require grantees 

14 that receive funds under such headings to establish proce15 dures for collecting and responding to such feedback. 

16 (q) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 

17 available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab18 lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper19 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro20 priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) may be made 

21 available for pharmaceuticals and other products for child 

22 survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent as 

23 HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to 

24 the terms and conditions in such section: Provided, That 

25 the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Oper-
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1 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro2 priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–477) shall be exercised 

3 by the Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID, 

4 with respect to funds deposited for such non-HIV/AIDS 

5 pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall be subject 

6 to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

7 Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

8 State shall include in the congressional budget justification 

9 an accounting of budgetary resources, disbursements, bal10 ances, and reimbursements related to such fund. 

11 (r) LOAN GUARANTEES AND ENTERPRISE FUNDS.— 

12 (1) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco13 nomic Support Fund’’ only in title III of this Act 

14 and prior Acts making appropriations for the De15 partment of State, foreign operations, and related 

16 programs may be made available for the costs, as de17 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

18 of 1974, of loan guarantees for Jordan, Ukraine, and 

19 Tunisia, which are authorized to be provided: Pro20 vided, That amounts made available under this para21 graph for the costs of such guarantees shall not be 

22 considered assistance for the purposes of provisions of 

23 law limiting assistance to a country. 

24 (2) Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco25 nomic Support Fund’’ in this Act may be made 
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1 available to establish and operate one or more enter2 prise funds for Egypt and Tunisia: Provided, That 

3 the first, third and fifth provisos under section 

4 7041(b) of division I of Public Law 112–74 shall 

5 apply to funds appropriated by this Act under the 

6 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for an enterprise 

7 fund or funds to the same extent and in the same 

8 manner as such provision of law applied to funds 

9 made available under such section (except that the 

10 clause excluding subsection (d)(3) of section 201 of the 

11 SEED Act shall not apply): Provided further, That 

12 the authority of any such enterprise fund or funds to 

13 provide assistance shall cease to be effective on Decem14 ber 31, 2025. 

15 (3) Funds made available by this subsection 

16 shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 

17 regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

18 Appropriations. 

19 (s) REPORT ON EXECUTIVE SALARIES.—Not later than 

20 90 days after enactment of this Act, the head of any non21 Federal or quasi-Federal organization that is provided a 

22 direct appropriation with funds made available by this Act 

23 under titles I or III shall submit a report to the Committees 

24 on Appropriations on executive salary and compensation: 

25 Provided, That the report shall include the information 
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1 specified under this section in the explanatory statement 

2 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 

3 of this consolidated Act). 

4 (t) DEFINITIONS.— 

5 (1) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for pur6 poses of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 

7 committees’’ shall mean the Committees on Appro8 priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 

9 Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of 

10 the House of Representatives. 

11 (2) Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for pur12 poses of this Act the term ‘‘funds appropriated in this 

13 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De14 partment of State, foreign operations, and related 

15 programs’’ shall mean funds that remain available 

16 for obligation, and have not expired. 

17 (3) Any reference to Southern Kordofan in this 

18 or any other Act making appropriations for the De19 partment of State, foreign operations, and related 

20 programs shall be deemed to include portions of West21 ern Kordofan that were previously part of Southern 

22 Kordofan prior to the 2013 division of Southern 

23 Kordofan. 

24 ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

25 SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 
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1 (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the 

2 secondary boycott of American firms that have com3 mercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace 

4 in the region and to United States investment and 

5 trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

6 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regret7 tably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and 

8 publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the 

9 Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

10 (3) all Arab League states should normalize rela11 tions with their neighbor Israel; 

12 (4) the President and the Secretary of State 

13 should continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League 

14 boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to dem15 onstrate that opposition by, for example, taking into 

16 consideration the participation of any recipient coun17 try in the boycott when determining to sell weapons 

18 to said country; and 

19 (5) the President should report to Congress an20 nually on specific steps being taken by the United 

21 States to encourage Arab League states to normalize 

22 their relations with Israel to bring about the termi23 nation of the Arab League boycott of Israel, including 

24 those to encourage allies and trading partners of the 

25 United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses 
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1 from complying with the boycott and penalizing busi2 nesses that do comply. 

3 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

4 SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of 

5 the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this 

6 Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state unless 

7 the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appro8 priate congressional committees that— 

9 (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 

10 state— 

11 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to 

12 peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; and 

13 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

14 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

15 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

16 of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 

17 with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 

18 security organizations; and 

19 (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

20 entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

21 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef22 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

23 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

24 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 
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1 context of full and normal relationships, which should 

2 include— 

3 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

4 belligerency; 

5 (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 

6 sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 

7 independence of every state in the area through 

8 measures including the establishment of demili9 tarized zones; 

10 (C) their right to live in peace within secure 

11 and recognized boundaries free from threats or 

12 acts of force; 

13 (D) freedom of navigation through inter14 national waterways in the area; and 

15 (E) a framework for achieving a just settle16 ment of the refugee problem. 

17 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

18 that the governing entity should enact a constitution assur19 ing the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and respect 

20 for human rights for its citizens, and should enact other 

21 laws and regulations assuring transparent and accountable 

22 governance. 

23 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a) 

24 if the President determines that it is important to the na25 tional security interest of the United States to do so. 
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1 (d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

2 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

3 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 

4 governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements of 

5 subsection (a), consistent with the provisions of section 7040 

6 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Palestinian 

7 Authority’’). 

8 RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

9 SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under titles 

10 II through VI of this Act may be obligated or expended to 

11 create in any part of Jerusalem a new office of any depart12 ment or agency of the United States Government for the 

13 purpose of conducting official United States Government 

14 business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza and 

15 Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing entity pro16 vided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles: Pro17 vided, That this restriction shall not apply to the acquisi18 tion of additional space for the existing Consulate General 

19 in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meetings between offi20 cers and employees of the United States and officials of the 

21 Palestinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian gov22 erning entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration 

23 of Principles, for the purpose of conducting official United 

24 States Government business with such authority should con25 tinue to take place in locations other than Jerusalem: Pro-
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1 vided further, That as has been true in the past, officers 

2 and employees of the United States Government may con3 tinue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestin4 ians (including those who now occupy positions in the Pal5 estinian Authority), have social contacts, and have inci6 dental discussions. 

7 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN

8 BROADCASTING CORPORATION

9 SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act may be used to provide 

11 equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any 

12 other form of assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting 

13 Corporation. 

14 ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

15 SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2015, 30 

16 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral 

17 West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall 

18 certify to the Committees on Appropriations that proce19 dures have been established to assure the Comptroller Gen20 eral of the United States will have access to appropriate 

21 United States financial information in order to review the 

22 uses of United States assistance for the Program funded 

23 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West 

24 Bank and Gaza. 
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1 (b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds appro2 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

3 Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec4 retary of State shall take all appropriate steps to ensure 

5 that such assistance is not provided to or through any indi6 vidual, private or government entity, or educational insti7 tution that the Secretary knows or has reason to believe ad8 vocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, ter9 rorist activity nor, with respect to private entities or edu10 cational institutions, those that have as a principal officer 

11 of the entity’s governing board or governing board of trust12 ees any individual that has been determined to be involved 

13 in, or advocating terrorist activity or determined to be a 

14 member of a designated foreign terrorist organization: Pro15 vided, That the Secretary of State shall, as appropriate, es16 tablish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in car17 rying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to 

18 any individual, entity, or educational institution which the 

19 Secretary has determined to be involved in or advocating 

20 terrorist activity. 

21 (c) PROHIBITION.— 

22 (1) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

23 III through VI of this Act for assistance under the 

24 West Bank and Gaza Program may be made avail25 able for the purpose of recognizing or otherwise hon-
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1 oring individuals who commit, or have committed 

2 acts of terrorism. 

3 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 none of the funds made available by this or prior ap5 propriations Acts, including funds made available by 

6 transfer, may be made available for obligation for se7 curity assistance for the West Bank and Gaza until 

8 the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

9 Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been es10 tablished for security assistance for the West Bank 

11 and Gaza and reports on the extent of Palestinian 

12 compliance with such benchmarks. 

13 (d) AUDITS.— 

14 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

15 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

16 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 

17 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and sub18 grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Program, 

19 are conducted at least on an annual basis to ensure, 

20 among other things, compliance with this section. 

21 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act up to 

22 $500,000 may be used by the Office of Inspector Gen23 eral of the United States Agency for International De24 velopment for audits, inspections, and other activities 

25 in furtherance of the requirements of this subsection: 
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1 Provided, That such funds are in addition to funds 

2 otherwise available for such purposes. 

3 (e) Subsequent to the certification specified in sub4 section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 

5 shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the treat6 ment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral West 

7 Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds provided as 

8 cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2015 under the head9 ing ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such audit shall ad10 dress— 

11 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

12 with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and 

13 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

14 and activities carried out under such Program, in15 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

16 (f) Funds made available in this Act for West Bank 

17 and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification proce18 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

19 (g) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this 

20 Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Com21 mittees on Appropriations updating the report contained 

22 in section 2106 of chapter 2 of title II of Public Law 109– 

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1 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN

2 AUTHORITY

3 SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

4 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions 

5 of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

6 may be obligated or expended with respect to providing 

7 funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

8 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

9 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

10 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President 

11 pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro12 priations that waiving such prohibition is important to the 

13 national security interest of the United States. 

14 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiv15 er pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more 

16 than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply 

17 beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

18 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu19 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit 

20 a report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 

21 justification for the waiver, the purposes for which the funds 

22 will be spent, and the accounting procedures in place to 

23 ensure that the funds are properly disbursed: Provided, 

24 That the report shall also detail the steps the Palestinian 
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1 Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons 

2 and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

3 (e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 

4 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

5 State must certify and report to the Committees on Appro6 priations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pales7 tinian Authority has established a single treasury account 

8 for all Palestinian Authority financing and all financing 

9 mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel financ10 ing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Authority 

11 treasury account, and there is a single comprehensive civil 

12 service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian Authority 

13 is acting to counter incitement of violence against Israelis 

14 and is supporting activities aimed at promoting peace, co15 existence, and security cooperation with Israel. 

16 (f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE LIB17 ERATION ORGANIZATION.— 

18 (1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III 

19 through VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries 

20 of personnel of the Palestinian Authority located in 

21 Gaza or may be obligated or expended for assistance 

22 to Hamas or any entity effectively controlled by 

23 Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 

24 Hamas is a member, or that results from an agree-
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1 ment with Hamas and over which Hamas exercises 

2 undue influence. 

3 (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 

4 (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 

5 government only if the President certifies and reports 

6 to the Committees on Appropriations that such gov7 ernment, including all of its ministers or such equiva8 lent, has publicly accepted and is complying with the 

9 principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and 

10 (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amend11 ed. 

12 (3) The President may exercise the authority in 

13 section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

14 as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 

15 2006 (Public Law 109–446) with respect to this sub16 section. 

17 (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to para18 graph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State shall 

19 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 within 120 days of the certification and every quarter 

21 thereafter on whether such government, including all 

22 of its ministers or such equivalent are continuing to 

23 comply with the principles contained in section 

24 620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

25 of 1961, as amended: Provided, That the report shall 
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1 also detail the amount, purposes and delivery mecha2 nisms for any assistance provided pursuant to the 

3 abovementioned certification and a full accounting of 

4 any direct support of such government. 

5 (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

6 III through VI of this Act may be obligated for assist7 ance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

8 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

9 SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by this 

11 Act that are available for assistance for the Govern12 ment of Egypt may only be made available if the Sec13 retary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 

14 on Appropriations that such government is— 

15 (A) sustaining the strategic relationship 

16 with the United States; and 

17 (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 

18 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 

19 (2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.— 

20 (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

21 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

22 and subject to paragraph (6) of this subsection, 

23 up to $150,000,000 may be made available for 

24 assistance for Egypt, of which not less than 

25 $35,000,000 should be made available for higher 
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1 education programs including not less than 

2 $10,000,000 for scholarships at not-for-profit in3 stitutions for Egyptian students with high finan4 cial need: Provided, That such funds may also be 

5 made available for democracy programs: Pro6 vided further, That such funds shall be made 

7 available for a demonstration project to combat 

8 hepatitis C, on a cost matching basis from 

9 sources other than the United States Govern10 ment. 

11 (B) Notwithstanding any provision of law 

12 restricting assistance for Egypt, including para13 graph (6) of this subsection, funds made avail14 able under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

15 Fund’’ in this Act and prior Acts making appro16 priations for the Department of State, foreign 

17 operations, and related programs for assistance 

18 for Egypt may be made available for education 

19 and economic growth programs, subject to prior 

20 consultation with the appropriate congressional 

21 committees: Provided, That such funds may not 

22 be made available for cash transfer assistance or 

23 budget support unless the Secretary of State cer24 tifies to the appropriate congressional commit25 tees that the Government of Egypt is taking con-
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1 sistent and effective steps to stabilize the econ2 omy and implement market-based economic re3 forms. 

4 (C)(i) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

6 that are available for assistance for Egypt, the 

7 Secretary of State shall withhold from obligation 

8 an amount that the Secretary determines to be 

9 equivalent to that expended by the United States 

10 Government for bail, and by nongovernmental 

11 organizations for legal and court fees, associated 

12 with democracy related trials in Egypt until the 

13 Secretary certifies and reports to the Committees 

14 on Appropriations that the Government of Egypt 

15 has dismissed the convictions issued by the Cairo 

16 Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in ‘‘Public 

17 Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012’’. 

18 (ii) No conviction issued by the Cairo 

19 Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in ‘‘Public 

20 Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012’’, 

21 against a citizen or national of the United 

22 States or an alien lawfully admitted for perma23 nent residence in the United States, shall be con24 sidered a conviction for purposes of United 
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1 States law or for any activity undertaken within 

2 the jurisdiction of the United States. 

3 (3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 

4 Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the head5 ing ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, and sub6 ject to paragraph (6) of this subsection, up to 

7 $1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2016, may be made available for assistance for 

9 Egypt which may be transferred to an interest bear10 ing account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 

11 following consultation with the Committees on Appro12 priations: Provided, That if the Secretary of State is 

13 unable to make the certification in subparagraph 

14 (6)(A) or (B) of this subsection, such funds may be 

15 made available at the minimum rate necessary to 

16 continue existing programs, notwithstanding any pro17 vision of law restricting assistance for Egypt and fol18 lowing consultation with the Committees on Appro19 priations, except that defense articles and services 

20 from such programs shall not be delivered until the 

21 requirements in subparagraphs (6)(A), (B), or (C) of 

22 this subsection are met: Provided further, That not 

23 later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the 

24 Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Com25 mittees on Appropriations describing any defense ar-
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1 ticles withheld from delivery to Egypt as of the date 

2 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That not 

3 later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 

4 Secretary shall consult with the Committees on Ap5 propriations on plans to restructure military assist6 ance for Egypt, including cash flow financing. 

7 (4) PRIOR YEAR FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

8 under the headings ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro9 gram’’ and ‘‘International Military Education and 

10 Training’’ in prior Acts making appropriations for 

11 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re12 lated programs may be made available notwith13 standing any provision of law restricting assistance 

14 for Egypt, except that such funds under the heading 

15 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ shall only be 

16 made available at the minimum rate necessary to 

17 continue existing programs and following consulta18 tion with the Committees on Appropriations, and the 

19 defense articles and services from such programs shall 

20 not be delivered until the requirements in subpara21 graphs (6)(A), (B), or (C) of this subsection are met. 

22 (5) SECURITY EXEMPTIONS.—Notwithstanding 

23 any provision of law restricting assistance for Egypt, 

24 including paragraphs (3), (4), and (6) of this sub25 section, funds made available for assistance for Egypt 
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1 in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

2 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re3 lated programs may be made available for counterter4 rorism, border security, and nonproliferation pro5 grams in Egypt, and for development activities in the 

6 Sinai, if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 

7 to the appropriate congressional committees that to do 

8 so is important to the national security interest of the 

9 United States. 

10 (6) FISCAL YEAR 2015 FUNDS.—Except as pro11 vided in paragraphs (2), (3) and (5) of this sub12 section, funds appropriated by this Act under the 

13 headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International 

14 Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign 

15 Military Financing Program’’ for assistance for the 

16 Government of Egypt may be made available notwith17 standing any provision of law restricting assistance 

18 for Egypt as follows— 

19 (A) up to $725,850,000 may be made avail20 able only if the Secretary of State certifies and 

21 reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

22 that the Government of Egypt— 

23 (i) has held free and fair parliamen24 tary elections; 
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1 (ii) is implementing laws or policies to 

2 govern democratically and protect the rights 

3 of individuals; 

4 (iii) is implementing reforms that pro5 tect freedoms of expression, association, and 

6 peaceful assembly, including the ability of 

7 civil society organizations and the media to 

8 function without interference; 

9 (iv) is taking consistent steps to protect 

10 and advance the rights of women and reli11 gious minorities; 

12 (v) is providing detainees with due 

13 process of law; 

14 (vi) is conducting credible investiga15 tions and prosecutions of the use of excessive 

16 force by security forces; and 

17 (vii) has released American citizens 

18 who the Secretary of State determines to be 

19 political prisoners and dismissed charges 

20 against them; and 

21 (B) not less than 180 days after a certifi22 cation and report under subparagraph (6)(A), 

23 up to $725,850,000 may be made available only 

24 if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to 

25 the Committees on Appropriations that the re-
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1 quirements in subparagraph (6)(A) are being 

2 met. 

3 (C) The Secretary of State may provide as4 sistance, notwithstanding the certification re5 quirements of subparagraphs 6(A) and (B) of 

6 this subsection or similar provisions of law in 

7 prior Acts making appropriations for the De8 partment of State, foreign operations, and re9 lated programs, if the Secretary, after consulta10 tion with the Committees on Appropriations, 

11 certifies and reports to such Committees that it 

12 is important to the national security interest of 

13 the United States to provide such assistance: 

14 Provided, That such report, which may be in 

15 classified form if necessary, shall contain a de16 tailed justification and the reasons why any of 

17 the requirements of subparagraphs 6(A) or (B) 

18 cannot be met. 

19 (b) IRAN.— 

20 (1) The terms and conditions of paragraphs (1) 

21 and (2) of section 7041(c) in division I of Public Law 

22 112–74 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 

23 2015 as if part of this Act. 

24 (2)(A) The reporting requirements in section 

25 7043(c) in division F of Public Law 111–117 shall 
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1 continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 as if part 

2 of this Act: Provided, That the date in subsection 

3 (c)(1) shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

4 (B) The Secretary of State shall submit to the 

5 appropriate congressional committees, not later than 

6 30 days after enactment of this Act and at the end 

7 of each 30-day period thereafter until September 30, 

8 2015, a report on the implementation of the Joint 

9 Plan of Action between the P5+1 and the Govern10 ment of Iran concluded on November 24, 2013, and 

11 any extension of or successor to that agreement: Pro12 vided, That the report shall include the information 

13 required in House Report 113–499 and Senate Report 

14 113–195, and may be submitted in classified form if 

15 necessary. 

16 (c) IRAQ.— 

17 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act may be 

18 made available for assistance for Iraq to promote gov19 ernance, security, and internal and regional stability, 

20 including in Kurdistan and other areas impacted by 

21 the conflict in Syria, and among Iraq’s religious and 

22 ethnic minority populations. 

23 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

24 may be made available for construction of a perma25 nent United States consulate in Iraq on property for 
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1 which no land-use agreement has been entered into by 

2 the Governments of the United States and Iraq. 

3 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

4 headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

5 Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro6 gram’’ that are available for assistance for Iraq 

7 should be made available to enhance the capacity of 

8 Kurdistan Regional Government security services and 

9 for security programs in Kurdistan to address re10 quirements arising from the violence in Syria and 

11 Iraq: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall con12 sult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to 

13 obligating such funds. 

14 (4) Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

15 this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

16 the heads of other relevant United States Government 

17 agencies, shall submit a report to the appropriate 

18 congressional committees detailing steps taken by the 

19 United States Government to address the plight, in20 cluding resettlement needs, of Iranian dissidents lo21 cated at Camp Liberty/Hurriya in Iraq. 

22 (d) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘For24 eign Military Financing Program’’, not less than 
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1 $1,000,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 

2 Jordan. 

3 (e) LEBANON.— 

4 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 may be made available for the Lebanese Internal Se6 curity Forces (ISF) or the Lebanese Armed Forces 

7 (LAF) if the ISF or the LAF is controlled by a for8 eign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to 

9 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 

10 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

11 headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

12 Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro13 gram’’ that are available for assistance for Lebanon 

14 may be made available for programs and equipment 

15 for the ISF and the LAF to address security and sta16 bility requirements in areas affected by the conflict in 

17 Syria, following consultation with the appropriate 

18 congressional committees. 

19 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

20 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are available 

21 for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 

22 notwithstanding section 1224 of Public Law 107–228. 

23 (4) In addition to the activities described in 

24 paragraph (2), funds appropriated by this Act under 

25 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
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1 for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 

2 only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen bor3 der security and combat terrorism, including training 

4 and equipping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s borders, 

5 interdicting arms shipments, preventing the use of 

6 Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, and to 

7 implement United Nations Security Council Resolu8 tion 1701: Provided, That funds may not be obligated 

9 for assistance for the LAF until the Secretary of State 

10 submits to the Committees on Appropriations a de11 tailed spend plan, including actions to be taken to en12 sure equipment provided to the LAF is only used for 

13 the intended purposes, except such plan may not be 

14 considered as meeting the notification requirements 

15 under section 7015 of this Act or under section 634A 

16 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be 

17 submitted not later than September 1, 2015: Provided 

18 further, That any notification submitted pursuant to 

19 such sections shall include any funds specifically in20 tended for lethal military equipment. 

21 (f) LIBYA.— 

22 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 may be made available for assistance for the central 

24 Government of Libya unless the Secretary of State re25 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
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1 government is cooperating with United States Gov2 ernment efforts to investigate and bring to justice 

3 those responsible for the attack on United States per4 sonnel and facilities in Benghazi, Libya in September 

5 2012: Provided, That the limitation in this para6 graph shall not apply to funds made available for the 

7 purpose of protecting United States Government per8 sonnel or facilities. 

9 (2) Any notification required for assistance for 

10 Libya for funds appropriated under title IV of this 

11 Act shall include a detailed justification for such as12 sistance, and a description of the vetting procedures 

13 used for any individual or unit receiving such assist14 ance. 

15 (3) The limitation on the uses of funds in section 

16 7041(f)(2) of division K of Public Law 113–76 shall 

17 apply to funds appropriated by this Act that are 

18 made available for assistance for Libya: Provided, 

19 That prior to the obligation of such funds, the Sec20 retary of State shall take all appropriate steps to en21 sure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring and 

22 control of assistance for Libya. 

23 (4) Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

24 this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 
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1 to the appropriate congressional committees detail2 ing— 

3 (A) the number of claims against Libya 

4 filed with the Foreign Claims Settlement Com5 mission pursuant to the Department of State’s 

6 referral of claims of November 27, 2013 in con7 nection with the Claims Settlement Agreement 

8 between the United States of America and the 

9 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab 

10 Jamahiriya of August 14, 2008, as implemented 

11 pursuant to the Libyan Claims Resolution Act, 

12 Public Law 110–301 and Executive Order 13477 

13 dated October 31, 2008; 

14 (B) the amount of remaining balances of 

15 funds received by the United States, and held by 

16 the United States Treasury, for payment of 

17 awards rendered by the Foreign Claims Settle18 ment Commission pursuant to the November 27, 

19 2013 referral; and 

20 (C) the process by which the claims are to 

21 be adjudicated. 

22 (g) MOROCCO.— 

23 (1) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

24 Act shall be made available for assistance for the 

25 Western Sahara: Provided, That not later than 90 
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1 days after enactment of this Act and prior to the obli2 gation of such funds the Secretary of State, in con3 sultation with the Administrator of the United States 

4 Agency for International Development, shall consult 

5 with the Committees on Appropriations on the pro6 posed uses of such funds. 

7 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

8 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that 

9 are available for assistance for Morocco may only be 

10 used for the purposes requested in the Congressional 

11 Budget Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 

12 2015. 

13 (h) SYRIA.— 

14 (1) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

15 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De16 partment of State, foreign operations, and related 

17 programs may be made available notwithstanding 

18 any other provision of law for non-lethal assistance 

19 for programs to address the needs of civilians affected 

20 by conflict in Syria, and for programs that seek to— 

21 (A) establish governance in Syria that is 

22 representative, inclusive, and accountable; 

23 (B) expand the role of women in negotia24 tions to end the violence and in any political 

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1 (C) develop and implement political proc2 esses that are democratic, transparent, and ad3 here to the rule of law; 

4 (D) further the legitimacy of the Syrian op5 position through cross-border programs; 

6 (E) develop civil society and an inde7 pendent media in Syria; 

8 (F) promote economic development in 

9 Syria; 

10 (G) document, investigate, and prosecute 

11 human rights violations in Syria, including 

12 through transitional justice programs and sup13 port for nongovernmental organizations; 

14 (H) counter extremist ideologies; and 

15 (I) assist Syrian refugees whose education 

16 has been interrupted by the ongoing conflict to 

17 complete higher education requirements at re18 gional academic institutions. 

19 (2) Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 

20 by this Act and made available for assistance for 

21 Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all practicable 

22 steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for mon23 itoring, oversight, and control of such assistance in24 side Syria: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

25 shall promptly inform the appropriate congressional 
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1 committees of each significant instance in which as2 sistance provided pursuant to the authority of this 

3 subsection has been compromised, to include the type 

4 and amount of assistance affected, a description of the 

5 incident and parties involved, and an explanation of 

6 the Department of State’s response. 

7 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

8 made available for assistance for Syria pursuant to 

9 the authority of this subsection may only be made 

10 available after the Secretary of State, in consultation 

11 with the heads of relevant United States Government 

12 agencies, submits, in classified form if necessary, an 

13 update to the comprehensive strategy required in sec14 tion 7041(i)(3) of Public Law 113–76. 

15 (4) Funds made available pursuant to this sub16 section may only be made available following con17 sultation with the appropriate congressional commit18 tees, and shall be subject to the regular notification 

19 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 (i) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 

21 (1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini22 tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 

23 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for as24 sistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary 
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1 of State shall report to the Committees on Appropria2 tions that the purpose of such assistance is to— 

3 (A) advance Middle East peace; 

4 (B) improve security in the region; 

5 (C) continue support for transparent and 

6 accountable government institutions; 

7 (D) promote a private sector economy; or 

8 (E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 

9 (2) LIMITATIONS.— 

10 (A)(i) None of the funds appropriated under 

11 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this 

12 Act may be made available for assistance for the 

13 Palestinian Authority, if after the date of enact14 ment of this Act— 

15 (I) the Palestinians obtain the 

16 same standing as member states or full 

17 membership as a state in the United 

18 Nations or any specialized agency 

19 thereof outside an agreement negotiated 

20 between Israel and the Palestinians; or 

21 (II) the Palestinians initiate an 

22 International Criminal Court judi23 cially authorized investigation, or ac24 tively support such an investigation, 

25 that subjects Israeli nationals to an in-
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1 vestigation for alleged crimes against 

2 Palestinians. 

3 (ii) The Secretary of State may waive the 

4 restriction in paragraph (2)(A) resulting from 

5 the application of paragraph (2)(A)(i)(I) if the 

6 Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appro7 priations that to do so is in the national security 

8 interest of the United States, and submits a re9 port to such Committees detailing how the waiv10 er and the continuation of assistance would as11 sist in furthering Middle East peace. 

12 (B)(i) The President may waive the provi13 sions of section 1003 of Public Law 100–204 if 

14 the President determines and certifies in writing 

15 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

16 the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the 

17 Committees on Appropriations that the Palestin18 ians have not, after the date of enactment of this 

19 Act, obtained in the United Nations or any spe20 cialized agency thereof the same standing as 

21 member states or full membership as a state out22 side an agreement negotiated between Israel and 

23 the Palestinians. 

24 (ii) Not less than 90 days after the Presi25 dent is unable to make the certification and re-
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1 port pursuant to subparagraph (B)(i), the Presi2 dent may waive section 1003 of Public Law 

3 100–204 if the President determines and certifies 

4 in writing to the Speaker of the House of Rep5 resentatives, the President pro tempore of the 

6 Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations 

7 that the Palestinians have entered into direct 

8 and meaningful negotiations with Israel: Pro9 vided, That any waiver of the provisions of sec10 tion 1003 of Public Law 100–204 under sub11 paragraph (B)(i) of this paragraph or under 

12 previous provisions of law must expire before the 

13 waiver under the preceding sentence may be ex14 ercised. 

15 (iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subpara16 graph shall be effective for no more than a period 

17 of 6 months at a time and shall not apply be18 yond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

19 (3) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of State shall 

20 reduce the amount of assistance made available by 

21 this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

22 Fund’’ for the Palestinian Authority by an amount 

23 the Secretary determines is equivalent to the amount 

24 expended by the Palestinian Authority as payments 

25 for acts of terrorism by individuals who are impris-
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1 oned after being fairly tried and convicted for acts of 

2 terrorism and by individuals who died committing 

3 acts of terrorism during the previous calendar year: 

4 Provided, That the Secretary shall report to the Com5 mittees on Appropriations on the amount reduced for 

6 fiscal year 2015 prior to the obligation of funds for 

7 the Palestinian Authority. 

8 (j) YEMEN.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

9 Act for assistance for Yemen may be made available for the 

10 Armed Forces of Yemen if such forces are controlled by a 

11 foreign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant to 

12 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 

13 AFRICA

14 SEC. 7042. (a) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Funds 

15 made available by this Act for assistance for the Central 

16 African Republic shall be made available for reconciliation 

17 and peacebuilding programs, including activities to pro18 mote inter-faith dialogue at the national and local levels, 

19 and for programs to prevent crimes against humanity. 

20 (b) COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAMS.— 

21 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not 

22 less than $63,331,000 should be made available for the 

23 Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership pro24 gram, and not less than $24,000,000 should be made 
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1 available for the Partnership for Regional East Africa 

2 Counterterrorism program. 

3 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

4 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $10,000,000 

5 shall be made available for programs to counter extre6 mism in East Africa, in addition to such sums that 

7 may otherwise be made available for such purposes. 

8 (c) CRISIS RESPONSE.—Notwithstanding any other 

9 provision of law, up to $10,000,000 of the funds appro10 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Global Health Pro11 grams’’ for HIV/AIDS activities may be transferred to, and 

12 merged with, funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Eco13 nomic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ to re14 spond to unanticipated crises in Africa, except that funds 

15 shall not be transferred unless the Secretary of State cer16 tifies to the Committees on Appropriations that no indi17 vidual currently on anti-retroviral therapy supported by 

18 such funds shall be negatively impacted by the transfer of 

19 such funds: Provided, That the authority of this subsection 

20 shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees 

21 on Appropriations. 

22 (d) ETHIOPIA.— 

23 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

24 available for assistance for Ethiopian military and 
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1 police forces shall not be made available until the Sec2 retary of State— 

3 (A) certifies and reports to the Committees 

4 on Appropriations that the Government of Ethi5 opia is implementing policies to— 

6 (i) protect judicial independence; free7 dom of expression, association, assembly, 

8 and religion; the right of political opposi9 tion parties, civil society organizations, and 

10 journalists to operate without harassment or 

11 interference; and due process of law; and 

12 (ii) permit access for human rights 

13 and humanitarian organizations to the So14 mali region of Ethiopia; and 

15 (B) submits a report to the Committees on 

16 Appropriations on the types and amounts of 

17 United States training and equipment proposed 

18 to be provided to the Ethiopian military and po19 lice, including steps to ensure that such assist20 ance is not provided in contravention of section 

21 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

22 (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not 

23 apply to assistance made available under the heading 

24 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ 

25 (IMET) in this Act, assistance to Ethiopian military 
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1 efforts in support of international peacekeeping oper2 ations, countering regional terrorism, and border se3 curity, and assistance for the Ethiopian Defense Com4 mand and Staff College. 

5 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

6 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic 

7 Support Fund’’ that are available for assistance in 

8 the lower Omo and Gambella regions of Ethiopia 

9 shall— 

10 (A) not be used to support activities that di11 rectly or indirectly involve forced evictions; 

12 (B) support initiatives of local communities 

13 to improve their livelihoods; and 

14 (C) be subject to prior consultation with af15 fected populations. 

16 (4) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

17 the United States executive director of each inter18 national financial institution to vote against financ19 ing for any activities that directly or indirectly in20 volve forced evictions in Ethiopia. 

21 (e) EXPANDED INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION

22 AND TRAINING.— 

23 (1) Funds appropriated under the heading 

24 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ in 

25 this Act that are made available for assistance for 
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1 Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Coˆte d’Ivoire, Guinea, and 

2 Zimbabwe may be made available only for training 

3 related to international peacekeeping operations, ex4 panded IMET, and professional military education: 

5 Provided, That the limitation included in this para6 graph shall not apply to courses that support train7 ing in maritime security. 

8 (2) None of the funds appropriated under the 

9 heading ‘‘International Military Education and 

10 Training’’ in this Act should be made available for 

11 assistance for Equatorial Guinea. 

12 (f) LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY.—Funds appropriated 

13 by this Act shall be made available for programs and activi14 ties in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) 

15 consistent with the goals of the Lord’s Resistance Army Dis16 armament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act (Public Law 

17 111–172), including to improve physical access, tele18 communications infrastructure, and early-warning mecha19 nisms and to support the disarmament, demobilization, and 

20 reintegration of former LRA combatants, especially child 

21 soldiers. 

22 (g) NIGERIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 

23 are made available for assistance for Nigeria shall be made 

24 available for assistance for women and girls who are tar25 geted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram, consistent 
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1 with the provisions of section 7059 of this Act, and in con2 sultation with the Government of Nigeria. 

3 (h) PROGRAMS IN AFRICA.— 

4 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

5 the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and ‘‘Eco6 nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $7,000,000 shall 

7 be made available for the purposes of section 

8 7042(g)(1) of division K of Public Law 113–76. 

9 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

10 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter11 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 

12 not less than $8,000,000 shall be made available for 

13 the purposes of section 7042(g)(2) of division K of 

14 Public Law 113–76. 

15 (3) Funds made available under paragraphs (1) 

16 and (2) shall be programmed in a manner that 

17 leverages a United States Government-wide approach 

18 to addressing shared challenges and mutually bene19 ficial opportunities, and shall be the responsibility of 

20 United States Chiefs of Mission in countries in Africa 

21 seeking enhanced partnerships with the United States 

22 in areas of trade, investment, development, health, 

23 and security. 

24 (i) SOMALIA.— 
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1 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

2 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made 

3 available for assistance for Somalia should be used to 

4 promote dialogue and reconciliation between the cen5 tral government and Somali regions, and should be 

6 provided in an impartial manner that is based on 

7 need and institutional capacity: Provided, That such 

8 assistance should also be used to strengthen the rule 

9 of law and government institutions, support civil so10 ciety organizations involved in peace building, and 

11 support other development priorities including edu12 cation and employment opportunities. 

13 (2) Funds appropriated in prior Acts making 

14 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

15 operations, and related programs may be made avail16 able for assistance for Somalia, notwithstanding sec17 tion 7042(h)(2) of division K of Public Law 113–76, 

18 following consultation with, and the regular notifica19 tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 (j) SOUTH SUDAN.— 

21 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

22 made available for assistance for South Sudan 

23 should— 

24 (A) be prioritized for programs that respond 

25 to humanitarian needs and the delivery of basic 
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1 services and to mitigate conflict and promote 

2 stability, including to address protection needs 

3 and prevent and respond to gender-based vio4 lence; 

5 (B) support programs that build resilience 

6 of communities to address food insecurity, main7 tain educational opportunities, and enhance 

8 local governance; 

9 (C) be used to advance democracy, includ10 ing support for civil society, independent media, 

11 and other means to strengthen the rule of law; 

12 (D) support the transparent and sustain13 able management of natural resources by assist14 ing the Government of South Sudan in con15 ducting regular audits of financial accounts, in16 cluding revenues from oil and gas, and the time17 ly public disclosure of such audits; and 

18 (E) support the professionalization of secu19 rity forces, including human rights and account20 ability to civilian authorities. 

21 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

22 that are available for assistance for the central Gov23 ernment of South Sudan may be made available until 

24 the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations that such government 

2 is taking steps to— 

3 (A) provide access for humanitarian organi4 zations; 

5 (B) end the use of child soldiers; 

6 (C) support a cessation of hostilities agree7 ment; 

8 (D) protect freedoms of expression, associa9 tion, and assembly; 

10 (E) reduce corruption related to the extrac11 tion and sale of oil and gas; and 

12 (F) establish democratic institutions, in13 cluding accountable military and police forces 

14 under civilian authority. 

15 (3) The limitation of paragraph (2) shall not 

16 apply to— 

17 (A) humanitarian assistance; 

18 (B) assistance to directly support South 

19 Sudan peace negotiations or to implement a 

20 peace agreement; and 

21 (C) assistance to support implementation of 

22 outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace 

23 Agreement (CPA) and mutual arrangements re24 lated to the CPA. 

25 (k) SUDAN.— 
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1 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

3 made available for assistance for the Government of 

4 Sudan. 

5 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

6 may be made available for the cost, as defined in sec7 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 

8 modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Gov9 ernment of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reduc10 ing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States, 

11 and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and 

12 credit agreements. 

13 (3) The limitations of paragraphs (1) and (2) 

14 shall not apply to— 

15 (A) humanitarian assistance; 

16 (B) assistance for the Darfur region, South17 ern Kordofan State, Blue Nile State, other 

18 marginalized areas and populations in Sudan, 

19 and Abyei; and 

20 (C) assistance to support implementation of 

21 outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace 

22 Agreement (CPA), mutual arrangements related 

23 to post-referendum issues associated with the 

24 CPA, or any other internationally recognized 

25 viable peace agreement in Sudan. 
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1 (l) TRAFFICKING IN CONFLICT MINERALS, WILDLIFE, 

2 AND OTHER CONTRABAND.— 

3 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro5 gram’’ may be made available for assistance for 

6 Rwanda unless the Secretary of State certifies to the 

7 Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

8 of Rwanda is implementing a policy to cease polit9 ical, military and/or financial support to armed 

10 groups in the Democratic of the Congo (DRC) that 

11 have violated human rights or are involved in the ille12 gal exportation of minerals, wildlife, or other contra13 band. 

14 (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not 

15 apply to assistance to improve border controls to pre16 vent the illegal exportation of minerals, wildlife, and 

17 other contraband out of the DRC by such groups, to 

18 protect humanitarian relief efforts, to support the 

19 training and deployment of members of the Rwandan 

20 military in international peacekeeping operations, or 

21 to conduct operations against the Lord’s Resistance 

22 Army. 

23 (m) ZIMBABWE.— 

24 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

25 the United States executive director of each inter-
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1 national financial institution to vote against any ex2 tension by the respective institution of any loan or 

3 grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet 

4 basic human needs or to promote democracy, unless 

5 the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 

6 Committees on Appropriations that the rule of law 

7 has been restored, including respect for ownership and 

8 title to property, and freedoms of expression, associa9 tion, and assembly. 

10 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

11 shall be made available for assistance for the central 

12 Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and edu13 cation, unless the Secretary of State certifies and re14 ports as required in paragraph (1), and funds may 

15 be made available for macroeconomic growth assist16 ance if the Secretary reports to the Committees on 

17 Appropriations that such government is imple18 menting transparent fiscal policies, including public 

19 disclosure of revenues from the extraction of natural 

20 resources. 

21 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

22 SEC. 7043. (a) ASIA REBALANCING INITIATIVE.— 

23 (1) ASIA MARITIME SECURITY.— 

24 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

25 the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
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1 and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 

2 Financing Program’’ shall be made available for 

3 activities to strengthen maritime security in the 

4 Asia region: Provided, That prior to obligating 

5 such funds, the Secretary of State shall consult 

6 with the appropriate congressional committees 

7 on the uses of such funds on a country-by-coun8 try basis and on the specific regional strategic 

9 objectives supported by such funds: Provided fur10 ther, That such funds may only be made avail11 able for programs for naval forces, coast guards, 

12 or other governmental maritime entities and 

13 nongovernmental organizations, as appropriate, 

14 directly engaged in maritime security issues, and 

15 shall be coordinated with other United States 

16 Government activities that seek to strengthen 

17 maritime security in such region. 

18 (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

19 the heading ‘‘International Military Education 

20 and Training’’ shall be made available for ac21 tivities to promote the professionalism and capa22 bilities of naval forces, coast guard, or other gov23 ernmental maritime entities directly engaged in 

24 maritime security issues in the Asia region, in-
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1 cluding to counter piracy and facilitate coopera2 tion on disaster relief efforts. 

3 (C) In addition to the consultation require4 ment in paragraph (1)(A), not later than 90 

5 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

6 State, in coordination with the heads of other 

7 relevant United States Government agencies, 

8 shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

9 committees a multi-year strategy to increase co10 operation on maritime security issues with coun11 tries in the Asia region, including a description 

12 of specific regional strategic objectives served by 

13 such funds: Provided, That such strategy shall 

14 include clear goals and objectives, and cost esti15 mates for implementation on an annual, coun16 try-by-country and regional basis. 

17 (D) None of the funds appropriated by this 

18 Act may be made available for equipment or 

19 training for the armed forces of the People’s Re20 public of China. 

21 (E) Funds appropriated under titles III 

22 and IV of this Act may be made available by the 

23 Secretary of State for the participation by the 

24 United States in the Information Sharing Centre 

25 located in Singapore, as established by the Re-
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1 gional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Pi2 racy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia. 

3 (2) REGIONAL ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS.— 

4 Funds appropriated under title III of this Act that 

5 are made available for programs to strengthen re6 gional alliances and partnerships among governments 

7 in the Asia region should be matched to the maximum 

8 extent practicable and as appropriate from sources 

9 other than the United States Government: Provided, 

10 That prior to the obligation of funds for such pro11 grams, the Secretary of State shall certify to the ap12 propriate congressional committees that such regional 

13 alliance or partnership is in the national security in14 terest of the United States, and that the program or 

15 programs supporting such alliance serve specific stra16 tegic objectives, including a description of such objec17 tives and an explanation of how such programs are 

18 coordinated with other United States Government 

19 programs to rebalance policy toward Asia. 

20 (3) ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TRADE.— 

21 (A) Funds appropriated under title III of 

22 this Act that are made available for bilateral 

23 economic growth programs in the Asia region 

24 shall also be made available to increase United 

25 States trade in such region, and for assistance 
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1 for capacity building activities relating to free 

2 trade agreements. 

3 (B) Funds appropriated under title VI of 

4 this Act shall be made available to increase 

5 United States trade in the Asia region above 

6 amounts made available for such purposes in 

7 prior fiscal years. 

8 (4) OPERATIONS AND ASSISTANCE CALCULA9 TIONS.—Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

10 this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 

11 to the appropriate congressional committees detailing 

12 the funds provided for the Asia Rebalancing Initia13 tive for operations and assistance for each fiscal year 

14 beginning in fiscal year 2011: Provided, That such 

15 report shall include total amounts made available for 

16 such Initiative for each fiscal year, and shall specify 

17 the increased amounts for operations and assistance 

18 for the Asia region to support such Initiative. 

19 (5) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.— 

20 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

21 the headings ‘‘Educational and Cultural Ex22 change Programs’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 

23 Fund’’ shall be made available for exchange pro24 grams for the Asia region, including for the 

25 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, which 
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1 should be matched to the maximum extent prac2 ticable and as appropriate from sources other 

3 than the United States Government: Provided, 

4 That such Initiative shall include the participa5 tion of representatives of democratic political 

6 parties and human rights organizations. 

7 (B) Not later than 180 days after enactment 

8 of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consulta9 tion with the heads of other relevant United 

10 States Government agencies, shall submit to the 

11 appropriate congressional committees a report 

12 detailing a clear and comprehensive narrative on 

13 United States foreign policy for the Asia region, 

14 including a description of steps taken to dissemi15 nate such narrative among such agencies. 

16 (C) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

17 the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper18 ations’’ that are made available for the Asia re19 gion shall be made available to support the nar20 rative required in subparagraph (B), as appro21 priate: Provided, That not later than 90 days 

22 after enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting 

23 Board of Governors shall submit a report to the 

24 Committees on Appropriations detailing the pro25 grams that are attributable to the Asia Rebal-
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1 ancing Initiative, including the costs of such 

2 programs. 

3 (6) DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

4 (A) Funds appropriated by title III of this 

5 Act for the Asia Rebalancing Initiative shall be 

6 made available to promote and protect democ7 racy and human rights in the Asia region, in8 cluding for political parties, civil society, and 

9 organizations and individuals seeking to advance 

10 transparency, accountability, and the rule of 

11 law: Provided, That such funds shall also be 

12 made available, through an open and competitive 

13 process, to nongovernmental networks and alli14 ances that seek to promote democracy, human 

15 rights, and the rule of law in the Asia region: 

16 Provided further, That to the maximum extent 

17 practicable, such funds should be made available 

18 on a grant or cooperative agreement basis. 

19 (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

20 the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Devel21 opment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

22 and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be 

23 made available for programs to promote and 

24 preserve Tibetan culture and the resilience of Ti25 betan communities in India and Nepal, and to 
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1 assist in the education and development of the 

2 next generation of Tibetan leaders from such 

3 communities: Provided, That such funds are in 

4 addition to amounts made available for pro5 grams inside Tibet in subsection (g)(2) of this 

6 section. 

7 (7) CONFLICT RESOLUTION.—Funds appro8 priated under titles III and IV of this Act shall be 

9 made available to address and mitigate conflict in the 

10 Asia region arising from ethnic, religious, and terri11 torial disputes. 

12 (8) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub13 section, the Asia region means countries and terri14 tories in Oceania, Southeast Asia, and South Asia, 

15 and the Indian and Pacific Oceans bordering those 

16 countries and territories. 

17 (b) BURMA.— 

18 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

19 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 

20 available for assistance for Burma notwithstanding 

21 any other provision of law: Provided, That no such 

22 funds shall be made available to any successor or af23 filiated organization of the State Peace and Develop24 ment Council (SPDC) controlled by former SPDC 

25 members that promotes the repressive policies of the 
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1 SPDC, or to any individual or organization credibly 

2 alleged to have committed gross violations of human 

3 rights, including against Rohingyas and other minor4 ity groups: Provided further, That such funds may be 

5 made available for programs administered by the Of6 fice of Transition Initiatives, USAID, for ethnic 

7 groups and civil society in Burma to help sustain 

8 ceasefire agreements and further prospects for rec9 onciliation and peace, which may include support to 

10 representatives of ethnic armed groups for this pur11 pose. 

12 (2) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

13 Act for assistance for Burma— 

14 (A) may not be made available for budget 

15 support for the Government of Burma; 

16 (B) shall be provided to strengthen civil so17 ciety organizations in Burma, including as core 

18 support for such organizations; 

19 (C) shall be made available for community20 based organizations operating in Thailand to 

21 provide food, medical, and other humanitarian 

22 assistance to internally displaced persons in 

23 eastern Burma, in addition to assistance for 

24 Burmese refugees from funds appropriated by 
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1 this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Ref2 ugee Assistance’’; 

3 (D) shall be made available for parliamen4 tary strengthening programs; and 

5 (E) shall be made available for ethnic and 

6 religious reconciliation programs, including in 

7 ceasefire areas, as appropriate, and to address 

8 the Rohingya and Kachin crises. 

9 (3) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

10 under the headings ‘‘International Military Edu11 cation and Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ12 ing Program’’ may be made available for assistance 

13 for Burma: Provided, That the Department of State 

14 may continue consultations with the armed forces of 

15 Burma only on human rights and disaster response 

16 in a manner consistent with the prior fiscal year, and 

17 following consultation with the appropriate congres18 sional committees. 

19 (4) Funds made available by this Act for assist20 ance for Burma shall be made available for the imple21 mentation of the democracy and human rights strat22 egy required by section 7043(b)(3)(A) of division K of 

23 Public Law 113–76: Provided, That the United States 

24 Chief of Mission in Burma, in consultation with the 

25 Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, 
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1 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State 

2 (DRL), shall be responsible for democracy and human 

3 rights programs in Burma: Provided further, That 

4 not less than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 

5 Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appro6 priate congressional committees detailing steps taken 

7 by the United States and other international donors 

8 to protect human rights and address conflict in 

9 Rakhine State. 

10 (5) Funds appropriated by this Act shall only be 

11 made available for assistance for the central Govern12 ment of Burma if the Secretary of State certifies and 

13 reports to the appropriate congressional committees 

14 that such government has implemented reforms, in 

15 consultation with Burma’s political opposition and 

16 ethnic groups, providing for free and fair presidential 

17 and parliamentary elections, to include participation 

18 of citizens as voters and candidates: Provided, That 

19 the Secretary of State may waive the requirements of 

20 this paragraph if the Secretary certifies and reports 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is 

22 important to the democratic development of Burma, 

23 including a detailed justification for such waiver. 

24 (6) Any new program or activity in Burma ini25 tiated in fiscal year 2015 shall be subject to prior 
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1 consultation with the appropriate congressional com2 mittees. 

3 (7) Notwithstanding any provision of law, the 

4 position established by section 7 of Public Law 110– 

5 286 shall remain vacant following the expiration of 

6 the current term. 

7 (8)(A) Section 3(3) of Public Law 112–192 (Oc8 tober 5, 2012) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Public 

9 Law 112–74’’ the phrase ‘‘and shall also include the 

10 Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency’’. 

11 (B) The amendment made in subparagraph (A) 

12 shall only take effect if the Secretary of State certifies 

13 and reports to the Committees on Appropriations by 

14 September 30, 2015 that the Government of Burma 

15 has implemented reforms, in consultation with Bur16 ma’s political opposition and ethnic groups, pro17 viding for free and fair presidential and parliamen18 tary elections. 

19 (c) CAMBODIA.— 

20 (1) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

21 Act for assistance for Cambodia shall be made avail22 able for democracy and human rights programs: Pro23 vided, That such funds shall not include the costs as24 sociated with a United States contribution to a 

25 Khmer Rouge tribunal: Provided further, That deci-
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1 sions regarding the uses of such funds shall be the re2 sponsibility of the United States Chief of Mission in 

3 Cambodia, in consultation with the Assistant Sec4 retary for DRL, and should include programs that 

5 seek to— 

6 (A) strengthen Cambodian civil society; 

7 (B) promote transparent and accountable 

8 parliamentary and electoral processes; 

9 (C) provide access to justice for political 

10 prisoners and individuals whose land has been 

11 confiscated through extra-legal means; 

12 (D) protect the rights, livelihood and tradi13 tions of minority groups in Cambodia; 

14 (E) support research and documentation on 

15 the Khmer Rouge genocide, including in a re16 gional context; and 

17 (F) support efforts to educate the people of 

18 Cambodia on such genocide. 

19 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

20 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

21 State, foreign operations, and related programs under 

22 the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ shall be made 

23 available for basic education programs in Cambodia. 

24 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act may not be 

25 made available for a United States contribution to a 
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1 Khmer Rouge tribunal until the Secretary of State re2 ports to the appropriate congressional committees on 

3 whether— 

4 (A) international donors, in cooperation 

5 with the Government of Cambodia, have deter6 mined an estimate of costs and a timeline associ7 ated with the winding down of such tribunal; 

8 (B) the workings of the tribunal are free of 

9 interference by the Government of Cambodia; 

10 and 

11 (C) the Government of Cambodia is making 

12 financial contributions to such tribunal in a 

13 manner consistent with its pledges. 

14 (4) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

15 international donors to the Khmer Rouge tribunal on 

16 a plan to reimburse the Documentation Center of 

17 Cambodia for costs incurred in support of the work 

18 of such tribunal: Provided, That not later than 90 

19 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

20 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

21 committees a report detailing the steps taken to de22 velop such plan. 

23 (d) NORTH KOREA.— 

24 (1) Funds made available under the heading 

25 ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ in title I of 
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1 this Act shall be made available to maintain broad2 casts into North Korea. 

3 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

4 heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be 

5 made available for assistance for refugees from North 

6 Korea, including for protection activities in the Peo7 ple’s Republic of China. 

8 (3) None of the funds made available by this Act 

9 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be 

10 made available for assistance for the government of 

11 North Korea. 

12 (e) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

13 (1) None of the funds appropriated under the 

14 heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in this 

15 Act may be obligated or expended for processing li16 censes for the export of satellites of United States ori17 gin (including commercial satellites and satellite com18 ponents) to the People’s Republic of China unless, at 

19 least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appro20 priations are notified of such proposed action. 

21 (2) The terms and requirements of section 620(h) 

22 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall apply to 

23 foreign assistance projects or activities of the People’s 

24 Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s Republic of 

25 China, to include such projects or activities by any 
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1 entity that is owned or controlled by, or an affiliate 

2 of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the funds appro3 priated or otherwise made available pursuant to this 

4 Act may be used to finance any grant, contract, or 

5 cooperative agreement with the PLA, or any entity 

6 that the Secretary of State has reason to believe is 

7 owned or controlled by, or an affiliate of, the PLA. 

8 (3) Funds appropriated by this Act for public 

9 diplomacy under title I and for assistance under ti10 tles III and IV shall be made available to counter the 

11 influence of the People’s Republic of China, in accord12 ance with the strategy required by section 7043(e)(3) 

13 of division K of Public Law 113–76, following con14 sultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 

15 (f) PHILIPPINES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

16 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

17 that are available for assistance for the Philippine army 

18 should only be made available in accordance with the condi19 tions under this section in the explanatory statement de20 scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 

21 this consolidated Act). 

22 (g) TIBET.— 

23 (1) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct 

24 the United States executive director of each inter25 national financial institution to use the voice and 
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1 vote of the United States to support financing of 

2 projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide incen3 tives for the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans 

4 into Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of 

5 Tibetan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans, 

6 are based on a thorough needs-assessment, foster self7 sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Tibetan 

8 culture and traditions, and are subject to effective 

9 monitoring. 

10 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

12 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available to 

13 nongovernmental organizations to support activities 

14 which preserve cultural traditions and promote sus15 tainable development, education, and environmental 

16 conservation in Tibetan communities in the Tibetan 

17 Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan commu18 nities in China. 

19 (h) VIETNAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

20 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made 

21 available for remediation of dioxin contaminated sites in 

22 Vietnam and may be made available for assistance for the 

23 Government of Vietnam, including the military, for such 

24 purposes, and funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘De25 velopment Assistance’’ shall be made available for health/ 
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1 disability activities in areas sprayed with Agent Orange 

2 or otherwise contaminated with dioxin. 

3 SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

4 SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 

5 (1) OPERATIONS AND REPORTS.— 

6 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

7 the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro8 grams’’, ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 

9 Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ that 

10 are available for the construction and renovation 

11 of United States Government facilities in Af12 ghanistan may not be made available if the pur13 pose is to accommodate Federal employee posi14 tions or to expand aviation facilities or assets 

15 above those notified by the Department of State 

16 and the United States Agency for International 

17 Development (USAID) to the Committees on Ap18 propriations, or contractors in addition to those 

19 in place on the date of enactment of this Act: 

20 Provided, That the limitations in this paragraph 

21 shall not apply if funds are necessary to protect 

22 such facilities or the security, health, and welfare 

23 of United States personnel. 

24 (B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

25 under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 
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1 Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ that are 

2 made available for operations in Afghanistan, 15 

3 percent shall be withheld from obligation until 

4 the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

5 Secretary of Defense and the USAID Adminis6 trator, submits to the Committees on Appropria7 tions, in classified form if necessary, an update 

8 of the report required by section 7044(a)(1)(B) of 

9 division K of Public Law 113–76. 

10 (2) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this 

11 Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

12 and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En13 forcement’’ for assistance for Afghanistan— 

14 (A) may not be used to support any pro15 gram, project, or activity that— 

16 (i) does not have regular oversight by 

17 the Department of State or USAID, as ap18 propriate, to include site visits; 

19 (ii) involves any individual or organi20 zation that the Secretary of State deter21 mines to be involved in corrupt practices; or 

22 (iii) initiates new major infrastruc23 ture; 

24 (B) shall only be made available for pro25 grams that the Government of Afghanistan or 
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1 other Afghan entity is capable of sustaining, as 

2 appropriate and as determined by the United 

3 States Chief of Mission; 

4 (C) shall be prioritized for programs that 

5 promote women’s economic and political em6 powerment, strengthen and protect the rights of 

7 women and girls, and to implement the United 

8 States Embassy Kabul Gender Strategy; and 

9 (D) shall be implemented in accordance 

10 with all applicable audit policies of the Depart11 ment of State and USAID. 

12 (3) NOTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION REQUIRE13 MENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

14 headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Inter15 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 

16 for assistance for the central Government of Afghani17 stan shall be subject to the regular notification proce18 dures of the Committees on Appropriations, and may 

19 not be obligated unless the Secretary of State certifies 

20 and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

21 the Government of Afghanistan is— 

22 (A) implementing laws or policies to govern 

23 democratically and protect the rights of individ24 uals and civil society; 
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1 (B) implementing the Bilateral Security 

2 Agreement with the United States; 

3 (C) taking consistent steps to protect and 

4 advance the rights of women and girls in Af5 ghanistan; 

6 (D) implementing the necessary policies 

7 and procedures to comply with section 7013 of 

8 this Act; and 

9 (E) reducing corruption and recovering sto10 len assets. 

11 (4) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, after con12 sultation with the Secretary of Defense, may waive 

13 the certification requirement of paragraph (3) if the 

14 Secretary of State determines that to do so is impor15 tant to the national security interest of the United 

16 States and the Secretary submits a report to the Com17 mittees on Appropriations, in classified form if nec18 essary, on the justification for the waiver and the rea19 sons why any part of the certification requirement of 

20 paragraph (3) has not been met. 

21 (5) RULE OF LAW PROGRAMS.—Of the funds ap22 propriated by this Act that are available for assist23 ance for Afghanistan, not less than $50,000,000 shall 

24 be made available for rule of law programs: Provided, 

25 That decisions regarding the uses of such funds shall 
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1 be the responsibility of the Coordinating Director, in 

2 consultation with other appropriate United States 

3 Government officials in Afghanistan, and such Direc4 tor shall be consulted on the uses of all funds appro5 priated by this Act for rule of law programs in Af6 ghanistan. 

7 (6) FUNDING REDUCTION.—Funds appropriated 

8 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

9 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re10 lated programs that are available for assistance for 

11 the Government of Afghanistan shall be reduced by $5 

12 for every $1 that the Government of Afghanistan im13 poses in taxes, duties, penalties, or other fees on the 

14 transport of property of the United States Govern15 ment (including the United States Armed Forces), en16 tering or leaving Afghanistan. 

17 (7) ENDOWMENT TO EMPOWER WOMEN AND

18 GIRLS.—Funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco19 nomic Support Fund’’ in this Act and prior Acts 

20 making appropriations for the Department of State, 

21 foreign operations, and related programs may be 

22 made available for an endowment to empower women 

23 and girls in Afghanistan, following consultation with 

24 the appropriate congressional committees. 

25 (8) AUTHORITIES.— 
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1 (A) Funds appropriated under titles III 

2 through VI of this Act that are made available 

3 for assistance for Afghanistan may be made 

4 available— 

5 (i) notwithstanding section 7012 of 

6 this Act or any similar provision of law 

7 and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 

8 Act of 1961; and 

9 (ii) for reconciliation programs and 

10 disarmament, demobilization, and re11 integration activities for former combatants 

12 who have renounced violence against the 

13 Government of Afghanistan in accordance 

14 with section 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of Public 

15 Law 112–74. 

16 (B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of division I of 

17 Public Law 112–74 shall apply to funds appro18 priated by this Act for assistance for Afghani19 stan. 

20 (9) AFGHANISTAN REGIONAL TRANSITION.— 

21 Funds made available by this Act for assistance for 

22 Afghanistan may be made available for programs in 

23 Central and South Asia relating to a transition in 

24 Afghanistan, including expanding Afghanistan link25 ages within the region: Provided, That such funds 
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1 shall be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary 

2 for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, 

3 Department of State, and the coordinator designated 

4 pursuant to section 601 of the Support for Eastern 

5 European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public 

6 Law 101–179) and section 102 of the FREEDOM 

7 Support Act (Public Law 102–511): Provided further, 

8 That such funds shall be subject to the regular notifi9 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropria10 tions. 

11 (10) BASE RIGHTS.—None of the funds made 

12 available by this Act may be used by the United 

13 States Government to enter into a permanent basing 

14 rights agreement between the United States and Af15 ghanistan. 

16 (b) BANGLADESH.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

17 under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ that are made 

18 available for assistance for Bangladesh shall be made avail19 able for programs to improve labor conditions by strength20 ening the capacity of independent workers’ organizations 

21 in Bangladesh’s readymade garment, shrimp, and fish ex22 port sectors. 

23 (c) NEPAL.— 

24 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

25 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may 
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1 be made available for assistance for Nepal only if the 

2 Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations that the Government of 

4 Nepal is investigating and prosecuting violations of 

5 human rights and the laws of war, and the Nepal 

6 army is cooperating fully with civilian judicial au7 thorities, including providing investigators access to 

8 witnesses, documents, and other information. 

9 (2) The conditions in paragraph (1) shall not 

10 apply to assistance for humanitarian relief and re11 construction activities in Nepal, or for training to 

12 participate in international peacekeeping missions. 

13 (d) PAKISTAN.— 

14 (1) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of the 

15 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 

16 this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 

17 Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

18 Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro19 gram’’ for assistance for the Government of Pakistan 

20 may be made available unless the Secretary of State 

21 certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropria22 tions that the Government of Pakistan is— 

23 (A) cooperating with the United States in 

24 counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani 

25 Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e- 
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1 Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al-Qaeda, and 

2 other domestic and foreign terrorist organiza3 tions, including taking steps to end support for 

4 such groups and prevent them from basing and 

5 operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross 

6 border attacks into neighboring countries; 

7 (B) not supporting terrorist activities 

8 against United States or coalition forces in Af9 ghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and intel10 ligence agencies are not intervening extra-judi11 cially into political and judicial processes in 

12 Pakistan; 

13 (C) dismantling improvised explosive device 

14 (IED) networks and interdicting precursor 

15 chemicals used in the manufacture of IEDs; 

16 (D) preventing the proliferation of nuclear17 related material and expertise; 

18 (E) issuing visas in a timely manner for 

19 United States visitors engaged in counterter20 rorism efforts and assistance programs in Paki21 stan; and 

22 (F) providing humanitarian organizations 

23 access to detainees, internally displaced persons, 

24 and other Pakistani civilians affected by the con25 flict. 
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1 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, after con2 sultation with the Secretary of Defense, may waive 

3 the certification requirement of paragraph (1) if the 

4 Secretary of State determines that to do so is impor5 tant to the national security interest of the United 

6 States and the Secretary submits a report to the Com7 mittees on Appropriations, in classified form if nec8 essary, on the justification for the waiver and the rea9 sons why any part of the certification requirement of 

10 paragraph (1) has not been met. 

11 (3) ASSISTANCE.— 

12 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

13 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro14 gram’’ for assistance for Pakistan may be made 

15 available only to support counterterrorism and 

16 counterinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan, and 

17 are subject to section 620M of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961. 

19 (B) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

20 the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

21 ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 

22 and Related Programs’’ that are available for as23 sistance for Pakistan shall be made available to 

24 interdict precursor materials from Pakistan to 

25 Afghanistan that are used to manufacture IEDs, 
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1 including calcium ammonium nitrate; to sup2 port programs to train border and customs offi3 cials in Pakistan and Afghanistan; and for agri4 cultural extension programs that encourage al5 ternative fertilizer use among Pakistani farmers. 

6 (C) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

7 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 

8 made available for assistance for infrastructure 

9 projects in Pakistan shall be implemented in a 

10 manner consistent with section 507(6) of the 

11 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)). 

12 (D) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

13 titles III and IV for assistance for Pakistan may 

14 be made available notwithstanding any other 

15 provision of law, except for this subsection. 

16 (E) Of the funds appropriated under titles 

17 III and IV of this Act that are made available 

18 for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 shall be 

19 withheld from obligation until the Secretary of 

20 State reports to the Committees on Appropria21 tions that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released 

22 from prison and cleared of all charges relating to 

23 the assistance provided to the United States in 

24 locating Osama bin Laden. 

25 (4) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN.— 
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1 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

2 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are 

3 made available for assistance for Pakistan shall 

4 be made available to increase the number of 

5 scholarships for women under the Merit and 

6 Needs-Based Scholarship Program during fiscal 

7 year 2015. 

8 (B) The additional scholarships available 

9 pursuant to this subsection shall be awarded in 

10 accordance with other scholarship eligibility cri11 teria already established by USAID. 

12 (C) Additional scholarships funded pursu13 ant to this subsection shall be awarded for a 

14 range of disciplines to improve the employability 

15 of graduates and to meet the needs of scholarship 

16 recipients. 

17 (D) Not less than 50 percent of the scholar18 ships available under such Program should be 

19 awarded to Pakistani women. 

20 (5) REPORTS.— 

21 (A)(i) The spend plan required by section 

22 7076 of this Act for assistance for Pakistan shall 

23 include achievable and sustainable goals, bench24 marks for measuring progress, and expected re25 sults regarding combating poverty and fur-
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1 thering development in Pakistan, countering ex2 tremism, and establishing conditions conducive 

3 to the rule of law and transparent and account4 able governance: Provided, That such benchmarks 

5 may incorporate those required in title III of 

6 Public Law 111–73, as appropriate: Provided 

7 further, That not later than 6 months after sub8 mission of such spend plan, and each 6 months 

9 thereafter until September 30, 2016, the Sec10 retary of State shall submit a report to the Com11 mittees on Appropriations on the status of 

12 achieving the goals and benchmarks in such 

13 plan. 

14 (ii) The Secretary of State should suspend 

15 assistance for the Government of Pakistan if any 

16 report required by paragraph (A)(i) indicates 

17 that Pakistan is failing to make measurable 

18 progress in meeting such goals or benchmarks. 

19 (B) Not later than 90 days after enactment 

20 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 

21 a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

22 detailing the costs and objectives associated with 

23 significant infrastructure projects supported by 

24 the United States in Pakistan, and an assess-
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1 ment of the extent to which such projects achieve 

2 such objectives. 

3 (e) SRI LANKA.— 

4 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro6 gram’’ may be made available for assistance for Sri 

7 Lanka, no defense export license may be issued, and 

8 no military equipment or technology shall be sold or 

9 transferred to Sri Lanka pursuant to the authorities 

10 contained in this Act or any other Act, unless the Sec11 retary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 

12 on Appropriations that the Government of Sri Lanka 

13 is meeting the conditions under this subsection in the 

14 explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 

15 matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

16 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to assistance 

17 for humanitarian demining, disaster relief, and aer18 ial and maritime surveillance. 

19 (3) If the Secretary makes the certification re20 quired in paragraph (1), funds appropriated under 

21 the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

22 that are made available for assistance for Sri Lanka 

23 should be used to support the recruitment of Tamils 

24 into the Sri Lankan military in an inclusive and 

25 transparent manner, Tamil language training for 
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1 Sinhalese military personnel, and human rights 

2 training for all military personnel. 

3 (4) Funds appropriated under the heading 

4 ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ 

5 (IMET) in this Act that are available for assistance 

6 for Sri Lanka, may be made available only for train7 ing related to international peacekeeping operations 

8 and expanded IMET: Provided, That the limitation 

9 in this paragraph shall not apply to maritime secu10 rity. 

11 (5) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

12 the United States executive directors of the inter13 national financial institutions to vote against any 

14 loan, agreement, or other financial support for Sri 

15 Lanka except to meet basic human needs, unless the 

16 Secretary of State makes the certification to the Com17 mittees on Appropriations required in paragraph (1). 

18 (f) REGIONAL PROGRAMS.— 

19 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

20 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for 

21 Afghanistan and Pakistan may be provided, notwith22 standing any other provision of law that restricts as23 sistance to foreign countries, for cross border sta24 bilization and development programs between Afghan-
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1 istan and Pakistan, or between either country and the 

2 Central Asian countries. 

3 (2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

4 heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

5 Enforcement’’ that are available for assistance for 

6 countries in South and Central Asia should be made 

7 available to enhance the recruitment, retention, and 

8 professionalism of women in police and other security 

9 forces. 

10 WESTERN HEMISPHERE

11 SEC. 7045. (a) CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRATION PRE12 VENTION AND RESPONSE.— 

13 (1) STRATEGY.—Not later than 90 days after en14 actment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in con15 sultation with the Administrator of the United States 

16 Agency for International Development (USAID), and 

17 after consultation with the heads of other relevant 

18 Federal agencies and the Committees on Appropria19 tions, shall submit to such Committees a strategy to 

20 address the key factors in the countries in Central 

21 America contributing to the migration of unaccom22 panied, undocumented minors to the United States: 

23 Provided, That such strategy shall include a clear 

24 mission statement, achievable goals and objectives, 

25 benchmarks, timelines, and a spend plan: Provided 
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1 further, That funds appropriated under titles III and 

2 IV of this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

3 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

4 related programs shall be made available to imple5 ment such strategy, subject to the regular notification 

6 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

7 (2) BORDER SECURITY.—The strategy required 

8 by paragraph (1) shall address the need for greater 

9 border security for the countries in Central America 

10 and for Mexico, particularly the southern border of 

11 Mexico: Provided, That funds shall be made available 

12 by this Act to assist such countries to improve border 

13 security. 

14 (3) ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.—The 

15 strategy required by paragraph (1) shall include eco16 nomic and social development programs, with a focus 

17 on communities that are major contributors of unac18 companied migrants and where there is significant 

19 gang activity. 

20 (4) JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RE21 FORM.—The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall 

22 include judicial and police reform and capacity 

23 building programs, with a focus on strengthening ju24 dicial independence and community policing. 
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1 (5) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—The strategy re2 quired by paragraph (1) shall include activities to 

3 combat human trafficking in Central America, in4 cluding through the use of forensic technology: Pro5 vided, That funds in this Act shall be made available 

6 to support a multi-faceted approach to combat human 

7 trafficking in Guatemala. 

8 (6) REPATRIATION AND REINTEGRATION.—The 

9 strategy required by paragraph (1) shall address the 

10 need for the safe repatriation and reintegration of mi11 nors into families or family-like settings: Provided, 

12 That funds shall be made available to support repa13 triation facilities for the processing of undocumented 

14 migrants returning from the United States. 

15 (7) Not later than 60 days after submission of 

16 the strategy required by paragraph (1), and every 120 

17 days thereafter until September 30, 2016, the Sec18 retary of State, in consultation with the USAID Ad19 ministrator, shall submit a report to the Committees 

20 on Appropriations on progress toward achieving the 

21 goals and objectives contained in such strategy and 

22 an updated spend plan, as appropriate: Provided, 

23 That such report shall specify the amount of funds ob24 ligated and expended pursuant to this section by 
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1 country and the steps taken by the government of each 

2 country to— 

3 (A) improve border security; 

4 (B) enforce laws and policies to reduce the 

5 flow of illegal migrants to the United States, in6 cluding to increase penalties for human smug7 gling; 

8 (C) conduct public outreach campaigns to 

9 explain the dangers of the journey to the south10 west border of the United States, and to inform 

11 potential migrants of relevant United States im12 migration laws; and 

13 (D) cooperate with United States Federal 

14 agencies to facilitate and expedite the return, re15 patriation, and reintegration of illegal migrants 

16 arriving at the southwest border of the United 

17 States. 

18 (8) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

19 of State shall suspend further obligation of funds pro20 vided pursuant to this subsection for assistance for the 

21 government of a country if the Secretary determines 

22 and reports to the appropriate congressional commit23 tees that such government is not taking the steps spec24 ified in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph 

25 (7). 
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1 (b) COLOMBIA.— 

2 (1) Funds appropriated by this Act and made 

3 available to the Department of State for assistance for 

4 the Government of Colombia may be used to support 

5 a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking, or6 ganizations designated as Foreign Terrorist Organi7 zations, and other criminal or illegal armed groups, 

8 and to take actions to protect human health and wel9 fare in emergency circumstances, including under10 taking rescue operations: Provided, That the first 

11 through fifth provisos of paragraph (1), and para12 graph (3) of section 7045(a) of division I of Public 

13 Law 112–74 shall continue in effect during fiscal 

14 year 2015 and shall apply to funds appropriated by 

15 this Act and made available for assistance for Colom16 bia as if included in this Act: Provided further, That 

17 10 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act for 

18 the Colombian national police for aerial drug eradi19 cation programs may not be used for the aerial 

20 spraying of chemical herbicides unless the Secretary 

21 of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 

22 that the herbicides do not pose unreasonable risks or 

23 adverse effects to humans, including pregnant women 

24 and children, or the environment, including endemic 

25 species: Provided further, That any complaints of 
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1 harm to health or licit crops caused by such aerial 

2 spraying shall be thoroughly investigated and evalu3 ated, and fair compensation paid in a timely manner 

4 for meritorious claims: Provided further, That of the 

5 funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

6 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 

7 $133,000,000 shall be apportioned directly to USAID 

8 for alternative development/institution building, local 

9 governance programs, and support for victims of the 

10 violence in Colombia. 

11 (2) LIMITATION.—Of the funds appropriated by 

12 this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financ13 ing Program’’ that are available for assistance for Co14 lombia, 25 percent may be obligated only in accord15 ance with the conditions under section 7045 in the ex16 planatory statement described in section 4 (in the 

17 matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

18 (c) CUBA.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

19 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made avail20 able for programs in Cuba. 

21 (d) GUATEMALA.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

22 may be made available for assistance for the Guatemalan 

23 army only in accordance with the conditions under section 

24 7045 in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
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1 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

2 Act). 

3 (e) HAITI.— 

4 (1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 may be made available for assistance for the central 

6 Government of Haiti until the Secretary of State cer7 tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropria8 tions that the Government of Haiti— 

9 (A) is taking steps to hold free and fair par10 liamentary elections and to seat a new Haitian 

11 Parliament; 

12 (B) is selecting judges in a transparent 

13 manner and respecting the independence of the 

14 judiciary; 

15 (C) is combating corruption, including im16 plementing the anti-corruption law by pros17 ecuting corrupt officials; and 

18 (D) is improving governance and imple19 menting financial transparency and account20 ability requirements for government institutions. 

21 (2) The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to 

22 purchase defense articles and services under the Arms 

23 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the 

24 Coast Guard. 

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1 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

2 the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

3 Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

4 Program’’ that are available for assistance for the 

5 Honduran army and police, 25 percent may be obli6 gated only in accordance with the conditions under 

7 section 7045 in the explanatory statement described 

8 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 

9 this consolidated Act). 

10 (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not 

11 apply to assistance to promote transparency, anti12 corruption, border and maritime security, respect for 

13 the rule of law within the army and police, and to 

14 combat human trafficking. 

15 (g) MEXICO.— 

16 (1) Prior to the obligation of 15 percent of the 

17 funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

18 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce19 ment’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

20 that are available for assistance for the Mexican army 

21 and police, the Secretary of State shall report in writ22 ing to the Committees on Appropriations that the 

23 Government of Mexico is meeting the conditions under 

24 section 7045 in the explanatory statement described 
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1 in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 

2 this consolidated Act). 

3 (2) The restriction in paragraph (1) shall not 

4 apply to assistance to promote transparency, anti5 corruption, border and maritime security, and respect 

6 for the rule of law within the army and police. 

7 (3) Not later than 45 days after the enactment 

8 of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

9 with the Commissioner for the United States Section 

10 of the International Boundary and Water Commis11 sion (IBWC), shall report to the Committees on Ap12 propriations on the efforts to work with the Mexico 

13 Section of the IBWC and the Government of Mexico 

14 to establish mechanisms to improve the transparency 

15 of data on, and predictability of, the water deliveries 

16 from Mexico to the United States to meet annual 

17 water apportionments to the Rio Grande, in accord18 ance with the 1944 Treaty between the United States 

19 and Mexico Respecting Utilization of Waters of the 

20 Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, 

21 and on actions taken to minimize or eliminate the 

22 water deficits owed to the United States in the cur23 rent 5-year cycle by the end of such cycle: Provided, 

24 That such report shall include a projection of the bal25 ance of the water delivery deficit at the end of the 
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1 current 5-year cycle, as well as the estimated impact 

2 to the United States of a negative delivery balance. 

3 (h) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—To 

4 the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations and 

5 maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act 

6 should be borne by the recipient country. 

7 (i) TRADE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated by this 

8 Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and 

9 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ should be made available for 

10 labor and environmental capacity building activities relat11 ing to free trade agreements with countries of Central Amer12 ica, Colombia, Peru, and the Dominican Republic. 

13 PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS

14 SEC. 7046. None of the funds appropriated or made 

15 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for 

16 carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be 

17 used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrear18 ages, or dues of any member of the United Nations or, from 

19 funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of 

20 part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for 

21 participation of another country’s delegation at inter22 national conferences held under the auspices of multilateral 

23 or international organizations. 
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1 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS

2 SEC. 7047. If the President determines that doing so 

3 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

4 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

5 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec6 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to 

7 $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na8 tions War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the 

9 former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council 

10 or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may 

11 establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 

12 regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) 

13 thereof: Provided, That the determination required under 

14 this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise 

15 required under section 552(c): Provided further, That funds 

16 made available pursuant to this section shall be made avail17 able subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

18 Committees on Appropriations. 

19 UNITED NATIONS

20 SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNT21 ABILITY.—Of the funds appropriated under title I and 

22 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro23 grams’’ in title V of this Act that are available for contribu24 tions to the United Nations (including the Department of 

25 Peacekeeping Operations), any United Nations agency, or 
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1 the Organization of American States, 15 percent may not 

2 be obligated for such organization, department, or agency 

3 until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

4 Appropriations that the organization, department, or agen5 cy is— 

6 (1) posting on a publicly available Web site, con7 sistent with privacy regulations and due process, reg8 ular financial and programmatic audits of such orga9 nization, department, or agency, and providing the 

10 United States Government with necessary access to 

11 such financial and performance audits; and 

12 (2) effectively implementing and enforcing poli13 cies and procedures which reflect best practices as de14 fined in the explanatory statement described in sec15 tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con16 solidated Act) for the protection of whistleblowers 

17 from retaliation, including best practices for— 

18 (A) protection against retaliation for inter19 nal and lawful public disclosures; 

20 (B) legal burdens of proof; 

21 (C) statutes of limitation for reporting re22 taliation; 

23 (D) access to independent adjudicative bod24 ies, including external arbitration; and 
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1 (E) results that eliminate the effects of prov2 en retaliation. 

3 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS

4 AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 

5 (1) None of the funds made available under title 

6 I of this Act may be used to pay expenses for any 

7 United States delegation to any specialized agency, 

8 body, or commission of the United Nations if such 

9 agency, body, or commission is chaired or presided 

10 over by a country, the government of which the Sec11 retary of State has determined, for purposes of section 

12 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 as 

13 continued in effect pursuant to the International 

14 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. App. 

15 2405(j)(1)), supports international terrorism. 

16 (2) None of the funds made available under title 

17 I of this Act may be used by the Secretary of State 

18 as a contribution to any organization, agency, com19 mission, or program within the United Nations sys20 tem if such organization, agency, commission, or pro21 gram is chaired or presided over by a country the 

22 government of which the Secretary of State has deter23 mined, for purposes of section 620A of the Foreign 

24 Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export 

25 Control Act, section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administra-
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1 tion Act of 1979, or any other provision of law, is a 

2 government that has repeatedly provided support for 

3 acts of international terrorism. 

4 (3) The Secretary of State may waive the restric5 tion in this subsection if the Secretary reports to the 

6 Committees on Appropriations that to do so is in the 

7 national interest of the United States. 

8 (c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 

9 Funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to 

10 support the United Nations Human Rights Council only 

11 if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Ap12 propriations that participation in the Council is in the na13 tional interest of the United States: Provided, That the Sec14 retary of State shall report to the Committees on Appro15 priations not later than September 30, 2015, on the resolu16 tions considered in the United Nations Human Rights 

17 Council during the previous 12 months, and on steps taken 

18 to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item. 

19 (d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY.— 

20 The Secretary of State shall submit a report in writing to 

21 the Committees on Appropriations not less than 45 days 

22 after enactment of this Act on whether the United Nations 

23 Relief and Works Agency is— 

24 (1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the 

25 West Bank, Gaza, and other fields of operation to in-
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1 spect UNRWA installations and reporting any inap2 propriate use; 

3 (2) acting promptly to address any staff or bene4 ficiary violation of its own policies (including the 

5 policies on neutrality and impartiality of employees) 

6 and the legal requirements under section 301(c) of the 

7 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

8 (3) implementing procedures to maintain the 

9 neutrality of its facilities, including implementing a 

10 no-weapons policy, and conducting regular inspec11 tions of its installations, to ensure they are only used 

12 for humanitarian or other appropriate purposes; 

13 (4) taking necessary and appropriate measures 

14 to ensure it is operating in compliance with the con15 ditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

16 of 1961 and continuing regular reporting to the De17 partment of State on actions it has taken to ensure 

18 conformance with such conditions; 

19 (5) taking steps to ensure the content of all edu20 cational materials currently taught in UNRWA-ad21 ministered schools and summer camps is consistent 

22 with the values of human rights, dignity, and toler23 ance and does not induce incitement; 

24 (6) not engaging in operations with financial in25 stitutions or related entities in violation of relevant 
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1 United States law, and is taking steps to improve the 

2 financial transparency of the organization; and 

3 (7) in compliance with the United Nations 

4 Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements and 

5 is implementing in a timely fashion the Board’s rec6 ommendations. 

7 (e) UNITED NATIONS CAPITAL MASTER PLAN.—None 

8 of the funds made available in this Act may be used for 

9 the design, renovation, or construction of the United Na10 tions Headquarters in New York. 

11 (f) WAIVER.—The restrictions imposed by or pursuant 

12 to subsection (a) may be waived on a case-by-case basis by 

13 the Secretary of State if the Secretary determines and re14 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such waiver 

15 is necessary to avert or respond to a humanitarian crisis. 

16 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment 

17 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

18 the Committees on Appropriations detailing the amount of 

19 funds available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 

20 2015 for contributions to any organization, department, 

21 agency, or program within the United Nations system or 

22 any international program that are withheld from obliga23 tion or expenditure due to any provision of law: Provided, 

24 That the Secretary of State shall update such report each 

25 time additional funds are withheld by operation of any pro-
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1 vision of law: Provided further, That the reprogramming 

2 of any withheld funds identified in such report, including 

3 updates thereof, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 

4 and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

5 on Appropriations. 

6 COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE

7 SEC. 7049. (a) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by 

8 titles III and IV of this Act to carry out the provisions 

9 of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of 

10 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwith11 standing section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness 

12 and accountability of civilian police authority through 

13 training and technical assistance in human rights, the rule 

14 of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through as15 sistance to foster civilian police roles that support demo16 cratic governance, including assistance for programs to pre17 vent conflict, respond to disasters, address gender-based vio18 lence, and foster improved police relations with the commu19 nities they serve. 

20 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Assistance provided under sub21 section (a) shall be subject to the regular notification proce22 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO

24 SEC. 7050. None of the funds provided by this Act shall 

25 be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
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1 bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 

2 foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 

3 or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 

4 applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 

5 same type. 

6 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

7 SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 

9 of more than 50 employees of agencies or departments of 

10 the United States Government who are stationed in the 

11 United States, at any single international conference occur12 ring outside the United States, unless the Secretary of State 

13 reports to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days 

14 in advance that such attendance is important to the na15 tional interest: Provided, That for purposes of this section 

16 the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference 

17 attended by representatives of the United States Govern18 ment and of foreign governments, international organiza19 tions, or nongovernmental organizations. 

20 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER AND COORDINATION

21 SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith22 standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 

23 procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

24 Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

25 foreign operations, and related programs under the head-
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1 ings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, ‘‘International 

2 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean 

3 Counterdrug Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Pro4 grams’’ may be used for any other program and in any 

5 region, including for the transportation of active and stand6 by Civilian Response Corps personnel and equipment dur7 ing a deployment: Provided, That the responsibility for pol8 icy decisions and justification for the use of such transfer 

9 authority shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of 

10 State and the Deputy Secretary of State and this responsi11 bility shall not be delegated. 

12 (b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided in 

13 subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of State 

14 determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria15 tions that the equipment is no longer required to meet pro16 grammatic purposes in the designated country or region: 

17 Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject to prior 

18 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

19 of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 (c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 

21 (1) The uses of aircraft purchased or leased by 

22 the Department of State and the United States Agen23 cy for International Development (USAID) with 

24 funds made available in this Act or prior Acts mak25 ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
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1 eign operations, and related programs shall be coordi2 nated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of 

3 Mission: Provided, That such aircraft may be used to 

4 transport, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 

5 basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel supporting 

6 Department of State and USAID programs and ac7 tivities: Provided further, That official travel for other 

8 agencies for other purposes may be supported on a re9 imbursable basis, or without reimbursement when 

10 traveling on a space available basis: Provided further, 

11 That funds received by the Department of State for 

12 the use of aircraft owned, leased, or chartered by the 

13 Department of State may be credited to the Depart14 ment’s Working Capital Fund and shall be available 

15 for expenses related to the purchase, lease, mainte16 nance, chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 

17 (2) The requirement and authorities of this sub18 section shall only apply to aircraft, the primary pur19 pose of which is the transportation of personnel. 

20 PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY

21 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

22 SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 

23 of division F of Public Law 111–117 shall apply to this 

24 Act: Provided, That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ in sub-
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1 section (f)(2)(B) shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 

2 2014’’. 

3 LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS

4 SEC. 7054. (a) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 

5 other provision of law, demining equipment available to the 

6 United States Agency for International Development and 

7 the Department of State and used in support of the clear8 ance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for humani9 tarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in 

10 foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions as 

11 the Secretary of State may prescribe. 

12 (b) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military assistance 

13 shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export 

14 license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster 

15 munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 

16 transferred, unless— 

17 (1) the submunitions of the cluster munitions, 

18 after arming, do not result in more than 1 percent 

19 unexploded ordnance across the range of intended 

20 operational environments, and the agreement applica21 ble to the assistance, transfer, or sale of such cluster 

22 munitions or cluster munitions technology specifies 

23 that the cluster munitions will only be used against 

24 clearly defined military targets and will not be used 
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1 where civilians are known to be present or in areas 

2 normally inhabited by civilians; or 

3 (2) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is 

4 for the purpose of demilitarizing or permanently dis5 posing of such cluster munitions. 

6 PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

7 SEC. 7055. No part of any appropriation contained 

8 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur9 poses within the United States not authorized before the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, 

11 That not to exceed $25,000 may be made available to carry 

12 out the provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96–533. 

13 LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES

14 SEC. 7056. Of the funds appropriated or made avail15 able pursuant to title II of this Act, not to exceed $100,500 

16 shall be for official residence expenses of the United States 

17 Agency for International Development during the current 

18 fiscal year. 

19 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

20 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of the 

23 funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant to 

24 or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assist25 ance Act of 1961 may be used by the United States Agency 
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1 for International Development (USAID) to hire and employ 

2 individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited 

3 appointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 

4 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. 

5 (b) RESTRICTIONS.— 

6 (1) The number of individuals hired in any fis7 cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub8 section (a) may not exceed 175. 

9 (2) The authority to hire individuals contained 

10 in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2016. 

11 (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 

12 should only be used to the extent that an equivalent number 

13 of positions that are filled by personal services contractors 

14 or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who are com15 pensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of 

16 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, are eliminated. 

17 (d) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

18 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

19 under the authority of this section shall be the account to 

20 which such individual’s responsibilities primarily relate: 

21 Provided, That funds made available to carry out this sec22 tion may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro23 priated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Operating 

24 Expenses’’. 
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1 (e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi2 viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 

3 available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

4 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

5 programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 of the 

6 Foreign Service Act of 1980, may be extended for a period 

7 of up to 4 years notwithstanding the limitation set forth 

8 in such section. 

9 (f) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated 

10 under title III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign 

11 Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, in addition to funds 

12 otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost (including 

13 the support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed 

14 by USAID whose primary responsibility is to carry out 

15 programs in response to natural disasters, or man-made 

16 disasters subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

17 Committees on Appropriations. 

18 (g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap19 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

20 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assist21 ance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace Act 

22 (Public Law 83–480), may be used by USAID to employ 

23 up to 40 personal services contractors in the United States, 

24 notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose 

25 of providing direct, interim support for new or expanded 
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1 overseas programs and activities managed by the agency 

2 until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and 

3 trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such contrac4 tors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided fur5 ther, That such funds appropriated to carry out title II of 

6 the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), may be made 

7 available only for personal services contractors assigned to 

8 the Office of Food for Peace. 

9 (h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

10 award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro11 priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 

12 the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 

13 such contracts when the order is placed with any category 

14 of small or small disadvantaged business. 

15 (i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT16 MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro17 vided by section 7059(o) of division F of Public Law 111– 

18 117 may be assigned to or support programs in Afghani19 stan or Pakistan with funds made available in this Act and 

20 prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

21 State, foreign operations, and related programs. 

22 (j) LOCAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.—Not later 

23 than 180 days after enactment of this Act and after con24 sultation with the appropriate congressional committees, 

25 the USAID Administrator shall submit to such committees 
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1 a plan, including a timeline and resources required by fis2 cal year, to incorporate the following components into 

3 USAID Foreign Service training, assignment, and pro4 motion practices in order to enable all Foreign Service Offi5 cers to effectively apply local sustainable development prin6 ciples to USAID assistance programs: 

7 (1) a time period for overseas assignments that 

8 facilitates sustainable development, and which in9 cludes the option of extending such assignments; 

10 (2) sufficient foreign language training; 

11 (3) expertise in one or more program areas; 

12 (4) work objectives that give Foreign Service Of13 ficers primary responsibility for developing relation14 ships with, and building the capacity of, local non15 governmental and governmental entities, and sup16 porting grants to and cooperative agreements with 

17 such entities to design and implement small-scale, 

18 sustainable programs, projects, and activities across 

19 all development sectors; 

20 (5) incentives, including training, compensation, 

21 and career development opportunities including pro22 motions, to encourage such officers to carry out their 

23 responsibilities; and 
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1 (6) procedures to ensure that the responsibilities 

2 and assignments of relevant locally employed staff are 

3 fully integrated with the work of such officers. 

4 GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

5 SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by 

6 titles III and IV of this Act that are made available for 

7 bilateral assistance for child survival activities or disease 

8 programs including activities relating to research on, and 

9 the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may 

10 be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health 

12 Programs’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 

13 AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 

14 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That 

15 of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 

16 less than $575,000,000 should be made available for family 

17 planning/reproductive health, including in areas where 

18 population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered spe19 cies. 

20 (b) GLOBAL FUND.— 

21 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act that 

22 are available for a contribution to the Global Fund 

23 to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 

24 Fund), 10 percent should be withheld from obligation 
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1 until the Secretary of State determines and reports to 

2 the Committees on Appropriations that— 

3 (A) the Global Fund is maintaining and 

4 implementing a policy of transparency, includ5 ing the authority of the Global Fund Office of the 

6 Inspector General (OIG) to publish OIG reports 

7 on a public Web site; 

8 (B) the Global Fund is providing sufficient 

9 resources to maintain an independent OIG 

10 that— 

11 (i) reports directly to the Board of the 

12 Global Fund; 

13 (ii) maintains a mandate to conduct 

14 thorough investigations and programmatic 

15 audits, free from undue interference; and 

16 (iii) compiles regular, publicly pub17 lished audits and investigations of finan18 cial, programmatic, and reporting aspects 

19 of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipients, 

20 sub-recipients, and Local Fund Agents; 

21 (C) the Global Fund maintains an effective 

22 whistleblower policy to protect whistleblowers 

23 from retaliation, including confidential proce24 dures for reporting possible misconduct or irreg25 ularities; and 
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1 (D) the Global Fund is implementing the 

2 recommendations contained in the Consolidated 

3 Transformation Plan approved by the Board of 

4 the Global Fund on November 21, 2011. 

5 (2) The withholding required by this subsection 

6 shall not be in addition to funds that are withheld 

7 from the Global Fund in fiscal year 2015 pursuant 

8 to the application of any other provision contained in 

9 this or any other Act. 

10 (c) CONTAGIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS.— 

11 If the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com12 mittees on Appropriations that an international infectious 

13 disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is spreading inter14 nationally, or that it is in the national interest to respond 

15 to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, 

16 funds made available under title III of this Act may be 

17 made available to combat such infectious disease or public 

18 health emergency: Provided, That funds made available 

19 pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be subject 

20 to prior consultation with, and the regular notification pro21 cedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 GENDER EQUALITY

23 SEC. 7059. (a) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appro24 priated by this Act shall be made available to promote gen25 der equality in United States Government diplomatic and 
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1 development efforts by raising the status, increasing the 

2 participation, and protecting the rights of women and girls 

3 worldwide. 

4 (b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appro5 priated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 

6 shall be made available to increase leadership opportunities 

7 for women in countries where women and girls suffer dis8 crimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strength9 ening protections for women’s political status, expanding 

10 women’s participation in political parties and elections, 

11 and increasing women’s opportunities for leadership posi12 tions in the public and private sectors at the local, provin13 cial, and national levels. 

14 (c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 

15 (1)(A) Of the funds appropriated by titles III 

16 and IV of this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall 

17 be made available to implement a multi-year strategy 

18 to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in 

19 countries where it is common in conflict and non-con20 flict settings. 

21 (B) Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of 

22 this Act that are available to train foreign police, ju23 dicial, and military personnel, including for inter24 national peacekeeping operations, shall address, where 

25 appropriate, prevention and response to gender-based 
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1 violence and trafficking in persons, and shall promote 

2 the integration of women into the police and other se3 curity forces. 

4 (2) Department of State and United States 

5 Agency for International Development gender pro6 grams shall incorporate coordinated efforts to combat 

7 a variety of forms of gender-based violence, including 

8 child marriage, rape, female genital cutting and mu9 tilation, and domestic violence, among other forms of 

10 gender-based violence in conflict and non-conflict set11 tings. 

12 (d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appro13 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As14 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International 

15 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ should be made 

16 available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and 

17 improve coordination of, United States Government efforts 

18 to empower women as equal partners in conflict prevention, 

19 peace building, transitional processes, and reconstruction 

20 efforts in countries affected by conflict or in political transi21 tion, and to ensure the equitable provision of relief and re22 covery assistance to women and girls. 

23 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS

24 SEC. 7060. (a) EDUCATION.— 

25 (1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 
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1 (A) Of the funds appropriated under title 

2 III of this Act, not less than $800,000,000 should 

3 be made available for assistance for basic edu4 cation, and such funds may be made available 

5 notwithstanding any provision of 

6 law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, 

7 except for the conditions provided in this sub8 section: Provided, That not later than 60 days 

9 after enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

10 the United States Agency for International De11 velopment (USAID) shall report to the Commit12 tees on Appropriations on the status of cumu13 lative unobligated balances and obligated, but 

14 unexpended, balances in each country where 

15 USAID provides basic education assistance and 

16 such report shall also include details on the types 

17 of contracts and grants provided and the goals 

18 and objectives of such assistance: Provided fur19 ther, That the Administrator shall update such 

20 report on a monthly basis thereafter until the 

21 unobligated and unexpended balances for such 

22 assistance are less than the amount made avail23 able by this paragraph for basic education assist24 ance: Provided further, That the initial report 

25 shall also include a detailed plan, timeline, and 
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1 the current status of assistance for basic edu2 cation. 

3 (B) USAID shall ensure that programs sup4 ported with funds appropriated for basic edu5 cation in this Act and prior Acts making appro6 priations for the Department of State, foreign 

7 operations, and related programs are integrated, 

8 as appropriate, with health, agriculture, govern9 ance, and economic and social development ac10 tivities to address the broader needs of target 

11 populations: Provided, That USAID shall work 

12 to achieve quality universal basic education by— 

13 (i) assisting foreign governments, non14 governmental, and multilateral organiza15 tions working in developing countries to 

16 provide children with a quality basic edu17 cation, including through strengthening host 

18 country educational systems; and 

19 (ii) promoting basic education as the 

20 foundation for comprehensive community 

21 development programs. 

22 (C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

23 under title III for basic education, not less than 

24 $45,000,000 shall be made available for a con-
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1 tribution to multilateral partnerships that sup2 port education. 

3 (2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro4 priated by title III of this Act, not less than 

5 $225,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 

6 for higher education, of which not less than 

7 $35,000,000 shall be to support such programs in Af8 rica, including $17,500,000 for human and institu9 tional capacity development partnerships between 

10 higher education institutions in Africa and the 

11 United States. 

12 (3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of funds appro13 priated under title III of this Act, the term ‘‘democ14 racy programs’’ in section 7032(c) of this Act shall 

15 also include programs to rescue scholars, and fellow16 ships, scholarships, and exchanges in the Middle East 

17 and North Africa for academic professionals and uni18 versity students from countries in such region, subject 

19 to the regular notification procedures of the Commit20 tees on Appropriations. 

21 (b) COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM.—Funds ap22 propriated by titles I, III, and IV of this Act may be made 

23 available for programs to reduce support for foreign ter24 rorist organizations (FTOs), as designated pursuant to sec25 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, through 
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1 messaging campaigns to damage their appeal; programs for 

2 potential supporters of violent extremism; counter 

3 radicalization and rehabilitation programs in prisons; job 

4 training and social reintegration for former supporters of 

5 FTOs; law enforcement training programs; and capacity 

6 building for civil society organizations to combat 

7 radicalization in local communities: Provided, That for 

8 purposes of this subsection the term ‘‘countering violent ex9 tremism’’ shall be defined as non-coercive interventions 

10 aimed directly at reducing public support for FTOs: Pro11 vided further, That not later than 180 days after enactment 

12 of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

13 heads of other relevant United States Government agencies, 

14 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

15 multi-year strategy to counter violent extremism, including 

16 a description of the objectives of such strategy, oversight 

17 mechanisms for programs to carry out such strategy, and 

18 multi-year cost estimates. 

19 (c) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated by 

21 this Act, not less than $1,153,500,000 should be made 

22 available for environment programs. 

23 (2) CLEAN ENERGY.—The limitation in section 

24 7081(b) of division F of Public Law 111–117 shall 

25 continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 as if part 
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1 of this Act: Provided, That the proviso contained in 

2 such section shall not apply. 

3 (3) ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION.—Funds ap4 propriated by this Act may be made available for 

5 United States contributions to multilateral environ6 mental funds and facilities to support adaptation and 

7 mitigation programs only in accordance with the di8 rectives under this subsection in the joint explanatory 

9 statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre10 ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

11 (4) SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES AND BIODIVER12 SITY.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of 

13 this Act, not less than $123,500,000 shall be made 

14 available for sustainable landscapes programs and, in 

15 addition, not less than $250,000,000 shall be made 

16 available to protect biodiversity, and shall not be used 

17 to support or promote the expansion of industrial 

18 scale logging or any other industrial scale extractive 

19 activity into areas that were primary/intact tropical 

20 forest as of December 30, 2013: Provided, That of the 

21 funds made available for the Central African Re22 gional Program for the Environment and other trop23 ical forest programs in the Congo Basin, not less than 

24 $17,500,000 shall be apportioned directly to the 

25 United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): 
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1 Provided further, That funds made available for the 

2 Department of the Interior (DOI) for programs in the 

3 Mayan Biosphere Reserve shall be apportioned di4 rectly to the DOI: Provided further, That such funds 

5 shall be made available to support other international 

6 conservation programs of the USFWS, programs of 

7 the United States Forest Service, and programs to 

8 protect great apes and other endangered species. 

9 (5) WILDLIFE POACHING AND TRAFFICKING.— 

10 (A) Not less than $55,000,000 of the funds 

11 appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act 

12 shall be made available to combat the 

13 transnational threat of wildlife poaching and 

14 trafficking, including not less than $10,000,000 

15 for programs to combat rhinoceros poaching. 

16 (B) None of the funds appropriated under 

17 title IV of this Act may be made available for 

18 training or other assistance for any military 

19 unit or personnel that the Secretary of State de20 termines has been credibly alleged to have par21 ticipated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, un22 less the Secretary reports to the Committees on 

23 Appropriations that to do so is in the national 

24 security interest of the United States. 
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1 (6) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this 

2 Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 

3 through 106, and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign 

4 Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding 

5 any other provision of law except for the provisions 

6 of this subsection and subject to the regular notifica7 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 

8 to support environment programs. 

9 (7) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 

10 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 

11 made available to promote and support trans12 parency and accountability of expenditures and 

13 revenues related to the extraction of natural re14 sources, including by strengthening implementa15 tion and monitoring of the Extractive Industries 

16 Transparency Initiative, implementing and en17 forcing section 8204 of Public Law 110–246 and 

18 to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, and pro19 vide technical assistance to promote independent 

20 audit mechanisms and support civil society par21 ticipation in natural resource management. 

22 (B)(i) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

23 inform the management of the international fi24 nancial institutions and post on the Department 

25 of the Treasury’s Web site that it is the policy 
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1 of the United States to vote against any assist2 ance by such institutions (including but not lim3 ited to any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) for 

4 the extraction and export of a natural resource 

5 if the government of the country has in place 

6 laws, regulations, or procedures to prevent or 

7 limit the public disclosure of company payments 

8 as required by section 1504 of Public Law 111– 

9 203, and unless such government has adopted 

10 laws, regulations, or procedures in the sector in 

11 which assistance is being considered for— 

12 (I) accurately accounting for and pub13 lic disclosure of payments to the host gov14 ernment by companies involved in the ex15 traction and export of natural resources; 

16 (II) the independent auditing of ac17 counts receiving such payments and public 

18 disclosure of the findings of such audits; 

19 and 

20 (III) public disclosure of such docu21 ments as Host Government Agreements, 

22 Concession Agreements, and bidding docu23 ments, allowing in any such dissemination 

24 or disclosure for the redaction of, or excep25 tions for, information that is commercially 
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1 proprietary or that would create competi2 tive disadvantage. 

3 (ii) The requirements of clause (i) shall not 

4 apply to assistance for the purpose of building 

5 the capacity of such government to meet the re6 quirements of this subparagraph. 

7 (C) The Secretary of the Treasury or the 

8 Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall instruct 

9 the United States executive director of each 

10 international financial institution and the 

11 United States representatives to all forest-related 

12 multilateral financing mechanisms and processes 

13 to vote against any financing to support or pro14 mote the expansion of industrial scale logging or 

15 any other industrial scale extractive activity into 

16 areas that were primary/intact tropical forest as 

17 of December 30, 2013. 

18 (D) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in19 struct the United States executive director of 

20 each international financial institution that it is 

21 the policy of the United States to vote in relation 

22 to any loan, grant, strategy, or policy of such in23 stitution to support the construction of any large 

24 dam, only in accordance with the conditions 

25 under this section in the explanatory statement 
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1 described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

2 division A of this consolidated Act). 

3 (E)(i) Not later than 120 days after enact4 ment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall 

5 designate sufficient personnel with the technical 

6 expertise to fulfill the agency’s responsibilities 

7 under sections 1302, 1303, and 1307 of title XIII 

8 of the International Financial Institutions Act of 

9 1977, as amended, including the ability for per10 sonnel with such expertise from other relevant 

11 United States Government agencies to be detailed 

12 to USAID, as needed, which may be on a non13 reimbursable basis, to provide additional tech14 nical support and specific subject matter reviews 

15 as part of USAID’s Title XIII analytical, inves16 tigative, and reporting responsibilities: Provided, 

17 That the responsibilities of such personnel shall 

18 include, but not be limited to— 

19 (I) conducting independent, tech20 nical, and thorough reviews of pro21 posed multilateral development bank 

22 (MDB) projects at the technical assess23 ment/feasibility stage prior to the 

24 drafting of environmental impact as25 sessments; 
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1 (II) conducting reviews, and co2 ordinating and compiling the analyses 

3 by other relevant United States Gov4 ernment agencies with technical exper5 tise of environmental impact assess6 ments in support of the project review 

7 process, to assist in fulfilling USAID’s 

8 responsibilities under section 1303(c) 

9 of the International Financial Institu10 tions Act, as amended; and 

11 (III) ongoing monitoring of MDB 

12 projects reviewed pursuant to USAID’s 

13 Title XIII reporting responsibilities to 

14 determine the degree of incorporation 

15 and effectiveness of United States Gov16 ernment recommendations and the ade17 quacy of safeguard policies. 

18 (ii) Not later than 45 days after enact19 ment of this Act, the USAID Administrator 

20 shall consult with the Committees on Ap21 propriations on the implementation of this 

22 subsection. 

23 (8) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Not later than 120 

24 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

25 State, after consultation with the Secretary of the 
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1 Treasury, shall transfer $29,907,000 of funds appro2 priated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

3 to funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

4 ‘‘Multilateral Assistance, International Financial In5 stitutions’’ for additional payments to trust funds 

6 enumerated under such headings: Provided, That 

7 prior to exercising such transfer authority the Sec8 retary of State shall consult with the Committees on 

9 Appropriations. 

10 (9) CONTINUATION OF PRIOR LAW.—Section 

11 7081(g)(2) and (4) of division F of Public Law 111– 

12 117 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2015 

13 as if part of this Act. 

14 (d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP15 MENT.— 

16 (1) Of the funds appropriated by title III of this 

17 Act, not less than $1,000,600,000 should be made 

18 available for food security and agricultural develop19 ment programs, of which $32,000,000 shall be made 

20 available for the Feed the Future Collaborative Re21 search Innovation Lab: Provided, That such funds 

22 may be made available notwithstanding any other 

23 provision of law to address food shortages, and for a 

24 United States contribution to the endowment of the 

25 Global Crop Diversity Trust. 
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1 (2) Funds appropriated under title III of this 

2 Act may be made available as a contribution to the 

3 Global Agriculture and Food Security Program if 

4 such contribution will not cause the United States to 

5 exceed 33 percent of the total amount of funds con6 tributed to such Program. 

7 (e) MICROENTERPRISE AND MICROFINANCE.—Of the 

8 funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 

9 should be made available for microenterprise and micro10 finance development programs for the poor, especially 

11 women. 

12 (f) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro13 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 

14 Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than 

15 $26,000,000 shall be made available to support people-to16 people reconciliation programs which bring together indi17 viduals of different ethnic, religious, and political back18 grounds from areas of civil strife and war: Provided, That 

19 the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Commit20 tees on Appropriations, prior to the initial obligation of 

21 funds, on the uses of such funds: Provided further, That to 

22 the maximum extent practicable, such funds shall be 

23 matched by sources other than the United States Govern24 ment. 
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1 (g) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—Of the funds appro2 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As3 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International 

4 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 

5 $52,500,000 shall be made available for activities to combat 

6 trafficking in persons internationally. 

7 (h) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro8 priated by this Act, not less than $382,500,000 shall be 

9 made available for water and sanitation supply projects 

10 pursuant to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor 

11 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121), of which not less than 

12 $145,000,000 should be for programs in sub-Saharan Afri13 ca, and of which not less than $12,500,000 shall be made 

14 available for programs to design and build safe, public la15 trines in Africa and Asia. 

16 (i) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Authorized devi17 ations from funding levels contained in this section shall 

18 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com19 mittees on Appropriations. 

20 UZBEKISTAN

21 SEC. 7061. The terms and conditions of section 7076 

22 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re23 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 (division H of 

24 Public Law 111–8) shall apply to funds appropriated by 

25 this Act, except that the Secretary of State may waive the 
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1 application of section 7076(a) for a period of not more than 

2 6 months and every 6 months thereafter until September 

3 30, 2016, if the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Ap4 propriations that the waiver is in the national security in5 terest and necessary to obtain access to and from Afghani6 stan for the United States, and the waiver includes an as7 sessment of progress, if any, by the Government of Uzbek8 istan in meeting the requirements in section 7076(a): Pro9 vided, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

10 Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations not later than 12 months after en12 actment of this Act and 6 months thereafter, on all United 

13 States Government assistance provided to the Government 

14 of Uzbekistan and expenditures made in support of the 

15 Northern Distribution Network in Uzbekistan during the 

16 previous 12 months, including any credible information 

17 that such assistance or expenditures are being diverted for 

18 corrupt purposes: Provided further, That information pro19 vided in the assessment and report required by the previous 

20 provisos shall be unclassified but may be accompanied by 

21 a classified annex and such annex shall indicate the basis 

22 for such classification: Provided further, That for purposes 

23 of the application of section 7076(e) to this Act, the term 

24 ‘‘assistance’’ shall not include expanded international mili25 tary education and training. 
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1 ARMS TRADE TREATY

2 SEC. 7062. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

3 may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade 

4 Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification 

5 for the Treaty. 

6 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

7 SEC. 7063. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made 

8 available under the heading ‘‘International Organizations 

9 and Programs’’ in this Act for fiscal year 2015, $35,000,000 

10 shall be made available for the United Nations Population 

11 Fund (UNFPA). 

12 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by 

13 this Act for UNFPA, that are not made available for 

14 UNFPA because of the operation of any provision of law, 

15 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ ac16 count and shall be made available for family planning, ma17 ternal, and reproductive health activities, subject to the reg18 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro19 priations. 

20 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—None 

21 of the funds made available by this Act may be used by 

22 UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Republic 

23 of China. 
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1 (d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds 

2 made available by this Act for UNFPA may not be made 

3 available unless— 

4 (1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by 

5 this Act in an account separate from other accounts 

6 of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with 

7 other sums; and 

8 (2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

9 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR

10 WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 

11 (1) Not later than 4 months after the date of en12 actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub13 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations in14 dicating the amount of funds that UNFPA is budg15 eting for the year in which the report is submitted for 

16 a country program in the People’s Republic of China. 

17 (2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates 

18 that UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country pro19 gram in the People’s Republic of China in the year 

20 covered by the report, then the amount of such funds 

21 UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of 

22 China shall be deducted from the funds made avail23 able to UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the 

24 remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is 

25 submitted. 
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1 REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS

2 SEC. 7064. None of the funds appropriated or made 

3 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall 

4 be available to a nongovernmental organization, including 

5 any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 

6 any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing re7 quirements of the United States Agency for International 

8 Development. 

9 INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS

10 SEC. 7065. Funds appropriated under the headings 

11 ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and 

12 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ in 

13 this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding section 

14 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for assistance 

15 to eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and 

16 other detention facilities: Provided, That decisions regard17 ing the uses of such funds shall be the responsibility of the 

18 Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, 

19 and Labor (DRL), in consultation with the Assistant Sec20 retary of State for International Narcotics Control and Law 

21 Enforcement Affairs, and the Assistant Administrator for 

22 Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, 

23 United States Agency for International Development, as 

24 appropriate: Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary 
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1 of State for DRL shall consult with the Committees on Ap2 propriations prior to the obligation of funds. 

3 PROHIBITION ON USE OF TORTURE

4 SEC. 7066. (a) None of the funds made available in 

5 this Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture, 

6 cruel, or inhumane treatment by any official or contract 

7 employee of the United States Government. 

8 (b) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 

9 Act shall be made available, notwithstanding section 660 

10 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and following con11 sultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for as12 sistance to eliminate torture by foreign police, military or 

13 other security forces in countries receiving assistance from 

14 funds appropriated by this Act. 

15 EXTRADITION

16 SEC. 7067. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

17 Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 

18 provided under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assist19 ance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 

20 Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee 

21 Assistance’’, ‘‘United States Emergency Refugee and Migra22 tion Assistance Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter23 rorism, Demining and Related Assistance’’) for the central 

24 government of a country which has notified the Department 

25 of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States any 
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1 individual indicted for a criminal offense for which the 

2 maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possi3 bility of parole or for killing a law enforcement officer, as 

4 specified in a United States extradition request. 

5 (b) Subsection (a) shall only apply to the central gov6 ernment of a country with which the United States main7 tains diplomatic relations and with which the United 

8 States has an extradition treaty and the government of that 

9 country is in violation of the terms and conditions of the 

10 treaty. 

11 (c) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 

12 in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary 

13 certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

14 waiver is important to the national interests of the United 

15 States. 

16 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

17 SEC. 7068. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

19 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 

20 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to pro21 vide financing to Israel, Egypt, and the North Atlantic 

22 Treaty Organization (NATO), and major non-NATO allies 

23 for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an 

24 option to purchase) of defense articles from United States 

25 commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equip-
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1 ment (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft hav2 ing possible civilian application), if the President deter3 mines that there are compelling foreign policy or national 

4 security reasons for those defense articles being provided by 

5 commercial lease rather than by government-to-government 

6 sale under such Act. 

7 INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

8 SEC. 7069. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

9 Act may be made available for assistance for a government 

10 of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union if that 

11 government directs any action in violation of the territorial 

12 integrity or national sovereignty of any other Independent 

13 State of the former Soviet Union, such as those violations 

14 included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That except 

15 as otherwise provided in section 7070(a) of this Act, funds 

16 may be made available without regard to the restriction in 

17 this subsection if the President determines that to do so is 

18 in the national security interest of the United States: Pro19 vided further, That prior to executing the authority con20 tained in this subsection the Department of State shall con21 sult with the Committees on Appropriations on how such 

22 assistance supports the national interest of the United 

23 States. 

24 (b) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

25 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available, not-
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1 withstanding any other provision of law, except for the lim2 itation contained in section 7070(a) of this Act, for assist3 ance and related programs for the countries identified in 

4 section 3(c) of the Support for Eastern European Democ5 racy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179) and sec6 tion 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102– 

7 511) and may be used to carry out the provisions of those 

8 Acts: Provided, That such assistance and related programs 

9 from funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

10 ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

11 and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce12 ment’’ shall be administered in accordance with the respon13 sibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant to section 

14 601 of the Support for Eastern European Democracy 

15 (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179) and section 102 

16 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102–511). 

17 (c) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall 

18 not apply to— 

19 (1) activities to support democracy or assistance 

20 under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and sec21 tion 1424 of Public Law 104–201 or non-proliferation 

22 assistance; 

23 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

24 Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign 

25 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 
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1 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

2 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

3 acting within his or her official capacity; 

4 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or 

5 other assistance provided by the Overseas Private In6 vestment Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of 

7 part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 

9 (5) any financing provided under the Export10 Import Bank Act of 1945; or 

11 (6) humanitarian assistance. 

12 RUSSIA

13 SEC. 7070. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

14 Act may be made available for assistance for the central 

15 Government of the Russian Federation. 

16 (b)(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

17 be made available for assistance for the central government 

18 of a country that the Secretary of State determines and re19 ports to the Committees on Appropriations has taken af20 firmative steps intended to support or be supportive of the 

21 Russian Federation annexation of Crimea: Provided, That 

22 except as otherwise provided in subsection (a), the Secretary 

23 may waive the restriction on assistance required by this 

24 paragraph if the Secretary certifies to such Committees that 
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1 to do so is in the national interest of the United States, 

2 and includes a justification for such interest. 

3 (2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

4 be made available for— 

5 (A) the implementation of any action or policy 

6 that recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federa7 tion over Crimea; 

8 (B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of 

9 United States Government investments in Crimea, if 

10 such activity includes the participation of Russian 

11 Government officials, and Russian owned and con12 trolled banks, or other Russian Government owned 

13 and controlled financial entities; or 

14 (C) assistance for Crimea, if such assistance in15 cludes the participation of Russian Government offi16 cials, and Russian owned and controlled banks, and 

17 other Russian Government owned and controlled fi18 nancial entities. 

19 (3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

20 United States executive directors of each international fi21 nancial institution to vote against any assistance by such 

22 institution (including but not limited to any loan, credit, 

23 or guarantee) for any program that violates the sovereignty 

24 or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 
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1 (4) The requirements of subsection (b) shall cease to 

2 be in effect if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 

3 to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

4 of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea. 

5 (c) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

6 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in title III to counter Russian 

7 aggression and influence in Central and Eastern Europe 

8 and Central Asia may be transferred to, and merged with, 

9 funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘International Nar10 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Mili11 tary Financing Program’’ in title IV: Provided, That such 

12 transfer authority is in addition to transfer authority oth13 erwise available under any other provision of law: Provided 

14 further, That such transfer authority shall be subject to the 

15 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro16 priations. 

17 (d) Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for 

18 the Eastern Partnership countries shall be made available 

19 to advance the implementation of Association Agreements, 

20 trade agreements, and visa liberalization agreements with 

21 the European Union, and to reduce their vulnerability to 

22 external economic and political pressure from the Russian 

23 Federation. 

24 (e) Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made 

25 available to support the advancement of democracy and the 
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1 rule of law in the Russian Federation, including to promote 

2 Internet freedom, and shall also be made available to sup3 port the democracy and rule of law strategy required by 

4 section 7071(d) of division K of Public Law 113–76. 

5 (f) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, 

6 the Secretary of State shall update the reports required by 

7 section 7071(b)(2), (c), and (e) of division K of Public Law 

8 113–76. 

9 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

10 SEC. 7071. (a) The terms and conditions of sections 

11 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of division F of Public 

12 Law 111–117 shall apply to this Act. 

13 (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 

14 United States Executive Director of the International Mon15 etary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any loan will be 

16 repaid to the IMF before other private creditors. 

17 (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall seek to require 

18 that the IMF implements and enforces policies and proce19 dures which reflect best practices as defined in the explana20 tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre21 ceding division A of this consolidated Act) for the protection 

22 of whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices 

23 for— 

24 (1) protection against retaliation for internal 

25 and lawful public disclosures; 
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1 (2) legal burdens of proof; 

2 (3) statutes of limitation for reporting retalia3 tion; 

4 (4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, in5 cluding external arbitration; and 

6 (5) results that eliminate the effects of proven re7 taliation. 

8 PUBLIC POSTING OF REPORTS

9 SEC. 7072. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 

10 available by this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and 

11 (c), post on the public Web site of such agency any report 

12 required by this Act to be submitted to the Committees on 

13 Appropriations, upon a determination by the head of such 

14 agency that to do so is in the national interest. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

16 (1) the public posting of such report would com17 promise national security, including the conduct of 

18 diplomacy; or 

19 (2) the report contains proprietary, privileged, 

20 or sensitive information. 

21 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

22 do so only after such report has been made available to the 

23 Committees on Appropriations for not less than 45 days. 
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1 OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 SEC. 7073. (a) Whenever the President determines that 

3 it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign Assistance 

4 Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the funds appro5 priated under title III of this Act may be transferred to, 

6 and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act for the 

7 Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program Ac8 count, to be subject to the terms and conditions of that ac9 count: Provided, That such funds shall not be available for 

10 administrative expenses of the Overseas Private Investment 

11 Corporation: Provided further, That designated funding lev12 els in this Act shall not be transferred pursuant to this sec13 tion: Provided further, That the exercise of such authority 

14 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

15 Committees on Appropriations. 

16 (b) Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the Foreign 

17 Assistance Act of 1961, the authority of subsections (a) 

18 through (c) of section 234 of such Act shall remain in effect 

19 until September 30, 2015. 

20 SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND

21 SEC. 7074. Not to exceed $100,000,000 may be obli22 gated pursuant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Con23 trol Act for the purposes of the Special Defense Acquisition 

24 Fund (Fund), to remain available for obligation until Sep25 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the provision of defense 
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1 articles and defense services to foreign countries or inter2 national organizations from the Fund shall be subject to 

3 the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 

4 ENTERPRISE FUNDS

5 SEC. 7075. (a) None of the funds made available under 

6 titles III through VI of this Act may be made available for 

7 Enterprise Funds unless the appropriate congressional com8 mittees are notified at least 15 days in advance. 

9 (b) Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting 

10 from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an En11 terprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall sub12 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for 

13 the distribution of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 

14 (c) Prior to a transition to and operation of any pri15 vate equity fund or other parallel investment fund under 

16 an existing Enterprise Fund, the President shall submit 

17 such transition or operating plan to the appropriate con18 gressional committees. 

19 BUDGET DOCUMENTS

20 SEC. 7076. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 45 

21 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each depart22 ment, agency, or organization funded in titles I, II, and 

23 VI of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury and 

24 Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, includ25 ing the Inter-American Foundation and the United States 
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1 African Development Foundation, shall submit to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations an operating plan for funds ap3 propriated to such department, agency, or organization in 

4 such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise available for obli5 gation in fiscal year 2015, that provides details of the uses 

6 of such funds at the program, project, and activity level: 

7 Provided, That such plans shall include, as applicable, a 

8 comparison between the most recent congressional directives 

9 or approved funding levels and the funding levels proposed 

10 by the department or agency; and a clear, concise, and in11 formative description/justification: Provided further, That 

12 operating plans for funds for such department, agency, or 

13 organization in titles I, II, or III and title VIII, shall si14 multaneously submit the operating plans for, and inte15 grated information on, enduring and Overseas Contingency 

16 Operations funds: Provided further, That operating plans 

17 that include changes in levels of funding specified in this 

18 Act or in the joint explanatory statement described in sec19 tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this Consoli20 dated Act) shall be subject to the regular notification proce21 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 (b) SPEND PLANS.— 

23 (1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds, the 

24 Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations a detailed spend plan for funds made 

2 available by this Act, for— 

3 (A) assistance for Afghanistan, Colombia, 

4 Egypt, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, 

5 Pakistan, the West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen; 

6 (B) the Caribbean Basin Security Initia7 tive, the Central American Regional Security 

8 Initiative, the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism 

9 Partnership program, and the Partnership for 

10 Regional East Africa Counterterrorism program; 

11 and 

12 (C) democracy programs and each sector 

13 enumerated in section 7060 of this Act. 

14 (2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of 

15 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

16 to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spend 

17 plan for funds made available by this Act under the 

18 headings ‘‘Department of the Treasury’’ in title III 

19 and ‘‘International Financial Institutions’’ in title V. 

20 (c) SPENDING REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after 

21 enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall sub22 mit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed report 

23 on spending of funds made available during fiscal year 

24 2014 under the heading ‘‘Development Credit Authority’’. 
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1 (d) NOTIFICATIONS.—The spend plans referenced in 

2 subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the notifi3 cation requirements in this Act or under section 634A of 

4 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

5 (e) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS.— 

6 (1) The congressional budget justifications for 

7 Department of State operations and foreign oper8 ations shall be provided to the Committees on Appro9 priations concurrent with the date of submission of 

10 the President’s budget for fiscal year 2016. 

11 (2) The Secretary of State and the USAID Ad12 ministrator shall include in the congressional budget 

13 justification a detailed justification for multi-year 

14 availability for any funds requested under the head15 ings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ and ‘‘Op16 erating Expenses’’. 

17 USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT

18 SEC. 7077. If the President makes a determination not 

19 to comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional 

20 grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency shall notify 

21 the Committees on Appropriations in writing within 5 days 

22 of such determination, the basis for such determination and 

23 any resulting changes to program and policy. 
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1 GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM

2 SEC. 7078. (a) Of the funds available for obligation 

3 during fiscal year 2015 under the headings ‘‘International 

4 Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and 

5 ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than $50,500,000 shall be 

6 made available for programs to promote Internet freedom 

7 globally: Provided, That such programs shall be prioritized 

8 for countries whose governments restrict freedom of expres9 sion on the Internet, and that are important to the national 

10 interests of the United States: Provided further, That funds 

11 made available pursuant to this section shall be matched, 

12 to the maximum extent practicable, by sources other than 

13 the United States Government, including from the private 

14 sector. 

15 (b) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (a) 

16 shall be— 

17 (1) coordinated with other democracy, govern18 ance, and broadcasting programs funded by this Act 

19 under the headings ‘‘International Broadcasting Op20 erations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 

21 Fund’’, and ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, and shall be in22 corporated into country assistance, democracy pro23 motion, and broadcasting strategies, as appropriate; 

24 (2) made available to the Bureau of Democracy, 

25 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State for 
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1 programs to implement the May 2011, International 

2 Strategy for Cyberspace and the comprehensive strat3 egy to promote Internet freedom and access to infor4 mation in Iran, as required by section 414 of Public 

5 Law 112–158; 

6 (3) made available to the Broadcasting Board of 

7 Governors (BBG) to provide tools and techniques to 

8 access the Internet Web sites of BBG broadcasters that 

9 are censored, and to work with such broadcasters to 

10 promote and distribute such tools and techniques, in11 cluding digital security techniques; 

12 (4) made available for programs that support the 

13 efforts of civil society to counter the development of 

14 repressive Internet-related laws and regulations, in15 cluding countering threats to Internet freedom at 

16 international organizations; to combat violence 

17 against bloggers and other users; and to enhance dig18 ital security training and capacity building for de19 mocracy activists; and 

20 (5) made available for research of key threats to 

21 Internet freedom; the continued development of tech22 nologies that provide or enhance access to the Inter23 net, including circumvention tools that bypass Inter24 net blocking, filtering, and other censorship techniques 

25 used by authoritarian governments; and maintenance 
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1 of the United States Government’s technological ad2 vantage over such censorship techniques: Provided, 

3 That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

4 BBG, shall coordinate any such research and develop5 ment programs with other relevant United States 

6 Government departments and agencies in order to 

7 share information, technologies, and best practices, 

8 and to assess the effectiveness of such technologies. 

9 (c) After consultation among the relevant agency heads 

10 to coordinate and de-conflict planned activities, but not 

11 later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

12 of State and the BBG Chairman shall submit to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations spend plans for funds made 

14 available by this Act for programs to promote Internet free15 dom globally, which shall include a description of safe16 guards established by relevant agencies to ensure that such 

17 programs are not used for illicit purposes. 

18 (d) The Comptroller General of the United States shall 

19 conduct an audit of Internet freedom programs supported 

20 by funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 

21 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper22 ations, and related programs, and shall consult with the 

23 Committees on Appropriations on the scope and require24 ments of such audit. 
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1 DISABILITY PROGRAMS

2 SEC. 7079. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

3 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made 

4 available for programs and activities administered by the 

5 United States Agency for International Development 

6 (USAID) to address the needs and protect and promote the 

7 rights of people with disabilities in developing countries, 

8 including initiatives that focus on independent living, eco9 nomic self-sufficiency, advocacy, education, employment, 

10 transportation, sports, and integration of individuals with 

11 disabilities, including for the cost of translation. 

12 (b) Of the funds made available by this section, 5 per13 cent may be used for USAID for management, oversight, 

14 and technical support. 

15 SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

16 SEC. 7080. (a) IN GENERAL.—A Small Grants Pro17 gram (SGP) shall be established within the United States 

18 Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide 

19 small grants, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 

20 mechanisms and agreements of not more than $2,000,000 

21 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of chapters 

22 1 and 10 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 

23 Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That the SGP established 

24 pursuant to this section shall replace the function served 

25 previously by the Development Grants Program established 
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1 under section 674 of division J, of Public Law 110–161, 

2 which is hereby abolished. 

3 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—Grants from the SGP shall only be 

4 made to eligible entities as described in the joint explana5 tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre6 ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

7 (c) PROPOSALS.—Grants made pursuant to the au8 thority of this section shall be provided through— 

9 (1) unsolicited applications received and evalu10 ated pursuant to USAID policy regarding such pro11 posals; or 

12 (2) an open and competitive process. 

13 (d) FUNDING.— 

14 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act to 

15 carry out chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part 

16 II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than 

17 $45,000,000 shall be made available for the SGP 

18 within USAID’s Local Sustainability Office of the 

19 Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Envi20 ronment to carry out this subsection. 

21 (2) Other than to meet the requirements of this 

22 section, funds made available to carry out this section 

23 may not be allocated in the report required by section 

24 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to meet 

25 any other specifically designated funding levels con-
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1 tained in this Act: Provided, That such funds may be 

2 attributed to any such specifically designated funding 

3 level after the award of funds under this section, if 

4 applicable. 

5 (3) Funds made available under this section 

6 shall remain available for obligation until September 

7 30, 2019. 

8 (e) MANAGEMENT.— 

9 (1) Not later than 120 days after enactment of 

10 this Act, the USAID Administrator shall issue guid11 ance to implement this section: Provided, That such 

12 guidance shall include the requirements contained in 

13 the joint explanatory statement described in section 4 

14 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli15 dated Act). 

16 (2) Upon selection of a mission pursuant to the 

17 procedures required by paragraph (1), such selected 

18 mission may be allocated the full estimated cost of the 

19 multi-year program: Provided, That such allocations 

20 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

21 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

22 (3) In addition to funds otherwise available for 

23 such purposes, up to 12 percent of the funds made 

24 available to carry out this section may be used by 

25 USAID for administrative and oversight expenses as-
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1 sociated with managing relationships with entities 

2 under the SGP. 

3 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after enactment 

4 of this Act and after consultation with the appropriate con5 gressional committees, the Administrator shall submit a re6 port to such committees describing the guidance to imple7 ment the SGP. 

8 PROHIBITION ON FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL

9 SEC. 7081. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used for first-class travel by employees of agen11 cies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 301– 

12 10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Reg13 ulations. 

14 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS

15 DETAINED AT NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA

16 SEC. 7082. Not later than 5 days after the conclusion 

17 of an agreement with a country, including a state with a 

18 compact of free association with the United States, to re19 ceive by transfer or release individuals detained at United 

20 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Sec21 retary of State shall notify the Committees on Appropria22 tions in writing of the terms of the agreement, including 

23 whether funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts mak24 ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
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1 erations, and related programs will be made available for 

2 assistance for such country pursuant to such agreement. 

3 AUTHORITY FOR REPLENISHMENTS

4 SEC. 7083. (a) The Asian Development Bank Act, Pub5 lic Law 89–369, as amended (22 U.S.C. 285 et seq.), is fur6 ther amended by adding at the end thereof the following 

7 new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 35. TENTH REPLENISHMENT. 

9 ‘‘(a) The United States Governor of the Bank is au10 thorized to contribute, on behalf of the United States, 

11 $359,600,000 to the tenth replenishment of the resources of 

12 the Fund, subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations. 

13 ‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution 

14 provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be 

15 appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $359,600,000 

16 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.’’. 

17 (b) The International Development Association Act, 

18 Public Law 86–565, as amended (22 U.S.C. 284 et seq.), 

19 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the fol20 lowing new sections: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 28. SEVENTEENTH REPLENISHMENT. 

22 ‘‘(a) The United States Governor of the International 

23 Development Association is authorized to contribute on be24 half of the United States $3,871,800,000 to the seventeenth 
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1 replenishment of the resources of the Association, subject to 

2 obtaining the necessary appropriations. 

3 ‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution 

4 provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be 

5 appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, 

6 $3,871,800,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treas7 ury. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 29. MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF. 

9 ‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to 

10 contribute, on behalf of the United States, not more than 

11 $565,020,000 to the International Development Association 

12 for the purpose of funding debt relief costs under the Multi13 lateral Debt Relief Initiative incurred in the period gov14 erned by the seventeenth replenishment of resources of the 

15 International Development Association, subject to obtaining 

16 the necessary appropriations and without prejudice to any 

17 funding arrangements in existence on the date of the enact18 ment of this section. 

19 ‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution 

20 provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be 

21 appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, not more than 

22 $565,020,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

23 ‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘Multilateral Debt Relief 

24 Initiative’ means the proposal set out in the G8 Finance 

25 Ministers’ Communique entitled ‘Conclusions on Develop-
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1 ment,’ done at London, June 11, 2005, and reaffirmed by 

2 G8 Heads of State at the Gleneagles Summit on July 8, 

3 2005.’’. 

4 (c) The African Development Fund Act, Public Law 

5 94–302, as amended (22 U.S.C. 290g et seq.), is further 

6 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 

7 sections: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 223. THIRTEENTH REPLENISHMENT. 

9 ‘‘(a) The United States Governor of the Fund is au10 thorized to contribute on behalf of the United States 

11 $585,000,000 to the thirteenth replenishment of the re12 sources of the Fund, subject to obtaining the necessary ap13 propriations. 

14 ‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution 

15 provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be 

16 appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $585,000,000 

17 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 224. MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF. 

19 ‘‘(a) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to 

20 contribute, on behalf of the United States, not more than 

21 $54,620,000 to the African Development Fund for the pur22 pose of funding debt relief costs under the Multilateral Debt 

23 Relief Initiative incurred in the period governed by the thir24 teenth replenishment of resources of the African Develop25 ment Fund, subject to obtaining the necessary appropria-
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1 tions and without prejudice to any funding arrangements 

2 in existence on the date of the enactment of this section. 

3 ‘‘(b) In order to pay for the United States contribution 

4 provided for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be 

5 appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, not more than 

6 $54,620,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

7 ‘‘(c) In this section, the term ‘Multilateral Debt Relief 

8 Initiative’ means the proposal set out in the G8 Finance 

9 Ministers’ Communique entitled ‘Conclusions on Develop10 ment,’ done at London, June 11, 2005, and reaffirmed by 

11 G8 Heads of State at the Gleneagles Summit on July 8, 

12 2005.’’. 

13 RESCISSION OF FUNDS

14 SEC. 7084. Of the unexpended balances available under 

15 the heading ‘‘Export and Investment Assistance, Export16 Import Bank of the United States, Subsidy Appropriation’’ 

17 from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

18 of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

19 $30,000,000 are rescinded. 

20 MODIFICATIONS TO THE VIETNAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION

21 ACT OF 2000

22 SEC. 7085. (a) EXPANDED USE OF VIETNAM DEBT

23 REPAYMENT FUND.—Section 207(c)(3) of the Vietnam Edu24 cation Foundation Act of 2000 (title II of division B of 

25 H.R. 5666, as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 
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1 106–554 and contained in appendix D of that Act; 114 

2 Stat. 2763A–257; 22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended to read 

3 as follows: 

4 ‘‘(3) EXCESS FUNDS.—During each of the fiscal 

5 years 2015 through 2018, amounts deposited into the 

6 Fund, in excess of the amounts made available to the 

7 Foundation under paragraph (1), shall be made 

8 available by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the 

9 request of the Secretary of State, for grants to support 

10 the establishment of an independent, not-for-profit 

11 academic institution in the Socialist Republic of Viet12 nam.’’. 

13 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—Section 209(a) of 

14 the Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 (title II 

15 of division B of H.R. 5666, as enacted by section 1(a)(4) 

16 of Public Law 106–554 and contained in appendix D of 

17 that Act; 114 Stat. 2763A–257; 22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is 

18 amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by insert19 ing ‘‘(other than section 211)’’ after ‘‘this title’’. 

20 (c) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Vietnam Education 

21 Foundation Act of 2000 (title II of division B of H.R. 5666, 

22 as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554 and 

23 contained in appendix D of that Act; 114 Stat. 2763A–257; 

24 22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended by adding at the end the 

25 following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 211. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT, NOT2 FOR-PROFIT ACADEMIC INSTITUTION IN THE 

3 SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. 

4 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of State 

5 is authorized to award 1 or more grants which shall be used 

6 to support the establishment of an independent, not-for7 profit academic institution in the Socialist Republic of 

8 Vietnam. 

9 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—In order to receive a grant pursu10 ant to subsection (a), a prospective grantee shall submit an 

11 application to the Secretary of State at such time, in such 

12 manner, and accompanied by such information as the Sec13 retary may reasonably require. 

14 ‘‘(c) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—As a condition of receiv15 ing a grant under subsection (a), a prospective grantee shall 

16 ensure that the independent, not-for-profit academic insti17 tution in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam described in 

18 subsection (a)— 

19 ‘‘(1) achieves standards comparable to those re20 quired for accreditation in the United States; 

21 ‘‘(2) offers graduate and undergraduate level 

22 teaching and research programs in a broad range of 

23 fields, including public policy, management, and en24 gineering; and 
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1 ‘‘(3) establishes a policy of academic freedom 

2 and prohibits the censorship of dissenting or critical 

3 views. 

4 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

6 the last day of each fiscal year until 2020, the Sec7 retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con8 gressional committees a report that summarizes the 

9 activities carried out under this section during such 

10 fiscal year. 

11 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

12 ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 

14 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

15 of Representatives; and 

16 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 

17 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen18 ate.’’. 

19 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

20 SEC. 7086. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available under titles III through VI of this Act 

22 may be obligated or expended to provide— 

23 (1) any financial incentive to a business enter24 prise currently located in the United States for the 

25 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 
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1 outside the United States if such incentive or induce2 ment is likely to reduce the number of employees of 

3 such business enterprise in the United States because 

4 United States production is being replaced by such 

5 enterprise outside the United States; 

6 (2) assistance for any program, project, or activ7 ity that contributes to the violation of internationally 

8 recognized workers rights, as defined in section 507(4) 

9 of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient 

10 country, including any designated zone or area in 

11 that country: Provided, That the application of sec12 tion 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be com13 mensurate with the level of development of the recipi14 ent country and sector, and shall not preclude assist15 ance for the informal sector in such country, micro 

16 and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agri17 culture; 

18 (3) any assistance to an entity outside the 

19 United States if such assistance is for the purpose of 

20 directly relocating or transferring jobs from the 

21 United States to other countries and adversely im22 pacts the labor force in the United States; or 

23 (4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, 

24 policy, or guidelines implemented pursuant to— 
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1 (A) the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) 

2 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010; 

3 (B) the modification proposed by the Over4 seas Private Investment Corporation in Novem5 ber 2013 to the Corporation’s Environmental 

6 and Social Policy Statement relating to coal; or 

7 (C) the Supplemental Guidelines for High 

8 Carbon Intensity Projects approved by the Ex9 port-Import Bank of the United States on De10 cember 12, 2013, 

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

12 guidelines would prohibit, or have the effect of prohib13 iting, any coal-fired or other power-generation project 

14 the purpose of which is to: (i) provide affordable elec15 tricity in International Development Association 

16 (IDA)-eligible countries and IDA-blend countries; and 

17 (ii) increase exports of goods and services from the 

18 United States or prevent the loss of jobs from the 

19 United States. 
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1 TITLE VIII 

2 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

3 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

4 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

5 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con8 sular Programs’’, $1,350,803,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2016, of which $989,706,000 is for World10 wide Security Protection and shall remain available until 

11 expended: Provided, That the Secretary of State may trans12 fer up to $35,000,000 of the total funds made available 

13 under this heading to any other appropriation of any de14 partment or agency of the United States, upon the concur15 rence of the head of such department or agency, to support 

16 operations in and assistance for Afghanistan and to carry 

17 out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 

18 Provided further, That any such transfer shall be treated 

19 as a reprogramming of funds under subsections (a) and (b) 

20 of section 7015 of this Act and shall not be available for 

21 obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 

22 procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That 

23 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

24 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
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1 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 CONFLICT STABILIZATION OPERATIONS

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Conflict Stabilization 

5 Operations’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

7 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

8 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

12 General’’, $56,900,000, to remain available until September 

13 30, 2016, which shall be for the Special Inspector General 

14 for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction 

15 oversight: Provided, That printing and reproduction costs 

16 shall not exceed amounts for such costs during fiscal year 

17 2014: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

18 provision of law, any employee of SIGAR who completes 

19 at least 12 months of continuous service after the date of 

20 enactment of this Act or who is employed on the date on 

21 which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, shall ac22 quire competitive status for appointment to any position 

23 in the competitive service for which the employee possesses 

24 the required qualifications: Provided further, That such 

25 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
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1 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec2 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, 

6 Construction, and Maintenance’’, $260,800,000, to remain 

7 available until expended, of which $250,000,000 shall be for 

8 Worldwide Security Upgrades, acquisition, and construc9 tion as authorized: Provided, That such amount is des10 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper11 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def13 icit Control Act of 1985. 

14 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

15 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to Inter17 national Organizations’’, $74,400,000: Provided, That such 

18 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin19 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec20 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 RELATED AGENCY 

2 BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

3 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Broad5 casting Operations’’, $10,700,000, to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is des7 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper8 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

9 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def10 icit Control Act of 1985. 

11 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

12 DEVELOPMENT 

13 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

14 OPERATING EXPENSES

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 

16 $125,464,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2016: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

18 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

19 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

22 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

23 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

25 Assistance’’, $1,335,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

2 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

3 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal4 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Transition Initia7 tives’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

9 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

10 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 COMPLEX CRISES FUND

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 

14 $30,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2016: 

15 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

16 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter17 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 

18 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 

21 Fund’’, $2,114,266,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is designated 

23 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob24 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
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1 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

2 of 1985. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

4 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Refugee 

6 Assistance’’, $2,127,114,000, to remain available until ex7 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

8 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

9 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

12 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

13 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

14 ENFORCEMENT

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar16 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $443,195,000, to re17 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 

18 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

19 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu20 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

23 RELATED PROGRAMS

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

25 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 
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1 $99,240,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: 

2 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

3 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter4 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 

5 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper8 ations’’, $328,698,000, to remain available until September 

9 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

10 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

11 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal12 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

13 Provided further, That funds may be used to pay assessed 

14 expenses of international peacekeeping activities in Soma15 lia and other peacekeeping requirements, subject to the reg16 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro17 priations: Provided further, That the total amount of 

18 United States contributions to support an assessed peace19 keeping operation shall not exceed the level described in the 

20 final proviso under the heading ‘‘Contributions for Inter21 national Peacekeeping Activities’’ in title I of this Act. 

22 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

23 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi25 nancing Program’’, $866,420,000, to remain available until 
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1 September 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is des2 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper3 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

4 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def5 icit Control Act of 1985. 

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

7 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

8 SEC. 8001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, funds appropriated in this title are in addition to 

10 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 

11 Act for fiscal year 2015. 

12 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS

13 SEC. 8002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 

14 the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro15 priations accounts in this Act shall be available under the 

16 authorities and conditions applicable to such appropria17 tions accounts. 

18 TRANSFER AND ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY

19 SEC. 8003. (a) Funds appropriated by this title in this 

20 Act under the headings ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, ‘‘Complex 

21 Crises Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International 

22 Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonprolifera23 tion, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

24 ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financ25 ing Program’’ may be transferred to, and merged with— 
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1 (1) funds appropriated by this title under such 

2 headings; and 

3 (2) funds appropriated by this title under the 

4 headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 

5 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 

6 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec7 tion, not to exceed $25,000,000 from funds appropriated 

8 under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

9 Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘For10 eign Military Financing Program’’ by this title in this Act 

11 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds previously 

12 made available under the heading ‘‘Global Security Contin13 gency Fund’’: Provided, That not later than 15 days prior 

14 to making any such transfer, the Secretary of State shall 

15 notify the Committees on Appropriations on a country 

16 basis, including the implementation plan and timeline for 

17 each proposed use of such funds. 

18 (c) The transfer authority provided in subsections (a) 

19 and (b) may only be exercised to address unanticipated con20 tingencies. 

21 (d) Of the funds made available in this title under the 

22 heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance’’, up to 

23 $380,000,000 may be made available to support inter24 national peacekeeping requirements only if the Secretary of 

25 State submits a determination to the Committees on Appro-
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1 priations that additional funds are necessary to support 

2 such requirements above the amounts provided under the 

3 heading ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Ac4 tivities’’ in title I of this Act and under the heading ‘‘Peace5 keeping Operations’’ in this title and title IV of this Act, 

6 and that it is in the national security interest of the United 

7 States to do so: Provided, That such funds may only be 

8 made available for the purposes described in the determina9 tion and shall be subject to the regular notification proce10 dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur11 ther, That funds made available pursuant to this subsection 

12 shall be used in accordance with the terms and conditions 

13 under the heading ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ in this title. 

14 (e) The transfer authority provided in subsections (a) 

15 and (b) shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 

16 regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap17 propriations: Provided, That such transfer authority is in 

18 addition to any transfer authority otherwise available 

19 under any other provision of law, including section 610 of 

20 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which may be exercised 

21 by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this title. 
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1 TITLE IX 

2 EBOLA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS 

3 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

4 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

5 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con7 sular Programs’’, $36,420,000, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2016, for necessary expenses to prevent, pre9 pare for, and respond to the Ebola virus disease outbreak: 

10 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

11 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

15 DEVELOPMENT 

16 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

17 OPERATING EXPENSES

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 

19 $19,037,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 

20 for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond 

21 to the Ebola virus disease outbreak: Provided, That such 

22 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re23 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal24 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

3 General’’, $5,626,000, to remain available until expended, 

4 for oversight of activities funded by this title and adminis5 tered by the United States Agency for International Devel6 opment: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

7 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

8 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

9 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

11 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

12 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Global Health Pro14 grams’’, $312,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

15 for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond 

16 to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in countries directly af17 fected by, or at risk of being affected by, such outbreak: Pro18 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 

19 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

24 Assistance’’, $1,436,273,000, to remain available until ex25 pended, for assistance for countries affected by, or at risk 
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1 of being affected by, the Ebola virus disease outbreak: Pro2 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 

3 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 

8 Fund’’, $711,725,000, to remain available until September 

9 30, 2016, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and 

10 respond to the Ebola virus disease outbreak and to address 

11 economic and stabilization requirements resulting from 

12 such outbreak: Provided, That such amount is designated 

13 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

14 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

17 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

18 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

19 RELATED PROGRAMS

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

21 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

22 $5,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 

23 for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 

24 9 of Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for efforts 

25 to mitigate the risk of illicit acquisition of the Ebola virus 
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1 and to promote biosecurity practices associated with Ebola 

2 virus disease outbreak response efforts: Provided, That such 

3 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re4 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal5 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

7 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

8 SEC. 9001. (a) Funds appropriated by this title in this 

9 Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Inter10 national Disaster Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Support 

11 Fund’’ may be transferred to, and merged with, funds ap12 propriated by this title under such headings and under the 

13 headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En14 forcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 

15 and Related Programs’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ in 

16 this Act to carry out the purposes of this title: Provided, 

17 That the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 

18 United States Agency for International Development 

19 (USAID), as appropriate, shall consult with the Commit20 tees on Appropriations prior to exercising the transfer au21 thority provided by this subsection. 

22 (b) Of the funds appropriated by this title under the 

23 heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, up to 

24 $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

25 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans Pro-
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1 gram Account’’ in Acts making appropriations for the De2 partment of State, foreign operations, and related programs 

3 for the cost of direct loans, which may remain available 

4 until expended: Provided, That such costs, including cost 

5 of modifying such loans, shall be defined in section 502 of 

6 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 

7 That such funds are available to subsidize an additional 

8 amount of gross obligations for the principal amount of di9 rect loans not to exceed $1,899,335. 

10 (c) Of the funds appropriated by this title under the 

11 heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, up to $50,000,000 may 

12 be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated 

13 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Pro14 grams’’ to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Ebola 

15 virus disease outbreak. 

16 (d) Of the funds appropriated by this title under the 

17 heading ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, up to 

18 $35,300,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

19 appropriated under the headings ‘‘International Organiza20 tions and Programs’’ and ‘‘Contributions to International 

21 Organizations’’ to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the 

22 Ebola virus disease outbreak: Provided, That no such funds 

23 that are made available for a United States contribution 

24 to the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Re25 sponse may be obligated until the Secretary of State reports 
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1 to the Committees on Appropriations that an assessment 

2 for such mission has been received and reviewed by the De3 partment of State. 

4 (e) The transfer authorities of this section are in addi5 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

6 (f) No funds shall be transferred pursuant to this sec7 tion unless at least 15 days prior to making such transfer 

8 the Secretary of State or USAID Administrator, as appro9 priate, notifies the Committees on Appropriations in writ10 ing of the details of any such transfer. 

11 (g) Upon a determination that all or part of the funds 

12 transferred pursuant to the authorities of this section are 

13 not necessary for such purposes, such amounts may be 

14 transferred back to such headings: Provided, That any 

15 transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to sub16 section (f) of this section. 

17 REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORITY

18 SEC. 9002. Funds appropriated by this title under the 

19 headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘International Dis20 aster Assistance’’, and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be 

21 used to reimburse accounts administered by the United 

22 States Agency for International Development and the De23 partment of State for obligations incurred to prevent, pre24 pare for, and respond to the Ebola virus disease outbreak 

25 prior to the enactment of this Act. 
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1 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT

2 SEC. 9003. Funds appropriated by this title shall not 

3 be available for obligation unless the Secretary of State or 

4 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter5 national Development, as appropriate, notifies the appro6 priate congressional committees in writing at least 15 days 

7 in advance of such obligation: Provided, That the require8 ment of this section shall not apply to funds made available 

9 by this title under the heading ‘‘International Disaster As10 sistance’’. 

11 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

12 SEC. 9004. The Secretary of State, in consultation 

13 with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

14 International Development, shall submit to the Committees 

15 on Appropriations not later than 30 days after enactment 

16 of this Act a report on the proposed uses of funds on a coun17 try and project basis, for which the obligation of funds is 

18 anticipated: Provided, That such report shall be updated 

19 and submitted to the Committee on Appropriations every 

20 30 days until September 30, 2016, and every 180 days 

21 thereafter until all funds have been fully expended, and 

22 shall include information detailing how the estimates and 

23 assumptions contained in the previous reports have 

24 changed, and obligations and expenditures on a country 

25 and project basis. 
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1 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OVERSIGHT

2 SEC. 9005. Of the funds appropriated by this title 

3 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, up to 

4 $500,000 may be made available to the Comptroller General 

5 of the United States, and shall remain available until ex6 pended, for oversight of activities supported and reimburse7 ments made pursuant to section 9002 of this title with funds 

8 appropriated by this title: Provided, That the Secretary of 

9 State and the Comptroller General shall consult with the 

10 Committees on Appropriations prior to obligating such 

11 funds. 

12 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 

13 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro14 priations Act, 2015’’. 

15 DIVISION K—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING 

16 AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE17 LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

18 ACT, 2015 

19 TITLE I 

20 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

21 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

24 $105,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,696,000 shall be 

25 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
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1 exceed $1,011,000 shall be available for the immediate Of2 fice of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,900,000 shall 

3 be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to 

4 exceed $9,800,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

5 Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 

6 $12,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

7 Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 

8 $2,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

9 Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 

10 $25,365,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

11 Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,000,000 shall 

12 be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 

13 $1,714,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 

14 Secretariat; not to exceed $1,414,000 shall be available for 

15 the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliza16 tion; not to exceed $10,600,000 shall be available for the 

17 Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; 

18 and not to exceed $15,500,000 shall be available for the Of19 fice of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the 

20 Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds 

21 appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary 

22 to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided 

23 further, That no appropriation for any office shall be in24 creased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such 

25 transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 
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1 funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for ap2 proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria3 tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 

4 be for allocation within the Department for official recep5 tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de6 termine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 

8 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to 

9 $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided further, 

10 That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail11 able for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Af12 fairs. 

13 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

14 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As15 sistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 

16 $13,000,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 

17 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That there may be 

18 credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex19 pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali20 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex21 penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 

22 reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else23 where to the Research and Innovative Technology Adminis24 tration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to the 
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1 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Tech2 nology of the Department of Transportation. 

3 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

4 For capital investments in surface transportation in5 frastructure, $500,000,000, to remain available through 

6 September 30, 2017: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans7 portation shall distribute funds provided under this heading 

8 as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local gov9 ernment, transit agency, or a collaboration among such en10 tities on a competitive basis for projects that will have a 

11 significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or 

12 a region: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding 

13 provided under this heading shall include, but not be lim14 ited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, 

15 United States Code; public transportation projects eligible 

16 under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger 

17 and freight rail transportation projects; and port infra18 structure investments (including inland port infrastruc19 ture): Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 

20 20 percent of the funds made available under this heading 

21 for the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative 

22 costs of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under 

23 chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if the Secretary 

24 finds that such use of the funds would advance the purposes 

25 of this paragraph: Provided further, That in distributing 
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1 funds provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take 

2 such measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic dis3 tribution of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing 

4 the needs of urban and rural areas, and the investment in 

5 a variety of transportation modes: Provided further, That 

6 a grant funded under this heading shall be not less than 

7 $10,000,000 and not greater than $200,000,000: Provided 

8 further, That not more than 25 percent of the funds made 

9 available under this heading may be awarded to projects 

10 in a single State: Provided further, That the Federal share 

11 of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this 

12 heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80 

13 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give pri14 ority to projects that require a contribution of Federal funds 

15 in order to complete an overall financing package: Provided 

16 further, That not less than 20 percent of the funds provided 

17 under this heading shall be for projects located in rural 

18 areas: Provided further, That for projects located in rural 

19 areas, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and the 

20 Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 

21 percent: Provided further, That projects conducted using 

22 funds provided under this heading must comply with the 

23 requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 

24 United States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary 

25 shall conduct a new competition to select the grants and 
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1 credit assistance awarded under this heading: Provided fur2 ther, That the Secretary may retain up to $20,000,000 of 

3 the funds provided under this heading, and may transfer 

4 portions of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal 

5 Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administra6 tion, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal 

7 Maritime Administration, to fund the award and oversight 

8 of grants and credit assistance made under the National 

9 Infrastructure Investments program. 

10 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

11 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

12 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

13 re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 

14 available through September 30, 2016. 

15 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

16 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

17 including necessary upgrades to wide area network and in18 formation technology infrastructure, improvement of net19 work perimeter controls and identity management, testing 

20 and assessment of information technology against business, 

21 security, and other requirements, implementation of Fed22 eral cyber security initiatives and information infrastruc23 ture enhancements, implementation of enhanced security 

24 controls on network devices, and enhancement of cyber secu-
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1 rity workforce training tools, $5,000,000, to remain avail2 able through September 30, 2016. 

3 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

5 $9,600,000. 

6 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

7 DEVELOPMENT

8 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

9 planning, research, systems development, development ac10 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex11 pended, $6,000,000. 

12 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

13 For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 

14 outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

15 $181,500,000 shall be paid from appropriations made 

16 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

17 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

18 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro19 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex20 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur21 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

22 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap23 ital Fund without majority approval of the Working Cap24 ital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Sec25 retary: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
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1 against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project 

2 funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and 

3 the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 

4 Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 

5 Committees. 

6 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

7 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $333,000, as author8 ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 

9 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec10 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

11 further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 

12 loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 

13 to exceed $18,367,000. 

14 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

15 the guaranteed loan program, $592,000. 

16 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

17 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource 

18 Center outreach activities, $3,099,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That notwithstanding 

20 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business oppor21 tunities related to any mode of transportation. 

22 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

23 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

24 In addition to funds made available from any other 

25 source to carry out the essential air service program under 
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1 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $155,000,000, to be derived 

2 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail3 able until expended: Provided, That in determining between 

4 or among carriers competing to provide service to a commu5 nity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy re6 quirements of the carriers: Provided further, That basic es7 sential air service minimum requirements shall not include 

8 the 15-passenger capacity requirement under subsection 

9 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur10 ther, That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act 

11 shall be used to enter into a new contract with a community 

12 located less than 40 miles from the nearest small hub air13 port before the Secretary has negotiated with the commu14 nity over a local cost share: Provided further, That amounts 

15 authorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro16 gram under subsection 41742(b) of title 49, United States 

17 Code, shall be made available immediately from amounts 

18 otherwise provided to the Administrator of the Federal 

19 Aviation Administration: Provided further, That the Ad20 ministrator may reimburse such amounts from fees credited 

21 to the account established under section 45303 of title 49, 

22 United States Code. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

2 OF TRANSPORTATION

3 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

5 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 

6 assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 

7 appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex8 cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 

9 this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com10 pleted the normal reprogramming process for Congressional 

11 notification. 

12 SEC. 102. The Secretary or his designee may engage 

13 in activities with States and State legislators to consider 

14 proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. 

15 SEC. 103. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 

16 United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 

17 section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart18 ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro19 vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary to 

20 carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

21 benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 

22 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart23 ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract with 

24 the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality performance 

25 under the contract. 
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1 SEC. 104. The Secretary shall post on the Web site of 

2 the Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings 

3 of the Credit Council, including the agenda for each meet4 ing, and require the Credit Council to record the decisions 

5 and actions of each meeting. 

6 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

7 OPERATIONS

8 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

9 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin10 istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 

11 and research activities related to commercial space trans12 portation, administrative expenses for research and develop13 ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper14 ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub15 sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 

16 the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 

17 replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 

18 by Public Law 112–95, $9,740,700,000 of which 

19 $8,595,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air20 way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,396,654,000 

21 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 

22 to exceed $1,218,458,000 shall be available for aviation safe23 ty activities; not to exceed $16,605,000 shall be available 

24 for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 

25 $756,047,000 shall be available for finance and manage-
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1 ment activities; not to exceed $60,089,000 shall be available 

2 for NextGen and operations planning activities; and not to 

3 exceed $292,847,000 shall be available for staff offices: Pro4 vided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, 

5 except for aviation safety budget activity, may be trans6 ferred to any budget activity under this heading: Provided 

7 further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any ap8 propriation by more than 2 percent: Provided further, That 

9 any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a 

10 reprogramming of funds under section 405 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 not later than March 31 of each fis14 cal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Avia15 tion Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 

16 update to the report submitted to Congress in December 

17 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: Pro18 vided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall 

19 be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 31 that 

20 such report has not been submitted to the Congress: Pro21 vided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal 

22 year hereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress 

23 a companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy 

24 for staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and air25 craft certification staff in a format similar to the one uti-
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1 lized for the controller staffing plan, including stated attri2 tion estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: 

3 Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated 

4 shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after 

5 March 31 that such report has not been submitted to Con6 gress: Provided further, That funds may be used to enter 

7 into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting 

8 organization to assist in the development of aviation safety 

9 standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 

10 Act shall be available for new applicants for the second ca11 reer training program: Provided further, That none of the 

12 funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation 

13 Administration to finalize or implement any regulation 

14 that would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifi15 cally authorized by law after the date of the enactment of 

16 this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to 

17 this appropriation as offsetting collections funds received 

18 from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, 

19 other public authorities, and private sources for expenses 

20 incurred in the provision of agency services, including re21 ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation 

22 facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer23 tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer24 tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing major 

25 repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of the 
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1 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

2 $144,500,000 shall be for the contract tower program, of 

3 which not less than $9,500,000 is for the contract tower cost 

4 share program: Provided further, That none of the funds 

5 in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are 

6 available for activities conducted by, or coordinated 

7 through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That 

8 none of the funds provided in this Act may be used for the 

9 Federal Aviation Administration to issue a job announce10 ment for air traffic control specialists that renders ineligible 

11 by reason of age any applicant who had been included in 

12 the air traffic control specialist applicant inventory as of 

13 January 15, 2014, and who was born between February 

14 9, 1983, and October 1, 1984. 

15 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

16 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

18 acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im19 provement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

20 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip21 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 

22 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of nec23 essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service test24 ing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 

25 of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and fur-
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1 nishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers 

2 and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta3 tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 

4 not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft 

5 from funds available under this heading, including aircraft 

6 for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from 

7 the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $2,600,000,000, of 

8 which $460,000,000 shall remain available until September 

9 30, 2015, and $2,140,000,000 shall remain available until 

10 September 30, 2017: Provided, That there may be credited 

11 to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 

12 municipalities, other public authorities, and private 

13 sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, im14 provement, and modernization of national airspace sys15 tems: Provided further, That upon initial submission to the 

16 Congress of the fiscal year 2016 President’s budget, the Sec17 retary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a 

18 comprehensive capital investment plan for the Federal 

19 Aviation Administration which includes funding for each 

20 budget line item for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, with 

21 total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the 

22 funding targets for those years as estimated and approved 

23 by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, 

24 That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

25 $100,000 per day for each day after the initial submission 
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1 of the fiscal year 2016 President’s budget that such report 

2 has not been submitted to Congress. 

3 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

6 research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

7 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 

8 including construction of experimental facilities and acqui9 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $156,750,000, to 

10 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 

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

12 That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset13 ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu14 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 

15 which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 

16 engineering, and development. 

17 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

23 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in24 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com25 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
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1 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

2 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author3 izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 

4 commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 

5 systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 

6 section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in7 spection activities and administration of airport safety pro8 grams, including those related to airport operating certifi9 cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 

10 $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

11 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 

13 available for the planning or execution of programs the obli14 gations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in fiscal 

15 year 2015, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 

16 United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 

17 funds under this heading shall be available for the replace18 ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter19 minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 

20 are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 

21 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 

22 title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of al23 lowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants or 

24 paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a 

25 project at other than a large or medium hub airport that 
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1 is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project 

2 for which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 

3 2011 for the construction project: Provided further, That 

4 notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds lim5 ited under this heading, not more than $107,100,000 shall 

6 be obligated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 

7 shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro8 gram, not less than $29,750,000 shall be available for Air9 port Technology Research, and $5,500,000, to remain avail10 able until expended, shall be available and transferred to 

11 ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry 

12 out the Small Community Air Service Development Pro13 gram. 

14 (RESCISSION)

15 Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending 

16 September 30, 2015, and prior years under section 48112 

17 of title 49, United States Code, all unobligated balances are 

18 permanently rescinded. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

22 to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 

23 the federally funded research and development center con24 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
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1 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 

2 fiscal year 2015. 

3 SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

4 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air5 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis6 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

7 utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 

8 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

9 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi10 bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 

11 between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree12 ment on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant 

13 assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 

14 without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. 

15 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

16 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

17 satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 

18 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such account 

19 at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to 

20 satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. 

21 SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 

22 title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro23 priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 

24 and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
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1 SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 

3 title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Admin4 istration employee unless such employee actually performed 

5 work during the time corresponding to such premium pay. 

6 SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli7 gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 

8 Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi9 cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 

10 SEC. 116. The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor 

11 of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air 

12 service from a large certified air carrier (as defined in part 

13 241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or such other 

14 regulations as may be issued by the Secretary under the 

15 authority of section 41709) an amount equal to the min16 imum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 47114(c), if 

17 the Secretary determines that airport had more than 10,000 

18 passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, based 

19 on data submitted to the Secretary under part 241 of title 

20 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 

21 SEC. 117. None of the funds in this Act may be obli22 gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of 

23 the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 

24 written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administra25 tion of the Department of Transportation. 
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1 SEC. 118. Subparagraph (D) of section 47124(b)(3) of 

2 title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘ben3 efit.’’ and inserting ‘‘benefit, with the maximum allowable 

4 local cost share capped at 20 percent.’’. 

5 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 none of the funds made available under this Act or any 

7 prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to im8 plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper9 ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 

10 Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 

11 blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 

12 number from any display of the Federal Aviation Adminis13 tration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data 

14 that is made available to the public, except data made 

15 available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 

16 flights of that owner or operator. 

17 SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail18 able for salaries and expenses of more than 9 political and 

19 Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Adminis20 tration. 

21 SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available under 

22 this Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 

23 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the FAA pro24 vides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria25 tions a report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical 
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1 navigation products and explains how such fees are con2 sistent with Executive Order 13642. 

3 SEC. 119C. None of the funds appropriated or limited 

4 by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 

5 prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 

6 New Jersey. 

7 SEC. 119D. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

8 to close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 

9 Administration or reduce its services unless the Adminis10 trator notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro11 priations not less than 90 full business days in advance. 

12 SEC. 119E. Section 916 of Public Law 112–95 is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘Advanced Materials in Transport 

14 Aircraft’’ and inserting ‘‘Joint Advanced Materials and 

15 Structures’’. 

16 SEC. 119F. Subsection 47109(c)(2) of title 49, United 

17 States Code, is amended by adding before the period ‘‘, ex18 cept that at a primary non-hub airport located in a State 

19 as set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection that is with20 in 15 miles of another State as set forth in paragraph (1) 

21 of this subsection, the Government’s share shall be an aver22 age of the Government share applicable to any project in 

23 each of the States’’. 
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1 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

2 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 Not to exceed $426,100,000, together with advances 

6 and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad7 ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 

8 administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad9 ministration. In addition, not to exceed $3,248,000 shall 

10 be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in 

11 accordance with section 104 of title 23, United States Code. 

12 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

13 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

15 Funds available for the implementation or execution 

16 of programs of Federal-aid Highways and highway safety 

17 construction programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, 

18 United States Code, and the provisions of Public Law 112– 

19 141 shall not exceed total obligations of $40,256,000,000 for 

20 fiscal year 2015: Provided, That the Secretary may collect 

21 and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 

22 Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including 

23 counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance to 

24 assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit 

25 instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal 
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1 Government of servicing such credit instruments: Provided 

2 further, That such fees are available until expended to pay 

3 for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts are in 

4 addition to administrative expenses that are also available 

5 for such purpose, and are not subject to any obligation limi6 tation or the limitation on administrative expenses under 

7 section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 

8 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

11 out Federal-aid Highways and highway safety construction 

12 programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 

13 $40,995,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

14 (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available 

15 until expended. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of 

19 Transportation shall— 

20 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

21 for Federal-aid Highways— 

22 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

23 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 

24 23, United States Code; and 
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1 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

2 Transportation Statistics; 

3 (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 

4 limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to 

5 the unobligated balance of amounts— 

6 (A) made available from the Highway Trust 

7 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 

8 Federal-aid Highways and highway safety con9 struction programs for previous fiscal years the 

10 funds for which are allocated by the Secretary 

11 (or apportioned by the Secretary under section 

12 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 

13 (B) for which obligation limitation was 

14 provided in a previous fiscal year; 

15 (3) determine the proportion that— 

16 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

17 Highways, less the aggregate of amounts not dis18 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 

19 subsection; bears to 

20 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

21 appropriated for the Federal-aid Highways and 

22 highway safety construction programs (other 

23 than sums authorized to be appropriated for pro24 visions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

25 through (12) of subsection (b) and sums author-
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1 ized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 

2 23, United States Code, equal to the amount re3 ferred to in subsection (b)(13) for such fiscal 

4 year), less the aggregate of the amounts not dis5 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 

6 subsection; 

7 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed8 eral-aid Highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

9 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of 

10 the programs (other than programs to which para11 graph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary 

12 under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Cen13 tury Act and title 23, United States Code, or appor14 tioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of 

15 that title, by multiplying— 

16 (A) the proportion determined under para17 graph (3); by 

18 (B) the amounts authorized to be appro19 priated for each such program for such fiscal 

20 year; and 

21 (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed22 eral-aid Highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

23 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 

24 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed25 eral-aid Highways and highway safety construction 
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1 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

2 under title 23, United States Code (other than the 

3 amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per4 formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 

5 States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 

6 under subsection (b)(13) and the amounts appor7 tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 

8 proportion that— 

9 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

10 for the programs that are apportioned under title 

11 23, United States Code, to each State for such 

12 fiscal year; bears to 

13 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

14 be appropriated for the programs that are ap15 portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 

16 all States for such fiscal year. 

17 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

18 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall 

19 not apply to obligations under or for— 

20 (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 

21 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation As22 sistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 

23 2714); 

24 (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 

25 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 
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1 (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 

2 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 

3 Stat. 2119); 

4 (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 

5 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As6 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 

7 (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal 

8 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 

9 Stat. 2027); 

10 (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 

11 (as in effect on June 8, 1998); 

12 (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 

13 (as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 

14 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 

15 those fiscal years); 

16 (9) Federal-aid Highways programs for which 

17 obligation authority was made available under the 

18 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 

19 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to 

20 remain available until expended, but only to the ex21 tent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 

22 been used; 

23 (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 

24 (as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
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1 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 

2 those fiscal years); 

3 (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 

4 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds ob5 ligated in accordance with that section were not sub6 ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 

7 which the funds were initially made available for ob8 ligation; and 

9 (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 

10 (as in effect for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, but only 

11 in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those 

12 fiscal years); and 

13 (13) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 

14 (but, for fiscal year 2015, only in an amount equal 

15 to $639,000,000). 

16 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU17 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

18 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 

19 (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita20 tion made available under subsection (a) if an 

21 amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 

22 fiscal year; and 

23 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States 

24 able to obligate amounts in addition to those pre25 viously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri-
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1 ority to those States having large unobligated bal2 ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 

3 effect on the day before the date of enactment of Pub4 lic Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 

5 Code. 

6 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

7 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para9 graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

10 Highways shall apply to contract authority for trans11 portation research programs carried out under— 

12 (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 

13 Code; and 

14 (B) division E of the Moving Ahead for 

15 Progress in the 21st Century Act. 

16 (2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 

17 available under paragraph (1) shall— 

18 (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 

19 years; and 

20 (B) be in addition to the amount of any 

21 limitation imposed on obligations for Federal22 aid Highways and highway safety construction 

23 programs for future fiscal years. 

24 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

25 FUNDS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

2 the date of distribution of obligation limitation under 

3 subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the 

4 States any funds (excluding funds authorized for the 

5 program under section 202 of title 23, United States 

6 Code) that— 

7 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

8 such fiscal year for Federal-aid Highways pro9 grams; and 

10 (B) the Secretary determines will not be al11 located to the States (or will not be apportioned 

12 to the States under section 204 of title 23, 

13 United States Code), and will not be available 

14 for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 

15 imposition of any obligation limitation for such 

16 fiscal year. 

17 (2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 

18 paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribu19 tion of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5). 

20 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 

21 State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 

22 purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United 

23 States Code. 

24 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re25 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
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1 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur2 suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 

3 be credited to the Federal-aid Highways account for the 

4 purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Pro5 vided, That such funds shall be subject to the obligation lim6 itation for Federal-aid Highways and highway safety con7 struction programs. 

8 SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 

9 under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re10 quirement for Federal-aid Highways projects, the Secretary 

11 of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 

12 comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 

13 the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary shall pro14 vide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees 

15 on Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy 

16 America requirements. 

17 SEC. 123. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

18 subsection (b), none of the funds made available, limited, 

19 or otherwise affected by this Act shall be used to approve 

20 or otherwise authorize the imposition of any toll on any 

21 segment of highway located on the Federal-aid system in 

22 the State of Texas that— 

23 (1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not 

24 tolled; 
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1 (2) is constructed with Federal assistance pro2 vided under title 23, United States Code; and 

3 (3) is in actual operation as of the date of enact4 ment of this Act. 

5 (b) EXCEPTIONS.— 

6 (1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) 

7 shall not apply to any segment of highway on the 

8 Federal-aid system described in that subsection that, 

9 as of the date on which a toll is imposed on the seg10 ment, will have the same number of nontoll lanes as 

11 were in existence prior to that date. 

12 (2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.—A high13 occupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a toll lane 

14 shall not be subject to this section, and shall not be 

15 considered to be a nontoll lane for purposes of deter16 mining whether a highway will have fewer nontoll 

17 lanes than prior to the date of imposition of the toll, 

18 if— 

19 (A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the 

20 number of passengers specified by the entity op21 erating the toll lane may use the toll lane with22 out paying a toll, unless otherwise specified by 

23 the appropriate county, town, municipal or 

24 other local government entity, or public toll road 

25 or transit authority; or 
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1 (B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that 

2 was converted to a toll lane was constructed as 

3 a temporary lane to be replaced by a toll lane 

4 under a plan approved by the appropriate coun5 ty, town, municipal or other local government 

6 entity, or public toll road or transit authority. 

7 SEC. 124. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart8 ment of Transportation may be used to provide credit as9 sistance unless not less than 3 days before any application 

10 approval to provide credit assistance under sections 603 

11 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of 

12 Transportation provides notification in writing to the fol13 lowing committees: the House and Senate Committees on 

14 Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public 

15 Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban 

16 Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation 

17 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Pro18 vided, That such notification shall include, but not be lim19 ited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description of 

20 the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as 

21 a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the 

22 amount of credit assistance. 

23 SEC. 125. Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, 

24 is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(j) OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON CERTAIN OTHER

2 WISCONSIN HIGHWAYS.—If any segment of the United 

3 States Route 41 corridor, as described in section 

4 1105(c)(57) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi5 ciency Act of 1991, is designated as a route on the Interstate 

6 System, a vehicle that could operate legally on that segment 

7 before the date of such designation may continue to operate 

8 on that segment, without regard to any requirement under 

9 subsection (a). 

10 ‘‘(k) OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON CERTAIN MIS11 SISSIPPI HIGHWAYS.—If any segment of United States 

12 Route 78 in Mississippi from mile marker 0 to mile marker 

13 113 is designated as part of the Interstate System, no limit 

14 established under this section may apply to that segment 

15 with respect to the operation of any vehicle that could have 

16 legally operated on that segment before such designation. 

17 ‘‘(l) OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON CERTAIN KENTUCKY

18 HIGHWAYS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any segment of highway 

20 described in paragraph (2) is designated as a route 

21 on the Interstate System, a vehicle that could operate 

22 legally on that segment before the date of such des23 ignation may continue to operate on that segment, 

24 without regard to any requirement under subsection 

25 (a). 
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1 ‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION OF HIGHWAY SEGMENTS.— 

2 The highway segments referred to in paragraph (1) 

3 are as follows: 

4 ‘‘(A) Interstate Route 69 in Kentucky (for5 merly the Wendell H. Ford (Western Kentucky) 

6 Parkway) from the Interstate Route 24 Inter7 change, near Eddyville, to the Edward T. 

8 Breathitt (Pennyrile) Parkway Interchange. 

9 ‘‘(B) The Edward T. Breathitt (Pennyrile) 

10 Parkway (to be designated as Interstate Route 

11 69) in Kentucky from the Wendell H. Ford 

12 (Western Kentucky) Parkway Interchange to 

13 near milepost 77, and on new alignment to an 

14 interchange on the Audubon Parkway, if the seg15 ment is designated as part of the Interstate Sys16 tem.’’. 

17 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

18 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen23 tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe24 ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) 

25 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 
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1 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112– 

2 141, $271,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

3 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with 

4 advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor 

5 Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall re6 main available until expended: Provided, That funds avail7 able for implementation, execution or administration of 

8 motor carrier safety operations and programs authorized 

9 under title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total 

10 obligations of $271,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper11 ations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2015, of which 

12 $9,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep13 tember 30, 2017, is for the research and technology pro14 gram, and of which $34,545,000, to remain available for 

15 obligation until September 30, 2017, is for information 

16 management: Provided further, That $2,300,000 shall be 

17 made available for commercial motor vehicle operator 

18 grants to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as 

19 amended by Public Law 112–141, of which $1,300,000 is 

20 to be made available from prior year unobligated contract 

21 authority provided in Public Law 112–141, or other appro22 priations or authorization acts: Provided further, That of 

23 unobligated contract authority provided in Public Law 

24 112–141, or other appropriations or authorization acts for 

25 ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’, 
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1 $6,700,000 shall be made available for enforcement and in2 vestigation activities related to the safe transportation of 

3 energy products, information management and technology 

4 needs related to the monitoring of high-risk carriers and 

5 carriers operating under consent agreements, and the Cap6 ital Improvement Plan for border facilities and field offices, 

7 and an additional $4,000,000 shall be made available to 

8 administer the study required under section 133 of this Act, 

9 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 

10 2017: Provided further, That the Secretary shall complete 

11 final regulatory action on the implementation of 49 United 

12 States Code 31137 no later than June 1, 2015. 

13 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

14 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

15 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

16 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

17 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

18 sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 

19 31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 

20 and 4128 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public 

21 Law 112–141, $313,000,000, to be derived from the High22 way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and 

23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

24 available for the implementation or execution of motor car25 rier safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of 
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1 $313,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 

2 Grants’’; of which $218,000,000 shall be available for the 

3 motor carrier safety assistance program, $30,000,000 shall 

4 be available for commercial driver’s license program im5 provement grants, $32,000,000 shall be available for border 

6 enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall be available for per7 formance and registration information system management 

8 grants, $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial 

9 vehicle information systems and networks deployment pro10 gram, and $3,000,000 shall be available for safety data im11 provement grants: Provided further, That, of the funds 

12 made available herein for the motor carrier safety assist13 ance program, $32,000,000 shall be available for audits of 

14 new entrant motor carriers. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

16 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

17 SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 

18 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 

19 section 350 of Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of Pub20 lic Law 110–28. 

21 SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis22 tration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 viola23 tions by certified mail, registered mail, or another manner 

24 of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by the 

25 persons responsible for the violations. 
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1 SEC. 132. None of the funds limited or otherwise made 

2 available under this Act shall be used by the Secretary to 

3 enforce any regulation prohibiting a State from issuing a 

4 commercial learner’s permit to individuals under the age 

5 of eighteen if the State had a law authorizing the issuance 

6 of commercial learner’s permits to individuals under eight7 een years of age as of May 9, 2011. 

8 SEC. 133. (a) TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ENFORCE9 MENT.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

10 available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to en11 force sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 49, Code of Fed12 eral Regulations, and such sections shall have no force or 

13 effect from the date of enactment of this Act until the later 

14 of September 30, 2015, or upon submission of the final re15 port issued by the Secretary under this section. The restart 

16 provisions in effect on June 30, 2013, shall be in effect dur17 ing this period. 

18 (b) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.—As soon as possible after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans20 portation shall publish a Notice in the Federal Register and 

21 on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 

22 website announcing that the provisions in the rule referred 

23 to in subsection (a) shall have no force or effect from the 

24 date of enactment of this Act through September 30, 2015, 
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1 and the restart rule in effect on June 30, 2013, shall imme2 diately be in effect. 

3 (c) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE (CMV) DRIVER RE4 START STUDY.—Within 90 days of the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a naturalistic study 

6 of the operational, safety, health and fatigue impacts of the 

7 restart provisions in sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 

8 49, Code of Federal Regulations, on commercial motor vehi9 cle drivers. The study required under this subsection shall— 

10 (1) compare the work schedules and assess oper11 ator fatigue between the following two groups of com12 mercial motor vehicle drivers, each large enough to 

13 produce statistically significant results: 

14 (A) commercial motor vehicle drivers who 

15 operate under such provisions, in effect between 

16 July 1, 2013, and the day before the date of en17 actment of this Act, and 

18 (B) commercial motor vehicle drivers who 

19 operate under the provisions in effect on June 

20 30, 2013. 

21 (2) compare, at a minimum, the 5-month work 

22 schedules, and assess safety critical events (crashes, 

23 near crashes and crash-relevant conflicts) and oper24 ator fatigue between the commercial motor vehicle 

25 drivers identified under subsection (c)(1) of this sec-
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1 tion from a statistically significant sample of drivers 

2 comprised of fleets of all sizes, including long-haul, re3 gional and short-haul operations in various sectors of 

4 the industry, including flat-bed, refrigerated, tank, 

5 and dry-van, to the extent practicable; 

6 (3) assess drivers’ safety critical events, fatigue 

7 and levels of alertness, and driver health outcomes by 

8 using both electronic and captured record of duty sta9 tus, including the Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT), 

10 e-logging data, actigraph watches and cameras or 

11 other on-board monitoring systems that record or 

12 measure safety critical events and driver alertness; 

13 (4) utilize data from electronic logging devices, 

14 consistent to the extent practicable, with the antici15 pated requirements for such devices in section 

16 31137(b) of title 49, United States Code, from motor 

17 carriers and drivers of commercial motor vehicles, 

18 notwithstanding any limitation on the use of such 

19 data under section 31137(e) of title 49, United States 

20 Code; and 

21 (5) include the development of an initial study 

22 plan and final report, each of which shall be subject 

23 to an independent peer review by a panel of individ24 uals with relevant medical and scientific expertise. 
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1 (d) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF IN2 SPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—Prior to the study required 

3 under this subsection commencing and within 60 days of 

4 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

5 a plan outlining the scope and methodology for the study 

6 to the Department of Transportation Inspector General. 

7 (1) Within 30 days of receiving the plan, the Of8 fice of Inspector General shall review and report 

9 whether it includes— 

10 (A) a sufficient number of participating 

11 drivers to produce statistically significant results 

12 consistent with subsection (c)(2); 

13 (B) the use of reliable technologies to assess 

14 the operational, safety and fatigue components of 

15 the study to produce consistent and valid results; 

16 (C) appropriate performance measures to 

17 properly evaluate the study outcomes; and 

18 (D) an appropriate selection of the inde19 pendent review panel under subsection (c)(5). 

20 (2) The Office of Inspector General shall report 

21 its findings, conclusions and any recommendations to 

22 the Secretary and to the House and Senate Commit23 tees on Appropriations within 30 days of receipt of 

24 the plan. 
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1 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall 

2 submit a final report on the findings and conclusions of 

3 the study and the Department’s recommendations on wheth4 er the provisions in effect on July 1, 2013, provide a greater 

5 net benefit for the operational, safety, health and fatigue 

6 impacts of the restart provisions to the Inspector General 

7 within 210 days of receiving the Office of the Inspector Gen8 eral report required in subsection (d)(2). 

9 (1) Within 60 days of receipt of the Secretary’s 

10 findings and recommendations in subsection (e), the 

11 Inspector General shall report to the Secretary and 

12 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

13 on the study’s compliance with the requirements out14 lined under subsection (c). 

15 (2) Upon submission of the Office of the Inspec16 tor General report in paragraph (1), the Secretary 

17 shall submit its report to the House and Senate Com18 mittees on Appropriations and make the report pub19 lically available on its website. 

20 (f) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Transportation 

21 shall certify in writing in a manner addressing the Inspec22 tor General’s findings and recommendations in subsection 

23 (d)(1) and (e)(1) of this section that the Secretary has met 

24 the requirements as described in section (c) and (d). 
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1 (g) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXCEPTION.—The 

2 study and the Office of the Inspector General reviews shall 

3 not be subject to section 3506 or 3507 of title 44, United 

4 States Code. 

5 SEC. 134. None of the funds limited or otherwise made 

6 available under the heading ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper7 ations and Programs’’ may be used to deny an application 

8 to renew a Hazardous Materials Safety Program permit for 

9 a motor carrier based on that carrier’s Hazardous Mate10 rials Out-of-Service rate, unless the carrier has the oppor11 tunity to submit a written description of corrective actions 

12 taken, and other documentation the carrier wishes the Sec13 retary to consider, including submitting a corrective action 

14 plan, and the Secretary determines the actions or plan is 

15 insufficient to address the safety concerns that resulted in 

16 that Hazardous Materials Out-of-Service rate. 

17 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

18 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

19 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 

20 Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety au21 thorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 

22 title 49, United States Code, $130,000,000, of which 

23 $20,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 

24 2016. 
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1 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

6 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 

7 49, United States Code, $138,500,000, to be derived from 

8 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac9 count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

10 That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 

11 the planning or execution of programs the total obligations 

12 for which, in fiscal year 2015, are in excess of $138,500,000, 

13 of which $133,500,000 shall be for programs authorized 

14 under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 shall be for the Na15 tional Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 

16 49, United States Code: Provided further, That within the 

17 $133,500,000 obligation limitation for operations and re18 search, $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 

19 30, 2016, and shall be in addition to the amount of any 

20 limitation imposed on obligations for future years: Pro21 vided further, That $20,000,000 of the total obligation limi22 tation for operations and research in fiscal year 2015 shall 

23 be applied toward unobligated balances of contract author24 ity provided in prior Acts for carrying out the provisions 
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1 of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States 

2 Code. 

3 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

8 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public 

9 Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and sec10 tion 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, to remain avail11 able until expended, $561,500,000, to be derived from the 

12 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac13 count): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 

14 be available for the planning or execution of programs the 

15 total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2015, are in excess 

16 of $561,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 

17 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109–59, as 

18 amended by Public Law 112–141, and section 31101(a)(6) 

19 of Public Law 112–141, of which $235,000,000 shall be for 

20 ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; 

21 $272,000,000 shall be for ‘‘National Priority Safety Pro22 grams’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; $29,000,000 shall be for 

23 ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’’ under section 2009 

24 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112– 

25 141; $25,500,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ 
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1 under section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141: Provided 

2 further, That none of these funds shall be used for construc3 tion, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office fur4 nishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings 

5 or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 

6 of the funds made available for ‘‘National Priority Safety 

7 Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired Driving 

8 Countermeasures’’ (as described in subsection (d) of that 

9 section) shall be available for technical assistance to the 

10 States: Provided further, That with respect to the ‘‘Trans11 fers’’ provision under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G), any amounts 

12 transferred to increase the amounts made available under 

13 section 402 shall include the obligation authority for such 

14 amounts: Provided further, That the Administrator shall 

15 notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

16 of any exercise of the authority granted under the previous 

17 proviso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within 60 days. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

19 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

20 SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made avail21 able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra22 tion, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, 

23 United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses 

24 for State management reviews and to pay for core com-
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1 petency development training and related expenses for high2 way safety staff. 

3 SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro4 grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra5 tion set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which 

6 obligation authority was made available in previous public 

7 laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority 

8 has not lapsed or been used. 

9 SEC. 142. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

10 to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 

11 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

12 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin14 istration, not otherwise provided for, $186,870,000, of which 

15 $15,400,000 shall remain available until expended. 

16 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

17 For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel18 opment, $39,100,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING

20 PROGRAM

21 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 

22 direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 

23 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 

24 Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, such 

25 authority to exist as long as any such direct loan or loan 
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1 guarantee is outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to sec2 tion 502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or 

3 loan guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal 

4 funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2015: 

5 Provided further, That no new direct loans or loan guar6 antee commitments made under the Railroad Rehabilita7 tion and Improvement Financing Program in fiscal year 

8 2015 shall cause the total principal amount of direct loans 

9 and loan guarantees committed under the Railroad Reha10 bilitation and Improvement Financing Program to projects 

11 in a single state to exceed $5,600,000,000. 

12 OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

13 PASSENGER CORPORATION

14 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

15 quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor16 poration, in amounts based on the Secretary’s assessment 

17 of the Corporation’s seasonal cash flow requirements, for the 

18 operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by sec19 tion 101 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve20 ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 

21 $250,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That the amounts available under this paragraph 

23 shall be available for the Secretary to approve funding to 

24 cover operating losses for the Corporation only after receiv25 ing and reviewing a grant request for each specific train 
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1 route: Provided further, That each such grant request shall 

2 be accompanied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue 

3 projection, and capital expenditure projection justifying the 

4 Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided 

5 further, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this 

6 Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in electronic format, 

7 to the Secretary and the House and Senate Committees on 

8 Appropriations the annual budget, business plan, the 5- 

9 Year Financial Plan for fiscal year 2015 required under 

10 section 204 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve11 ment Act of 2008 and the comprehensive fleet plan for all 

12 Amtrak rolling stock: Provided further, That the budget, 

13 business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall include 

14 annual information on the maintenance, refurbishment, re15 placement, and expansion for all Amtrak rolling stock con16 sistent with the comprehensive fleet plan: Provided further, 

17 That the Corporation shall provide monthly performance 

18 reports in an electronic format which shall describe the 

19 work completed to date, any changes to the business plan, 

20 and the reasons for such changes as well as progress against 

21 the milestones and target dates of the 2012 performance im22 provement plan: Provided further, That the Corporation’s 

23 budget, business plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semiannual 

24 reports, monthly reports, comprehensive fleet plan and all 

25 supplemental reports or plans comply with requirements in 
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1 Public Law 112–55: Provided further, That none of the 

2 funds provided in this Act may be used to support any 

3 route on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 

4 50 percent off the normal peak fare: Provided further, That 

5 the preceding proviso does not apply to routes where the 

6 operating loss as a result of the discount is covered by a 

7 State and the State participates in the setting of fares. 

8 CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

9 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

10 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

11 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

12 capital investments as authorized by sections 101(c), 102, 

13 and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve14 ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 

15 $1,140,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

16 which not to exceed $175,000,000 shall be for debt service 

17 obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act: Pro18 vided, That of the amounts made available under this head19 ing, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to 

20 bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations into compliance 

21 with the Americans with Disabilities Act: Provided further, 

22 That after an initial distribution of up to $200,000,000, 

23 which shall be used by the Corporation as a working capital 

24 account, all remaining funds shall be provided to the Cor25 poration only on a reimbursable basis: Provided further, 
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1 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

2 up to $50,000,000 may be used by the Secretary to subsidize 

3 operating losses of the Corporation should the funds pro4 vided under the heading ‘‘Operating Grants to the National 

5 Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ be insufficient to meet 

6 operational costs for fiscal year 2015: Provided further, 

7 That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent 

8 of the funds provided under this heading to fund the costs 

9 of project management and oversight of activities author10 ized by subsections 101(a) and 101(c) of division B of Pub11 lic Law 110–432: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

12 approve funding for capital expenditures, including ad13 vance purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation only 

14 after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each spe15 cific capital project justifying the Federal support to the 

16 Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That except as 

17 otherwise provided herein, none of the funds under this 

18 heading may be used to subsidize operating losses of the 

19 Corporation: Provided further, That none of the funds 

20 under this heading may be used for capital projects not ap21 proved by the Secretary of Transportation or on the Cor22 poration’s fiscal year 2015 business plan: Provided further, 

23 That in addition to the project management oversight funds 

24 authorized under section 101(d) of division B of Public Law 

25 110–432, the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
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1 $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund 

2 expenses associated with implementing section 212 of divi3 sion B of Public Law 110–432, including the amendments 

4 made by section 212 to section 24905 of title 49, United 

5 States Code. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 SEC. 150. The Secretary of Transportation may re9 ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 

10 and similar items, from non-United States Government 

11 sources to repair damages to or replace United States Gov12 ernment owned automated track inspection cars and equip13 ment as a result of third-party liability for such damages, 

14 and any amounts collected under this section shall be cred15 ited directly to the Safety and Operations account of the 

16 Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain avail17 able until expended for the repair, operation and mainte18 nance of automated track inspection cars and equipment 

19 in connection with the automated track inspection program. 

20 SEC. 151. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is au22 thorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore 

23 sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock 

24 upon the payment to the Department of an amount to be 

25 determined by the Secretary. 
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1 SEC. 152. None of the funds provided to the National 

2 Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 

3 overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em4 ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 

5 the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 

6 when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses 

7 a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system: 

8 Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report 

9 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

10 each quarter of the calendar year on waivers granted to em11 ployees and amounts paid above the cap for each month 

12 within such quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver 

13 was granted: Provided further, That the President of Am14 trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 

15 Appropriations by March 1, 2015, a summary of all over16 time payments incurred by the Corporation for 2014 and 

17 the three prior calendar years: Provided further, That such 

18 summary shall include the total number of employees that 

19 received waivers and the total overtime payments the Cor20 poration paid to those employees receiving waivers for each 

21 month for 2014 and for the three prior calendar years. 

22 SEC. 153. For an additional amount, $10,000,000 

23 shall be made available until expended for the Secretary 

24 to make grants for grade crossing and track improvements 

25 on rail routes that transport energy products. 
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1 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

2 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

4 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

5 53 of title 49, United States Code, $105,933,000, of which 

6 not less than $4,500,000 shall be available to carry out the 

7 provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less than $1,000,000 

8 shall be available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 

9 5326: Provided, That none of the funds provided or limited 

10 in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of 

11 transit security under this heading: Provided further, That 

12 upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2016 

13 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

14 transmit to Congress the annual report on New Starts, in15 cluding proposed allocations for fiscal year 2016. 

16 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

17 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

18 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 

21 Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, 

22 and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

23 the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 

24 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amend25 ed by Public Law 112–141, and section 20005(b) of Public 
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1 Law 112–141, $9,500,000,000, to be derived from the Mass 

2 Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided, That funds available for 

4 the implementation or execution of programs authorized 

5 under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 

6 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by 

7 Public Law 112–141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 

8 112–141, shall not exceed total obligations of 

9 $8,595,000,000 in fiscal year 2015. 

10 TRANSIT RESEARCH

11 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312 

12 and 5313, $33,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

13 Provided, That $30,000,000 shall be for activities author14 ized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and $3,000,000 shall be for ac15 tivities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5313. 

16 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

17 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314 

18 and 5322(a), (b) and (e), $4,500,000, to remain available 

19 until expended: Provided, That $4,000,000 shall be for ac20 tivities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5314 and $500,000 

21 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5322(a), 

22 (b) and (e). 
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1 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, 

4 $2,120,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That when distributing funds among Recommended 

6 New Starts Projects, the Administrator shall first fully fund 

7 those projects covered by a full funding grant agreement, 

8 then fully fund those projects whose section 5309 share is 

9 less than 40 percent, and then distribute the remaining 

10 funds so as to protect as much as possible the projects’ budg11 ets and schedules: Provided further, That of the unobligated 

12 amounts available for the Capital Investment Grants pro13 gram, $121,546,138 is hereby rescinded. 

14 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

15 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

16 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran17 sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 

18 B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain avail19 able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall ap20 prove grants for capital and preventive maintenance ex21 penditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 

22 Authority only after receiving and reviewing a request for 

23 each specific project: Provided further, That prior to ap24 proving such grants, the Secretary shall certify that the 

25 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is mak-
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1 ing significant progress in eliminating the material weak2 nesses, significant deficiencies, and minor control defi3 ciencies identified in the most recent Financial Manage4 ment Oversight Review: Provided further, That the Sec5 retary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan 

6 Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 

7 those investments that will improve the safety of the system 

8 before approving such grants: Provided further, That the 

9 Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the rail sys10 tem, may waive the requirements of section 601(e)(1) of title 

11 VI of Public Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 4968). 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro15 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

16 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

17 made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre18 viously made available for obligation. 

19 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 

21 ‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Federal Tran22 sit Administration for projects specified in this Act or iden23 tified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by 

24 September 30, 2019, and other recoveries, shall be directed 
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1 to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for 

2 which they were originally provided. 

3 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 any funds appropriated before October 1, 2014, under any 

5 section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that 

6 remain available for expenditure, may be transferred to and 

7 administered under the most recent appropriation heading 

8 for any such section. 

9 SEC. 163. The Secretary may not enforce regulations 

10 related to charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, 

11 Code of Federal Regulations, for any transit agency that 

12 during fiscal year 2008 was both initially granted a 60- 

13 day period to come into compliance with part 604, and then 

14 was subsequently granted an exception from said part. 

15 SEC. 164. For purposes of applying the project jus16 tification and local financial commitment criteria of 49 

17 U.S.C. 5309(d) to a New Starts project, the Secretary may 

18 consider the costs and ridership of any connected project 

19 in an instance in which private parties are making signifi20 cant financial contributions to the construction of the con21 nected project; additionally, the Secretary may consider the 

22 significant financial contributions of private parties to the 

23 connected project in calculating the non-Federal share of 

24 net capital project costs for the New Starts project. 
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1 SEC. 165. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 none of the funds made available in this Act shall be used 

3 to enter into a full funding grant agreement for a project 

4 with a New Starts share greater than 60 percent. 

5 SEC. 166. None of the funds in this or any other Act 

6 may be available to advance in any way a new light or 

7 heavy rail project towards a full funding grant agreement 

8 as defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit 

9 Authority of Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital 

10 project is constructed on or planned to be constructed on 

11 Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post 

12 Oak Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, 

13 Texas. 

14 SEC. 167. In developing guidance implementing 49 

15 U.S.C. 5309(i) Program of Interrelated Projects, the Sec16 retary shall consider projects eligible under section 5309(h) 

17 Small Starts Projects, including streetcars. 

18 SEC. 168. Of the unobligated balance of amounts made 

19 available for fiscal year 2011 or prior fiscal years to carry 

20 out the discretionary bus and bus facilities program under 

21 49 U.S.C. 5309, $27,989,839 shall be used for new bus rapid 

22 transit projects recommended, in the President’s fiscal year 

23 2015 budget request, to be funded under the heading ‘‘De24 partment of Transportation-Federal Transit Administra25 tion-Capital Investment Grants’’: Provided, That all such 
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1 projects shall remain subject to the requirements of 49 

2 U.S.C. 5309 for New Starts, Small Starts, or Core Capacity 

3 projects, as applicable, under the Capital Investment 

4 Grants Program: Provided further, That such funds shall 

5 be in addition to the amounts otherwise made available by 

6 this Act for ‘‘Department of Transportation-Federal Tran7 sit Administration-Capital Investment Grants’’. 

8 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

9 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora10 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 

11 the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 

12 the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 

13 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

14 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

15 Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary 

16 in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s 

17 budget for the current fiscal year. 

18 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

19 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

20 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

21 maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 

22 portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 

23 maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

24 Corporation, $32,042,000, to be derived from the Harbor 

25 Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
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1 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

2 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

4 U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs 

5 of the United States, $186,000,000, to remain available 

6 until expended. 

7 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

8 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac9 tivities authorized by law, $148,050,000, of which 

10 $11,300,000 shall remain available until expended for 

11 maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari12 time Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 

13 available through September 30, 2016, for the Student In14 centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 

15 which $1,200,000 shall remain available until expended for 

16 training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 

17 $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fa18 cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 

19 improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Acad20 emy: Provided, That amounts apportioned for the United 

21 States Merchant Marine Academy shall be available only 

22 upon allotments made personally by the Secretary of Trans23 portation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro24 grams: Provided further, That the Superintendent, Deputy 

25 Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource 
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1 Management of the United States Merchant Marine Acad2 emy may not be allotment holders for the United States 

3 Merchant Marine Academy, and the Administrator of the 

4 Maritime Administration shall hold all allotments made by 

5 the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary 

6 for Budget and Programs under the previous proviso: Pro7 vided further, That 50 percent of the funding made avail8 able for the United States Merchant Marine Academy under 

9 this heading shall be available only after the Secretary, in 

10 consultation with the Superintendent and the Maritime Ad11 ministrator, completes a plan detailing by program or ac12 tivity how such funding will be expended at the Academy, 

13 and this plan is submitted to the House and Senate Com14 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not later 

15 than January 12, 2015, the Administrator of the Maritime 

16 Administration shall transmit to Congress the biennial sur17 vey and report on sexual assault and sexual harassment at 

18 the United States Merchant Marine Academy as required 

19 pursuant to section 3507 of Public Law 110–417. 

20 SHIP DISPOSAL

21 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso22 lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar23 itime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available 

24 until expended. 
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1 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary administrative expenses of the maritime 

5 guaranteed loan program, $3,100,000 shall be paid to the 

6 appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration–Operations 

7 and Training’’. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

9 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

10 Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish 

11 utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec12 tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov13 ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis14 tration: Provided, That payments received therefor shall be 

15 credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof 

16 and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur17 ther, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, 

18 or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, 

19 or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscella20 neous receipts. 

21 SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appropriated 

22 in this Act shall be used by the United States Department 

23 of Transportation or the United States Maritime Adminis24 tration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter into, facili25 tate or perform fee-for-service contracts for vessel disposal, 
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1 scrapping or recycling, unless there is no qualified domestic 

2 ship recycler that will pay any sum of money to purchase 

3 and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, operated or managed 

4 by the Maritime Administration or that is part of the Na5 tional Defense Reserve Fleet: Provided, That such sales of6 fers must be consistent with the solicitation and provide 

7 that the work will be performed in a timely manner at a 

8 facility qualified within the meaning of section 3502 of 

9 Public Law 106–398: Provided further, That nothing con10 tained herein shall affect the Maritime Administration’s 

11 authority to award contracts at least cost to the Federal 

12 Government and consistent with the requirements of 16 

13 U.S.C. 5405(c), section 3502, or otherwise authorized under 

14 the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

15 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 

20 Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $22,225,000: 

21 Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Pipeline 

22 Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline Safety Information 

23 Grants to Communities’’ as authorized under section 60130 

24 of title 49, United States Code. 
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1 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

2 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma3 terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma4 terials Safety Administration, $52,000,000, of which 

5 $7,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

6 2017: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 

7 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund 

8 of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 

9 there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 

10 until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu11 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

12 for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 

13 and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per14 formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals 

15 functions. 

16 PIPELINE SAFETY

17 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

18 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

19 (PIPELINE SAFETY DESIGN REVIEW FUND)

20 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 

21 pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 

22 pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 

23 and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of 

24 the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $146,000,000, of which 

25 $19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
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1 Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2017; and of which $124,500,000 shall be derived from the 

3 Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $66,309,000 shall remain 

4 available until September 30, 2017; and of which 

5 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be de6 rived from the Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund as au7 thorized in 49 U.S.C. 60117(n): Provided, That not less 

8 than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading 

9 shall be for the One-Call state grant program. 

10 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

11 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

12 For necessary expenses to carryout 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), 

13 $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness 

14 Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2016: Pro15 vided, That notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation spec16 ified in 49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall 

17 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2015 from 

18 amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), and 5128(b) 

19 and (c): Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 

20 5116(i)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 

21 available from this account shall be available to pay admin22 istrative costs: Provided further, That none of the funds 

23 made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 

24 shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 

25 than the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee: 
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1 Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) 

2 and (c) and the current year obligation limitation, prior 

3 year recoveries recognized in the current year shall be avail4 able to develop a hazardous materials response training 

5 curriculum for emergency responders, including response 

6 activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol and 

7 other flammable liquids by rail, consistent with National 

8 Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such 

9 training available through an electronic format: Provided 

10 further, That the prior year recoveries made available under 

11 this heading shall also be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 

12 5116(b) and (j). 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

16 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 

17 Act of 1978, as amended, $86,223,000: Provided, That the 

18 Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car19 rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 

20 as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 

21 of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

22 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

23 regulation by the Department: Provided further, That the 

24 funds made available under this heading may be used to 

25 investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United 
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1 States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair 

2 methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers 

3 and ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and 

4 foreign air carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso: 

5 Provided further, That hereafter funds transferred to the Of6 fice of the Inspector General through forfeiture proceedings 

7 or from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund 

8 or the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a 

9 participating agency, as an equitable share from the for10 feiture of property in investigations in which the Office of 

11 Inspector General participates, or through the granting of 

12 a Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited 

13 to the credit of this account for law enforcement activities 

14 authorized under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

15 amended, to remain available until expended. 

16 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 

19 Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

20 $31,375,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab22 lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation 

23 Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 

24 collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 

25 under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 
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1 appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a 

2 dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re3 ceived during fiscal year 2015, to result in a final appro4 priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 

5 $30,125,000. 

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

7 TRANSPORTATION

8 SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year, applicable 

9 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

10 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire 

11 of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil12 ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun13 tries on official department business; and uniforms or al14 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

15 5902). 

16 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 

17 Department of Transportation shall be available for services 

18 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 

19 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 

20 an Executive Level IV. 

21 SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail22 able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 

23 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans24 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 
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1 this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 

2 the Department of Transportation. 

3 SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available in 

4 this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined 

5 in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of 

6 motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 

7 as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 

8 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721. 

9 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

10 not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee 

11 if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 

12 SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad13 ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 

14 Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali15 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex16 penses incurred for training may be credited respectively 

17 to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid 

18 Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s 

19 ‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, and to the 

20 Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper21 ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors par22 ticipating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 

23 SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart24 ment of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan 

25 guarantee, line of credit, or grant unless the Secretary of 
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1 Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 

2 on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 

3 any project competitively selected to receive a discretionary 

4 grant award, any discretionary grant award, letter of in5 tent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line 

6 of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement is 

7 announced by the department or its modal administrations 

8 from: 

9 (1) any discretionary grant or federal credit pro10 gram of the Federal Highway Administration includ11 ing the emergency relief program; 

12 (2) the airport improvement program of the Fed13 eral Aviation Administration; 

14 (3) any program of the Federal Railroad Admin15 istration; 

16 (4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin17 istration other than the formula grants and fixed 

18 guideway modernization programs; 

19 (5) any program of the Maritime Administra20 tion; or 

21 (6) any funding provided under the headings 

22 ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in this Act: 

23 Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi24 cation to the House and Senate Committees on Ap25 propriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the 
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1 emergency relief program: Provided further, That no 

2 notification shall involve funds that are not available 

3 for obligation. 

4 SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 

5 fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans6 portation from travel management centers, charge card pro7 grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 

8 sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart9 ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De10 partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri11 teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 

12 SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any other 

13 Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay14 ments by the Department of Transportation to a third15 party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 

16 are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 

17 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 

18 the Department of Transportation in recovering im19 proper payments; and 

20 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in re21 covering improper payments or contractor support in 

22 the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor23 mation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in excess 

24 of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
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1 (A) shall be credited to and merged with the 

2 appropriation from which the improper pay3 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

4 purposes and period for which such appropria5 tions are available: Provided further, That where 

6 specific project or accounting information associ7 ated with the improper payment or payments is 

8 not readily available, the Secretary may credit 

9 an appropriate account, which shall be available 

10 for the purposes and period associated with the 

11 account so credited; or 

12 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail13 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis14 cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 

15 to the transfer of any such recovery to an appro16 priations account, the Secretary shall notify the 

17 House and Senate Committees on Appropria18 tions of the amount and reasons for such trans19 fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 

20 section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has the 

21 same meaning as that provided in section 

22 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

23 SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject 

25 to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro-
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1 vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria2 tions, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be 

3 provided solely to the Committees on Appropriations, and 

4 said reprogramming action shall be approved or denied 

5 solely by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That 

6 the Secretary may provide notice to other congressional 

7 committees of the action of the Committees on Appropria8 tions on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days 

9 following the date on which the reprogramming action has 

10 been approved or denied by the House and Senate Commit11 tees on Appropriations. 

12 SEC. 189. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available under this Act may be used by the Surface 

14 Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation 

15 to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice com16 plaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the 

17 amount authorized for district court civil suit filing fees 

18 under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. 

19 SEC. 190. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 

20 administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Sec21 retary for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable 

22 agreements only when such amounts are for the costs of 

23 goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct 

24 benefit to the applicable modal administration or adminis25 trations. 
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1 SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation is author2 ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand3 ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and 

4 transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 

5 United States Code, including distribution of transit bene6 fits by various paper and electronic media. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans8 portation Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

9 TITLE II 

10 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

11 DEVELOPMENT 

12 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

13 EXECUTIVE OFFICES

14 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of15 fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 

16 Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 

17 and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 

18 and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for 

19 Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,500,000: 

20 Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 

21 available under this heading shall be available to the Sec22 retary for official reception and representation expenses as 

23 the Secretary may determine. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

2 For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 

3 Support Offices, $518,100,000, of which not to exceed 

4 $47,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 

5 Financial Officer; not to exceed $94,000,000 shall be avail6 able for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed 

7 $200,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Administra8 tion; not to exceed $57,000,000 shall be available for the 

9 Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not to exceed 

10 $50,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Field Policy 

11 and Management; not to exceed $16,500,000 shall be avail12 able for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; not to 

13 exceed $3,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart14 mental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to exceed 

15 $4,400,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic 

16 Planning and Management; and not to exceed $46,000,000 

17 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information 

18 Officer: Provided, That funds provided under this heading 

19 may be used for necessary administrative and non-adminis20 trative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 

21 Development, not otherwise provided for, including pur22 chase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 

23 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

24 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 

25 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap-
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1 propriated under this heading may be used for advertising 

2 and promotional activities that support the housing mis3 sion area: Provided further, That the Secretary shall pro4 vide the Committees on Appropriations quarterly written 

5 notification regarding the status of pending congressional 

6 reports: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 

7 in electronic form all signed reports required by Congress. 

8 PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

10 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

11 Public and Indian Housing, $203,000,000. 

12 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

14 Community Planning and Development, $102,000,000. 

15 HOUSING

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

17 Housing, $379,000,000, of which at least $9,000,000 shall 

18 be for the Office of Risk and Regulatory Affairs. 

19 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

21 Policy Development and Research, $22,700,000. 

22 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

24 Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $68,000,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES

2 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

3 Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $6,700,000. 

4 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

5 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

6 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten7 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

8 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 

9 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

10 $15,304,160,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

11 be available on October 1, 2014 (in addition to the 

12 $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 

13 that became available on October 1, 2014), and 

14 $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

15 be available on October 1, 2015: Provided, That the 

16 amounts made available under this heading are provided 

17 as follows: 

18 (1) $17,486,000,000 shall be available for renew19 als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con20 tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 

21 vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 

22 assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ23 ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 

24 vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

25 provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
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1 paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 

2 calendar year 2015 funding cycle shall provide re3 newal funding for each public housing agency based 

4 on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas5 ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 

6 applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec7 retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 

8 and by making any necessary adjustments for the 

9 costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch10 ers under this paragraph including tenant protection, 

11 HOPE VI, and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Pro12 vided further, That in determining calendar year 

13 2015 funding allocations under this heading for pub14 lic housing agencies, including agencies participating 

15 in the Moving To Work (MTW) demonstration, the 

16 Secretary may take into account the anticipated im17 pact of changes in targeting and utility allowances, 

18 on public housing agencies’ contract renewal needs: 

19 Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

20 under this paragraph may be used to fund a total 

21 number of unit months under lease which exceeds a 

22 public housing agency’s authorized level of units 

23 under contract, except for public housing agencies 

24 participating in the MTW demonstration, which are 

25 instead governed by the terms and conditions of their 
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1 MTW agreements: Provided further, That the Sec2 retary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 

3 amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth4 erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 

5 public housing agency’s allocation otherwise estab6 lished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, 

7 That except as provided in the following provisos, the 

8 entire amount specified under this paragraph (except 

9 as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 

10 obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 

11 allocation and pro rata method described above, and 

12 the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 

13 their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after en14 actment of this Act or March 1, 2015: Provided fur15 ther, That the Secretary may extend the notification 

16 period with the prior written approval of the House 

17 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

18 further, That public housing agencies participating in 

19 the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 

20 their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the 

21 same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro22 visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may offset 

23 public housing agencies’ calendar year 2015 alloca24 tions based on the excess amounts of public housing 

25 agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, including 
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1 HUD held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 

2 VMS data in calendar year 2014 that is verifiable 

3 and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Pro4 vided further, That public housing agencies partici5 pating in the MTW demonstration shall also be sub6 ject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, ex7 cluding amounts subject to the single fund budget au8 thority provisions of their MTW agreements, from the 

9 agencies’ calendar year 2015 MTW funding alloca10 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 

11 any offset referred to in the previous two provisos 

12 throughout the calendar year to prevent the termi13 nation of rental assistance for families as the result 

14 of insufficient funding, as determined by the Sec15 retary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of re16 newal funding allocations: Provided further, That up 

17 to $120,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjust18 ments in the allocations for public housing agencies, 

19 after application for an adjustment by a public hous20 ing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 

21 determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of 

22 vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or 

23 from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for 

24 vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month 

25 period in order to be available to meet a commitment 
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1 pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjust2 ments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs 

3 Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) for 

4 adjustments for public housing agencies with voucher 

5 leasing rates at the end of the calendar year that ex6 ceed the average leasing for the 12-month period used 

7 to establish the allocation, and for additional leasing 

8 of vouchers that were issued but not leased prior to 

9 the end of such calendar year; and (5) for public 

10 housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost 

11 savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, 

12 would otherwise be required to terminate rental as13 sistance for families as a result of insufficient fund14 ing: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allo15 cate amounts under the previous proviso based on 

16 need, as determined by the Secretary; 

17 (2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as18 sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 

19 units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 

20 section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 projects 

21 to assistance under section 8, the family unification 

22 program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of 

23 witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime 

24 in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 

25 from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
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1 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author2 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 

3 HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood vouchers, manda4 tory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection 

5 assistance including replacement and relocation as6 sistance or for project-based assistance to prevent the 

7 displacement of unassisted elderly tenants currently 

8 residing in section 202 properties financed between 

9 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Pub10 lic Law 106–569, as amended, or under the authority 

11 as provided under this Act: Provided, That when a 

12 public housing development is submitted for demoli13 tion or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the 

14 Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance 

15 when the units pose an imminent health and safety 

16 risk to residents: Provided further, That the Secretary 

17 may only provide replacement vouchers for units that 

18 were occupied within the previous 24 months that 

19 cease to be available as assisted housing, subject only 

20 to the availability of funds: Provided further, That of 

21 the amounts made available under this paragraph, 

22 $5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protec23 tion assistance, not otherwise provided under this 

24 paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas 

25 and who may have to pay rents greater than 30 per-
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1 cent of household income, as the result of (1) the ma2 turity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 

3 loan that requires the permission of the Secretary 

4 prior to loan prepayment; (2) the expiration of a 

5 rental assistance contract for which the tenants are 

6 not eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection 

7 assistance under existing law; or (3) the expiration of 

8 affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or 

9 preservation program administered by the Secretary: 

10 Provided further, That such tenant protection assist11 ance made available under the previous proviso may 

12 be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or sec13 tion 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 

14 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the 

15 Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the pre16 vious provisos, including, but not limited to, require17 ments for defining eligible at-risk households within 

18 120 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur19 ther, That any tenant protection voucher made avail20 able from amounts under this paragraph shall not be 

21 reissued by any public housing agency, except the re22 placement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by no23 tice, when the initial family that received any such 

24 voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the au25 thority for any public housing agency to issue any 
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1 such voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, 

2 That the Secretary, for the purpose under this para3 graph, may use unobligated balances, including re4 captures and carryovers, remaining from amounts 

5 appropriated in prior fiscal years under this heading 

6 for voucher assistance for nonelderly disabled families 

7 and for disaster assistance made available under Pub8 lic Law 110–329; 

9 (3) $1,530,000,000 shall be for administrative 

10 and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad11 ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist12 ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 

13 available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous14 ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 

15 their section 8 programs, including fees associated 

16 with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 

17 administration of disaster related vouchers, Veterans 

18 Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and other spe19 cial purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no 

20 less than $1,520,000,000 of the amount provided in 

21 this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing 

22 agencies for the calendar year 2015 funding cycle 

23 based on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appro24 priation Act provisions) as in effect immediately be25 fore the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work 
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1 Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): 

2 Provided further, That if the amounts made available 

3 under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 

4 amounts determined under the previous proviso, the 

5 Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 

6 agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 

7 agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 

8 may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 

9 of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 

10 utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

11 carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to the 

12 Department of Housing and Urban Development 

13 under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding 

14 special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the pur15 poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Pro16 vided further, That all public housing agencies par17 ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 

18 pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be sub19 ject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under 

20 the previous proviso: Provided further, That amounts 

21 provided under this paragraph shall be only for ac22 tivities related to the provision of tenant-based rental 

23 assistance authorized under section 8, including re24 lated development activities; 
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1 (4) $83,160,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 

2 assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran3 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex5 penses: Provided, That administrative and other ex6 penses of public housing agencies in administering 

7 the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall 

8 be funded under the same terms and be subject to the 

9 same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for 

10 administrative and other expenses to public housing 

11 agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading; 

12 (5) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 

13 assistance for use through a supported housing pro14 gram administered in conjunction with the Depart15 ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 

16 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 

17 Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

18 Development shall make such funding available, not19 withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 

20 this title, to public housing agencies that partner with 

21 eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as des22 ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Vet23 erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such as24 sistance as identified by the Secretary of the Depart25 ment of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency ad-
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1 ministrative performance, and other factors as speci2 fied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop3 ment in consultation with the Secretary of the De4 partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 

5 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

6 may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in 

7 consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 

8 Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or reg9 ulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban De10 velopment administers in connection with the use of 

11 funds made available under this paragraph (except 

12 for requirements related to fair housing, non13 discrimination, labor standards, and the environ14 ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 

15 waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 

16 the effective delivery and administration of such 

17 voucher assistance: Provided further, That the Sec18 retary shall set aside an amount provided under this 

19 paragraph for a rental assistance and supportive 

20 housing demonstration program for Native American 

21 veterans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 

22 living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 

23 Provided further, That such demonstration program 

24 shall be modeled after, with necessary and appro25 priate adjustments for Native American grant recipi-
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1 ents and veterans, the rental assistance and sup2 portive housing program funded under this para3 graph, including administration in conjunction with 

4 the Department of Veterans Affairs and overall imple5 mentation of section 8(o)(19) of the Act: Provided fur6 ther, That amounts for rental assistance and associ7 ated administrative costs shall be made available by 

8 grants to recipients eligible to receive block grants 

9 under the Native American Housing Assistance and 

10 Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. section 

11 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That funds shall be 

12 awarded based on need, administrative capacity, and 

13 any other funding criteria established by the Sec14 retary in a Notice published in the Federal Register 

15 after coordination with the Secretary of the Depart16 ment of Veterans Affairs within 180 days of enact17 ment of this Act: Provided further, That such rental 

18 assistance shall be administered by block grant recipi19 ents in accordance with program requirements under 

20 the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De21 termination Act of 1996: Provided further, That the 

22 first and second provisos under this paragraph shall 

23 apply to use of funds made available for this dem24 onstration, as appropriate: Provided further, That the 

25 Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the 
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1 Department of Veterans Affairs, shall coordinate with 

2 block grant recipients and any other appropriate trib3 al organizations on the design of such demonstration 

4 and shall ensure the effective delivery of supportive 

5 services to Native American veterans that are home6 less or at-risk of homelessness eligible to receive assist7 ance under this demonstration: Provided further, 

8 That grant recipients shall report to the Secretary, as 

9 prescribed by the Secretary, utilization of such rental 

10 assistance provided under this demonstration: Pro11 vided further, That assistance made available under 

12 this paragraph shall continue to remain available for 

13 homeless veterans upon turn-over; and 

14 (6) The Secretary shall separately track all spe15 cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 

16 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

17 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

18 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry19 over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart20 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head21 ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous22 ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 

23 for fiscal year 2015 and prior years may be used for re24 newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 

25 and for performance-based contract administrators, not-
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1 withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro2 priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 

3 authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been 

4 terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, That 

5 amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the 

6 current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based contracts 

7 from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 

8 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 

9 budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is 

10 hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, 

11 for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition 

12 to amounts otherwise available. 

13 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

14 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

15 carry out capital and management activities for public 

16 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

17 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the 

18 ‘‘Act’’) $1,875,000,000, to remain available until September 

19 30, 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi20 sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2015 the Sec21 retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele22 gate to any Department official other than the Deputy Sec23 retary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

24 Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) 

25 regarding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
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1 tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 

2 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 

3 that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 

4 will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro5 vided further, That up to $5,000,000 shall be to support 

6 ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical Assess7 ment activities: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 

8 shall be to support the costs of administrative and judicial 

9 receiverships: Provided further, That of the total amount 

10 provided under this heading, not to exceed $23,000,000 shall 

11 be available for the Secretary to make grants, notwith12 standing section 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies 

13 for emergency capital needs including safety and security 

14 measures necessary to address crime and drug-related activ15 ity as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unprevent16 able emergencies and natural disasters excluding Presi17 dentially declared emergencies and natural disasters under 

18 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2015: Pro20 vided further, That of the amount made available under the 

21 previous proviso, not less than $6,000,000 shall be for safety 

22 and security measures: Provided further, That of the total 

23 amount provided under this heading $45,000,000 shall be 

24 for supportive services, service coordinator and congregate 

25 services as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
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1 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and 

2 Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): 

3 Provided further, That of the total amount made available 

4 under this heading, up to $15,000,000 may be used for in5 centives as part of a Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative modeled after 

6 the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided further, That the 

7 funding provided under the previous proviso shall provide 

8 competitive grants to partnerships between public housing 

9 authorities, local workforce investment boards established 

10 under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 

11 and other agencies and organizations that provide support 

12 to help public housing residents obtain employment and in13 crease earnings: Provided further, That applicants must 

14 demonstrate the ability to provide services to residents, 

15 partner with workforce investment boards, and leverage 

16 service dollars: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

17 set aside a portion of the funds provided for the Resident 

18 Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program to support the 

19 services element of the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative: Provided 

20 further, That the Secretary may allow PHAs to request ex21 emptions from rent and income limitation requirements 

22 under sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act 

23 of 1937 as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, 

24 on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve 

25 upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or 
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1 alternative requirements are necessary for the effective im2 plementation of the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative as a vol3 untary program for residents: Provided further, That the 

4 Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register 

5 any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the 

6 preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the effective 

7 date of such notice: Provided further, That for funds pro8 vided under this heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) 

9 of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided further, That the 

10 Secretary may waive the limitation in the previous proviso 

11 to allow public housing agencies to fund activities author12 ized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, 

13 That from the funds made available under this heading, the 

14 Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2015 

15 to public housing agencies that are designated high per16 formers: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 

17 public housing agencies of their formula allocation within 

18 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

19 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

20 For 2015 payments to public housing agencies for the 

21 operation and management of public housing, as authorized 

22 by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

23 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,440,000,000. 
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1 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

2 For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 

3 Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Hous4 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise speci5 fied under this heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, 

6 and replacement housing needs of both public and HUD7 assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty 

8 into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods 

9 with appropriate services, schools, public assets, transpor10 tation and access to jobs, $80,000,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That grant funds may 

12 be used for resident and community services, community 

13 development, and affordable housing needs in the commu14 nity, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties 

15 to affordable housing: Provided further, That the use of 

16 funds made available under this heading shall not be 

17 deemed to be public housing notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) 

18 of such Act: Provided further, That grantees shall commit 

19 to an additional period of affordability determined by the 

20 Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That 

21 grantees shall undertake comprehensive local planning with 

22 input from residents and the community, and that grantees 

23 shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal or pri24 vate funds: Provided further, That grantees may include 

25 local governments, tribal entities, public housing authori-
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1 ties, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit devel2 opers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided fur3 ther, That for purposes of environmental review, a grantee 

4 shall be treated as a public housing agency under section 

5 26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

6 1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject to 

7 the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 

8 section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, not 

9 less than $50,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 

10 authorities: Provided further, That such grantees shall cre11 ate partnerships with other local organizations including 

12 assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident orga13 nizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult 

14 with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, 

15 Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, 

16 the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Envi17 ronmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 

18 other appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That 

19 no more than $5,000,000 of funds made available under this 

20 heading may be provided to assist communities in devel21 oping comprehensive strategies for implementing this pro22 gram or implementing other revitalization efforts in con23 junction with community notice and input: Provided fur24 ther, That the Secretary shall develop and publish guide25 lines for the use of such competitive funds, including but 
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1 not limited to eligible activities, program requirements, and 

2 performance metrics: Provided further, That unobligated 

3 balances, including recaptures, remaining from funds ap4 propriated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely 

5 Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 

6 and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this 

7 heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 

8 amounts were appropriated. 

9 FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

10 For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 

11 family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

12 United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the develop13 ment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance 

14 under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public and pri15 vate resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco16 nomic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, to re17 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 

18 the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or 

19 specify alternative requirements under sections b(3), b(4), 

20 b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate 

21 the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for indi22 viduals receiving assistance under different provisions of 

23 the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 

24 That owners of a privately owned multifamily property 

25 with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family 
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1 Self-Sufficiency program available to the assisted tenants 

2 of such property in accordance with procedures established 

3 by the Secretary: Provided further, That such procedures 

4 established pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit 

5 participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance 

6 with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding 

7 from residual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their 

8 own Family Self-Sufficiency program: Provided further, 

9 That the Secretary may carry out a demonstration testing 

10 the effectiveness of combining vouchers for homeless youth 

11 under the Family Unification Program authorized under 

12 section 8(x) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

13 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein) with assistance 

14 under the Family Self-Sufficiency program authorized 

15 under section 23 of the Act: Provided further, That the Sec16 retary may establish alternative requirements to those con17 tained in section 8(x) of the Act to facilitate such a dem18 onstration: Provided further, That any public housing agen19 cy that has existing Family Unification Program vouchers 

20 and an established Family Self-Sufficiency program may 

21 participate in such demonstration provided that they can 

22 demonstrate (1) an agreement with the public child welfare 

23 agency or agencies to serve the target population; (2) capac24 ity to serve the target population; (3) the success of the 

25 agency’s existing Family Self-Sufficiency program in serv-
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1 ing residents; (4) partnerships with local organizations that 

2 serve homeless youth; and (5) any other factors established 

3 by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

4 monitor and evaluate the demonstration and report on 

5 whether the demonstration helped homeless youth achieve 

6 self-sufficiency. 

7 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

8 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro9 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

10 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

11 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $650,000,000, to re12 main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That, 

13 notwithstanding the Native American Housing Assistance 

14 and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine the 

15 amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each 

16 Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under 

17 section 302 of such Act with the need component based on 

18 single-race census data and with the need component based 

19 on multi-race census data, and the amount of the allocation 

20 for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting 

21 allocation amounts: Provided further, That of the amounts 

22 made available under this heading, $3,500,000 shall be con23 tracted for assistance for national or regional organizations 

24 representing Native American housing interests for pro25 viding training and technical assistance to Indian housing 
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1 authorities and tribally designated housing entities as au2 thorized under NAHASDA: Provided further, That of the 

3 funds made available under the previous proviso, not less 

4 than $2,000,000 shall be made available for a national or5 ganization as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA 

6 (25 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That of the amounts 

7 made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be to 

8 support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract ex9 pertise, training, and technical assistance in the training, 

10 oversight, and management of such Indian housing and ten11 ant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for related 

12 travel: Provided further, That of the amount provided under 

13 this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost 

14 of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by 

15 title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, 

16 including the costs of modifying such notes and other obli17 gations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 

19 That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin20 cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 

21 of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $16,530,000: Pro22 vided further, That the Department will notify grantees of 

23 their formula allocation within 60 days of the date of enact24 ment of this Act. 
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1 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

2 For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro3 gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American 

4 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 

5 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $9,000,000, to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2019: Provided, That of this amount, 

7 $300,000 shall be for training and technical assistance ac8 tivities, including up to $100,000 for related travel by Ha9 waii-based employees of the Department of Housing and 

10 Urban Development. 

11 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

12 ACCOUNT

13 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec14 tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

15 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $7,000,000, to remain 

16 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ17 ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

18 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro19 vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 

20 total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

21 up to $744,047,000, to remain available until expended: 

22 Provided further, That up to $750,000 of this amount may 

23 be for administrative contract expenses including manage24 ment processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee 

25 program. 
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1 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

2 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec4 tion 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act 

5 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b) and for such costs for loans 

6 used for refinancing, $100,000, to remain available until 

7 expended: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of 

8 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 

9 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 

10 That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin11 cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to 

12 $16,130,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

14 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

15 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per16 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous17 ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

18 $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2016, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

20 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

22 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

23 that initially were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such 

24 Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 

25 year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program re-
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1 quirements before awarding funds for new contracts under 

2 such section: Provided further, That the Department shall 

3 notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days 

4 of enactment of this Act. 

5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

6 For assistance to units of State and local government, 

7 and to other entities, for economic and community develop8 ment activities, and for other purposes, $3,066,000,000, to 

9 remain available until September 30, 2017, unless otherwise 

10 specified: Provided, That of the total amount provided, 

11 $3,000,000,000 is for carrying out the community develop12 ment block grant program under title I of the Housing and 

13 Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the 

14 ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, 

15 That unless explicitly provided for under this heading, not 

16 to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro17 priated under this heading shall be expended for planning 

18 and management development and administration: Pro19 vided further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit 

20 of general local government, or Indian tribe, or insular area 

21 that directly or indirectly receives funds under this heading 

22 may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion 

23 of such funds to another such entity in exchange for any 

24 other funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must 

25 use such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: 
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1 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of 

2 the Act, no funds provided under this heading may be pro3 vided to a for-profit entity for an economic development 

4 project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project has 

5 been evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines 

6 required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided further, That 

7 none of the funds made available under this heading may 

8 be used for grants for the Economic Development Initiative 

9 (‘‘EDI’’) or Neighborhood Initiatives activities, Rural Inno10 vation Fund, or for grants pursuant to section 107 of the 

11 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 

12 U.S.C. 5307): Provided further, That the Department shall 

13 notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days 

14 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 

15 $66,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwith16 standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwith17 standing any other provision of law (including section 204 

18 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for emergencies 

19 that constitute imminent threats to health and safety: Pro20 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 

21 the previous proviso, $6,000,000 shall be for grants for mold 

22 remediation and prevention that shall be awarded through 

23 one national competition to Native American tribes with 

24 the greatest need. 
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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

4 of 1974, during fiscal year 2015, commitments to guarantee 

5 loans under section 108 of the Housing and Community 

6 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of 

7 which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal 

8 amount of $500,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 

9 limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in sub10 section (k) of such section 108: Provided, That the Secretary 

11 shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection 

12 (m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost 

13 of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall 

14 be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

16 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

17 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

18 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

19 Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $900,000,000, to re20 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

21 notwithstanding the amount made available under this 

22 heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 

23 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to alloca24 tions of such amount: Provided further, That the require25 ments under provisos 2 through 6 under this heading for 
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1 fiscal year 2012 and such requirements applicable pursuant 

2 to the ‘‘Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, 

3 shall not apply to any project to which funds were com4 mitted on or after August 23, 2013, but such projects shall 

5 instead be governed by the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Invest6 ment Partnerships Program; Improving Performance and 

7 Accountability; Updating Property Standards’’ which be8 came effective on such date: Provided further, That the De9 partment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 

10 within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

11 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

12 PROGRAM

13 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op14 portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

15 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 

16 amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2017: Provided, That of the total amount provided 

18 under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 

19 the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 

20 Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op21 portunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 

22 Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall be made available 

23 for the second, third, and fourth capacity building activities 

24 authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 

25 Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 
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1 $5,000,000 shall be made available for rural capacity build2 ing activities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be 

3 made available for capacity building by national rural 

4 housing organizations with experience assessing national 

5 rural conditions and providing financing, training, tech6 nical assistance, information, and research to local non7 profits, local governments and Indian Tribes serving high 

8 need rural communities. 

9 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

10 For the emergency solutions grants program as author11 ized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

12 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the continuum of 

13 care program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 

14 such Act; and the rural housing stability assistance pro15 gram as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, 

16 $2,135,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2017: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that 

18 are recaptured under such continuum of care program shall 

19 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

20 not less than $250,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 

21 this heading shall be available for such emergency solutions 

22 grants program: Provided further, That not less than 

23 $1,862,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this head24 ing shall be available for such continuum of care and rural 

25 housing stability assistance programs: Provided further, 
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1 That up to $7,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 

2 heading shall be available for the national homeless data 

3 analysis project: Provided further, That all funds awarded 

4 for supportive services under the continuum of care pro5 gram and the rural housing stability assistance program 

6 shall be matched by not less than 25 percent in cash or 

7 in kind by each grantee: Provided further, That for all 

8 match requirements applicable to funds made available 

9 under this heading for this fiscal year and prior years, a 

10 grantee may use (or could have used) as a source of match 

11 funds other funds administered by the Secretary and other 

12 Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 

13 prohibition on any such use of any such funds: Provided 

14 further, That the Secretary may renew on an annual basis 

15 expiring contracts or amendments to contracts funded 

16 under the continuum of care program if the program is de17 termined to be needed under the applicable continuum of 

18 care and meets appropriate program requirements, per19 formance measures, and financial standards, as determined 

20 by the Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of as21 sistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate 

22 and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream 

23 health, social services, and employment programs for which 

24 homeless populations may be eligible: Provided further, 

25 That with respect to funds provided under this heading for 
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1 the continuum of care program for fiscal years 2012, 2013, 

2 2014, and 2015 provision of permanent housing rental as3 sistance may be administered by private nonprofit organi4 zations: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 

5 grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allocated 

6 (which may represent initial or final amounts allocated) 

7 for the emergency solutions grant program within 60 days 

8 of enactment of this Act. 

9 HOUSING PROGRAMS

10 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

11 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

12 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

13 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), 

14 not otherwise provided for, $9,330,000,000, to remain avail15 able until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2014 

16 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated 

17 under this heading that became available October 1, 2014), 

18 and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

19 be available on October 1, 2015: Provided, That the 

20 amounts made available under this heading shall be avail21 able for expiring or terminating section 8 project-based sub22 sidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 

23 contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based sub24 sidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 

25 contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section 
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1 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 

3 in projects that are subject to approved plans of action 

4 under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 

5 Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 

6 Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administra7 tive and other expenses associated with project-based activi8 ties and assistance funded under this paragraph: Provided 

9 further, That of the total amounts provided under this head10 ing, not to exceed $210,000,000 shall be available for per11 formance-based contract administrators for section 8 

12 project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): 

13 Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

14 Development may also use such amounts in the previous 

15 proviso for performance-based contract administrators for 

16 the administration of: interest reduction payments pursu17 ant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 

18 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to 

19 section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

20 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance 

21 payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assist22 ance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 

23 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental as24 sistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with 

25 disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gon-
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1 zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to section 

3 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 

4 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing 

5 Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided 

6 further, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the 

7 heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or 

8 the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for 

9 renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based con10 tracts or for performance-based contract administrators, 

11 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 

12 appropriated: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

13 other provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary 

14 of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 

15 held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 

16 to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments 

17 contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agen18 cy to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 

19 interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in 

20 excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall 

21 be remitted to the Department and deposited in this ac22 count, to be available until expended: Provided further, 

23 That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso 

24 shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise pro-
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1 vided by this heading for uses authorized under this head2 ing. 

3 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

4 For amendments to capital advance contracts for hous5 ing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Hous6 ing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assist7 ance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, in8 cluding amendments to contracts for such assistance and 

9 renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to 

10 a 1-year term, and for senior preservation rental assistance 

11 contracts, including renewals, as authorized by section 

12 811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Oppor13 tunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive services 

14 associated with the housing, $420,000,000 to remain avail15 able until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the 

16 amount provided under this heading, up to $70,000,000 

17 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of ex18 isting congregate service grants for residents of assisted 

19 housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under this 

20 heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Cen21 ter inspections and inspection-related activities associated 

22 with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the Sec23 retary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing 

24 the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 

25 that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 
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1 exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That upon 

2 request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop3 ment, project funds that are held in residual receipts ac4 counts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental 

5 assistance contract, and that upon termination of such con6 tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the 

7 Secretary, up to $16,000,000 in any such excess amounts 

8 shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this 

9 account, to be available until September 30, 2018, for pur10 poses under this heading, and shall be in addition to the 

11 amounts otherwise provided under this heading for such 

12 purposes. 

13 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

14 For amendments to capital advance contracts for sup15 portive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized 

16 by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

17 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance 

18 for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 

19 section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project assistance con20 tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 

21 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments 

22 to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con23 tracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for project 

24 rental assistance to State housing finance agencies and 

25 other appropriate entities as authorized under section 
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1 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, 

2 and for supportive services associated with the housing for 

3 persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) 

4 of such Act, $135,000,000, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That amounts made available 

6 under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assess7 ment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 

8 associated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, 

9 in this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of 

10 Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 

11 held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 

12 to a section 811 project rental assistance contract and that 

13 upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 

14 amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remitted 

15 to the Department and deposited in this account, to be 

16 available until September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 

17 amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous 

18 proviso shall be available in addition to the amounts other19 wise provided by this heading for the purposes authorized 

20 under this heading: Provided further, That unobligated bal21 ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 

22 funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading 

23 may be used for the current purposes authorized under this 

24 heading notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 

25 originally were appropriated. 
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1 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

2 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

3 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

4 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $47,000,000, 

5 to remain available until September 30, 2016, including 

6 up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services: Pro7 vided, That grants made available from amounts provided 

8 under this heading shall be awarded within 180 days of 

9 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds shall 

10 be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and 

11 homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to 

12 property maintenance, financial management/literacy, and 

13 such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them 

14 in improving their housing conditions, meeting their finan15 cial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 

16 homeownership; for program administration; and for hous17 ing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes 

18 of providing such grants from amounts provided under this 

19 heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agree20 ments as is appropriate, subject to the availability of an21 nual appropriations. 

22 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

23 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the 

24 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 

25 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act 
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1 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, noninsured rental 

2 housing projects, $18,000,000, to remain available until ex3 pended: Provided, That such amount, together with unobli4 gated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated 

5 prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under 

6 such sections of law, and any unobligated balances, includ7 ing recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro8 priated under this heading after fiscal year 2005, shall also 

9 be available for extensions of up to one year for expiring 

10 contracts under such sections of law. 

11 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

12 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

13 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 

14 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $10,000,000, 

15 to remain available until expended, of which $10,000,000 

16 is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 

17 Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appro18 priated under this heading shall be available from the gen19 eral fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 

20 obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 

21 collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 

22 Provided further, That the amount made available under 

23 this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

24 collections are received during fiscal year 2015 so as to re25 sult in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation from the gen-
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1 eral fund estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such sec2 tion 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a 

3 final fiscal year 2015 appropriation: Provided further, 

4 That for the dispute resolution and installation programs, 

5 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may as6 sess and collect fees from any program participant: Pro7 vided further, That such collections shall be deposited into 

8 the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use 

9 such collections, as well as fees collected under section 620, 

10 for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, 

11 notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such Act, 

12 the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Sec13 retary under such Act through the use of approved service 

14 providers that are paid directly by the recipients of their 

15 services. 

16 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

17 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 New commitments to guarantee single family loans in19 sured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not 

20 exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That during fiscal year 2015, 

22 obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes 

23 of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 

24 shall not exceed $20,000,000: Provided further, That the 

25 foregoing amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans 
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1 to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with 

2 sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 

3 and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 

4 Fund: Provided further, That for administrative contract 

5 expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, 

6 $130,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2016: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed loan 

8 commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 

9 2015, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex10 penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 

11 guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 

12 amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 

13 shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

14 $30,000,000. 

15 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

17 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

18 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author19 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 

20 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

21 $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

22 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2016: Provided, That during fiscal year 2015, gross ob24 ligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au25 thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the 
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1 National Housing Act, shall not exceed $20,000,000, which 

2 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

3 in connection with the sale of single family real properties 

4 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such 

5 Act: Provided further, That $10,000,000 previously pro6 vided under this heading is hereby permanently rescinded. 

7 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

8 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

9 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 

11 purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 

12 amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

13 $500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2016: Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be available for nec15 essary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government 

16 National Mortgage Association: Provided further, That to 

17 the extent that guaranteed loan commitments will and do 

18 exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2015, an ad19 ditional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be 

20 available until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional 

21 guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 

22 amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 

23 shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

24 $3,000,000: Provided further, That receipts from Commit25 ment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of 
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1 the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited 

2 as offsetting collections to this account. 

3 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

4 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

5 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro6 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

7 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

8 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

9 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying out 

10 the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel11 opment under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 

12 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, $72,000,000, to re13 main available until September 30, 2016, of which 

14 $22,000,000 shall be for technical assistance: Provided, That 

15 with respect to amounts made available under this heading, 

16 notwithstanding section 204 of this title, the Secretary may 

17 enter into cooperative agreements funded with philan18 thropic entities, other Federal agencies, or State or local 

19 governments and their agencies for research projects: Pro20 vided further, That with respect to the previous proviso, 

21 such partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute 

22 at least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project: 

23 Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements en24 tered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, the 

25 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall comply 
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1 with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability 

2 and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 

3 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) 

4 with respect to documentation of award decisions: Provided 

5 further, That prior to obligation of technical assistance 

6 funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan, for approval, 

7 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 

8 how it will allocate funding for this activity. 

9 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

10 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

11 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other12 wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

13 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

14 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

15 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

16 $65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 

17 of which $40,100,000 shall be to carry out activities pursu18 ant to such section 561: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 

19 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and collect fees to 

20 cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and 

21 may use such funds to provide such training: Provided fur22 ther, That no funds made available under this heading shall 

23 be used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the 

24 Federal Government in connection with a specific contract, 

25 grant, or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made 
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1 available under this heading, $300,000 shall be available 

2 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 

3 the creation and promotion of translated materials and 

4 other programs that support the assistance of persons with 

5 limited English proficiency in utilizing the services pro6 vided by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop7 ment. 

8 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

9 HOMES

10 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

11 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author12 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

13 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $110,000,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That up to 

15 $15,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy Homes 

16 Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing 

17 and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall include re18 search, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including 

19 education and outreach concerning lead-based paint poi20 soning and other housing-related diseases and hazards: Pro21 vided further, That for purposes of environmental review, 

22 pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

23 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of the law 

24 that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the 

25 Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies 
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1 program under this heading or under prior appropriations 

2 Acts for such purposes under this heading, shall be consid3 ered to be funds for a special project for purposes of section 

4 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition 

5 Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That of the total 

6 amount made available under this heading, $45,000,000 

7 shall be made available on a competitive basis for areas 

8 with the highest lead paint abatement needs: Provided fur9 ther, That each recipient of funds provided under the third 

10 proviso shall make a matching contribution in an amount 

11 not less than 25 percent: Provided further, That each appli12 cant shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to 

13 the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursu14 ant to a notice of funding availability: Provided further, 

15 That amounts made available under this heading in this 

16 or prior appropriations Acts, and that still remain avail17 able, may be used for any purpose under this heading not18 withstanding the purpose for which such amounts were ap19 propriated if a program competition is undersubscribed 

20 and there are other program competitions under this head21 ing that are oversubscribed. 

22 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

23 For the development of, modifications to, and infra24 structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor25 mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 
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1 and maintenance of both Department-wide and program2 specific information systems, and for program-related 

3 maintenance activities, $250,000,000, which shall remain 

4 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That any 

5 amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall re6 main available until expended: Provided further, That any 

7 amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appro8 priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts may be 

9 used for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition 

10 to any other information technology purposes for which 

11 such amounts were appropriated. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of In14 spector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act 

15 of 1978, as amended, $126,000,000: Provided, That the In16 spector General shall have independent authority over all 

17 personnel issues within this office. 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

19 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

22 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au23 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

24 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

25 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
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1 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 

2 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 

3 cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 

4 of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded 

5 or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 

6 finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen7 cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 

8 Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 

9 January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith10 standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 

11 up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured 

12 and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide 

13 project owners with incentives to refinance their project at 

14 a lower interest rate. 

15 SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 

16 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2015 to investigate 

17 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law18 ful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including 

19 the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 

20 that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 

21 preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a 

22 court of competent jurisdiction. 

23 SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Public 

24 Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during fiscal 

25 year 2015 as if such sections were included in this title, 
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1 except that during such fiscal year such sections shall be 

2 applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 

3 2011’’ and for ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ each place such terms ap4 pear, and shall be amended to reflect revised delineations 

5 of statistical areas established by the Office of Management 

6 and Budget pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(3), 31 U.S.C. 

7 1104(d), and Executive Order No. 10253. 

8 SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

9 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur10 suant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive 

11 basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department 

12 of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 

13 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

14 SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

15 Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 

16 Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 

17 be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis18 trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 

19 and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa20 cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov21 ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 

22 Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed23 eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 

24 Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of 
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1 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 

2 (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 

3 SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

4 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap5 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban De6 velopment shall be available for any program, project or 

7 activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti8 mates submitted to Congress. 

9 SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart10 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 

11 to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby au12 thorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 

13 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor14 poration or agency and in accordance with law, and to 

15 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

16 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

17 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

18 forth in the budget for 2015 for such corporation or agency 

19 except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections 

20 of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan 

21 or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex22 pressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in 

23 support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or 

24 prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall 

25 not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations 
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1 of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases 

2 are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 

3 States Government. 

4 SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel5 opment shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 

6 Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncom7 mitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each 

8 program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Depart9 ment and shall submit additional, updated budget informa10 tion to these Committees upon request. 

11 SEC. 209. The President’s formal budget request for fis12 cal year 2016, as well as the Department of Housing and 

13 Urban Development’s congressional budget justifications to 

14 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use the iden16 tical account and sub-account structure provided under this 

17 Act. 

18 SEC. 210. A public housing agency or such other entity 

19 that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing 

20 Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, and the 

21 States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re22 quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipient 

23 of assistance provided under section 8 of the United States 

24 Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar 

25 governing board of such agency or entity as required under 
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1 section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 

2 other entity that administers Federal housing assistance 

3 under section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county 

4 of Los Angeles, California and the States of Alaska, Iowa 

5 and Mississippi that chooses not to include a resident of 

6 public housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the 

7 board of directors or a similar governing board shall estab8 lish an advisory board of not less than six residents of pub9 lic housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide 

10 advice and comment to the public housing agency or other 

11 administering entity on issues related to public housing and 

12 section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than 

13 quarterly. 

14 SEC. 211. No funds provided under this title may be 

15 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage As16 sociation that makes applicable requirements under the 

17 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

18 SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for 

20 fiscal years 2015 and 2016, the Secretary of Housing and 

21 Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or 

22 all project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the Sec23 retary and statutorily required low-income and very low24 income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more 
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1 multifamily housing project or projects to another multi2 family housing project or projects. 

3 (b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based 

4 assistance under this section may be done in phases to ac5 commodate the financing and other requirements related to 

6 rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 

7 which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 

8 project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c). 

9 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 

10 to the following conditions: 

11 (1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 

12 (A) For occupied units in the transferring 

13 project: the number of low-income and very low14 income units and the configuration (i.e., bed15 room size) provided by the transferring project 

16 shall be no less than when transferred to the re17 ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 

18 amount of Federal assistance provided to the 

19 transferring project shall remain the same in the 

20 receiving project or projects. 

21 (B) For unoccupied units in the transfer22 ring project: the Secretary may authorize a re23 duction in the number of dwelling units in the 

24 receiving project or projects to allow for a recon25 figuration of bedroom sizes to meet current mar-
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1 ket demands, as determined by the Secretary and 

2 provided there is no increase in the project-based 

3 assistance budget authority. 

4 (2) The transferring project shall, as determined 

5 by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco6 nomically nonviable. 

7 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or 

8 exceed applicable physical standards established by 

9 the Secretary. 

10 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

11 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re12 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer13 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern14 mental officials. 

15 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

16 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the re17 ceiving project or projects shall not be required to va18 cate their units in the transferring project or projects 

19 until new units in the receiving project are available 

20 for occupancy. 

21 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is 

22 in the best interest of the tenants. 

23 (7) If either the transferring project or the re24 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci25 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving 
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1 project resulting from additional financing obtained 

2 by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in3 sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 

4 project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary 

5 may waive this requirement upon determination that 

6 such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing 

7 of acquisition, construction, and/or rehabilitation of 

8 the receiving project or projects. 

9 (8) If the transferring project meets the require10 ments of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of 

11 the receiving project or projects shall execute and 

12 record either a continuation of the existing use agree13 ment or a new use agreement for the project where, 

14 in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement 

15 are of no lesser duration than the existing use restric16 tions. 

17 (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as de18 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

19 of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, 

20 except to the extent that appropriations are provided 

21 in advance for the amount of any such increased cost. 

22 (d) For purposes of this section— 

23 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in24 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 
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1 and/or regulations governing the program under 

2 which the project is insured or assisted; 

3 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

4 means housing that meets one of the following condi5 tions— 

6 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

7 insured under the National Housing Act; 

8 (B) housing that has project-based assist9 ance attached to the structure including projects 

10 undergoing mark to market debt restructuring 

11 under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 

12 and Affordability Housing Act; 

13 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

14 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by 

15 section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 

16 Affordable Housing Act; 

17 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

18 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section 

19 existed before the enactment of the Cranston20 Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 

21 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

22 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford23 able Housing Act; or 

24 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

25 to a use agreement; 
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1 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 

2 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 

4 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

5 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 

6 provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 

7 such section existed immediately before October 

8 1, 1983); 

9 (C) rent supplement payments under sec10 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 

11 Act of 1965; 

12 (D) interest reduction payments under sec13 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

14 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing 

15 Act; 

16 (E) assistance payments made under sec17 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 

18 (F) assistance payments made under section 

19 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af20 fordable Housing Act; 

21 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 

22 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

23 which some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, 

24 and statutorily required low-income and very low-in25 come use restrictions are to be transferred; 
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1 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

2 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

3 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 

4 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in5 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

6 projects; and 

7 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

8 Housing and Urban Development. 

9 (e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 

10 (1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 

11 Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 

12 criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 

13 this section no later than 30 days before the effective 

14 date of such notice. 

15 (2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of 

16 the transfer authority under this section, including 

17 the effect of such transfers on the operational effi18 ciency, contract rents, physical and financial condi19 tions, and long-term preservation of the affected prop20 erties. 

21 SEC. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

22 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

23 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
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1 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

2 higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 

3 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 

4 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

5 (3) is not a veteran; 

6 (4) is unmarried; 

7 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

8 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

9 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

10 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

11 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

12 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 

13 (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

14 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

15 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

16 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

17 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per18 son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 

19 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as20 sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 

21 other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 

22 under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 

23 et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 

24 education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 

25 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that 
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1 individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with de2 pendent children. 

3 SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alas4 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

5 Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same 

6 Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 

7 funds in fiscal year 2005. 

8 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

9 sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 

10 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

11 Development may, until September 30, 2015, insure and 

12 enter into commitments to insure mortgages under such sec13 tion 255. 

14 SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

15 in fiscal year 2015, in managing and disposing of any mul16 tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 

17 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and dur18 ing the process of foreclosure on any property with a con19 tract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 

20 United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal pro21 grams, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance 

22 payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 

23 of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwell24 ing units in the property. To the extent the Secretary deter25 mines, in consultation with the tenants and the local gov-
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1 ernment, that such a multifamily property owned or held 

2 by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist3 ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 

4 based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and 

5 operating the property and all available Federal, State, and 

6 local resources, including rent adjustments under section 

7 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af8 fordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environ9 mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec10 tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 

11 tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 

12 assistance payments with an owner or owners of other exist13 ing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 

14 The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure 

15 that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to fore16 closure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement rem17 edies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major 

18 threats to health and safety after written notice to and in19 formed consent of the affected tenants and use of other avail20 able remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. 

21 After disposition of any multifamily property described 

22 under this section, the contract and allowable rent levels 

23 on such properties shall be subject to the requirements under 

24 section 524 of MAHRAA. 
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1 SEC. 217. The commitment authority funded by fees 

2 as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 

3 Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar4 antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 

5 obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 

6 communities in the State in accordance with the require7 ments of section 108 of the Housing and Community Devel8 opment Act of 1974: Provided, That any State receiving 

9 such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds 

10 subject to such guarantee to the units of general local gov11 ernment in non-entitlement areas that received the commit12 ment. 

13 SEC. 218. Public housing agencies that own and oper14 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt 

15 from any asset management requirement imposed by the 

16 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connec17 tion with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an agency 

18 seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under 

19 the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset 

20 management requirements. 

21 SEC. 219. With respect to the use of amounts provided 

22 in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 

23 improvement and management of public housing as author24 ized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing 

25 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary 
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1 shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 

2 asset management that restricts or limits in any way the 

3 use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to sec4 tion 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act 

5 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a pub6 lic housing agency may not use capital funds authorized 

7 under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under sec8 tion 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating 

9 fund in excess of the amounts permitted under section 

10 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

11 SEC. 220. No official or employee of the Department 

12 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as 

13 an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 

14 Officer has determined that such allotment holder has im15 plemented an adequate system of funds control and has re16 ceived training in funds control procedures and directives. 

17 The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a 

18 trained allotment holder for each HUD sub-office under the 

19 accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Administrative Support 

20 Offices,’’ as well as each account receiving appropriations 

21 for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Government 

22 National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of Mortgage23 Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’, and 

24 ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the Department of 

25 Housing and Urban Development. 
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1 SEC. 221. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel2 opment shall report annually to the House and Senate 

3 Committees on Appropriations on the status of all section 

4 8 project-based housing, including the number of all project5 based units by region as well as an analysis of all federally 

6 subsidized housing being refinanced under the Mark-to7 Market program. The Secretary shall identify all existing 

8 units maintained by region as section 8 project-based units, 

9 all project-based units that have opted out or have otherwise 

10 been eliminated, and the reasons these units opted out or 

11 otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based units. 

12 SEC. 222. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 

13 and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2015, notify 

14 the public through the Federal Register and other means, 

15 as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of 

16 the availability of assistance or notice of funding avail17 ability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund ad18 ministered by the Secretary that is to be competitively 

19 awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

20 fiscal year 2015, the Secretary may make the NOFA avail21 able only on the Internet at the appropriate Government 

22 Web site or through other electronic media, as determined 

23 by the Secretary. 

24 SEC. 223. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 

25 litigation must be paid from the individual program office 
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1 and Office of General Counsel personnel funding. The an2 nual budget submissions for program offices and Office of 

3 General Counsel personnel funding must include program4 related litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate line 

5 item request. 

6 SEC. 224. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 

7 and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 

8 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds appro9 priated for any office funded under the heading ‘‘Adminis10 trative Support Offices’’ to any other office funded under 

11 such heading: Provided, That no appropriation for any of12 fice funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Support Of13 fices’’ shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent 

14 or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap15 proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria16 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to 

17 transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, 

18 of the funds appropriated for any account funded under the 

19 general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ 

20 to any other account funded under such heading: Provided 

21 further, That no appropriation for any account funded 

22 under the general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 

23 Expenses’’ shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 

24 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior writ25 ten approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
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1 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

2 transfer funds made available for salaries and expenses be3 tween any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative 

4 Support Offices’’ and any account funded under the general 

5 heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, but only 

6 with the prior written approval of the House and Senate 

7 Committees on Appropriations. 

8 SEC. 225. The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, 

9 administered by the Department of Housing and Urban De10 velopment, shall be considered a ‘‘program of the Depart11 ment of Housing and Urban Development’’ under section 

12 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of income 

13 verifications and matching. 

14 SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

15 Development shall take the required actions under sub16 section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec17 tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist18 ance: 

19 (1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 

20 (REAC) score of 30 or less; or 

21 (2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 

22 and: 

23 (A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with24 in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor25 rected; or 
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1 (B) receives consecutive scores of less than 

2 60 on REAC inspections. 

3 Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 

4 projects with assistance attached to the units under section 

5 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

6 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted under section 

7 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units 

8 assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of 

9 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 

10 (b) The Secretary shall take the following required ac11 tions as authorized under subsection (a)— 

12 (1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 

13 provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 

14 If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 

15 a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 

16 within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor17 recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 

18 notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local gov19 ernment, any mortgagees, and any contract adminis20 trator. 

21 (2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, 

22 Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails 

23 to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may re24 quire immediate replacement of project management 

25 with a management agent approved by the Secretary, 
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1 and shall take one or more of the following actions, 

2 and provide additional notice of those actions to the 

3 owner and the parties specified above: 

4 (A) impose civil money penalties; 

5 (B) abate the section 8 contract, including 

6 partial abatement, as determined by the Sec7 retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 

8 (C) pursue transfer of the project to an 

9 owner, approved by the Secretary under estab10 lished procedures, which will be obligated to 

11 promptly make all required repairs and to ac12 cept renewal of the assistance contract as long as 

13 such renewal is offered; or 

14 (D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 

15 to manage the property and cure all project defi16 ciencies or seek a judicial order of specific per17 formance requiring the owner to cure all project 

18 deficiencies. 

19 (c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 

20 ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 

21 to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 

22 relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health 

23 and safety after written notice to and informed consent of 

24 the affected tenants and use of other remedies set forth 

25 above. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consulta-
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1 tion with the tenants and the local government, that the 

2 property is not feasible for continued rental assistance pay3 ments under such section 8 or other programs, based on con4 sideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating 

5 the property and all available Federal, State, and local re6 sources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of the 

7 Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability 

8 Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental condi9 tions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the 

10 Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that 

11 property, contract for project-based rental assistance pay12 ments with an owner or owners of other existing housing 

13 properties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 

14 shall report semi-annually on all properties covered by this 

15 section that are assessed through the Real Estate Assessment 

16 Center and have physical inspection scores of less than 30 

17 or have consecutive physical inspection scores of less than 

18 60. The report shall include: 

19 (1) The enforcement actions being taken to ad20 dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 

21 money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 

22 identify properties that have such conditions multiple 

23 times; and 
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1 (2) Actions that the Department of Housing and 

2 Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 

3 such identified properties. 

4 SEC. 227. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 

6 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance 

7 program) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act 

8 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public 

9 housing agency for any amount of salary, including bo10 nuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 

11 official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate 

12 of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Execu13 tive Schedule at any time during any public housing agen14 cy fiscal year 2015. 

15 SEC. 228. None of the funds in this Act may be avail16 able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 

17 at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

18 SEC. 229. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act 

19 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

21 year’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

22 end and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2015.’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ 

24 and all that follows through the period at the end and 

25 inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015.’’. 
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1 SEC. 230. None of the funds in this Act provided to 

2 the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 

3 be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies 

4 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not 

5 less than 3 full business days before any project, State, lo6 cality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or 

7 other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced 

8 by the Department or its offices. 

9 SEC. 231. Of the amounts made available for salaries 

10 and expenses under all accounts under this title (except for 

11 the Office of Inspector General account), a total of up to 

12 $2,500,000 may be transferred to and merged with amounts 

13 made available in the ‘‘Information Technology Fund’’ ac14 count under this title. 

15 SEC. 232. Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted 

16 Housing Reform and Affordability Act (MAHRA) of 1997 

17 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 

18 2015’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 

19 ‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 

20 SEC. 233. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 

22 Assessment (PNA). 

23 SEC. 234. The language under the heading Rental As24 sistance Demonstration in the Department of Housing and 
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1 Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 

2 112–55), is amended— 

3 (1) by striking ‘‘(except for funds allocated under 

4 such section for single room occupancy dwellings as 

5 authorized by title IV of the McKinney-Vento Home6 less Assistance Act)’’ in both places it appears; 

7 (2) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘2015’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘2018’’; 

9 (3) in the third proviso, after ‘‘associated with 

10 such conversion’’, by inserting ‘‘in excess of amounts 

11 made available under this heading’’; 

12 (4) in the fourth proviso, by striking ‘‘60,000’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘185,000’’; 

14 (5) in the penultimate proviso, by— 

15 (A) striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2012 through 

16 December 31, 2014’’ ; 

17 (B) striking ‘‘and agreement of the admin18 istering public housing agency’’; and 

19 (C) inserting ‘‘a long-term project-based 

20 subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act, 

21 which shall have a term of no less than 20 years, 

22 with rent adjustments only by an operating cost 

23 factor established by the Secretary, which shall 

24 be eligible for renewal under section 524 of the 

25 Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af-
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1 fordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), 

2 or, subject to agreement of the administering 

3 public housing agency, to assistance under’’ fol4 lowing ‘‘vouchers to assistance under’’; 

5 (6) by inserting the following provisos before the 

6 final proviso: ‘‘Provided further, That amounts made 

7 available under the heading ‘Rental Housing Assist8 ance’ during the period of conversion under the pre9 vious proviso, which may extend beyond fiscal year 

10 2016 as necessary to allow processing of all timely 

11 applications, shall be available for project-based sub12 sidy contracts entered into pursuant to the previous 

13 proviso: Provided further, That amounts, including 

14 contract authority, recaptured from contracts fol15 lowing a conversion under the previous two provisos 

16 are hereby rescinded and an amount of additional 

17 new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re18 scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available 

19 until expended for such conversions: Provided further, 

20 That the Secretary may transfer amounts made avail21 able under the heading ‘Rental Housing Assistance’, 

22 amounts made available for tenant protection vouch23 ers under the heading ‘Tenant-Based Rental Assist24 ance’ and specifically associated with any such con25 versions, and amounts made available under the pre-
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1 vious proviso as needed to the account under the 

2 ‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ heading to facilitate 

3 conversion under the three previous provisos and any 

4 increase in cost for ‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ 

5 associated with such conversion shall be equal to 

6 amounts so transferred:’’; and 

7 (7) in the final proviso, by— 

8 (A) striking ‘‘with respect to the previous 

9 proviso’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to the pre10 vious four provisos’’; and 

11 (B) striking ‘‘impact of the previous pro12 viso’’ and inserting ‘‘impact of the fiscal year 

13 2012 and 2013 conversion of tenant protection 

14 vouchers to assistance under section 8(o)(13) of 

15 the Act’’. 

16 SEC. 235. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act nor any receipts or amounts collected under any Fed18 eral Housing Administration program may be used to im19 plement the Homeowners Armed with Knowledge (HAWK) 

20 program. 

21 SEC. 236. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 

23 the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 

24 Department of Housing and Urban Development to insure, 

25 securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage 
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1 or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise re2 places a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 

3 condemnation or seizure, by a state, municipality, or any 

4 other political subdivision of a state. 

5 SEC. 237. All unobligated balances, including recap6 tures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated 

7 to the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

8 under the heading ‘‘Brownfields Redevelopment’’ are hereby 

9 permanently rescinded: Provided, That all unobligated bal10 ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 

11 funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and 

12 Urban Development under the heading ‘‘Drug Elimination 

13 Grants for Low Income Housing’’ are hereby permanently 

14 rescinded: Provided further, That all unobligated balances, 

15 including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 

16 appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban De17 velopment for Youthbuild program activities authorized by 

18 subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af19 fordable Housing Act are hereby permanently rescinded. 

20 SEC. 238. Clause (i) of section 3(a)(2)(B) of the United 

21 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)(2)(B)(i)), 

22 as amended by section 210 of the Transportation, Housing 

23 and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropria24 tions Act, 2014 (division L of Public Law 113–76; 128 Stat. 

25 625), is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘which shall not be lower’’ in the 

2 matter preceding subclause (I) and all that follows 

3 through the end of subclause (I) and inserting the fol4 lowing: ‘‘which— 

5 ‘‘(I) shall not be lower than 80 

6 percent of— 

7 ‘‘(aa) the applicable fair 

8 market rental established under 

9 section 8(c) of this Act; or 

10 ‘‘(bb) at the discretion of the 

11 Secretary, such other applicable 

12 fair market rental established by 

13 the Secretary that the Secretary 

14 determines more accurately re15 flects local market conditions and 

16 is based on an applicable market 

17 area that is geographically small18 er than the applicable market 

19 area used for purposes of the ap20 plicable fair market rental under 

21 section 8(c); 

22 except that a public housing agency 

23 may apply to the Secretary for excep24 tion allowing for a flat rental amount 

25 for a property that is lower than the 
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1 amount otherwise determined pursuant 

2 to item (aa) or (bb) and the Secretary 

3 may grant such exception if the Sec4 retary determines that the fair market 

5 rental for the applicable market area 

6 pursuant to item (aa) or (bb) does not 

7 reflect the market value of the property 

8 and the proposed lower flat rental 

9 amount is based on a market analysis 

10 of the applicable market and complies 

11 with subclause (II) and’’; 

12 (2) in subclause (II), by inserting ‘‘shall’’ before 

13 ‘‘be designed’’; and 

14 (3) in the matter after and below subclause (II), 

15 by striking ‘‘Public housing agencies must comply by 

16 June 1, 2014, with the requirement of this clause, ex17 cept that if’’ and inserting ‘‘If’’. 

18 SEC. 239. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to require the relocation, or to carry out 

20 any required relocation, of any asset management positions 

21 of the Office of Multifamily Housing of the Department of 

22 Housing and Urban Development in existence as of the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act. 

24 SEC. 240. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of general 
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1 local government as a metropolitan city (as defined in sec2 tion 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

3 of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under sec4 tion 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

5 SEC. 241. Section 184(h)(1)(B) of the Housing and 

6 Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

7 13a(h)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting after the first sen8 tence the following: ‘‘Exhausting all reasonable possibilities 

9 of collection by the holder of the guarantee shall include a 

10 good faith consideration of loan modification as well as 

11 meeting standards for servicing loans in default, as deter12 mined by the Secretary.’’. 

13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 

14 and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

15 TITLE III 

16 RELATED AGENCIES 

17 ACCESS BOARD

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as author20 ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

21 amended, $7,548,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, there may be credited to this appro23 priation funds received for publications and training ex24 penses. 
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1 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com4 mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 

5 Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including 

6 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 

7 motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uni8 forms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

9 5901–5902, $25,660,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

10 $2,000 shall be available for official reception and represen11 tation expenses. 

12 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen16 eral for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 

17 carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 

18 1978, as amended, $23,999,000: Provided, That the Inspec19 tor General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying 

20 out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as 

21 amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of 

22 fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

23 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

24 regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora25 tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
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1 enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 

2 studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 

3 and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws and 

4 regulations that govern the obtaining of such services within 

5 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 

6 further, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, 

7 and employ such officers and employees as may be nec8 essary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties 

9 of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable 

10 laws and regulations that govern such selections, appoint11 ments, and employment within Amtrak: Provided further, 

12 That concurrent with the President’s budget request for fis13 cal year 2016, the Inspector General shall submit to the 

14 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 

15 request for fiscal year 2016 in similar format and substance 

16 to those submitted by executive agencies of the Federal Gov17 ernment. 

18 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 

21 Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

22 and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 

23 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

24 equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 

25 therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), 
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1 $103,981,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used 

2 for official reception and representation expenses. The 

3 amounts made available to the National Transportation 

4 Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary to 

5 make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 

6 year 2001 for a capital lease. 

7 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

8 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

9 CORPORATION

10 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor11 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 

12 authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $135,000,000, of which 

14 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro15 gram: Provided, That in addition, $50,000,000 shall be 

16 made available until expended to the Neighborhood Rein17 vestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

18 activities, under the following terms and conditions: 

19 (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 

20 (‘‘NRC’’) shall make grants to counseling inter21 mediaries approved by the Department of Housing 

22 and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be 

23 determined by the NRC based on affordability and the 

24 economic conditions of an area; a match also may be 

25 waived by the NRC based on the aforementioned con-
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1 ditions) to provide mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

2 assistance primarily to States and areas with high 

3 rates of defaults and foreclosures to help eliminate the 

4 default and foreclosure of mortgages of owner-occupied 

5 single-family homes that are at risk of such fore6 closure. Other than areas with high rates of defaults 

7 and foreclosures, grants may also be provided to ap8 proved counseling intermediaries based on a geo9 graphic analysis of the Nation by the NRC which de10 termines where there is a prevalence of mortgages that 

11 are risky and likely to fail, including any trends for 

12 mortgages that are likely to default and face fore13 closure. A State Housing Finance Agency may also be 

14 eligible where the State Housing Finance Agency 

15 meets all the requirements under this paragraph. A 

16 HUD-approved counseling intermediary shall meet 

17 certain mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

18 counseling requirements, as determined by the NRC, 

19 and shall be approved by HUD or the NRC as meet20 ing these requirements. 

21 (2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

22 shall only be made available to homeowners of owner23 occupied homes with mortgages in default or in dan24 ger of default. These mortgages shall likely be subject 

25 to a foreclosure action and homeowners will be pro-
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1 vided such assistance that shall consist of activities 

2 that are likely to prevent foreclosures and result in 

3 the long-term affordability of the mortgage retained 

4 pursuant to such activity or another positive outcome 

5 for the homeowner. No funds made available under 

6 this paragraph may be provided directly to lenders or 

7 homeowners to discharge outstanding mortgage bal8 ances or for any other direct debt reduction payments. 

9 (3) The use of mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

10 assistance by approved counseling intermediaries and 

11 State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a rea12 sonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situation, 

13 an evaluation of the current value of the property 

14 that is subject to the mortgage, counseling regarding 

15 the assumption of the mortgage by another non-Fed16 eral party, counseling regarding the possible purchase 

17 of the mortgage by a non-Federal third party, coun18 seling and advice of all likely restructuring and refi19 nancing strategies or the approval of a work-out 

20 strategy by all interested parties. 

21 (4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the 

22 total funds under this paragraph to its own charter 

23 members with expertise in foreclosure prevention 

24 counseling, subject to a certification by the NRC that 

25 the procedures for selection do not consist of any pro-
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1 cedures or activities that could be construed as a con2 flict of interest or have the appearance of impro3 priety. 

4 (5) HUD-approved counseling entities and State 

5 Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds under this 

6 paragraph shall have demonstrated experience in suc7 cessfully working with financial institutions as well 

8 as borrowers facing default, delinquency and fore9 closure as well as documented counseling capacity, 

10 outreach capacity, past successful performance and 

11 positive outcomes with documented counseling plans 

12 (including post mortgage foreclosure mitigation coun13 seling), loan workout agreements and loan modifica14 tion agreements. NRC may use other criteria to dem15 onstrate capacity in underserved areas. 

16 (6) Of the total amount made available under 

17 this paragraph, up to $2,500,000 may be made avail18 able to build the mortgage foreclosure and default 

19 mitigation counseling capacity of counseling inter20 mediaries through NRC training courses with HUD21 approved counseling intermediaries and their part22 ners, except that private financial institutions that 

23 participate in NRC training shall pay market rates 

24 for such training. 
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1 (7) Of the total amount made available under 

2 this paragraph, up to 5 percent may be used for asso3 ciated administrative expenses for the NRC to carry 

4 out activities provided under this section. 

5 (8) Of the total amount made available under 

6 this paragraph, up to $4,000,000 may be used for 

7 wind-down and closeout of the mortgage foreclosure 

8 mitigation activities program. 

9 (9) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

10 grants may include a budget for outreach and adver11 tising, and training, as determined by the NRC. 

12 (10) The NRC shall continue to report bi-annu13 ally to the House and Senate Committees on Appro14 priations as well as the Senate Banking Committee 

15 and House Financial Services Committee on its ef16 forts to mitigate mortgage default. 

17 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

18 HOMELESSNESS

19 OPERATING EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 

21 authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent22 al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 

23 consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

24 Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home25 lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 
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1 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend2 ed, $3,530,000. Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

3 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11319) is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘October 1, 2016’’ in section 209 and inserting ‘‘October 

5 1, 2017’’. 

6 TITLE IV 

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

8 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

9 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

10 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

11 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund12 ed in this Act. 

13 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

14 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis15 cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria16 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

17 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

18 this Act for any consulting service through a procurement 

19 contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 

20 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi21 tures are a matter of public record and available for public 

22 inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

23 law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 

24 existing law. 
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1 SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training 

3 that— 

4 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 

5 skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform6 ance of official duties; 

7 (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 

8 of emotional response or psychological stress in some 

9 participants; 

10 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

11 of the content and methods to be used in the training 

12 and written end of course evaluation; 

13 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

14 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

15 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ16 ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 

17 dated September 2, 1988; or 

18 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici19 pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work20 place. 

21 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

22 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

23 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

24 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

25 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
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1 appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 

2 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

3 in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any accounts in the 

4 Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 

5 the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga6 tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 

7 (1) creates a new program; 

8 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

9 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro10 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

11 denied or restricted by the Congress; 

12 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

13 activity by either the House or Senate Committees on 

14 Appropriations for a different purpose; 

15 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac16 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which17 ever is less; 

18 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi19 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 

20 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 

21 division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 

22 administration, or department different from the 

23 budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 

24 Appropriations or the table accompanying the explan25 atory statement accompanying this Act, whichever is 
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1 more detailed, unless prior approval is received from 

2 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

3 Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this 

5 Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap6 propriations of the Senate and of the House of Rep7 resentatives to establish the baseline for application of 

8 reprogramming and transfer authorities for the cur9 rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the report 

10 shall include: 

11 (A) a table for each appropriation with a 

12 separate column to display the prior year en13 acted level, the President’s budget request, adjust14 ments made by Congress, adjustments due to en15 acted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal 

16 year enacted level; 

17 (B) a delineation in the table for each ap18 propriation and its respective prior year enacted 

19 level by object class and program, project, and 

20 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

21 the respective appropriation; and 

22 (C) an identification of items of special con23 gressional interest: Provided further, That the 

24 amount appropriated or limited for salaries and 

25 expenses for an agency shall be reduced by 
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1 $100,000 per day for each day after the required 

2 date that the report has not been submitted to the 

3 Congress. 

4 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

5 law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re6 maining available at the end of fiscal year 2015 from ap7 propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 

8 fiscal year 2015 in this Act, shall remain available through 

9 September 30, 2016, for each such account for the purposes 

10 authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 

11 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 

12 approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 

13 further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 

14 with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this 

15 Act. 

16 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support 

17 any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 

18 power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em19 ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 

20 of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 

21 economic development that primarily benefits private enti22 ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran23 sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well 

24 as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 

25 (including energy-related, communication-related, water-re-
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1 lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc2 tures designated for use by the general public or which have 

3 other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve 

4 the general public and are subject to regulation and over5 sight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 

6 immediate threat to public health and safety or brownsfields 

7 as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 

8 Brownsfield Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall 

9 be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain. 

10 SEC. 408. All Federal agencies and departments that 

11 are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House 

12 and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole13 source contracts by no later than July 30, 2015. Such report 

14 shall include the contractor, the amount of the contract and 

15 the rationale for using a sole-source contract. 

16 SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in18 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur19 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

20 in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

21 SEC. 410. No part of any appropriation contained in 

22 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

23 filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 

24 held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 

25 of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 
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1 or her period of active military or naval service, and has 

2 within 90 days after his or her release from such service 

3 or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe4 riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora5 tion to his or her former position and has been certified 

6 by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to 

7 perform the duties of his or her former position and has 

8 not been restored thereto. 

9 SEC. 411. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 

10 may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 

11 in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec12 tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 

13 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 

14 SEC. 412. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

15 available under this Act shall be made available to any per16 son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 

17 American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

18 SEC. 413. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 

20 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

21 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

22 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used in contravention of the 5th or 14th Amend24 ment to the Constitution or title VI of the Civil Rights Act 

25 of 1964. 
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1 SEC. 415. (a) None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier per3 mit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United 

4 States Code, or exemption application under section 40109 

5 of that title of an air carrier already holding an air opera6 tors certificate issued by a country that is party to the 

7 U.S.–E.U.–Iceland–Norway Air Transport Agreement 

8 where such approval would contravene United States law 

9 or Article 17 bis of the U.S.–E.U.–Iceland–Norway Air 

10 Transport Agreement. 

11 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 

12 otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 

13 granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 

14 such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 

15 with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree16 ment and United States law. 

17 SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to obligate or award funds for the National 

19 Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National Road20 side Survey. 

21 SEC. 417. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to mandate global positioning system 

23 (GPS) tracking in private passenger motor vehicles without 

24 providing full and appropriate consideration of privacy 

25 concerns under 5 U.S.C. chapter 5, subchapter II. 
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1 SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used by the Federal Transit Administration to 

3 implement, administer, or enforce section 18.36(c)(2) of 

4 title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, for construction hir5 ing purposes. 

6 SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles 

8 for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, 

9 except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum— 

10 Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 

11 SEC. 420. It is the sense of the Congress that the Con12 gress should not pass any legislation that authorizes spend13 ing cuts that would increase poverty in the United States. 

14 SEC. 421. All agencies and departments funded by the 

15 Act shall send to Congress at the end of the fiscal year a 

16 report containing a complete inventory of the total number 

17 of vehicles owned, leased, permanently retired, and pur18 chased during fiscal year 2015, as well as the total cost of 

19 the vehicle fleet, including maintenance, fuel, storage, pur20 chasing, and leasing. 

21 SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 

23 of more than 50 employees of a single agency or department 

24 of the United States Government, who are stationed in the 

25 United States, at any single international conference unless 
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1 the relevant Secretary reports to the Committees on Appro2 priations at least 5 days in advance that such attendance 

3 is important to the national interest: Provided, That for 

4 purposes of this section the term ‘‘international conference’’ 

5 shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United 

6 States attended by representatives of the United States Gov7 ernment and of foreign governments, international organi8 zations, or nongovernmental organizations. 

9 SEC. 423. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail10 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

11 post on the public website of that agency any report re12 quired to be submitted by the Committee in this or any 

13 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 

14 that it shall serve the national interest. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if-- 

16 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

17 national security; or 

18 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

19 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

20 do so only after such report has been made available to the 

21 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

22 than 45 days. 

23 SEC. 424. Any Federal agency or department that is 

24 funded under this Act shall respond to any recommendation 
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1 made to such agency or department by the Government Ac2 countability Office in a timely manner. 

3 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 

4 Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 

5 Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

6 DIVISION L—FURTHER CONTINUING 

7 APPROPRIATIONS, 2015 

8 SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

9 2015 (Public Law 113–164) is amended by— 

10 (1) striking the date specified in section 106(3) 

11 and inserting ‘‘February 27, 2015’’; 

12 (2) striking ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) 

13 of this joint resolution’’ in section 144 and inserting 

14 ‘‘December 11, 2014’’; and 

15 (3) adding after section 149 the following new 

16 sections: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 150. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 

18 for ‘Department of Homeland Security—United States Se19 cret Service—Salaries and Expenses’ shall be obligated at 

20 a rate for operations necessary for Presidential candidate 

21 nominee protection. 

22 ‘‘(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

23 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 

25 provided in this section. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 151. The Department of Homeland Security 

2 shall continue preparations to award the construction con3 tract for the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility by 

4 May 1, 2015.’’. 

5 SEC. 102. (a) Section 44302(f) of title 49, United 

6 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the date specified in 

7 section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolu8 tion, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2014’’. 

9 (b) Section 44303(b) of title 49, United States Code, 

10 is amended by striking ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) 

11 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘December 11, 2014’’. 

13 (c) Section 44310(a) of title 49, United States Code, 

14 is amended by striking ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) 

15 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘December 11, 2014’’. 

17 DIVISION M—EXPATRIATE HEALTH 

18 COVERAGE CLARIFICATION ACT OF 2014 

19 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Expatriate Health 

21 Coverage Clarification Act of 2014’’. 

22 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

23 It is the sense of Congress that— 
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1 (1) American expatriate health insurance com2 panies should be permitted to compete on a level play3 ing field in the global marketplace; 

4 (2) the global competitiveness of American com5 panies should be encouraged; and 

6 (3) in implementing the health insurance pro7 vider fee under section 9010 of the Patient Protection 

8 and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148; 26 

9 U.S.C. 4001 note prec.) and other provisions of such 

10 Act and title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health 

11 Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub12 lic Law 111–152), the Secretary of the Treasury, Sec13 retary of Health and Human Services, and Secretary 

14 of Labor should continue to recognize the unique and 

15 multinational features of expatriate health plans and 

16 the United States companies that operate such plans 

17 and the competitive pressures of such plans and com18 panies. 

19 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF EXPATRIATE HEALTH PLANS 

20 UNDER ACA. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the provi22 sions of (including any amendment made by) the Patient 

23 Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) 

24 and of title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care 
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1 and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 

2 111–152) shall not apply with respect to— 

3 (1) expatriate health plans; 

4 (2) employers with respect to such plans, solely 

5 in their capacity as plan sponsors for such plans; or 

6 (3) expatriate health insurance issuers with re7 spect to coverage offered by such issuers under such 

8 plans. 

9 (b) MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COVERAGE AND REPORTING

10 REQUIREMENTS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of section 

12 5000A(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and 

13 any other section of the Internal Revenue Code of 

14 1986 that incorporates the definition of minimum es15 sential coverage under such section 5000A(f) by ref16 erence: 

17 (A) An expatriate health plan offered to 

18 primary enrollees who are described in sub19 sections (d)(3)(A) and (d)(3)(B) of this section 

20 shall be treated as an eligible employer sponsored 

21 plan under 5000A(f)(2) of such Code. 

22 (B) An expatriate health plan offered to 

23 primary enrollees who are described in sub24 section (d)(3)(C) of this section shall be treated 

25 as a plan in the individual market under section 
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1 5000A(f)(1)(C) of such Code. This subparagraph 

2 shall apply solely for the purposes of sections 

3 36B, 5000A, and 6055 of such Code. 

4 (2) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 

5 with respect to section 6055 of the Internal Revenue 

6 Code of 1986, or sections 4980H and 6056 of such 

7 Code in the case of an applicable large employer (as 

8 defined in section 4980H of such Code), except that 

9 statements furnished to individuals may be provided 

10 through electronic media and the primary insured 

11 shall be deemed to have consented to receive the state12 ments under such sections in electronic form, unless 

13 the individual explicitly refuses such consent. Not14 withstanding subsection (a), section 4980I of the In15 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 shall continue to apply 

16 with respect to applicable employer-sponsored cov17 erage (as defined in such section) of a qualified expa18 triate described in section 3(d)(3)(A)(i) who is as19 signed (rather than transferred) to work in the United 

20 States. 

21 (c) QUALIFIED EXPATRIATES, SPOUSES, AND DEPEND22 ENTS NOT UNITED STATES HEALTH RISK.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 9010 

24 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (26 

25 U.S.C. 4001 note prec.), for calendar years after 
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1 2015, a qualified expatriate (and any spouse, depend2 ent, or any other individual enrolled in the plan) en3 rolled in an expatriate health plan shall not be con4 sidered a United States health risk. 

5 (2) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

6 (1), the fee under section 9010 of such Act for each 

7 of calendar years 2014 and 2015 with respect to any 

8 expatriate health insurance issuer shall be the amount 

9 which bears the same ratio to the fee amount deter10 mined by the Secretary of the Treasury with respect 

11 to such issuer under such section for each such year 

12 (determined without regard to this paragraph) as— 

13 (A) the amount of premiums taken into ac14 count under such section with respect to such 

15 issuer for each such year, less the amount of pre16 miums for expatriate health plans taken into ac17 count under such section with respect to such 

18 issuer for each such year, bears to 

19 (B) the amount of premiums taken into ac20 count under such section with respect to such 

21 issuer for each such year. 

22 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) EXPATRIATE HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER.— 

24 The term ‘‘expatriate health insurance issuer’’ means 
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1 a health insurance issuer that issues expatriate health 

2 plans. 

3 (2) EXPATRIATE HEALTH PLAN.—The term ‘‘ex4 patriate health plan’’ means a group health plan, 

5 health insurance coverage offered in connection with 

6 a group health plan, or health insurance coverage of7 fered to a group of individuals described in para8 graph (3)(C) (which may include spouses, dependents, 

9 and other individuals enrolled in the plan) that meets 

10 each of the following standards: 

11 (A) Substantially all of the primary enroll12 ees in such plan or coverage are qualified expa13 triates with respect to such plan or coverage. In 

14 applying the previous sentence, an individual 

15 shall not be considered a primary enrollee if the 

16 individual is not a national of the United States 

17 and the individual resides in the country of 

18 which the individual is a citizen. 

19 (B) Substantially all of the benefits pro20 vided under the plan or coverage are not ex21 cepted benefits described in section 9832(c) of the 

22 Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

23 (C) The plan or coverage provides coverage 

24 for inpatient hospital services, outpatient facility 

25 services, physician services, and emergency serv-
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1 ices (comparable to such emergency services cov2 erage described in and offered under section 

3 8903(1) of title 5, United States Code for plan 

4 year 2009)— 

5 (i) in the case of individuals described 

6 in paragraph (3)(A), both in the United 

7 States and in the country or countries from 

8 which the individual was transferred or as9 signed (accounting for flexibility needed 

10 with existing coverage), and such other 

11 country or countries as the Secretary of 

12 Health and Human Services, in consulta13 tion with the Secretary of the Treasury and 

14 the Secretary of Labor, may designate (after 

15 taking into account the barriers and prohi16 bitions to providing health care services in 

17 the countries as designated); 

18 (ii) in the case of individuals described 

19 in paragraph (3)(B), in the country or 

20 countries in which the individual is present 

21 in connection with the individual’s employ22 ment, and such other country or countries 

23 as the Secretary of Health and Human 

24 Services, in consultation with the Secretary 
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1 of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor, 

2 may designate; or 

3 (iii) in the case of individuals de4 scribed in paragraph (3)(C), in the country 

5 or countries as the Secretary of Health and 

6 Human Services, in consultation with the 

7 Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary 

8 of Labor, may designate. 

9 (D) The plan sponsor reasonably believes 

10 that the benefits provided by the expatriate 

11 health plan satisfy a standard at least actuari12 ally equivalent to the level provided for in sec13 tion 36B(c)(2)(C)(ii) of the Internal Revenue 

14 Code of 1986. 

15 (E) If the plan or coverage provides depend16 ent coverage of children, the plan or coverage 

17 makes such dependent coverage available for 

18 adult children until the adult child turns 26 

19 years of age, unless such individual is the child 

20 of a child receiving dependent coverage. 

21 (F) The plan or coverage— 

22 (i) is issued by an expatriate health 

23 plan issuer, or administered by an adminis24 trator, that together with any other person 

25 in the expatriate health plan issuer’s or ad-
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1 ministrator’s controlled group (as described 

2 in section 9010 of the Patient Protection 

3 and Affordable Care Act (and the regula4 tions promulgated thereunder)), has licenses 

5 to sell insurance in more than two coun6 tries, and, with respect to such plan, cov7 erage, or company in the controlled group— 

8 (I) maintains network provider 

9 agreements that provide for direct 

10 claims payments, directly or through 

11 third party contracts, with health care 

12 providers in eight or more countries; 

13 (II) maintains call centers, di14 rectly or through third party contracts, 

15 in three or more countries and accepts 

16 calls from customers in eight or more 

17 languages; 

18 (III) processes (in the aggregate 

19 together with other plans or coverage it 

20 issues or administers) at least 

21 $1,000,000 in claims in foreign cur22 rency equivalents each year; 

23 (IV) makes available (directly or 

24 through third party contracts) global 

25 evacuation/repatriation coverage; and 
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1 (V) maintains legal and compli2 ance resources in three or more coun3 tries; and 

4 (ii) offers reimbursements for items or 

5 services under such plan or coverage in the 

6 local currency in eight or more countries. 

7 (G) The plan or coverage, and the plan 

8 sponsor or expatriate health insurance issuer 

9 with respect to such plan or coverage, satisfies 

10 the provisions of title XXVII of the Public 

11 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq.), 

12 chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

13 1986, and part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the 

14 Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 

15 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1181 et seq.), which would oth16 erwise apply to such a plan or coverage, and 

17 sponsor or issuer, if not for the enactment of the 

18 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and 

19 title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health 

20 Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 

21 (3) QUALIFIED EXPATRIATE.—The term ‘‘quali22 fied expatriate’’ means a primary insured, or indi23 vidual otherwise described in subparagraph (C)— 

24 (A)(i) whose skills, qualifications, job du25 ties, or expertise is of a type that has caused his 
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1 or her employer to transfer or assign him or her 

2 to the United States for a specific and temporary 

3 purpose or assignment tied to his or her employ4 ment; and 

5 (ii) in connection with such transfer or as6 signment, is reasonably determined by the plan 

7 sponsor to require access to health insurance and 

8 other related services and support in multiple 

9 countries, and is offered other multinational ben10 efits on a periodic basis (such as tax equali11 zation, compensation for cross border moving ex12 penses, or compensation to enable the expatriate 

13 to return to their home country); 

14 (B) who is working outside of the United 

15 States for a period of at least 180 days in a con16 secutive 12-month period that overlaps with the 

17 plan year; or 

18 (C) who is a member of a group of simi19 larly situated individuals— 

20 (i) that is formed for the purpose of 

21 traveling or relocating internationally in 

22 service of one or more of the purposes listed 

23 in section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the In24 ternal Revenue Code of 1986, or similarly 
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1 situated organizations or groups (such as 

2 students or religious missionaries); 

3 (ii) that is not formed primarily for 

4 the sale of health insurance coverage; and 

5 (iii) that the Secretary of Health and 

6 Human Services, in consultation with the 

7 Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary 

8 of Labor, determines requires access to 

9 health insurance and other related services 

10 and support in multiple countries. 

11 (4) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United States’’ 

12 means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 

13 Puerto Rico. 

14 (5) MISCELLANEOUS TERMS.— 

15 (A) GROUP HEALTH PLAN; HEALTH INSUR16 ANCE COVERAGE; HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER; 

17 PLAN SPONSOR.—The terms ‘‘group health plan’’, 

18 ‘‘health insurance coverage’’, ‘‘health insurance 

19 issuer’’, and ‘‘plan sponsor’’ have the meanings 

20 given those terms in section 2791 of the Public 

21 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91). 

22 (B) TRANSFER.—The term ‘‘transfer’’ 

23 means an employer has transferred an employee 

24 to perform services for a branch of the same em-
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1 ployer or a parent, affiliate, franchise, or sub2 sidiary thereof. 

3 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury, the 

4 Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Sec5 retary of Labor may promulgate regulations necessary to 

6 carry out this Act, including such rules as may be necessary 

7 to prevent inappropriate expansion of the application of 

8 the exclusions under this Act from applicable laws and reg9 ulations, and to amend existing annual reporting require10 ments or procedures to include applicable qualified expa11 triate health insurers’ total number of expatriate plan en12 rollees. 

13 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Unless otherwise specified, this 

14 Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, 

15 and shall apply only to expatriate health plans issued or 

16 renewed on or after July 1, 2015. 

17 DIVISION N—OTHER MATTERS 

18 SEC. 101. SEPARATE CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR CON19 TRIBUTIONS MADE TO NATIONAL PARTIES TO 

20 SUPPORT PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CON21 VENTIONS, NATIONAL PARTY HEAD22 QUARTERS BUILDINGS, AND RECOUNTS. 

23 (a) SEPARATE LIMITS.—Section 315(a) of the Federal 

24 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)) is 

25 amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking the semi2 colon at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, or, in 

3 the case of contributions made to any of the accounts 

4 described in paragraph (9), exceed 300 percent of the 

5 amount otherwise applicable under this subparagraph 

6 with respect to such calendar year;’’; 

7 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the semi8 colon at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, or, in 

9 the case of contributions made to any of the accounts 

10 described in paragraph (9), exceed 300 percent of the 

11 amount otherwise applicable under this subparagraph 

12 with respect to such calendar year;’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new para14 graph: 

15 ‘‘(9) An account described in this paragraph is any 

16 of the following accounts: 

17 ‘‘(A) A separate, segregated account of a national 

18 committee of a political party (other than a national 

19 congressional campaign committee of a political 

20 party) which is used solely to defray expenses in21 curred with respect to a presidential nominating con22 vention (including the payment of deposits) or to 

23 repay loans the proceeds of which were used to defray 

24 such expenses, or otherwise to restore funds used to de25 fray such expenses, except that the aggregate amount 
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1 of expenditures the national committee of a political 

2 party may make from such account may not exceed 

3 $20,000,000 with respect to any single convention. 

4 ‘‘(B) A separate, segregated account of a na5 tional committee of a political party (including a na6 tional congressional campaign committee of a polit7 ical party) which is used solely to defray expenses in8 curred with respect to the construction, purchase, ren9 ovation, operation, and furnishing of one or more 

10 headquarters buildings of the party or to repay loans 

11 the proceeds of which were used to defray such ex12 penses, or otherwise to restore funds used to defray 

13 such expenses (including expenses for obligations in14 curred during the 2-year period which ends on the 

15 date of the enactment of this paragraph). 

16 ‘‘(C) A separate, segregated account of a national 

17 committee of a political party (including a national 

18 congressional campaign committee of a political 

19 party) which is used to defray expenses incurred with 

20 respect to the preparation for and the conduct of elec21 tion recounts and contests and other legal pro22 ceedings.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO DETER24 MINATION OF COORDINATED EXPENDITURE LIMITA25 TIONS.—Section 315(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30116(d)) 
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1 is amended by adding at the end the following new para2 graph: 

3 ‘‘(5) The limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), 

4 and (4) of this subsection shall not apply to expenditures 

5 made from any of the accounts described in subsection 

6 (a)(9).’’. 

7 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

8 section shall apply with respect to funds that are solicited, 

9 received, transferred, or spent on or after the date of the 

10 enactment of this section. 

11 SEC. 102. MODIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF CERTAIN 

12 HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (5) of section 833(c) of 

14 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a)’’, and 

17 (2) by inserting ‘‘and for activities that improve 

18 health care quality’’ after ‘‘clinical services’’. 

19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

20 section shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem21 ber 31, 2009. 

22 SEC. 103. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

23 (a) STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARDS.—The 

24 budgetary effects of division M and sections 101 and 102 

25 of division N shall not be entered on either PAYGO score-
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1 card maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory 

2 Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

3 (b) SENATE PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARDS.—The 

4 budgetary effects of division M and sections 101 and 102 

5 of division N shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard 

6 maintained for purposes of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 

7 (110th Congress). 

8 (c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Not9 withstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines 

10 set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee 

11 of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 

12 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emer13 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of 

14 division M and sections 101 and 102 of division N shall 

15 not be estimated— 

16 (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and 

17 (2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 

18 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being 

19 included in an appropriation Act. 

20 DIVISION O—MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION 

21 REFORM 

22 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

23 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Multiemployer Pen24 sion Reform Act of 2014’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 The table of contents for this division is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of Contents. 

TITLE I—MODIFICATIONS TO MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN RULES 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Pension Protection Act of 2006 

Sec. 101. Repeal of sunset of PPA funding rules. 

Sec. 102. Election to be in critical status. 

Sec. 103. Clarification of rule for emergence from critical status. 

Sec. 104. Endangered status not applicable if no additional action is required. 

Sec. 105. Correct endangered status funding improvement plan target funded percentage. 

Sec. 106. Conforming endangered status and critical status rules during funding 

improvement and rehabilitation plan adoption periods. 

Sec. 107. Corrective plan schedules when parties fail to adopt in bargaining. 

Sec. 108. Repeal of reorganization rules for multiemployer plans. 

Sec. 109. Disregard of certain contribution increases for withdrawal liability 

purposes. 

Sec. 110. Guarantee for pre-retirement survivor annuities under multiemployer 

pension plans. 

Sec. 111. Required disclosure of multiemployer plan information. 

Subtitle B—Multiemployer Plan Mergers and Partitions 

Sec. 121. Mergers. 

Sec. 122. Partitions of eligible multiemployer plans. 

Subtitle C—Strengthening the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

Sec. 131. Premium increases for multiemployer plans. 

TITLE II—REMEDIATION MEASURES FOR DEEPLY TROUBLED 

PLANS 

Sec. 201. Conditions, limitations, distribution and notice requirements, and approval process for benefit suspensions under multiemployer plans 

in critical and declining status. 

3 TITLE I—MODIFICATIONS TO 

4 MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN RULES 

5 Subtitle A—Amendments to Pension 

6 Protection Act of 2006 

7 SEC. 101. REPEAL OF SUNSET OF PPA FUNDING RULES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title II of the Pension 

9 Protection Act of 2006 (26 U.S.C. 412 note) is repealed. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (1) AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT IN3 COME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—Section 304(d)(1) of 

4 the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 

5 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1084) is amended by striking sub6 paragraph (C). 

7 (2) AMENDMENT TO INTERNAL REVENUE

8 CODE.—Section 431(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue 

9 Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph 

10 (C). 

11 SEC. 102. ELECTION TO BE IN CRITICAL STATUS. 

12 (a) AMENDMENTS TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT IN13 COME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 305(b) of the Em15 ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 

16 U.S.C. 1085(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(4) ELECTION TO BE IN CRITICAL STATUS.— 

19 Notwithstanding paragraph (2) and subject to para20 graph (3)(B)(iv)— 

21 ‘‘(A) the plan sponsor of a multiemployer 

22 plan that is not in critical status for a plan year 

23 but that is projected by the plan actuary, pursu24 ant to the determination under paragraph (3), to 

25 be in critical status in any of the succeeding 5 
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1 plan years may, not later than 30 days after the 

2 date of the certification under paragraph (3)(A), 

3 elect to be in critical status effective for the cur4 rent plan year, 

5 ‘‘(B) the plan year in which the plan spon6 sor elects to be in critical status under subpara7 graph (A) shall be treated for purposes of this 

8 section as the first year in which the plan is in 

9 critical status, regardless of the date on which 

10 the plan first satisfies the criteria for critical 

11 status under paragraph (2), and 

12 ‘‘(C) a plan that is in critical status under 

13 this paragraph shall not emerge from critical 

14 status except in accordance with subsection 

15 (e)(4)(B).’’. 

16 (2) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 305(b)(3)(A)(i) 

18 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)(3)(A)(i)) is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘, and’’ and inserting ‘‘or 

20 for any of the succeeding 5 plan years, and’’. 

21 (B) ACTUARIAL PROJECTIONS.—Section 

22 305(b)(3)(B) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

23 1085(b)(3)(B)) is amended— 

24 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘In mak25 ing the determinations’’ and inserting ‘‘Ex-
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1 cept as provided in clause (iv), in making 

2 the determinations’’; and 

3 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(iv) PROJECTIONS RELATING TO CRIT5 ICAL STATUS IN SUCCEEDING PLAN

6 YEARS.—Clauses (i) and (ii) (other than the 

7 2nd sentence of clause (i)) may be dis8 regarded by a plan actuary in the case of 

9 any certification of whether a plan will be 

10 in critical status in a succeeding plan year, 

11 except that a plan sponsor may not elect to 

12 be in critical status for a plan year under 

13 paragraph (4) in any case in which the cer14 tification upon which such election would be 

15 based is made without regard to such 

16 clauses.’’. 

17 (3) NOTICE.— 

18 (A) OF ELECTION TO BE IN CRITICAL STA19 TUS.—Section 305(b)(3)(D)(i) of such Act (29 

20 U.S.C. 1085(b)(3)(D)(i)) is amended— 

21 (i) by inserting after ‘‘for a plan year’’ 

22 the following: ‘‘or in which a plan sponsor 

23 elects to be in critical status for a plan year 

24 under paragraph (4)’’; and 
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1 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘In any case in which a plan sponsor elects 

3 to be in critical status for a plan year 

4 under paragraph (4), the plan sponsor shall 

5 notify the Secretary of the Treasury of such 

6 election not later than 30 days after the 

7 date of such certification or such other time 

8 as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre9 scribe by regulations or other guidance.’’ 

10 (B) OF PROJECTION TO BE IN CRITICAL

11 STATUS IN A FUTURE PLAN YEAR.—Section 

12 305(b)(3)(D) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

13 1085(b)(3)(D)) is amended by adding at the end 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(iv) NOTICE OF PROJECTION TO BE IN

16 CRITICAL STATUS IN A FUTURE PLAN

17 YEAR.—In any case in which it is certified 

18 under subparagraph (A)(i) that a multiem19 ployer plan will be in critical status for 

20 any of 5 succeeding plan years (but not for 

21 the current plan year) and the plan sponsor 

22 of such plan has not made an election to be 

23 in critical status for the plan year under 

24 paragraph (4), the plan sponsor shall, not 

25 later than 30 days after the date of the cer-
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1 tification, provide notification of the pro2 jected critical status to the Pension Benefit 

3 Guaranty Corporation.’’. 

4 (b) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 432(b) of the Internal 

6 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 

7 end the following: 

8 ‘‘(4) ELECTION TO BE IN CRITICAL STATUS.— 

9 Notwithstanding paragraph (2) and subject to para10 graph (3)(B)(iv)— 

11 ‘‘(A) the plan sponsor of a multiemployer 

12 plan that is not in critical status for a plan year 

13 but that is projected by the plan actuary, pursu14 ant to the determination under paragraph (3), to 

15 be in critical status in any of the succeeding 5 

16 plan years may, not later than 30 days after the 

17 date of the certification under paragraph (3)(A), 

18 elect to be in critical status effective for the cur19 rent plan year, 

20 ‘‘(B) the plan year in which the plan spon21 sor elects to be in critical status under subpara22 graph (A) shall be treated for purposes of this 

23 section as the first year in which the plan is in 

24 critical status, regardless of the date on which 
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1 the plan first satisfies the criteria for critical 

2 status under paragraph (2), and 

3 ‘‘(C) a plan that is in critical status under 

4 this paragraph shall not emerge from critical 

5 status except in accordance with subsection 

6 (e)(4)(B).’’. 

7 (2) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 432(b)(3)(A)(i) 

9 of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘, and’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘or for any of the succeeding 5 plan 

11 years, and’’. 

12 (B) ACTUARIAL PROJECTIONS.—Section 

13 432(b)(3)(B) of such Code is amended— 

14 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘In mak15 ing the determinations’’ and inserting ‘‘Ex16 cept as provided in clause (iv), in making 

17 the determinations’’; and 

18 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(iv) PROJECTIONS RELATING TO CRIT20 ICAL STATUS IN SUCCEEDING PLAN

21 YEARS.—Clauses (i) and (ii) (other than the 

22 2nd sentence of clause (i)) may be dis23 regarded by a plan actuary in the case of 

24 any certification of whether a plan will be 

25 in critical status in a succeeding plan year, 
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1 except that a plan sponsor may not elect to 

2 be in critical status for a plan year under 

3 paragraph (4) in any case in which the cer4 tification upon which such election would be 

5 based is made without regard to such 

6 clauses.’’. 

7 (3) NOTICE.— 

8 (A) OF ELECTION TO BE IN CRITICAL STA9 TUS.—Section 432(b)(3)(D)(i) of such Code is 

10 amended— 

11 (i) by inserting after ‘‘for a plan year’’ 

12 the following: ‘‘or in which a plan sponsor 

13 elects to be in critical status for a plan year 

14 under paragraph (4)’’; and 

15 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘In any case in which a plan sponsor elects 

17 to be in critical status for a plan year 

18 under paragraph (4), the plan sponsor shall 

19 notify the Secretary of such election not 

20 later than 30 days after the date of such 

21 certification or such other time as the Sec22 retary may prescribe by regulations or other 

23 guidance.’’. 

24 (B) OF PROJECTION TO BE IN CRITICAL

25 STATUS IN A FUTURE PLAN YEAR.—Section 
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1 432(b)(3)(D) of such Code is amended by adding 

2 at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(iv) NOTICE OF PROJECTION TO BE IN

4 CRITICAL STATUS IN A FUTURE PLAN

5 YEAR.—In any case in which it is certified 

6 under subparagraph (A)(i) that a multiem7 ployer plan will be in critical status for 

8 any of 5 succeeding plan years (but not for 

9 the current plan year) and the plan sponsor 

10 of such plan has not made an election to be 

11 in critical status for the plan year under 

12 paragraph (4), the plan sponsor shall, not 

13 later than 30 days after the date of the cer14 tification, provide notification of the pro15 jected critical status to the Pension Benefit 

16 Guaranty Corporation.’’. 

17 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

18 section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 

19 after December 31, 2014. 

20 SEC. 103. CLARIFICATION OF RULE FOR EMERGENCE FROM 

21 CRITICAL STATUS. 

22 (a) AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME

23 SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—Section 305(e)(4)(B) of the Em24 ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

25 1085(e)(4)(B)) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(B) EMERGENCE.— 

2 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A plan in critical 

3 status shall remain in such status until a 

4 plan year for which the plan actuary cer5 tifies, in accordance with subsection 

6 (b)(3)(A), that— 

7 ‘‘(I) the plan is not described in 

8 one or more of the subparagraphs in 

9 subsection (b)(2) as of the beginning of 

10 the plan year; 

11 ‘‘(II) the plan is not projected to 

12 have an accumulated funding defi13 ciency for the plan year or any of the 

14 9 succeeding plan years, without re15 gard to the use of the shortfall method 

16 but taking into account any extension 

17 of amortization periods under section 

18 304(d)(2) or section 304 (as in effect 

19 prior to the enactment of the Pension 

20 Protection Act of 2006); and 

21 ‘‘(III) the plan is not projected to 

22 become insolvent within the meaning of 

23 section 4245 for any of the 30 suc24 ceeding plan years. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) PLANS WITH CERTAIN AMORTIZA2 TION EXTENSIONS.— 

3 ‘‘(I) SPECIAL EMERGENCE

4 RULE.—Notwithstanding clause (i), a 

5 plan in critical status that has an 

6 automatic extension of amortization 

7 periods under section 304(d)(1) shall 

8 no longer be in critical status if the 

9 plan actuary certifies for a plan year, 

10 in accordance with subsection 

11 (b)(3)(A), that— 

12 ‘‘(aa) the plan is not pro13 jected to have an accumulated 

14 funding deficiency for the plan 

15 year or any of the 9 succeeding 

16 plan years, without regard to the 

17 use of the shortfall method but 

18 taking into account any extension 

19 of amortization periods under sec20 tion 304(d)(1); and 

21 ‘‘(bb) the plan is not pro22 jected to become insolvent within 

23 the meaning of section 4245 for 

24 any of the 30 succeeding plan 

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1 regardless of whether the plan is de2 scribed in one or more of the subpara3 graphs in subsection (b)(2) as of the 

4 beginning of the plan year. 

5 ‘‘(II) REENTRY INTO CRITICAL

6 STATUS.—A plan that emerges from 

7 critical status under subclause (I) shall 

8 not reenter critical status for any sub9 sequent plan year unless— 

10 ‘‘(aa) the plan is projected to 

11 have an accumulated funding de12 ficiency for the plan year or any 

13 of the 9 succeeding plan years, 

14 without regard to the use of the 

15 shortfall method but taking into 

16 account any extension of amorti17 zation periods under section 

18 304(d); or 

19 ‘‘(bb) the plan is projected to 

20 become insolvent within the mean21 ing of section 4245 for any of the 

22 30 succeeding plan years.’’. 

23 (b) AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE

24 CODE.—Section 432(e)(4)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code 

25 of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(B) EMERGENCE.— 

2 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A plan in critical 

3 status shall remain in such status until a 

4 plan year for which the plan actuary cer5 tifies, in accordance with subsection 

6 (b)(3)(A), that— 

7 ‘‘(I) the plan is not described in 

8 one or more of the subparagraphs in 

9 subsection (b)(2) as of the beginning of 

10 the plan year, 

11 ‘‘(II) the plan is not projected to 

12 have an accumulated funding defi13 ciency for the plan year or any of the 

14 9 succeeding plan years, without re15 gard to the use of the shortfall method 

16 but taking into account any extension 

17 of amortization periods under section 

18 431(d)(2) or section 412(e) (as in effect 

19 prior to the enactment of the Pension 

20 Protection Act of 2006), and 

21 ‘‘(III) the plan is not projected to 

22 become insolvent within the meaning of 

23 section 418E for any of the 30 suc24 ceeding plan years. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) PLANS WITH CERTAIN AMORTIZA2 TION EXTENSIONS.— 

3 ‘‘(I) SPECIAL EMERGENCE

4 RULE.—Notwithstanding clause (i), a 

5 plan in critical status that has an 

6 automatic extension of amortization 

7 periods under section 431(d)(1) shall 

8 no longer be in critical status if the 

9 plan actuary certifies for a plan year, 

10 in accordance with subsection 

11 (b)(3)(A), that— 

12 ‘‘(aa) the plan is not pro13 jected to have an accumulated 

14 funding deficiency for the plan 

15 year or any of the 9 succeeding 

16 plan years, without regard to the 

17 use of the shortfall method but 

18 taking into account any extension 

19 of amortization periods under sec20 tion 431(d)(1), and 

21 ‘‘(bb) the plan is not pro22 jected to become insolvent within 

23 the meaning of section 418E for 

24 any of the 30 succeeding plan 

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1 regardless of whether the plan is de2 scribed in one or more of the subpara3 graphs in subsection (b)(2) as of the 

4 beginning of the plan year. 

5 ‘‘(II) REENTRY INTO CRITICAL

6 STATUS.—A plan that emerges from 

7 critical status under subclause (I) shall 

8 not reenter critical status for any sub9 sequent plan year unless— 

10 ‘‘(aa) the plan is projected to 

11 have an accumulated funding de12 ficiency for the plan year or any 

13 of the 9 succeeding plan years, 

14 without regard to the use of the 

15 shortfall method but taking into 

16 account any extension of amorti17 zation periods under section 

18 431(d), or 

19 ‘‘(bb) the plan is projected to 

20 become insolvent within the mean21 ing of section 418E for any of the 

22 30 succeeding plan years.’’. 

23 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

24 section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 

25 after December 31, 2014. 
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1 SEC. 104. ENDANGERED STATUS NOT APPLICABLE IF NO 

2 ADDITIONAL ACTION IS REQUIRED. 

3 (a) AMENDMENTS TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT IN4 COME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 305(b) of the Em6 ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 

7 U.S.C. 1085(b)), as amended by section 102, is fur8 ther amended— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the plan 

10 is not in critical status for the plan year’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘the plan is not in critical status for 

12 the plan year and is not described in paragraph 

13 (5),’’; and 

14 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE.—A plan is described in this 

16 paragraph if— 

17 ‘‘(A) as part of the actuarial certification of 

18 endangered status under paragraph (3)(A) for 

19 the plan year, the plan actuary certifies that the 

20 plan is projected to no longer be described in ei21 ther paragraph (1)(A) or paragraph (1)(B) as of 

22 the end of the tenth plan year ending after the 

23 plan year to which the certification relates, and 

24 ‘‘(B) the plan was not in critical or endan25 gered status for the immediately preceding plan 

26 year.’’. 
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1 (2) NOTICE.—Section 305(b)(3)(D) of such Act 

2 (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)(3)(D)) is amended— 

3 (A) by redesignating clause (iii) and clause 

4 (iv) (as added by section 102(a)(3)(B)) as 

5 clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and 

6 (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(iii) In the case of a multiemployer 

9 plan that would be in endangered status but 

10 for paragraph (5), the plan sponsor shall 

11 provide notice to the bargaining parties and 

12 the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

13 that the plan would be in endangered status 

14 but for such paragraph.’’. 

15 (C) in clause (iv) (as redesignated by sub16 paragraph (A)), by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and in17 serting ‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii)’’. 

18 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

19 305(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 1085(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘en21 dangered status for a plan year’’ the following: ‘‘, or 

22 would be in endangered status for such plan year but 

23 for paragraph (5),’’. 

24 (b) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF

25 1986.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 432(b) of the Internal 

2 Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 102, is 

3 further amended— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the plan 

5 is not in critical status for the plan year’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘the plan is not in critical status for 

7 the plan year and is not described in paragraph 

8 (5),’’; and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE.—A plan is described in this 

11 paragraph if— 

12 ‘‘(A) as part of the actuarial certification of 

13 endangered status under paragraph (3)(A) for 

14 the plan year, the plan actuary certifies that the 

15 plan is projected to no longer be described in ei16 ther paragraph (1)(A) or paragraph (1)(B) as of 

17 the end of the tenth plan year ending after the 

18 plan year to which the certification relates, and 

19 ‘‘(B) the plan was not in critical or endan20 gered status for the immediately preceding plan 

21 year.’’. 

22 (2) NOTICE.—Section 432(b)(3)(D) of such Code 

23 is amended— 
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1 (A) by redesignating clause (iii) and clause 

2 (iv) (as added by section 102(b)(3)(B)) as clauses 

3 (iv) and (v), respectively; and 

4 (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(iii) In the case of a multiemployer 

7 plan that would be in endangered status but 

8 for paragraph (5), the plan sponsor shall 

9 provide notice to the bargaining parties and 

10 the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

11 that the plan would be in endangered status 

12 but for such paragraph.’’. 

13 (C) in clause (iv) (as redesignated by sub14 paragraph (A)), by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and in15 serting ‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii)’’. 

16 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

17 432(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Code is amended by inserting 

18 after ‘‘endangered status for a plan year’’ the fol19 lowing: ‘‘, or would be in endangered status for such 

20 plan year but for paragraph (5),’’. 

21 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

22 section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 

23 after December 31, 2014. 
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1 SEC. 105. CORRECT ENDANGERED STATUS FUNDING IM2 PROVEMENT PLAN TARGET FUNDED PER3 CENTAGE. 

4 (a) AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME

5 SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—Section 305(c)(3)(A) of the Em6 ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

7 1085(c)(3)(A)) is amended— 

8 (1) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘of such period’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘of the first plan year for which the 

10 plan is certified to be in endangered status pursuant 

11 to paragraph (b)(3)’’; and 

12 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘any plan year’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘the last plan year’’. 

14 (b) AMENDMENT TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—Sec15 tion 432(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘of such period’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘of the first plan year for which the 

19 plan is certified to be in endangered status pursuant 

20 to paragraph (b)(3)’’; and 

21 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘any plan year’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘the last plan year’’. 

23 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

24 section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 

25 after December 31, 2014. 
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1 SEC. 106. CONFORMING ENDANGERED STATUS AND CRIT2 ICAL STATUS RULES DURING FUNDING IM3 PROVEMENT AND REHABILITATION PLAN 

4 ADOPTION PERIODS. 

5 (a) AMENDMENTS TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT IN6 COME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—Section 305(d) of the Em7 ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

8 1085(d)) is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(d) RULES FOR OPERATION OF PLAN DURING ADOP10 TION AND IMPROVEMENT PERIODS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) COMPLIANCE WITH FUNDING IMPROVEMENT

12 PLAN.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A plan may not be 

14 amended after the date of the adoption of a fund15 ing improvement plan under subsection (c) so as 

16 to be inconsistent with the funding improvement 

17 plan. 

18 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES FOR BENEFIT IN19 CREASES.—A plan may not be amended after the 

20 date of the adoption of a funding improvement 

21 plan under subsection (c) so as to increase bene22 fits, including future benefit accruals, unless the 

23 plan actuary certifies that such increase is paid 

24 for out of additional contributions not con25 templated by the funding improvement plan, 

26 and, after taking into account the benefit in-
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1 crease, the multiemployer plan still is reasonably 

2 expected to meet the applicable benchmark on the 

3 schedule contemplated in the funding improve4 ment plan. 

5 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR PLAN ADOPTION PE6 RIOD.—During the period beginning on the date of 

7 the certification under subsection (b)(3)(A) for the 

8 initial determination year and ending on the date of 

9 the adoption of a funding improvement plan— 

10 ‘‘(A) the plan sponsor may not accept a col11 lective bargaining agreement or participation 

12 agreement with respect to the multiemployer 

13 plan that provides for— 

14 ‘‘(i) a reduction in the level of con15 tributions for any participants, 

16 ‘‘(ii) a suspension of contributions 

17 with respect to any period of service, or 

18 ‘‘(iii) any new direct or indirect exclu19 sion of younger or newly hired employees 

20 from plan participation, and 

21 ‘‘(B) no amendment of the plan which in22 creases the liabilities of the plan by reason of 

23 any increase in benefits, any change in the ac24 crual of benefits, or any change in the rate at 

25 which benefits become nonforfeitable under the 
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1 plan may be adopted unless the amendment is 

2 required as a condition of qualification under 

3 part I of subchapter D of chapter 1 of the Inter4 nal Revenue Code of 1986 or to comply with 

5 other applicable law.’’. 

6 (b) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.— 

7 Section 432(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

8 amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(d) RULES FOR OPERATION OF PLAN DURING ADOP10 TION AND IMPROVEMENT PERIODS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) COMPLIANCE WITH FUNDING IMPROVEMENT

12 PLAN.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A plan may not be 

14 amended after the date of the adoption of a fund15 ing improvement plan under subsection (c) so as 

16 to be inconsistent with the funding improvement 

17 plan. 

18 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES FOR BENEFIT IN19 CREASES.—A plan may not be amended after the 

20 date of the adoption of a funding improvement 

21 plan under subsection (c) so as to increase bene22 fits, including future benefit accruals, unless the 

23 plan actuary certifies that such increase is paid 

24 for out of additional contributions not con25 templated by the funding improvement plan, 
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1 and, after taking into account the benefit in2 crease, the multiemployer plan still is reasonably 

3 expected to meet the applicable benchmark on the 

4 schedule contemplated in the funding improve5 ment plan. 

6 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR PLAN ADOPTION PE7 RIOD.—During the period beginning on the date of 

8 the certification under subsection (b)(3)(A) for the 

9 initial determination year and ending on the date of 

10 the adoption of a funding improvement plan— 

11 ‘‘(A) the plan sponsor may not accept a col12 lective bargaining agreement or participation 

13 agreement with respect to the multiemployer 

14 plan that provides for— 

15 ‘‘(i) a reduction in the level of con16 tributions for any participants, 

17 ‘‘(ii) a suspension of contributions 

18 with respect to any period of service, or 

19 ‘‘(iii) any new direct or indirect exclu20 sion of younger or newly hired employees 

21 from plan participation, and 

22 ‘‘(B) no amendment of the plan which in23 creases the liabilities of the plan by reason of 

24 any increase in benefits, any change in the ac25 crual of benefits, or any change in the rate at 
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1 which benefits become nonforfeitable under the 

2 plan may be adopted unless the amendment is 

3 required as a condition of qualification under 

4 part I of subchapter D of chapter 1 or to comply 

5 with other applicable law.’’. 

6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

7 section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 

8 after December 31, 2014. 

9 SEC. 107. CORRECTIVE PLAN SCHEDULES WHEN PARTIES 

10 FAIL TO ADOPT IN BARGAINING. 

11 (a) AMENDMENTS TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT IN12 COME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—Section 305 of the Em13 ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

14 1085) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph 

16 (7) to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(7) IMPOSITION OF SCHEDULE WHERE FAILURE

18 TO ADOPT FUNDING IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 

19 ‘‘(A) INITIAL CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.— 

20 If— 

21 ‘‘(i) a collective bargaining agreement 

22 providing for contributions under a multi23 employer plan that was in effect at the time 

24 the plan entered endangered status expires, 

25 and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) after receiving one or more sched2 ules from the plan sponsor under paragraph 

3 (1)(B), the bargaining parties with respect 

4 to such agreement fail to adopt a contribu5 tion schedule with terms consistent with the 

6 funding improvement plan and a schedule 

7 from the plan sponsor, 

8 the plan sponsor shall implement the schedule 

9 described in paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I) beginning on 

10 the date specified in subparagraph (C). 

11 ‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT CONTRIBUTION SCHED12 ULE.—If— 

13 ‘‘(i) a collective bargaining agreement 

14 providing for contributions under a multi15 employer plan in accordance with a sched16 ule provided by the plan sponsor pursuant 

17 to a funding improvement plan (or imposed 

18 under subparagraph (A)) expires while the 

19 plan is still in endangered status, and 

20 ‘‘(ii) after receiving one or more up21 dated schedules from the plan sponsor under 

22 paragraph (6)(B), the bargaining parties 

23 with respect to such agreement fail to adopt 

24 a contribution schedule with terms con25 sistent with the updated funding improve-
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1 ment plan and a schedule from the plan 

2 sponsor, 

3 then the contribution schedule applicable under 

4 the expired collective bargaining agreement, as 

5 updated and in effect on the date the collective 

6 bargaining agreement expires, shall be imple7 mented by the plan sponsor beginning on the 

8 date specified in subparagraph (C). 

9 ‘‘(C) DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The date 

10 specified in this subparagraph is the date which 

11 is 180 days after the date on which the collective 

12 bargaining agreement described in subparagraph 

13 (A) or (B) expires. 

14 ‘‘(D) FAILURE TO MAKE SCHEDULED CON15 TRIBUTIONS.—Any failure to make a contribu16 tion under a schedule of contribution rates pro17 vided under this paragraph shall be treated as a 

18 delinquent contribution under section 515 and 

19 shall be enforceable as such.’’, 

20 (2) in subsection (e)(3), by amending subpara21 graph (C) to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(C) IMPOSITION OF SCHEDULE WHERE

23 FAILURE TO ADOPT REHABILITATION PLAN.— 

24 ‘‘(i) INITIAL CONTRIBUTION SCHED25 ULE.—If— 
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1 ‘‘(I) a collective bargaining agree2 ment providing for contributions under 

3 a multiemployer plan that was in ef4 fect at the time the plan entered crit5 ical status expires, and 

6 ‘‘(II) after receiving one or more 

7 schedules from the plan sponsor under 

8 paragraph (1)(B), the bargaining par9 ties with respect to such agreement fail 

10 to adopt a contribution schedule with 

11 terms consistent with the rehabilitation 

12 plan and a schedule from the plan 

13 sponsor under paragraph (1)(B)(i), 

14 the plan sponsor shall implement the sched15 ule described in the last sentence of para16 graph (1) beginning on the date specified in 

17 clause (iii). 

18 ‘‘(ii) SUBSEQUENT CONTRIBUTION

19 SCHEDULE.—If— 

20 ‘‘(I) a collective bargaining agree21 ment providing for contributions under 

22 a multiemployer plan in accordance 

23 with a schedule provided by the plan 

24 sponsor pursuant to a rehabilitation 

25 plan (or imposed under subparagraph 
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1 (C)(i)) expires while the plan is still in 

2 critical status, and 

3 ‘‘(II) after receiving one or more 

4 updated schedules from the plan spon5 sor under subparagraph (B)(ii), the 

6 bargaining parties with respect to such 

7 agreement fail to adopt a contribution 

8 schedule with terms consistent with the 

9 updated rehabilitation plan and a 

10 schedule from the plan sponsor, 

11 then the contribution schedule applicable 

12 under the expired collective bargaining 

13 agreement, as updated and in effect on the 

14 date the collective bargaining agreement ex15 pires, shall be implemented by the plan 

16 sponsor beginning on the date specified in 

17 clause (iii). 

18 ‘‘(iii) DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION.— 

19 The date specified in this subparagraph is 

20 the date which is 180 days after the date on 

21 which the collective bargaining agreement 

22 described in clause (i) or (ii) expires. 

23 ‘‘(iv) FAILURE TO MAKE SCHEDULED

24 CONTRIBUTIONS.—Any failure to make a 

25 contribution under a schedule of contribu-
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1 tion rates provided under this subsection 

2 shall be treated as a delinquent contribution 

3 under section 515 and shall be enforceable 

4 as such.’’. 

5 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE

6 CODE.—Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph 

9 (7) to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(7) IMPOSITION OF SCHEDULE WHERE FAILURE

11 TO ADOPT FUNDING IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 

12 ‘‘(A) INITIAL CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.— 

13 If— 

14 ‘‘(i) a collective bargaining agreement 

15 providing for contributions under a multi16 employer plan that was in effect at the time 

17 the plan entered endangered status expires, 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(ii) after receiving one or more sched20 ules from the plan sponsor under paragraph 

21 (1)(B), the bargaining parties with respect 

22 to such agreement fail to adopt a contribu23 tion schedule with terms consistent with the 

24 funding improvement plan and a schedule 

25 from the plan sponsor, 
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1 the plan sponsor shall implement the schedule 

2 described in paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I) beginning on 

3 the date specified in subparagraph (C). 

4 ‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT CONTRIBUTION SCHED5 ULE.—If— 

6 ‘‘(i) a collective bargaining agreement 

7 providing for contributions under a multi8 employer plan in accordance with a sched9 ule provided by the plan sponsor pursuant 

10 to a funding improvement plan (or imposed 

11 under subparagraph (A)) expires while the 

12 plan is still in endangered status, and 

13 ‘‘(ii) after receiving one or more up14 dated schedules from the plan sponsor under 

15 paragraph (6)(B), the bargaining parties 

16 with respect to such agreement fail to adopt 

17 a contribution schedule with terms con18 sistent with the updated funding improve19 ment plan and a schedule from the plan 

20 sponsor, 

21 then the contribution schedule applicable under 

22 the expired collective bargaining agreement, as 

23 updated and in effect on the date the collective 

24 bargaining agreement expires, shall be imple-
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1 mented by the plan sponsor beginning on the 

2 date specified in subparagraph (C). 

3 ‘‘(C) DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The date 

4 specified in this subparagraph is the date which 

5 is 180 days after the date on which the collective 

6 bargaining agreement described in subparagraph 

7 (A) or (B) expires.’’, and 

8 (2) in subsection (e)(3), by amending subpara9 graph (C) to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(C) IMPOSITION OF SCHEDULE WHERE

11 FAILURE TO ADOPT REHABILITATION PLAN.— 

12 ‘‘(i) INITIAL CONTRIBUTION SCHED13 ULE.—If— 

14 ‘‘(I) a collective bargaining agree15 ment providing for contributions under 

16 a multiemployer plan that was in ef17 fect at the time the plan entered crit18 ical status expires, and 

19 ‘‘(II) after receiving one or more 

20 schedules from the plan sponsor under 

21 paragraph (1)(B), the bargaining par22 ties with respect to such agreement fail 

23 to adopt a contribution schedule with 

24 terms consistent with the rehabilitation 
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1 plan and a schedule from the plan 

2 sponsor under paragraph (1)(B)(i), 

3 the plan sponsor shall implement the sched4 ule described in the last sentence of para5 graph (1) beginning on the date specified in 

6 clause (iii). 

7 ‘‘(ii) SUBSEQUENT CONTRIBUTION

8 SCHEDULE.—If— 

9 ‘‘(I) a collective bargaining agree10 ment providing for contributions under 

11 a multiemployer plan in accordance 

12 with a schedule provided by the plan 

13 sponsor pursuant to a rehabilitation 

14 plan (or imposed under subparagraph 

15 (C)(i)) expires while the plan is still in 

16 critical status, and 

17 ‘‘(II) after receiving one or more 

18 updated schedules from the plan spon19 sor under subparagraph (B)(ii), the 

20 bargaining parties with respect to such 

21 agreement fail to adopt a contribution 

22 schedule with terms consistent with the 

23 updated rehabilitation plan and a 

24 schedule from the plan sponsor, 
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1 then the contribution schedule applicable 

2 under the expired collective bargaining 

3 agreement, as updated and in effect on the 

4 date the collective bargaining agreement ex5 pires, shall be implemented by the plan 

6 sponsor beginning on the date specified in 

7 clause (iii). 

8 ‘‘(iii) DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION.— 

9 The date specified in this subparagraph is 

10 the date which is 180 days after the date on 

11 which the collective bargaining agreement 

12 described in clause (ii) or (iii) expires.’’. 

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

14 section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 

15 after December 31, 2014. 

16 SEC. 108. REPEAL OF REORGANIZATION RULES FOR MULTI17 EMPLOYER PLANS. 

18 (a) AMENDMENTS TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT IN19 COME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Sections 4241, 4242, 4243, 

21 4244, and 4244A of the Employee Retirement Income 

22 Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1421; 1422; 1423; 

23 1424; 1425) are repealed. 

24 (2) MODIFICATION OF INSOLVENCY RULES.—Sec25 tion 4245 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1426) is amended— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘reorganization’’ each place 

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘critical status, as de3 scribed in subsection 305(b)(2),’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (c)(2)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘The suspension’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘(A) The suspension’’; 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘(within the meaning 

8 of section 4241(b)(6))’’; and 

9 (iii) by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph— 

12 ‘‘(i) the term ‘person in pay status’ 

13 means— 

14 ‘‘(I) a participant or beneficiary on 

15 the last day of the base plan year who, at 

16 any time during such year, was paid an 

17 early, late, normal, or disability retirement 

18 benefit (or a death benefit related to a re19 tirement benefit), and 

20 ‘‘(II) to the extent provided in regula21 tions prescribed by the Secretary of the 

22 Treasury, any other person who is entitled 

23 to such a benefit under the plan. 

24 ‘‘(ii) the base plan year for any plan year 

25 is— 
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1 ‘‘(I) if there is a relevant collective bar2 gaining agreement, the last plan year end3 ing at least 6 months before the relevant ef4 fective date, or 

5 ‘‘(II) if there is no relevant collective 

6 bargaining agreement, the last plan year 

7 ending at least 12 months before the begin8 ning of the plan year. 

9 ‘‘(iii) a relevant collective bargaining agree10 ment is a collective bargaining agreement— 

11 ‘‘(I) which is in effect for at least 6 

12 months during the plan year, and 

13 ‘‘(II) which has not been in effect for 

14 more than 36 months as of the end of the 

15 plan year. 

16 ‘‘(iv) the relevant effective date is the ear17 liest of the effective dates for the relevant collec18 tive bargaining agreements.’’; 

19 (C) in subsection (d)— 

20 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(de21 termined in accordance with section 

22 4243(3)(B)(ii))’’; and 

23 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the value of plan 

25 assets shall be the value of the available plan assets deter-
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1 mined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the 

2 Treasury.’’; 

3 (D) in subsection (e)(1)— 

4 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

5 ‘‘the corporation, the parties described in 

6 section 4242(a)(2), and the plan partici7 pants and beneficiaries’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

8 parties described in section 101(f)(1)’’; and 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

10 ‘‘section 4242(a)(2) and the plan partici11 pants and beneficiaries’’ and inserting ‘‘sec12 tion 101(f)(1)’’; and 

13 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(g) Subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to a plan 

15 that, for the plan year, is operating under section 305(e)(9), 

16 regarding benefit suspensions by certain multiemployer 

17 plans in critical and declining status.’’. 

18 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

19 (A) DEFINITION OF REORGANIZATION

20 INDEX.—Section 4001(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 

21 1301(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (9). 

22 (B) MINIMUM FUNDING STANDARDS.—Sec23 tion 304(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1084(a)) is 

24 amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 302, the 

2 accumulated funding deficiency of a multiemployer plan for 

3 any plan year is the amount, determined as of the end of 

4 the plan year, equal to the excess (if any) of the total 

5 charges to the funding standard account of the plan for all 

6 plan years (beginning with the first plan year for which 

7 this part applies to the plan) over the total credits to such 

8 account for such years.’’. 

9 (C) MODIFICATION OF PART HEADING.— 

10 Part 3 of subtitle D of title IV of such Act (29 

11 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) is amended by striking the 

12 heading and inserting ‘‘INSOLVENT PLANS’’. 

13 (D) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF

14 CONTENTS.—The table of contents in section 1 of 

15 such Act (29 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by 

16 striking the items relating to sections 4241 

17 through 4244A. 

18 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE

19 CODE.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Sections 418, 418A, 418B, 

21 418C, and 418D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

22 are repealed. 

23 (2) MODIFICATION OF INSOLVENCY RULES.—Sec24 tion 418E of such Code is amended— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘reorganization’’ each place 

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘critical status, as de3 scribed in subsection 432(b)(2),’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (c)(2)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘The suspension’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘(A) The suspension’’; 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘(within the meaning 

8 of section 418(b)(6))’’; and 

9 (iii) by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph— 

12 ‘‘(i) the term ‘person in pay status’ 

13 means— 

14 ‘‘(I) a participant or beneficiary on 

15 the last day of the base plan year who, at 

16 any time during such year, was paid an 

17 early, late, normal, or disability retirement 

18 benefit (or a death benefit related to a re19 tirement benefit), and 

20 ‘‘(II) to the extent provided in regula21 tions prescribed by the Secretary of the 

22 Treasury, any other person who is entitled 

23 to such a benefit under the plan. 

24 ‘‘(ii) the base plan year for any plan year 

25 is— 
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1 ‘‘(I) if there is a relevant collective bar2 gaining agreement, the last plan year end3 ing at least 6 months before the relevant ef4 fective date, or 

5 ‘‘(II) if there is no relevant collective 

6 bargaining agreement, the last plan year 

7 ending at least 12 months before the begin8 ning of the plan year. 

9 ‘‘(iii) a relevant collective bargaining agree10 ment is a collective bargaining agreement— 

11 ‘‘(I) which is in effect for at least 6 

12 months during the plan year, and 

13 ‘‘(II) which has not been in effect for 

14 more than 36 months as of the end of the 

15 plan year. 

16 ‘‘(iv) the relevant effective date is the ear17 liest of the effective dates for the relevant collec18 tive bargaining agreements.’’; 

19 (C) in subsection (d)— 

20 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(de21 termined in accordance with section 

22 418B(3)(B)(ii))’’; 

23 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the value of 

25 plan assets shall be the value of the available plan as-
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1 sets determined under regulations prescribed by the 

2 Secretary of the Treasury.’’; 

3 (D) in subsection (e)(1)— 

4 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

5 ‘‘the corporation, the parties described in 

6 section 418A(a)(2), and the plan partici7 pants and beneficiaries’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

8 parties described in section 101(f)(1) of the 

9 Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

10 of 1974’’; and 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

12 ‘‘section 418A(a)(2) and the plan partici13 pants and beneficiaries’’ and inserting ‘‘sec14 tion 101(f)(1) of the Employee Retirement 

15 Income Security Act of 1974’’; and 

16 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(h) Subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to a plan 

18 that, for the plan year, is operating under section 432(e)(9), 

19 regarding benefit suspensions by certain multiemployer 

20 plans in critical and declining status.’’. 

21 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

22 (A) MINIMUM FUNDING STANDARDS.—Sec23 tion 431(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

24 is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 412, the 

2 accumulated funding deficiency of a multiemployer plan for 

3 any plan year is the amount, determined as of the end of 

4 the plan year, equal to the excess (if any) of the total 

5 charges to the funding standard account of the plan for all 

6 plan years (beginning with the first plan year for which 

7 this part applies to the plan) over the total credits to such 

8 account for such years.’’. 

9 (B) MODIFICATION OF SUBPART HEAD10 ING.—Subpart C of part I of subchapter D of 

11 chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking 

12 the heading and inserting ‘‘INSOLVENT

13 PLANS’’. 

14 (C) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF

15 CONTENTS.—The table of contents for such sub16 part C is amended by striking the items relating 

17 to sections 418 through 418D. 

18 (D) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF

19 SUBPARTS.—The table of subparts for part I of 

20 subchapter D of chapter 1 of such Code is 

21 amended by striking the heading and inserting 

22 ‘‘INSOLVENT PLANS’’. 

23 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

24 section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 

25 after December 31, 2014. 
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1 SEC. 109. DISREGARD OF CERTAIN CONTRIBUTION IN2 CREASES FOR WITHDRAWAL LIABILITY PUR3 POSES. 

4 (a) AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME

5 SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—Section 305 of the Employee Re6 tirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (9); 

9 (2) in subsection (f)— 

10 (A) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig11 nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and 

12 (B) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by 

13 subparagraph (A)), by striking ‘‘During the re14 habilitation plan adoption period—’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘During the period beginning on the date of 

16 the certification under subsection (b)(3)(A) for 

17 the initial critical year and ending on the date 

18 of the adoption of a rehabilitation plan—’’; 

19 (3) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and (i) 

20 as subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively; and 

21 (4) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 

22 ‘‘(g) ADJUSTMENTS DISREGARDED IN WITHDRAWAL

23 LIABILITY DETERMINATION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) BENEFIT REDUCTION.—Any benefit reduc25 tions under subsection (e)(8) or (f) shall be dis26 regarded in determining a plan’s unfunded vested 
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1 benefits for purposes of determining an employer’s 

2 withdrawal liability under section 4201. 

3 ‘‘(2) SURCHARGES.—Any surcharges under sub4 section (e)(7) shall be disregarded in determining the 

5 allocation of unfunded vested benefits to an employer 

6 under section 4211 and in determining the highest 

7 contribution rate under section 4219(c), except for 

8 purposes of determining the unfunded vested benefits 

9 attributable to an employer under section 4211(c)(4) 

10 or a comparable method approved under section 

11 4211(c)(5). 

12 ‘‘(3) CONTRIBUTION INCREASES REQUIRED BY

13 FUNDING IMPROVEMENT OR REHABILITATION PLAN.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any increase in the 

15 contribution rate (or other increase in contribu16 tion requirements unless due to increased levels 

17 of work, employment, or periods for which com18 pensation is provided) that is required or made 

19 in order to enable the plan to meet the require20 ment of the funding improvement plan or reha21 bilitation plan shall be disregarded in deter22 mining the allocation of unfunded vested benefits 

23 to an employer under section 4211 and in deter24 mining the highest contribution rate under sec25 tion 4219(c), except for purposes of determining 
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1 the unfunded vested benefits attributable to an 

2 employer under section 4211(c)(4) or a com3 parable method approved under section 

4 4211(c)(5). 

5 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this 

6 paragraph, any increase in the contribution rate 

7 (or other increase in contribution requirements) 

8 shall be deemed to be required or made in order 

9 to enable the plan to meet the requirement of the 

10 funding improvement plan or rehabilitation 

11 plan except for increases in contribution require12 ments due to increased levels of work, employ13 ment, or periods for which compensation is pro14 vided or additional contributions are used to 

15 provide an increase in benefits, including an in16 crease in future benefit accruals, permitted by 

17 subsection (d)(1)(B) or (f)(1)(B). 

18 ‘‘(4) EMERGENCE FROM ENDANGERED OR CRIT19 ICAL STATUS.—In the case of increases in the con20 tribution rate (or other increases in contribution re21 quirements unless due to increased levels of work, em22 ployment, or periods for which compensation is pro23 vided) disregarded pursuant to paragraph (3), this 

24 subsection shall cease to apply as of the expiration 

25 date of the collective bargaining agreement in effect 
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1 when the plan emerges from endangered or critical 

2 status. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, once 

3 the plan emerges from critical or endangered status, 

4 increases in the contribution rate disregarded pursu5 ant to paragraph (3) shall continue to be disregarded 

6 in determining the highest contribution rate under 

7 section 4219(c) for plan years during which the plan 

8 was in endangered or critical status. 

9 ‘‘(5) SIMPLIFIED CALCULATIONS.—The Pension 

10 Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall prescribe sim11 plified methods for the application of this subsection 

12 in determining withdrawal liability and payment 

13 amounts under section 4219(c).’’. 

14 (b) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.— 

15 Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend16 ed— 

17 (1) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (9), 

18 (2) in subsection (f)— 

19 (A) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig20 nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and 

21 (B) in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 

22 subparagraph (A)), striking ‘‘During the reha23 bilitation plan adoption period—’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘During the period beginning on the date of the 

25 certification under subsection (b)(3)(A) for the 
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1 initial critical year and ending on the date of 

2 the adoption of a rehabilitation plan—’’; 

3 (3) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and (i) 

4 as subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively; and 

5 (4) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 

6 ‘‘(g) ADJUSTMENTS DISREGARDED IN WITHDRAWAL

7 LIABILITY DETERMINATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) BENEFIT REDUCTION.—Any benefit reduc9 tions under subsection (e)(8) or (f) shall be dis10 regarded in determining a plan’s unfunded vested 

11 benefits for purposes of determining an employer’s 

12 withdrawal liability under section 4201 of the Em13 ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. 

14 ‘‘(2) SURCHARGES.—Any surcharges under sub15 section (e)(7) shall be disregarded in determining the 

16 allocation of unfunded vested benefits to an employer 

17 under section 4211 of the Employee Retirement In18 come Security Act of 1974 and in determining the 

19 highest contribution rate under section 4219(c) of 

20 such Act, except for purposes of determining the un21 funded vested benefits attributable to an employer 

22 under section 4211(c)(4) of such Act or a comparable 

23 method approved under section 4211(c)(5) of such 

24 Act. 
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1 ‘‘(3) CONTRIBUTION INCREASES REQUIRED BY

2 FUNDING IMPROVEMENT OR REHABILITATION PLAN.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any increase in the 

4 contribution rate (or other increase in contribu5 tion requirements unless due to increased levels 

6 of work, employment, or periods for which com7 pensation is provided) that is required or made 

8 in order to enable the plan to meet the require9 ment of the funding improvement plan or reha10 bilitation plan shall be disregarded in deter11 mining the allocation of unfunded vested benefits 

12 to an employer under section 4211 of such Act 

13 and in determining the highest contribution rate 

14 under section 4219(c) of such Act, except for pur15 poses of determining the unfunded vested benefits 

16 attributable to an employer under section 

17 4211(c)(4) of such Act or a comparable method 

18 approved under section 4211(c)(5) of such Act. 

19 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this 

20 paragraph, any increase in the contribution rate 

21 (or other increase in contribution requirements) 

22 shall be deemed to be required or made in order 

23 to enable the plan to meet the requirement of the 

24 funding improvement plan or rehabilitation 

25 plan except for increases in contribution require-
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1 ments due to increased levels of work, employ2 ment, or periods for which compensation is pro3 vided or additional contributions are used to 

4 provide an increase in benefits, including an in5 crease in future benefit accruals, permitted by 

6 subsection (d)(1)(B) or (f)(1)(B). 

7 ‘‘(4) EMERGENCE FROM ENDANGERED OR CRIT8 ICAL STATUS.—In the case of increases in the con9 tribution rate (or other increases in contribution re10 quirements unless due to increased levels of work, em11 ployment, or periods for which compensation is pro12 vided) disregarded pursuant to paragraph (3), this 

13 subsection shall cease to apply as of the expiration 

14 date of the collective bargaining agreement in effect 

15 when the plan emerges from endangered or critical 

16 status. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, once 

17 the plan emerges from critical or endangered status, 

18 increases in the contribution rate disregarded pursu19 ant to paragraph (3) shall continue to be disregarded 

20 in determining the highest contribution rate under 

21 section 4219(c) of such Act for plan years during 

22 which the plan was in endangered or critical status. 

23 ‘‘(5) SIMPLIFIED CALCULATIONS.—The Pension 

24 Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall prescribe sim25 plified methods for the application of this subsection 
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1 in determining withdrawal liability and payment 

2 amounts under section 4219(c) of such Act.’’. 

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

4 section shall apply to benefit reductions and increases in 

5 the contribution rate or other required contribution in6 creases that go into effect during plan years beginning after 

7 December 31, 2014 and to surcharges the obligation for 

8 which accrue on or after December 31, 2014. 

9 SEC. 110. GUARANTEE FOR PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR 

10 ANNUITIES UNDER MULTIEMPLOYER PEN11 SION PLANS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4022A(c) of the Employee 

13 Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

14 1322a(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(4) For purposes of subsection (a), in the case 

16 of a qualified preretirement survivor annuity (as de17 fined in section 205(e)(1)) payable to the surviving 

18 spouse of a participant under a multiemployer plan 

19 which becomes insolvent under section 4245(b) or 

20 4281(d)(2) or is terminated, such annuity shall not be 

21 treated as forfeitable solely because the participant 

22 has not died as of the date on which the plan became 

23 so insolvent or the termination date.’’. 

24 (b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—The amendment 

25 made by this section shall apply with respect to multiem-
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1 ployer plan benefit payments becoming payable on or after 

2 January 1, 1985, except that the amendment shall not 

3 apply in any case where the surviving spouse has died be4 fore the date of the enactment of this Act. 

5 SEC. 111. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF MULTIEMPLOYER 

6 PLAN INFORMATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(k)(1) of the Employee 

8 Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

9 1021(k)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each administrator of a de11 fined benefit plan that is a multiemployer plan shall, 

12 upon written request, furnish to any plan participant 

13 or beneficiary, employee representative, or any em14 ployer that has an obligation to contribute to the plan 

15 a copy of— 

16 ‘‘(A) the current plan document (including 

17 any amendments thereto), 

18 ‘‘(B) the latest summary plan description of 

19 the plan, 

20 ‘‘(C) the current trust agreement (including 

21 any amendments thereto), or any other instru22 ment or agreement under which the plan is es23 tablished or operated, 

24 ‘‘(D) in the case of a request by an em25 ployer, any participation agreement with respect 
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1 to the plan for such employer that relates to the 

2 employer’s plan participation during the current 

3 or any of the 5 immediately preceding plan 

4 years, 

5 ‘‘(E) the annual report filed under section 

6 104 for any plan year, 

7 ‘‘(F) the plan funding notice provided 

8 under subsection (f) for any plan year, 

9 ‘‘(G) any periodic actuarial report (includ10 ing any sensitivity testing) received by the plan 

11 for any plan year which has been in the plan’s 

12 possession for at least 30 days, 

13 ‘‘(H) any quarterly, semi-annual, or an14 nual financial report prepared for the plan by 

15 any plan investment manager or advisor or 

16 other fiduciary which has been in the plan’s pos17 session for at least 30 days, 

18 ‘‘(I) audited financial statements of the 

19 plan for any plan year, 

20 ‘‘(J) any application filed with the Sec21 retary of the Treasury requesting an extension 

22 under section 304(d) of this Act or section 431(d) 

23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the de24 termination of such Secretary pursuant to such 

25 application, and 
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1 ‘‘(K) in the case of a plan which was in 

2 critical or endangered status under section 305 

3 for a plan year, the latest funding improvement 

4 or rehabilitation plan, and the contribution 

5 schedules applicable with respect to such funding 

6 improvement or rehabilitation plan (other than 

7 a contribution schedule applicable to a specific 

8 employer).’’. 

9 (b) LIMITATIONS ON DISCLOSURE.—Section 101(k)(3) 

10 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1021(k)(3)) is amended by striking 

11 the 1st sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘In no case 

12 shall a participant, beneficiary, employee representative, or 

13 employer be entitled under this subsection to receive more 

14 than one copy of any document described in paragraph (1) 

15 during any one 12-month period, or, in the case of any 

16 document described in subparagraph (E), (F), (G), (H) or 

17 (I) of paragraph (1), a copy of any such document that 

18 as of the date on which the request is received by the admin19 istrator, has been in the administrator’s possession for 6 

20 years or more. If the administrator provides a copy of a 

21 document described in paragraph (1) to any person upon 

22 request, the administrator shall be considered as having met 

23 any obligation the administrator may have under any other 

24 provision of this title to furnish a copy of the same docu25 ment to such person upon request.’’. 
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1 (c) RETENTION OF RECORDS.—Section 107 of such Act 

2 (29 U.S.C. 1027) is amended— 

3 (1) by inserting ‘‘(including the documents de4 scribed in subparagraphs (E) through (I) of section 

5 101(k))’’ after ‘‘file any report’’; and 

6 (2) by inserting ‘‘a copy of such report and’’ 

7 after ‘‘shall maintain’’. 

8 (d) CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.—Section 502(a) of such Act 

9 (29 U.S.C. 1132(a)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

11 end; 

12 (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 

13 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(11) in the case of a multiemployer plan, by an 

16 employee representative, or any employer that has an 

17 obligation to contribute to the plan, (A) to enjoin any 

18 act or practice which violates subsection (k) of section 

19 101 (or, in the case of an employer, subsection (l) of 

20 such section), or (B) to obtain appropriate equitable 

21 relief (i) to redress such violation or (ii) to enforce 

22 such subsection.’’. 

23 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

24 section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 

25 after December 31, 2014. 
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1 Subtitle B—Multiemployer Plan 

2 Mergers and Partitions 

3 SEC. 121. MERGERS. 

4 (a) PBGC ASSISTANCE FOR MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN

5 MERGERS.—Section 4231 of the Employee Retirement In6 come Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1411) is amended 

7 by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(e) FACILITATED MERGERS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—When requested to do so by 

10 the plan sponsors, the corporation may take such ac11 tions as it deems appropriate to promote and facili12 tate the merger of two or more multiemployer plans 

13 if it determines, after consultation with the Partici14 pant and Plan Sponsor Advocate selected under sec15 tion 4004, that the transaction is in the interests of 

16 the participants and beneficiaries of at least one of 

17 the plans and is not reasonably expected to be adverse 

18 to the overall interests of the participants and bene19 ficiaries of any of the plans. Such facilitation may 

20 include training, technical assistance, mediation, 

21 communication with stakeholders, and support with 

22 related requests to other government agencies. 

23 ‘‘(2) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—In order to facili24 tate a merger which it determines is necessary to en25 able one or more of the plans involved to avoid or 
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1 postpone insolvency, the corporation may provide fi2 nancial assistance (within the meaning of section 

3 4261) to the merged plan if— 

4 ‘‘(A) one or more of the multiemployer 

5 plans participating in the merger is in critical 

6 and declining status (as defined in section 

7 305(b)(4)); 

8 ‘‘(B) the corporation reasonably expects 

9 that— 

10 ‘‘(i) such financial assistance will re11 duce the corporation’s expected long-term 

12 loss with respect to the plans involved; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) such financial assistance is nec14 essary for the merged plan to become or re15 main solvent; 

16 ‘‘(C) the corporation certifies that its ability 

17 to meet existing financial assistance obligations 

18 to other plans will not be impaired by such fi19 nancial assistance; and 

20 ‘‘(D) such financial assistance is paid ex21 clusively from the fund for basic benefits guaran22 teed for multiemployer plans. 

23 Not later than 14 days after the provision of such fi24 nancial assistance, the corporation shall provide no25 tice of such financial assistance to the Committee on 
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1 Education and the Workforce of the House of Rep2 resentatives, the Committee on Ways and Means of 

3 the House of Representatives, the Committee on Fi4 nance of the Senate, and the Committee on Health, 

5 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.’’. 

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

7 section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 

8 after December 31, 2014. 

9 SEC. 122. PARTITIONS OF ELIGIBLE MULTIEMPLOYER 

10 PLANS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4233 of the Employee 

13 Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

14 1413) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 4233. PARTITIONS OF ELIGIBLE MULTIEMPLOYER 

16 PLANS. 

17 ‘‘(a)(1) Upon the application by the plan sponsor of 

18 an eligible multiemployer plan for a partition of the plan, 

19 the corporation may order a partition of the plan in accord20 ance with this section. The corporation shall make a deter21 mination regarding the application not later than 270 days 

22 after the date such application was filed (or, if later, the 

23 date such application was completed) in accordance with 

24 regulations promulgated by the corporation. 
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1 ‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after submitting an appli2 cation for partition of a plan under paragraph (1), the plan 

3 sponsor of the plan shall notify the participants and bene4 ficiaries of such application, in the form and manner pre5 scribed by regulations issued by the corporation. 

6 ‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, a multiemployer plan 

7 is an eligible multiemployer plan if— 

8 ‘‘(1) the plan is in critical and declining status 

9 (as defined in section 305(b)(4)); 

10 ‘‘(2) the corporation determines, after consulta11 tion with the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate 

12 selected under section 4004, that the plan sponsor has 

13 taken (or is taking concurrently with an application 

14 for partition) all reasonable measures to avoid insol15 vency, including the maximum benefit suspensions 

16 under section 305(e)(9), if applicable; 

17 ‘‘(3) the corporation reasonably expects that— 

18 ‘‘(A) a partition of the plan will reduce the 

19 corporation’s expected long-term loss with respect 

20 to the plan; and 

21 ‘‘(B) a partition of the plan is necessary for 

22 the plan to remain solvent; 

23 ‘‘(4) the corporation certifies to Congress that its 

24 ability to meet existing financial assistance obliga25 tions to other plans (including any liabilities associ-
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1 ated with multiemployer plans that are insolvent or 

2 that are projected to become insolvent within 10 

3 years) will not be impaired by such partition; and 

4 ‘‘(5) the cost to the corporation arising from such 

5 partition is paid exclusively from the fund for basic 

6 benefits guaranteed for multiemployer plans. 

7 ‘‘(c) The corporation’s partition order shall provide for 

8 a transfer to the plan referenced in subsection (d)(1) of the 

9 minimum amount of the plan’s liabilities necessary for the 

10 plan to remain solvent. 

11 ‘‘(d)(1) The plan created by the partition order is a 

12 successor plan to which section 4022A applies. 

13 ‘‘(2) The plan sponsor of an eligible multiemployer 

14 plan prior to the partition and the administrator of such 

15 plan shall be the plan sponsor and the administrator, re16 spectively, of the plan created by the partition order. 

17 ‘‘(3) In the event an employer withdraws from the plan 

18 that was partitioned within ten years following the date 

19 of the partition order, withdrawal liability shall be com20 puted under section 4201 with respect to both the plan that 

21 was partitioned and the plan created by the partition order. 

22 If the withdrawal occurs more than ten years after the date 

23 of the partition order, withdrawal liability shall be com24 puted under section 4201 only with respect to the plan that 
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1 was partitioned (and not with respect to the plan created 

2 by the partition order). 

3 ‘‘(e)(1) For each participant or beneficiary of the plan 

4 whose benefit was transferred to the plan created by the par5 tition order pursuant to a partition, the plan that was par6 titioned shall pay a monthly benefit to such participant or 

7 beneficiary for each month in which such benefit is in pay 

8 status following the effective date of such partition in an 

9 amount equal to the excess of— 

10 ‘‘(A) the monthly benefit that would be paid to 

11 such participant or beneficiary for such month under 

12 the terms of the plan (taking into account benefit sus13 pensions under section 305(e)(9) and any plan 

14 amendments following the effective date of such parti15 tion) if the partition had not occurred, over 

16 ‘‘(B) the monthly benefit for such participant or 

17 beneficiary which is guaranteed under section 4022A. 

18 ‘‘(2) In any case in which a plan provides a benefit 

19 improvement (as defined in section 305(e)(9)(E)(vi)) that 

20 takes effect after the effective date of the partition, the plan 

21 shall pay to the corporation for each year during the 10- 

22 year period following the partition effective date, an annual 

23 amount equal to the lesser of— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the total value of the increase in benefit 

2 payments for such year that is attributable to the ben3 efit improvement, or 

4 ‘‘(B) the total benefit payments from the plan 

5 created by the partition for such year. 

6 Such payment shall be made at the time of, and in addition 

7 to, any other premium imposed by the corporation under 

8 this title. 

9 ‘‘(3) The plan that was partitioned shall pay the pre10 miums imposed by the corporation under this title with re11 spect to participants whose benefits were transferred to the 

12 plan created by the partition order for each year during 

13 the 10-year period following the partition effective date. 

14 ‘‘(f) Not later than 14 days after the partition order, 

15 the corporation shall provide notice of such order to the 

16 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House 

17 of Representatives, the Committee on Ways and Means of 

18 the House of Representatives, the Committee on Finance of 

19 the Senate, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

20 and Pensions of the Senate, and any affected participants 

21 or beneficiaries.’’. 

22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

23 section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 

24 after December 31, 2014. 
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1 Subtitle C—Strengthening the Pen2 sion Benefit Guaranty Corpora3 tion 

4 SEC. 131. PREMIUM INCREASES FOR MULTIEMPLOYER 

5 PLANS. 

6 (a) INCREASE IN PREMIUM RATE FOR MULTIEM7 PLOYER PLANS.—Section 4006(a)(3) of the Employee Re8 tirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

9 1306(a)(3)) is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

12 end; 

13 (B) in clause (v)— 

14 (i) by inserting ‘‘and before January 

15 1, 2015,’’ after ‘‘December 31, 2012,’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

17 and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

18 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(vi) in the case of a multiemployer plan, for 

20 plan years beginning after December 31, 2014, $26 

21 for each individual who is a participant in such plan 

22 during the applicable plan year.’’; and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(M) For each plan year beginning in a calendar year 

25 after 2015, there shall be substituted for the dollar amount 
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1 specified in clause (vi) of subparagraph (A) an amount 

2 equal to the greater of— 

3 ‘‘(i) the product derived by multiplying such dol4 lar amount by the ratio of— 

5 ‘‘(I) the national average wage index (as de6 fined in section 209(k)(1) of the Social Security 

7 Act) for the first of the 2 calendar years pre8 ceding the calendar year in which such plan 

9 year begins, to 

10 ‘‘(II) the national average wage index (as so 

11 defined) for 2013; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) such dollar amount for plan years begin13 ning in the preceding calendar year. 

14 If the amount determined under this subparagraph is not 

15 a multiple of $1, such product shall be rounded to the near16 est multiple of $1.’’. 

17 (b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Section 

18 4005(b)(3) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1305(b)(3)) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 

20 Whenever’’; and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)— 

23 ‘‘(i) the amounts of premiums received under sec24 tion 4006 with respect to the fund to be used for basic 

25 benefits under section 4022A in a fiscal year in the 
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1 period beginning with fiscal year 2016 and ending 

2 with fiscal year 2020 shall be placed in a noninterest3 bearing account within such fund in the following 

4 amounts: 

5 ‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2016, $108,000,000; 

6 ‘‘(II) for fiscal year 2017, $111,000,000; 

7 ‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2018, $113,000,000; 

8 ‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 2019, $149,000,000; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(V) for fiscal year 2020, $296,000,000; 

11 ‘‘(ii) premiums received in fiscal years specified 

12 in subclauses (I) through (V) of clause (i) shall be al13 located in order first to the noninterest-bearing ac14 count in the amount specified and second to any 

15 other accounts within such fund; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) financial assistance, as provided under 

17 section 4261, shall be withdrawn proportionately 

18 from the noninterest-bearing and other accounts with19 in the fund.’’. 

20 (c) REPORT.—In addition to any other report required 

21 by section 4022A(f), not later than June 1, 2016, the Pen22 sion Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall submit to Con23 gress a report that includes— 

24 (1) an analysis of whether the premium levels 

25 enacted under the amendment made by subsection (a) 
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1 are sufficient for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Cor2 poration to meet its projected mean stochastic basic 

3 benefit guarantee obligations for the ten- and twenty4 year periods beginning with 2015, including an ex5 planation of the assumptions underlying this anal6 ysis; and 

7 (2) if the analysis under paragraph (1) con8 cludes that the premium levels are insufficient to meet 

9 such obligations (or are in excess of the levels suffi10 cient to meet such obligations), a proposed schedule of 

11 revised premiums sufficient to meet (but not exceed) 

12 such obligations. 

13 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to plan years begin15 ning after December 31, 2014. 

16 TITLE II—REMEDIATION MEAS17 URES FOR DEEPLY TROUBLED 

18 PLANS 

19 SEC. 201. CONDITIONS, LIMITATIONS, DISTRIBUTION AND 

20 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, AND APPROVAL 

21 PROCESS FOR BENEFIT SUSPENSIONS UNDER 

22 MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS IN CRITICAL AND 

23 DECLINING STATUS. 

24 (a) AMENDMENTS TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT IN25 COME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.— 
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1 (1) GENERAL RULE FOR PLAN IN CRITICAL AND

2 DECLINING STATUS.—Section 305(a) of the Employee 

3 Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

4 1085(a)) is amended— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

6 at the end; 

7 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the pe8 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 

9 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(3) if the plan is in critical and declining sta11 tus— 

12 ‘‘(A) the requirements of paragraph (2) 

13 shall apply to the plan; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the plan sponsor may, by plan amend15 ment, suspend benefits in accordance with the re16 quirements of subsection (e)(9).’’. 

17 (2) CRITICAL AND DECLINING STATUS DE18 FINED.—Section 305(b) of the Employee Retirement 

19 Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)), as 

20 amended by sections 102 and 104, is further amended 

21 by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(6) CRITICAL AND DECLINING STATUS.—For 

23 purposes of this section, a plan in critical status shall 

24 be treated as in critical and declining status if the 

25 plan is described in one or more of subparagraphs 
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1 (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (2) and the plan 

2 is projected to become insolvent within the meaning 

3 of section 4245 during the current plan year or any 

4 of the 14 succeeding plan years (19 succeeding plan 

5 years if the plan has a ratio of inactive participants 

6 to active participants that exceeds 2 to 1 or if the 

7 funded percentage of the plan is less than 80 per8 cent).’’. 

9 (3) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Section 

10 305(b)(3)(A)(i) of the Employee Retirement Income 

11 Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)(3)(A)(i)) is 

12 amended— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘and whether’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘, whether’’, and 

15 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and whether or not the 

16 plan is or will be in critical and declining status 

17 for such plan year’’ before ‘‘, and’’ at the end. 

18 (4) ANNUAL FUNDING NOTICES.—Section 

19 101(f)(2)(B) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1021(f)(2)(B)) is 

20 amended— 

21 (A) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 

22 (x) as clauses (vii) through (xi), respectively; and 

23 (B) by inserting after clause (v) the fol24 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(vi) in the case of a multiemployer 

2 plan, whether the plan was in critical and 

3 declining status under section 305 for such 

4 plan year and, if so— 

5 ‘‘(I) the projected date of insol6 vency; 

7 ‘‘(II) a clear statement that such 

8 insolvency may result in benefit reduc9 tions; and 

10 ‘‘(III) a statement describing 

11 whether the plan sponsor has taken le12 gally permitted actions to prevent in13 solvency.’’. 

14 (5) PROJECTIONS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.— 

15 Section 305(b)(3)(B) of the Employee Retirement In16 come Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(b)(3)(B)) 

17 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(iv) PROJECTIONS OF CRITICAL AND

19 DECLINING STATUS.—In determining 

20 whether a plan is in critical and declining 

21 status as described in subsection (e)(9), 

22 clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) shall apply, except 

23 that— 

24 ‘‘(I) if reasonable, the plan actu25 ary shall assume that each contrib-
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1 uting employer in compliance con2 tinues to comply through the end of the 

3 rehabilitation period or such later time 

4 as provided in subsection (e)(3)(A)(ii) 

5 with the terms of the rehabilitation 

6 plan that correspond to the schedule 

7 adopted or imposed under subsection 

8 (e), and 

9 ‘‘(II) the plan actuary shall take 

10 into account any suspensions of bene11 fits described in subsection (e)(9) 

12 adopted in a prior plan year that are 

13 still in effect.’’. 

14 (6) BENEFIT SUSPENSIONS FOR MULTIEMPLOYER

15 PLANS IN CRITICAL AND DECLINING STATUS.—Section 

16 305(e) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 

17 Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(e)) (as amended by sec18 tion 109) is amended by inserting after paragraph 

19 (8) the following: 

20 ‘‘(9) BENEFIT SUSPENSIONS FOR MULTIEM21 PLOYER PLANS IN CRITICAL AND DECLINING STA22 TUS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec24 tion 204(g) and subject to subparagraphs (B) 

25 through (I), the plan sponsor of a plan in crit-
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1 ical and declining status may, by plan amend2 ment, suspend benefits which the sponsor deems 

3 appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(B) SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS DE6 FINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the 

7 term ‘suspension of benefits’ means the tem8 porary or permanent reduction of any cur9 rent or future payment obligation of the 

10 plan to any participant or beneficiary 

11 under the plan, whether or not in pay sta12 tus at the time of the suspension of benefits. 

13 ‘‘(ii) LENGTH OF SUSPENSIONS.—Any 

14 suspension of benefits made under subpara15 graph (A) shall remain in effect until the 

16 earlier of when the plan sponsor provides 

17 benefit improvements in accordance with 

18 subparagraph (E) or the suspension of bene19 fits expires by its own terms. 

20 ‘‘(iii) NO LIABILITY.—The plan shall 

21 not be liable for any benefit payments not 

22 made as a result of a suspension of benefits 

23 under this paragraph. 

24 ‘‘(iv) APPLICABILITY.—For purposes of 

25 this paragraph, all references to suspensions 
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1 of benefits, increases in benefits, or resump2 tions of suspended benefits with respect to 

3 participants shall also apply with respect to 

4 benefits of beneficiaries or alternative pay5 ees of participants. 

6 ‘‘(v) RETIREE REPRESENTATIVE.— 

7 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case of 

8 a plan with 10,000 or more partici9 pants, not later than 60 days prior to 

10 the plan sponsor submitting an appli11 cation to suspend benefits, the plan 

12 sponsor shall select a participant of the 

13 plan in pay status to act as a retiree 

14 representative. The retiree representa15 tive shall advocate for the interests of 

16 the retired and deferred vested partici17 pants and beneficiaries of the plan 

18 throughout the suspension approval 

19 process. 

20 ‘‘(II) REASONABLE EXPENSES

21 FROM PLAN.—The plan shall provide 

22 for reasonable expenses by the retiree 

23 representative, including reasonable 

24 legal and actuarial support, commen-
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1 surate with the plan’s size and funded 

2 status. 

3 ‘‘(III) SPECIAL RULE RELATING

4 TO FIDUCIARY STATUS.—Duties per5 formed pursuant to subclause (I) shall 

6 not be subject to section 404(a). The 

7 preceding sentence shall not apply to 

8 those duties associated with an appli9 cation to suspend benefits pursuant to 

10 subparagraph (G) that are performed 

11 by the retiree representative who is also 

12 a plan trustee. 

13 ‘‘(C) CONDITIONS FOR SUSPENSIONS.—The 

14 plan sponsor of a plan in critical and declining 

15 status for a plan year may suspend benefits only 

16 if the following conditions are met: 

17 ‘‘(i) Taking into account the proposed 

18 suspensions of benefits (and, if applicable, a 

19 proposed partition of the plan under section 

20 4233), the plan actuary certifies that the 

21 plan is projected to avoid insolvency within 

22 the meaning of section 4245, assuming the 

23 suspensions of benefits continue until the 

24 suspensions of benefits expire by their own 
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1 terms or if no such expiration date is set, 

2 indefinitely. 

3 ‘‘(ii) The plan sponsor determines, in a 

4 written record to be maintained throughout 

5 the period of the benefit suspension, that the 

6 plan is still projected to become insolvent 

7 unless benefits are suspended under this 

8 paragraph, although all reasonable meas9 ures to avoid insolvency have been taken 

10 (and continue to be taken during the period 

11 of the benefit suspension). In its determina12 tion, the plan sponsor may take into ac13 count factors including the following: 

14 ‘‘(I) Current and past contribu15 tion levels. 

16 ‘‘(II) Levels of benefit accruals 

17 (including any prior reductions in the 

18 rate of benefit accruals). 

19 ‘‘(III) Prior reductions (if any) of 

20 adjustable benefits. 

21 ‘‘(IV) Prior suspensions (if any) 

22 of benefits under this subsection. 

23 ‘‘(V) The impact on plan solvency 

24 of the subsidies and ancillary benefits 

25 available to active participants. 
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1 ‘‘(VI) Compensation levels of ac2 tive participants relative to employees 

3 in the participants’ industry generally. 

4 ‘‘(VII) Competitive and other eco5 nomic factors facing contributing em6 ployers. 

7 ‘‘(VIII) The impact of benefit and 

8 contribution levels on retaining active 

9 participants and bargaining groups 

10 under the plan. 

11 ‘‘(IX) The impact of past and an12 ticipated contribution increases under 

13 the plan on employer attrition and re14 tention levels. 

15 ‘‘(X) Measures undertaken by the 

16 plan sponsor to retain or attract con17 tributing employers. 

18 ‘‘(D) LIMITATIONS ON SUSPENSIONS.—Any 

19 suspensions of benefits made by a plan sponsor 

20 pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to 

21 the following limitations: 

22 ‘‘(i) The monthly benefit of any partic23 ipant or beneficiary may not be reduced 

24 below 110 percent of the monthly benefit 

25 which is guaranteed by the Pension Benefit 
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1 Guaranty Corporation under section 4022A 

2 on the date of the suspension. 

3 ‘‘(ii)(I) In the case of a participant or 

4 beneficiary who has attained 75 years of 

5 age as of the effective date of the suspension, 

6 not more than the applicable percentage of 

7 the maximum suspendable benefits of such 

8 participant or beneficiary may be sus9 pended under this paragraph. 

10 ‘‘(II) For purposes of subclause (I), the 

11 maximum suspendable benefits of a partici12 pant or beneficiary is the portion of the 

13 benefits of such participant or beneficiary 

14 that would be suspended pursuant to this 

15 paragraph without regard to this clause; 

16 ‘‘(III) For purposes of subclause (I), 

17 the applicable percentage is a percentage 

18 equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— 

19 ‘‘(aa) the number of months dur20 ing the period beginning with the 

21 month after the month in which occurs 

22 the effective date of the suspension and 

23 ending with the month during which 

24 the participant or beneficiary attains 

25 the age of 80, by 
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1 ‘‘(bb) 60 months. 

2 ‘‘(iii) No benefits based on disability 

3 (as defined under the plan) may be sus4 pended under this paragraph. 

5 ‘‘(iv) Any suspensions of benefits, in 

6 the aggregate (and, if applicable, considered 

7 in combination with a partition of the plan 

8 under section 4233), shall be reasonably es9 timated to achieve, but not materially ex10 ceed, the level that is necessary to avoid in11 solvency. 

12 ‘‘(v) In any case in which a suspension 

13 of benefits with respect to a plan is made in 

14 combination with a partition of the plan 

15 under section 4233, the suspension of bene16 fits may not take effect prior to the effective 

17 date of such partition. 

18 ‘‘(vi) Any suspensions of benefits shall 

19 be equitably distributed across the partici20 pant and beneficiary population, taking 

21 into account factors, with respect to partici22 pants and beneficiaries and their benefits, 

23 that may include one or more of the fol24 lowing: 

25 ‘‘(I) Age and life expectancy. 
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1 ‘‘(II) Length of time in pay sta2 tus. 

3 ‘‘(III) Amount of benefit. 

4 ‘‘(IV) Type of benefit: survivor, 

5 normal retirement, early retirement. 

6 ‘‘(V) Extent to which participant 

7 or beneficiary is receiving a subsidized 

8 benefit. 

9 ‘‘(VI) Extent to which participant 

10 or beneficiary has received post-retire11 ment benefit increases. 

12 ‘‘(VII) History of benefit increases 

13 and reductions. 

14 ‘‘(VIII) Years to retirement for ac15 tive employees. 

16 ‘‘(IX) Any discrepancies between 

17 active and retiree benefits. 

18 ‘‘(X) Extent to which active par19 ticipants are reasonably likely to with20 draw support for the plan, accelerating 

21 employer withdrawals from the plan 

22 and increasing the risk of additional 

23 benefit reductions for participants in 

24 and out of pay status. 
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1 ‘‘(XI) Extent to which benefits are 

2 attributed to service with an employer 

3 that failed to pay its full withdrawal 

4 liability. 

5 ‘‘(vii) In the case of a plan that in6 cludes the benefits described in clause (III), 

7 benefits suspended under this paragraph 

8 shall— 

9 ‘‘(I) first, be applied to the max10 imum extent permissible to benefits at11 tributable to a participant’s service for 

12 an employer which withdrew from the 

13 plan and failed to pay (or is delin14 quent with respect to paying) the full 

15 amount of its withdrawal liability 

16 under section 4201(b)(1) or an agree17 ment with the plan, 

18 ‘‘(II) second, except as provided 

19 by subclause (III), be applied to all 

20 other benefits that may be suspended 

21 under this paragraph, and 

22 ‘‘(III) third, be applied to benefits 

23 under a plan that are directly attrib24 utable to a participant’s service with 

25 any employer which has, prior to the 
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1 date of enactment of the Multiemployer 

2 Pension Reform Act of 2014— 

3 ‘‘(aa) withdrawn from the 

4 plan in a complete withdrawal 

5 under section 4203 and has paid 

6 the full amount of the employer’s 

7 withdrawal liability under section 

8 4201(b)(1) or an agreement with 

9 the plan, and 

10 ‘‘(bb) pursuant to a collective 

11 bargaining agreement, assumed li12 ability for providing benefits to 

13 participants and beneficiaries of 

14 the plan under a separate, single15 employer plan sponsored by the 

16 employer, in an amount equal to 

17 any amount of benefits for such 

18 participants and beneficiaries re19 duced as a result of the financial 

20 status of the plan. 

21 ‘‘(E) BENEFIT IMPROVEMENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan sponsor 

23 may, in its sole discretion, provide benefit 

24 improvements while any suspension of bene25 fits under the plan remains in effect, except 
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1 that the plan sponsor may not increase the 

2 liabilities of the plan by reason of any ben3 efit improvement for any participant or 

4 beneficiary not in pay status by the first 

5 day of the plan year for which the benefit 

6 improvement takes effect, unless— 

7 ‘‘(I) such action is accompanied 

8 by equitable benefit improvements in 

9 accordance with clause (ii) for all par10 ticipants and beneficiaries whose ben11 efit commencement dates were before 

12 the first day of the plan year for which 

13 the benefit improvement for such par14 ticipant or beneficiary not in pay sta15 tus took effect; and 

16 ‘‘(II) the plan actuary certifies 

17 that after taking into account such 

18 benefits improvements the plan is pro19 jected to avoid insolvency indefinitely 

20 under section 4245. 

21 ‘‘(ii) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF

22 BENEFIT IMPROVEMENTS.— 

23 ‘‘(I) LIMITATION.—The projected 

24 value of the total liabilities for benefit 

25 improvements for participants and 
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1 beneficiaries not in pay status by the 

2 date of the first day of the plan year 

3 in which the benefit improvements are 

4 proposed to take effect, as determined 

5 as of such date, may not exceed the 

6 projected value of the liabilities arising 

7 from benefit improvements for partici8 pants and beneficiaries with benefit 

9 commencement dates prior to the first 

10 day of such plan year, as so deter11 mined. 

12 ‘‘(II) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION

13 OF BENEFITS.—The plan sponsor shall 

14 equitably distribute any increase in 

15 total liabilities for benefit improve16 ments in clause (i) to some or all of the 

17 participants and beneficiaries whose 

18 benefit commencement date is before 

19 the date of the first day of the plan 

20 year in which the benefit improvements 

21 are proposed to take effect, taking into 

22 account the relevant factors described 

23 in subparagraph (D)(vi) and the extent 

24 to which the benefits of the partici-
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1 pants and beneficiaries were sus2 pended. 

3 ‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULE FOR RESUMP4 TIONS OF BENEFITS ONLY FOR PARTICI5 PANTS IN PAY STATUS.—The plan sponsor 

6 may increase liabilities of the plan through 

7 a resumption of benefits for participants 

8 and beneficiaries in pay status only if the 

9 plan sponsor equitably distributes the value 

10 of resumed benefits to some or all of the 

11 participants and beneficiaries in pay sta12 tus, taking into account the relevant factors 

13 described in subparagraph (D)(vi). 

14 ‘‘(iv) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN

15 BENEFIT INCREASES.—This subparagraph 

16 shall not apply to a resumption of sus17 pended benefits or plan amendment which 

18 increases liabilities with respect to partici19 pants and beneficiaries not in pay status by 

20 the first day of the plan year in which the 

21 benefit improvements took effect which— 

22 ‘‘(I) the Secretary of the Treasury, 

23 in consultation with the Pension Ben24 efit Guaranty Corporation and the 

25 Secretary of Labor, determines to be 
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1 reasonable and which provides for only 

2 de minimis increases in the liabilities 

3 of the plan, or 

4 ‘‘(II) is required as a condition of 

5 qualification under part I of sub6 chapter D of chapter 1 of subtitle A of 

7 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or 

8 to comply with other applicable law, as 

9 determined by the Secretary of the 

10 Treasury. 

11 ‘‘(v) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS.—Ex12 cept for resumptions of suspended benefits 

13 described in clause (iii), the limitations on 

14 benefit improvements while a suspension of 

15 benefits is in effect under this paragraph 

16 shall be in addition to any other applicable 

17 limitations on increases in benefits imposed 

18 on a plan. 

19 ‘‘(vi) DEFINITION OF BENEFIT IM20 PROVEMENT.—For purposes of this subpara21 graph, the term ‘benefit improvement’ 

22 means, with respect to a plan, a resumption 

23 of suspended benefits, an increase in bene24 fits, an increase in the rate at which bene25 fits accrue, or an increase in the rate at 
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1 which benefits become nonforfeitable under 

2 the plan. 

3 ‘‘(F) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No suspension of 

5 benefits may be made pursuant to this 

6 paragraph unless notice of such proposed 

7 suspension has been given by the plan spon8 sor concurrently with an application for 

9 approval of such suspension submitted 

10 under subparagraph (G) to the Secretary of 

11 the Treasury to— 

12 ‘‘(I) such plan participants and 

13 beneficiaries who may be contacted by 

14 reasonable efforts, 

15 ‘‘(II) each employer who has an 

16 obligation to contribute (within the 

17 meaning of section 4212(a)) under the 

18 plan, and 

19 ‘‘(III) each employee organization 

20 which, for purposes of collective bar21 gaining, represents plan participants 

22 employed by such an employer. 

23 ‘‘(ii) CONTENT OF NOTICE.—The notice 

24 under clause (i) shall contain— 
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1 ‘‘(I) sufficient information to en2 able participants and beneficiaries to 

3 understand the effect of any suspen4 sions of benefits, including an individ5 ualized estimate (on an annual or 

6 monthly basis) of such effect on each 

7 participant or beneficiary, 

8 ‘‘(II) a description of the factors 

9 considered by the plan sponsor in de10 signing the benefit suspensions, 

11 ‘‘(III) a statement that the appli12 cation for approval of any suspension 

13 of benefits shall be available on the 

14 website of the Department of the Treas15 ury and that comments on such appli16 cation will be accepted, 

17 ‘‘(IV) information as to the rights 

18 and remedies of plan participants and 

19 beneficiaries, 

20 ‘‘(V) if applicable, a statement de21 scribing the appointment of a retiree 

22 representative, the date of appointment 

23 of such representative, identifying in24 formation about the retiree representa25 tive (including whether the representa-
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1 tive is a plan trustee), and how to con2 tact such representative, and 

3 ‘‘(VI) information on how to con4 tact the Department of the Treasury 

5 for further information and assistance 

6 where appropriate. 

7 ‘‘(iii) FORM AND MANNER.—Any notice 

8 under clause (i)— 

9 ‘‘(I) shall be provided in a form 

10 and manner prescribed in guidance by 

11 the Secretary of the Treasury, in con12 sultation with the Pension Benefit 

13 Guaranty Corporation and the Sec14 retary of Labor, notwithstanding any 

15 other provision of law, 

16 ‘‘(II) shall be written in a man17 ner so as to be understood by the aver18 age plan participant, and 

19 ‘‘(III) may be provided in writ20 ten, electronic, or other appropriate 

21 form to the extent such form is reason22 ably accessible to persons to whom the 

23 notice is required to be provided. 

24 ‘‘(iv) OTHER NOTICE REQUIREMENT.— 

25 Any notice provided under clause (i) shall 
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1 fulfill the requirement for notice of a sig2 nificant reduction in benefits described in 

3 section 204(h). 

4 ‘‘(v) MODEL NOTICE.—The Secretary 

5 of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

6 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and 

7 the Secretary of Labor, shall in the guid8 ance prescribed under clause (iii)(I) estab9 lish a model notice that a plan sponsor may 

10 use to meet the requirements of this sub11 paragraph. 

12 ‘‘(G) APPROVAL PROCESS BY THE SEC13 RETARY OF THE TREASURY IN CONSULTATION

14 WITH THE PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY COR15 PORATION AND THE SECRETARY OF LABOR.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan sponsor 

17 of a plan in critical and declining status 

18 for a plan year that seeks to suspend bene19 fits must submit an application to the Sec20 retary of the Treasury for approval of the 

21 suspensions of benefits. If the plan sponsor 

22 submits an application for approval of the 

23 suspensions, the Secretary of the Treasury, 

24 in consultation with the Pension Benefit 

25 Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 
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1 Labor, shall approve the application upon 

2 finding that the plan is eligible for the sus3 pensions and has satisfied the criteria of 

4 subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F). 

5 ‘‘(ii) SOLICITATION OF COMMENTS.— 

6 Not later than 30 days after receipt of the 

7 application under clause (i), the Secretary 

8 of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

9 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and 

10 the Secretary of Labor, shall publish a no11 tice in the Federal Register soliciting com12 ments from contributing employers, em13 ployee organizations, and participants and 

14 beneficiaries of the plan for which an appli15 cation was made and other interested par16 ties. The application for approval of the 

17 suspension of benefits shall be published on 

18 the website of the Secretary of the Treasury. 

19 ‘‘(iii) REQUIRED ACTION; DEEMED AP20 PROVAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury, in 

21 consultation with the Pension Benefit Guar22 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 

23 Labor, shall approve or deny any applica24 tion for suspensions of benefits under this 

25 paragraph within 225 days after the sub-
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1 mission of such application. An application 

2 for suspension of benefits shall be deemed 

3 approved unless, within such 225 days, the 

4 Secretary of the Treasury notifies the plan 

5 sponsor that it has failed to satisfy one or 

6 more of the criteria described in this para7 graph. If the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

8 consultation with the Pension Benefit Guar9 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 

10 Labor, rejects a plan sponsor’s application, 

11 the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide 

12 notice to the plan sponsor detailing the spe13 cific reasons for the rejection, including ref14 erence to the specific requirement not satis15 fied. Approval or denial by the Secretary of 

16 the Treasury of an application shall be 

17 treated as a final agency action for pur18 poses of section 704 of title 5, United States 

19 Code. 

20 ‘‘(iv) AGENCY REVIEW.—In evaluating 

21 whether the plan sponsor has met the cri22 teria specified in clause (ii) of subpara23 graph (C), the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

24 consultation with the Pension Benefit Guar25 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 
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1 Labor, shall review the plan sponsor’s con2 sideration of factors under such clause. 

3 ‘‘(v) STANDARD FOR ACCEPTING PLAN

4 SPONSOR DETERMINATIONS.—In evaluating 

5 the plan sponsor’s application, the Sec6 retary of the Treasury shall accept the plan 

7 sponsor’s determinations unless it concludes, 

8 in consultation with the Pension Benefit 

9 Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 

10 Labor, that the plan sponsor’s determina11 tions were clearly erroneous. 

12 ‘‘(H) PARTICIPANT RATIFICATION PROC13 ESS.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No suspension of 

15 benefits may take effect pursuant to this 

16 paragraph prior to a vote of the partici17 pants of the plan with respect to the suspen18 sion. 

19 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION OF VOTE.—Not 

20 later than 30 days after approval of the sus21 pension by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

22 consultation with the Pension Benefit Guar23 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 

24 Labor, under subparagraph (G), the Sec25 retary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
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1 the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

2 and the Secretary of Labor, shall admin3 ister a vote of participants and beneficiaries 

4 of the plan. Except as provided in clause 

5 (v), the suspension shall go into effect fol6 lowing the vote unless a majority of all par7 ticipants and beneficiaries of the plan vote 

8 to reject the suspension. The plan sponsor 

9 may submit a new suspension application 

10 to the Secretary of the Treasury for ap11 proval in any case in which a suspension is 

12 prohibited from taking effect pursuant to a 

13 vote under this subparagraph. 

14 ‘‘(iii) BALLOTS.—The plan sponsor 

15 shall provide a ballot for the vote (subject to 

16 approval by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

17 in consultation with the Pension Benefit 

18 Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 

19 Labor) that includes the following: 

20 ‘‘(I) A statement from the plan 

21 sponsor in support of the suspension. 

22 ‘‘(II) A statement in opposition to 

23 the suspension compiled from com24 ments received pursuant to subpara25 graph (G)(ii). 
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1 ‘‘(III) A statement that the sus2 pension has been approved by the Sec3 retary of the Treasury, in consultation 

4 with the Pension Benefit Guaranty 

5 Corporation and the Secretary of 

6 Labor. 

7 ‘‘(IV) A statement that the plan 

8 sponsor has determined that the plan 

9 will become insolvent unless the sus10 pension takes effect. 

11 ‘‘(V) A statement that insolvency 

12 of the plan could result in benefits 

13 lower than benefits paid under the sus14 pension. 

15 ‘‘(VI) A statement that insolvency 

16 of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Cor17 poration would result in benefits lower 

18 than benefits paid in the case of plan 

19 insolvency. 

20 ‘‘(iv) COMMUNICATION BY PLAN SPON21 SOR.—It is the sense of Congress that, de22 pending on the size and resources of the 

23 plan and geographic distribution of the 

24 plan’s participants, the plan sponsor should 

25 take such steps as may be necessary to in-
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1 form participants about proposed benefit 

2 suspensions through in-person meetings, 

3 telephone or internet-based communications, 

4 mailed information, or by other means. 

5 ‘‘(v) SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT

6 PLANS.— 

7 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 

8 14 days after a vote under this sub9 paragraph rejecting a suspension, the 

10 Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta11 tion with the Pension Benefit Guar12 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 

13 Labor, shall determine whether the 

14 plan is a systemically important plan. 

15 If the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

16 consultation with the Pension Benefit 

17 Guaranty Corporation and the Sec18 retary of Labor, determines that the 

19 plan is a systemically important plan, 

20 not later than the end of the 90-day 

21 period beginning on the date the re22 sults of the vote are certified, the Sec23 retary of the Treasury shall, notwith24 standing such adverse vote— 
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1 ‘‘(aa) permit the implemen2 tation of the suspension proposed 

3 by the plan sponsor; or 

4 ‘‘(bb) permit the implementa5 tion of a modification by the Sec6 retary of the Treasury, in con7 sultation with the Pension Benefit 

8 Guaranty Corporation and the 

9 Secretary of Labor, of such sus10 pension (so long as the plan is 

11 projected to avoid insolvency 

12 within the meaning of section 

13 4245 under such modification). 

14 ‘‘(II) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 

15 later than 30 days after a determina16 tion by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

17 in consultation with the Pension Ben18 efit Guaranty Corporation and the 

19 Secretary of Labor, that the plan is 

20 systemically important, the Partici21 pant and Plan Sponsor Advocate se22 lected under section 4004 may submit 

23 recommendations to the Secretary of 

24 the Treasury with respect to the sus-
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1 pension or any revisions to the suspen2 sion. 

3 ‘‘(III) SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT

4 PLAN DEFINED.— 

5 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—For 

6 purposes of this subparagraph, a 

7 systemically important plan is a 

8 plan with respect to which the 

9 Pension Benefit Guaranty Cor10 poration projects the present value 

11 of projected financial assistance 

12 payments exceeds $1,000,000,000 

13 if suspensions are not imple14 mented. 

15 ‘‘(bb) INDEXING.—For cal16 endar years beginning after 2015, 

17 there shall be substituted for the 

18 dollar amount specified in item 

19 (aa) an amount equal to the prod20 uct of such dollar amount and a 

21 fraction, the numerator of which 

22 is the contribution and benefit 

23 base (determined under section 

24 230 of the Social Security Act) for 

25 the preceding calendar year and 
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1 the denominator of which is such 

2 contribution and benefit base for 

3 calendar year 2014. If the amount 

4 otherwise determined under this 

5 item is not a multiple of 

6 $1,000,000, such amount shall be 

7 rounded to the next lowest mul8 tiple of $1,000,000. 

9 ‘‘(vi) FINAL AUTHORIZATION TO SUS10 PEND.—In any case in which a suspension 

11 goes into effect following a vote pursuant to 

12 clause (ii) (or following a determination 

13 under clause (v) that the plan is a system14 ically important plan), the Secretary of the 

15 Treasury, in consultation with the Pension 

16 Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Sec17 retary of Labor, shall issue a final author18 ization to suspend with respect to the sus19 pension not later than 7 days after such 

20 vote (or, in the case of a suspension that 

21 goes into effect under clause (v), at a time 

22 sufficient to allow the implementation of the 

23 suspension prior to the end of the 90-day 

24 period described in clause (v)(I)). 

25 ‘‘(I) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
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1 ‘‘(i) DENIAL OF APPLICATION.—An ac2 tion by the plan sponsor challenging the de3 nial of an application for suspension of 

4 benefits by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

5 consultation with the Pension Benefit Guar6 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 

7 Labor, may only be brought following such 

8 denial. 

9 ‘‘(ii) APPROVAL OF SUSPENSION OF

10 BENEFITS.— 

11 ‘‘(I) TIMING OF ACTION.—An ac12 tion challenging a suspension of bene13 fits under this paragraph may only be 

14 brought following a final authorization 

15 to suspend by the Secretary of the 

16 Treasury, in consultation with the 

17 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

18 and the Secretary of Labor, under sub19 paragraph (H)(vi). 

20 ‘‘(II) STANDARDS OF REVIEW.— 

21 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—A court 

22 shall review an action challenging 

23 a suspension of benefits under this 

24 paragraph in accordance with sec-
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1 tion 706 of title 5, United States 

2 Code. 

3 ‘‘(bb) TEMPORARY INJUNC4 TION.—A court reviewing an ac5 tion challenging a suspension of 

6 benefits under this paragraph 

7 may not grant a temporary in8 junction with respect to such sus9 pension unless the court finds a 

10 clear and convincing likelihood 

11 that the plaintiff will prevail on 

12 the merits of the case. 

13 ‘‘(iii) RESTRICTED CAUSE OF AC14 TION.—A participant or beneficiary affected 

15 by a benefit suspension under this para16 graph shall not have a cause of action 

17 under this title. 

18 ‘‘(iv) LIMITATION ON ACTION TO SUS19 PEND BENEFITS.—No action challenging a 

20 suspension of benefits following the final au21 thorization to suspend or the denial of an 

22 application for suspension of benefits pursu23 ant to this paragraph may be brought after 

24 one year after the earliest date on which the 

25 plaintiff acquired or should have acquired 
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1 actual knowledge of the existence of such 

2 cause of action. 

3 ‘‘(J) SPECIAL RULE FOR EMERGENCE FROM

4 CRITICAL STATUS.—A plan certified to be in 

5 critical and declining status pursuant to projec6 tions made under subsection (b)(3) for which a 

7 suspension of benefits has been made by the plan 

8 sponsor pursuant to this paragraph shall not 

9 emerge from critical status under paragraph 

10 (4)(B), until such time as— 

11 ‘‘(i) the plan is no longer certified to 

12 be in critical or endangered status under 

13 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the plan is projected to avoid in16 solvency under section 4245.’’. 

17 (7) RULES RELATING TO WITHDRAWAL LIABIL18 ITY.— 

19 (A) BENEFIT SUSPENSIONS DIS20 REGARDED.—Section 305(g)(1) of the Employee 

21 Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as 

22 added by section 109, is further amended by in23 serting ‘‘or benefit reductions or suspensions 

24 while in critical and declining status under sub25 section (e)(9)), unless the withdrawal occurs 
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1 more than ten years after the effective date of a 

2 benefit suspension by a plan in critical and de3 clining status,’’ after ‘‘benefit reductions under 

4 subsection (e)(8) or (f)’’. 

5 (B) AUTHORITY OF PLAN TO SUBORDINATE

6 WITHDRAWAL LIABILITY CLAIMS.—Section 

7 4219(d) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1399(d)) is 

8 amended by striking the period at the end and 

9 inserting ‘‘or to any arrangement relating to 

10 withdrawal liability involving the plan.’’. 

11 (C) CIVIL ACTIONS.—Section 4003(f)(1) of 

12 such Act (29 U.S.C. 1303)(f)(1)) is amended by 

13 inserting ‘‘plan sponsor,’’ before ‘‘fiduciary’’. 

14 (8) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

16 the Treasury, in consultation with the Pension Ben17 efit Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 

18 Labor, shall publish appropriate guidance to imple19 ment section 305(e)(9) of the Employee Retirement 

20 Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(e)(9)). 

21 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

22 OF 1986.— 

23 (1) GENERAL RULE FOR PLAN IN CRITICAL AND

24 DECLINING STATUS.—Section 432(a) of the Internal 

25 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

2 at the end; 

3 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking the pe4 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(3) if the plan is in critical and declining sta7 tus— 

8 ‘‘(A) the requirements of paragraph (2) 

9 shall apply to the plan; and 

10 ‘‘(B) the plan sponsor may, by plan amend11 ment, suspend benefits in accordance with the re12 quirements of subsection (e)(9).’’. 

13 (2) CRITICAL AND DECLINING STATUS DE14 FINED.—Section 432(b) of the Internal Revenue Code 

15 of 1986, as amended by sections 102 and 104, is fur16 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(6) CRITICAL AND DECLINING STATUS.—For 

18 purposes of this section, a plan in critical status shall 

19 be treated as in critical and declining status if the 

20 plan is described in one or more of subparagraphs 

21 (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (2) and the plan 

22 is projected to become insolvent within the meaning 

23 of section 418E during the current plan year or any 

24 of the 14 succeeding plan years (19 succeeding plan 

25 years if the plan has a ratio of inactive participants 
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1 to active participants that exceeds 2 to 1 or if the 

2 funded percentage of the plan is less than 80 per3 cent).’’. 

4 (3) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Section 

5 432(b)(3)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

6 is amended— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘and whether’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘, whether’’, and 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and whether or not the 

10 plan is or will be in critical and declining status 

11 for such plan year’’ before ‘‘, and’’ at the end. 

12 (4) PROJECTIONS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.— 

13 Section 432(b)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

14 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(iv) PROJECTIONS OF CRITICAL AND

16 DECLINING STATUS.—In determining 

17 whether a plan is in critical and declining 

18 status as described in subsection (e)(9), 

19 clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) shall apply, except 

20 that— 

21 ‘‘(I) if reasonable, the plan actu22 ary shall assume that each contrib23 uting employer in compliance con24 tinues to comply through the end of the 

25 rehabilitation period or such later time 
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1 as provided in subsection (e)(3)(A)(ii) 

2 with the terms of the rehabilitation 

3 plan that correspond to the schedule 

4 adopted or imposed under subsection 

5 (e), and 

6 ‘‘(II) the plan actuary shall take 

7 into account any suspensions of bene8 fits described in subsection (e)(9) 

9 adopted in a prior plan year that are 

10 still in effect.’’. 

11 (5) BENEFIT SUSPENSIONS FOR MULTIEMPLOYER

12 PLANS IN CRITICAL AND DECLINING STATUS.—Section 

13 432(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as 

14 amended by section 109) is amended by inserting 

15 after paragraph (8) the following: 

16 ‘‘(9) BENEFIT SUSPENSIONS FOR MULTIEM17 PLOYER PLANS IN CRITICAL AND DECLINING STA18 TUS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec20 tion 411(d)(6) and subject to subparagraphs (B) 

21 through (I), the plan sponsor of a plan in crit22 ical and declining status may, by plan amend23 ment, suspend benefits which the sponsor deems 

24 appropriate. 

25 ‘‘(B) SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS.— 
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1 ‘‘(i) SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS DE2 FINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the 

3 term ‘suspension of benefits’ means the tem4 porary or permanent reduction of any cur5 rent or future payment obligation of the 

6 plan to any participant or beneficiary 

7 under the plan, whether or not in pay sta8 tus at the time of the suspension of benefits. 

9 ‘‘(ii) LENGTH OF SUSPENSIONS.—Any 

10 suspension of benefits made under subpara11 graph (A) shall remain in effect until the 

12 earlier of when the plan sponsor provides 

13 benefit improvements in accordance with 

14 subparagraph (E) or the suspension of bene15 fits expires by its own terms. 

16 ‘‘(iii) NO LIABILITY.—The plan shall 

17 not be liable for any benefit payments not 

18 made as a result of a suspension of benefits 

19 under this paragraph. 

20 ‘‘(iv) APPLICABILITY.—For purposes of 

21 this paragraph, all references to suspensions 

22 of benefits, increases in benefits, or resump23 tions of suspended benefits with respect to 

24 participants shall also apply with respect to 
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1 benefits of beneficiaries or alternative pay2 ees of participants. 

3 ‘‘(v) RETIREE REPRESENTATIVE.— 

4 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case of 

5 a plan with 10,000 or more partici6 pants, not later than 60 days prior to 

7 the plan sponsor submitting an appli8 cation to suspend benefits, the plan 

9 sponsor shall select a participant of the 

10 plan in pay status to act as a retiree 

11 representative. The retiree representa12 tive shall advocate for the interests of 

13 the retired and deferred vested partici14 pants and beneficiaries of the plan 

15 throughout the suspension approval 

16 process. 

17 ‘‘(II) REASONABLE EXPENSES

18 FROM PLAN.—The plan shall provide 

19 for reasonable expenses by the retiree 

20 representative, including reasonable 

21 legal and actuarial support, commen22 surate with the plan’s size and funded 

23 status. 

24 ‘‘(III) SPECIAL RULE RELATING

25 TO FIDUCIARY STATUS.—Duties per-
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1 formed pursuant to subclause (I) shall 

2 not be subject to section 4975. The pre3 ceding sentence shall not apply to those 

4 duties associated with an application 

5 to suspend benefits pursuant to sub6 paragraph (G) that are performed by 

7 the retiree representative who is also a 

8 plan trustee. 

9 ‘‘(C) CONDITIONS FOR SUSPENSIONS.—The 

10 plan sponsor of a plan in critical and declining 

11 status for a plan year may suspend benefits only 

12 if the following conditions are met: 

13 ‘‘(i) Taking into account the proposed 

14 suspensions of benefits (and, if applicable, a 

15 proposed partition of the plan under section 

16 4233 of the Employee Retirement Income 

17 Security Act of 1974), the plan actuary cer18 tifies that the plan is projected to avoid in19 solvency within the meaning of section 

20 418E, assuming the suspensions of benefits 

21 continue until the suspensions of benefits ex22 pire by their own terms or if no such expi23 ration date is set, indefinitely. 

24 ‘‘(ii) The plan sponsor determines, in a 

25 written record to be maintained throughout 
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1 the period of the benefit suspension, that the 

2 plan is still projected to become insolvent 

3 unless benefits are suspended under this 

4 paragraph, although all reasonable meas5 ures to avoid insolvency have been taken 

6 (and continue to be taken during the period 

7 of the benefit suspension). In its determina8 tion, the plan sponsor may take into ac9 count factors including the following: 

10 ‘‘(I) Current and past contribu11 tion levels. 

12 ‘‘(II) Levels of benefit accruals 

13 (including any prior reductions in the 

14 rate of benefit accruals). 

15 ‘‘(III) Prior reductions (if any) of 

16 adjustable benefits. 

17 ‘‘(IV) Prior suspensions (if any) 

18 of benefits under this subsection. 

19 ‘‘(V) The impact on plan solvency 

20 of the subsidies and ancillary benefits 

21 available to active participants. 

22 ‘‘(VI) Compensation levels of ac23 tive participants relative to employees 

24 in the participants’ industry generally. 
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1 ‘‘(VII) Competitive and other eco2 nomic factors facing contributing em3 ployers. 

4 ‘‘(VIII) The impact of benefit and 

5 contribution levels on retaining active 

6 participants and bargaining groups 

7 under the plan. 

8 ‘‘(IX) The impact of past and an9 ticipated contribution increases under 

10 the plan on employer attrition and re11 tention levels. 

12 ‘‘(X) Measures undertaken by the 

13 plan sponsor to retain or attract con14 tributing employers. 

15 ‘‘(D) LIMITATIONS ON SUSPENSIONS.—Any 

16 suspensions of benefits made by a plan sponsor 

17 pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to 

18 the following limitations: 

19 ‘‘(i) The monthly benefit of any partic20 ipant or beneficiary may not be reduced 

21 below 110 percent of the monthly benefit 

22 which is guaranteed by the Pension Benefit 

23 Guaranty Corporation under section 4022A 

24 of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
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1 rity Act of 1974 on the date of the suspen2 sion. 

3 ‘‘(ii)(I) In the case of a participant or 

4 beneficiary who has attained 75 years of 

5 age as of the effective date of the suspension, 

6 not more than the applicable percentage of 

7 the maximum suspendable benefits of such 

8 participant or beneficiary may be sus9 pended under this paragraph. 

10 ‘‘(II) For purposes of subclause (I), the 

11 maximum suspendable benefits of a partici12 pant or beneficiary is the portion of the 

13 benefits of such participant or beneficiary 

14 that would be suspended pursuant to this 

15 paragraph without regard to this clause; 

16 ‘‘(III) For purposes of subclause (I), 

17 the applicable percentage is a percentage 

18 equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— 

19 ‘‘(aa) the number of months dur20 ing the period beginning with the 

21 month after the month in which occurs 

22 the effective date of the suspension and 

23 ending with the month during which 

24 the participant or beneficiary attains 

25 the age of 80, by 
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1 ‘‘(bb) 60 months. 

2 ‘‘(iii) No benefits based on disability 

3 (as defined under the plan) may be sus4 pended under this paragraph. 

5 ‘‘(iv) Any suspensions of benefits, in 

6 the aggregate (and, if applicable, considered 

7 in combination with a partition of the plan 

8 under section 4233 of the Employee Retire9 ment Income Security Act of 1974), shall be 

10 reasonably estimated to achieve, but not 

11 materially exceed, the level that is necessary 

12 to avoid insolvency. 

13 ‘‘(v) In any case in which a suspension 

14 of benefits with respect to a plan is made in 

15 combination with a partition of the plan 

16 under section 4233 of the Employee Retire17 ment Income Security Act of 1974, the sus18 pension of benefits may not take effect prior 

19 to the effective date of such partition. 

20 ‘‘(vi) Any suspensions of benefits shall 

21 be equitably distributed across the partici22 pant and beneficiary population, taking 

23 into account factors, with respect to partici24 pants and beneficiaries and their benefits, 
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1 that may include one or more of the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(I) Age and life expectancy. 

4 ‘‘(II) Length of time in pay sta5 tus. 

6 ‘‘(III) Amount of benefit. 

7 ‘‘(IV) Type of benefit: survivor, 

8 normal retirement, early retirement. 

9 ‘‘(V) Extent to which participant 

10 or beneficiary is receiving a subsidized 

11 benefit. 

12 ‘‘(VI) Extent to which participant 

13 or beneficiary has received post-retire14 ment benefit increases. 

15 ‘‘(VII) History of benefit increases 

16 and reductions. 

17 ‘‘(VIII) Years to retirement for ac18 tive employees. 

19 ‘‘(IX) Any discrepancies between 

20 active and retiree benefits. 

21 ‘‘(X) Extent to which active par22 ticipants are reasonably likely to with23 draw support for the plan, accelerating 

24 employer withdrawals from the plan 

25 and increasing the risk of additional 
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1 benefit reductions for participants in 

2 and out of pay status. 

3 ‘‘(XI) Extent to which benefits are 

4 attributed to service with an employer 

5 that failed to pay its full withdrawal 

6 liability. 

7 ‘‘(vii) In the case of a plan that in8 cludes the benefits described in clause (III), 

9 benefits suspended under this paragraph 

10 shall— 

11 ‘‘(I) first, be applied to the max12 imum extent permissible to benefits at13 tributable to a participant’s service for 

14 an employer which withdrew from the 

15 plan and failed to pay (or is delin16 quent with respect to paying) the full 

17 amount of its withdrawal liability 

18 under section 4201(b)(1) of the Em19 ployee Retirement Income Security Act 

20 of 1974 or an agreement with the plan, 

21 ‘‘(II) second, except as provided 

22 by subclause (III), be applied to all 

23 other benefits that may be suspended 

24 under this paragraph, and 
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1 ‘‘(III) third, be applied to benefits 

2 under a plan that are directly attrib3 utable to a participant’s service with 

4 any employer which has, prior to the 

5 date of enactment of the Multiemployer 

6 Pension Reform Act of 2014— 

7 ‘‘(aa) withdrawn from the 

8 plan in a complete withdrawal 

9 under section 4203 of the Em10 ployee Retirement Income Secu11 rity Act of 1974 and has paid the 

12 full amount of the employer’s 

13 withdrawal liability under section 

14 4201(b)(1) of such Act or an 

15 agreement with the plan, and 

16 ‘‘(bb) pursuant to a collective 

17 bargaining agreement, assumed li18 ability for providing benefits to 

19 participants and beneficiaries of 

20 the plan under a separate, single21 employer plan sponsored by the 

22 employer, in an amount equal to 

23 any amount of benefits for such 

24 participants and beneficiaries re-
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1 duced as a result of the financial 

2 status of the plan. 

3 ‘‘(E) BENEFIT IMPROVEMENTS.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan sponsor 

5 may, in its sole discretion, provide benefit 

6 improvements while any suspension of bene7 fits under the plan remains in effect, except 

8 that the plan sponsor may not increase the 

9 liabilities of the plan by reason of any ben10 efit improvement for any participant or 

11 beneficiary not in pay status by the first 

12 day of the plan year for which the benefit 

13 improvement takes effect, unless— 

14 ‘‘(I) such action is accompanied 

15 by equitable benefit improvements in 

16 accordance with clause (ii) for all par17 ticipants and beneficiaries whose ben18 efit commencement dates were before 

19 the first day of the plan year for which 

20 the benefit improvement for such par21 ticipant or beneficiary not in pay sta22 tus took effect; and 

23 ‘‘(II) the plan actuary certifies 

24 that after taking into account such 

25 benefits improvements the plan is pro-
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1 jected to avoid insolvency indefinitely 

2 under section 418E. 

3 ‘‘(ii) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF

4 BENEFIT IMPROVEMENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(I) LIMITATION.—The projected 

6 value of the total liabilities for benefit 

7 improvements for participants and 

8 beneficiaries not in pay status by the 

9 date of the first day of the plan year 

10 in which the benefit improvements are 

11 proposed to take effect, as determined 

12 as of such date, may not exceed the 

13 projected value of the liabilities arising 

14 from benefit improvements for partici15 pants and beneficiaries with benefit 

16 commencement dates prior to the first 

17 day of such plan year, as so deter18 mined. 

19 ‘‘(II) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION

20 OF BENEFITS.—The plan sponsor shall 

21 equitably distribute any increase in 

22 total liabilities for benefit improve23 ments in clause (i) to some or all of the 

24 participants and beneficiaries whose 

25 benefit commencement date is before 
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1 the date of the first day of the plan 

2 year in which the benefit improvements 

3 are proposed to take effect, taking into 

4 account the relevant factors described 

5 in subparagraph (D)(vi) and the extent 

6 to which the benefits of the partici7 pants and beneficiaries were sus8 pended. 

9 ‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULE FOR RESUMP10 TIONS OF BENEFITS ONLY FOR PARTICI11 PANTS IN PAY STATUS.—The plan sponsor 

12 may increase liabilities of the plan through 

13 a resumption of benefits for participants 

14 and beneficiaries in pay status only if the 

15 plan sponsor equitably distributes the value 

16 of resumed benefits to some or all of the 

17 participants and beneficiaries in pay sta18 tus, taking into account the relevant factors 

19 described in subparagraph (D)(vi). 

20 ‘‘(iv) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN

21 BENEFIT INCREASES.—This subparagraph 

22 shall not apply to a resumption of sus23 pended benefits or plan amendment which 

24 increases liabilities with respect to partici25 pants and beneficiaries not in pay status by 
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1 the first day of the plan year in which the 

2 benefit improvements took effect which— 

3 ‘‘(I) the Secretary of the Treasury, 

4 in consultation with the Pension Ben5 efit Guaranty Corporation and the 

6 Secretary of Labor, determines to be 

7 reasonable and which provides for only 

8 de minimis increases in the liabilities 

9 of the plan, or 

10 ‘‘(II) is required as a condition of 

11 qualification under part I of sub12 chapter D of chapter 1 of subtitle A or 

13 to comply with other applicable law, as 

14 determined by the Secretary of the 

15 Treasury. 

16 ‘‘(v) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS.—Ex17 cept for resumptions of suspended benefits 

18 described in clause (iii), the limitations on 

19 benefit improvements while a suspension of 

20 benefits is in effect under this paragraph 

21 shall be in addition to any other applicable 

22 limitations on increases in benefits imposed 

23 on a plan. 

24 ‘‘(vi) DEFINITION OF BENEFIT IM25 PROVEMENT.—For purposes of this subpara-
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1 graph, the term ‘benefit improvement’ 

2 means, with respect to a plan, a resumption 

3 of suspended benefits, an increase in bene4 fits, an increase in the rate at which bene5 fits accrue, or an increase in the rate at 

6 which benefits become nonforfeitable under 

7 the plan. 

8 ‘‘(F) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.— 

9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No suspension of 

10 benefits may be made pursuant to this 

11 paragraph unless notice of such proposed 

12 suspension has been given by the plan spon13 sor concurrently with an application for 

14 approval of such suspension submitted 

15 under subparagraph (G) to the Secretary of 

16 the Treasury to— 

17 ‘‘(I) such plan participants and 

18 beneficiaries who may be contacted by 

19 reasonable efforts, 

20 ‘‘(II) each employer who has an 

21 obligation to contribute (within the 

22 meaning of section 4212(a) of the Em23 ployee Retirement Income Security Act 

24 of 1974) under the plan, and 
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1 ‘‘(III) each employee organization 

2 which, for purposes of collective bar3 gaining, represents plan participants 

4 employed by such an employer. 

5 ‘‘(ii) CONTENT OF NOTICE.—The notice 

6 under clause (i) shall contain— 

7 ‘‘(I) sufficient information to en8 able participants and beneficiaries to 

9 understand the effect of any suspen10 sions of benefits, including an individ11 ualized estimate (on an annual or 

12 monthly basis) of such effect on each 

13 participant or beneficiary, 

14 ‘‘(II) a description of the factors 

15 considered by the plan sponsor in de16 signing the benefit suspensions, 

17 ‘‘(III) a statement that the appli18 cation for approval of any suspension 

19 of benefits shall be available on the 

20 website of the Department of the Treas21 ury and that comments on such appli22 cation will be accepted, 

23 ‘‘(IV) information as to the rights 

24 and remedies of plan participants and 

25 beneficiaries, 
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1 ‘‘(V) if applicable, a statement de2 scribing the appointment of a retiree 

3 representative, the date of appointment 

4 of such representative, identifying in5 formation about the retiree representa6 tive (including whether the representa7 tive is a plan trustee), and how to con8 tact such representative, and 

9 ‘‘(VI) information on how to con10 tact the Department of the Treasury 

11 for further information and assistance 

12 where appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(iii) FORM AND MANNER.—Any notice 

14 under clause (i)— 

15 ‘‘(I) shall be provided in a form 

16 and manner prescribed in guidance by 

17 the Secretary of the Treasury, in con18 sultation with the Pension Benefit 

19 Guaranty Corporation and the Sec20 retary of Labor, notwithstanding any 

21 other provision of law, 

22 ‘‘(II) shall be written in a man23 ner so as to be understood by the aver24 age plan participant, and 
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1 ‘‘(III) may be provided in writ2 ten, electronic, or other appropriate 

3 form to the extent such form is reason4 ably accessible to persons to whom the 

5 notice is required to be provided. 

6 ‘‘(iv) OTHER NOTICE REQUIREMENT.— 

7 Any notice provided under clause (i) shall 

8 fulfill the requirement for notice of a sig9 nificant reduction in benefits described in 

10 section 4980F. 

11 ‘‘(v) MODEL NOTICE.—The Secretary 

12 of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

13 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and 

14 the Secretary of Labor, shall in the guid15 ance prescribed under clause (iii)(I) estab16 lish a model notice that a plan sponsor may 

17 use to meet the requirements of this sub18 paragraph. 

19 ‘‘(G) APPROVAL PROCESS BY THE SEC20 RETARY OF THE TREASURY IN CONSULTATION

21 WITH THE PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY COR22 PORATION AND THE SECRETARY OF LABOR.— 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan sponsor 

24 of a plan in critical and declining status 

25 for a plan year that seeks to suspend bene-
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1 fits must submit an application to the Sec2 retary of the Treasury for approval of the 

3 suspensions of benefits. If the plan sponsor 

4 submits an application for approval of the 

5 suspensions, the Secretary of the Treasury 

6 shall approve, in consultation with the Pen7 sion Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 

8 Secretary of Labor, the application upon 

9 finding that the plan is eligible for the sus10 pensions and has satisfied the criteria of 

11 subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F). 

12 ‘‘(ii) SOLICITATION OF COMMENTS.— 

13 Not later than 30 days after receipt of the 

14 application under clause (i), the Secretary 

15 of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

16 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and 

17 the Secretary of Labor, shall publish a no18 tice in the Federal Register soliciting com19 ments from contributing employers, em20 ployee organizations, and participants and 

21 beneficiaries of the plan for which an appli22 cation was made and other interested par23 ties. The application for approval of the 

24 suspension of benefits shall be published on 
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1 the website of the Department of the Treas2 ury. 

3 ‘‘(iii) REQUIRED ACTION; DEEMED AP4 PROVAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury, in 

5 consultation with the Pension Benefit Guar6 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 

7 Labor, shall approve or deny any applica8 tion for suspensions of benefits under this 

9 paragraph within 225 days after the sub10 mission of such application. An application 

11 for suspension of benefits shall be deemed 

12 approved unless, within such 225 days, the 

13 Secretary of the Treasury notifies the plan 

14 sponsor that it has failed to satisfy one or 

15 more of the criteria described in this para16 graph. If the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

17 consultation with the Pension Benefit Guar18 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 

19 Labor, rejects a plan sponsor’s application, 

20 the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide 

21 notice to the plan sponsor detailing the spe22 cific reasons for the rejection, including ref23 erence to the specific requirement not satis24 fied. Approval or denial by the Secretary of 

25 the Treasury, in consultation with the Pen-
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1 sion Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the 

2 Secretary of Labor, of an application shall 

3 be treated as final agency action for pur4 poses of section 704 of title 5, United States 

5 Code. 

6 ‘‘(iv) AGENCY REVIEW.—In evaluating 

7 whether the plan sponsor has met the cri8 teria specified in clause (ii) of subpara9 graph (C), the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

10 consultation with the Pension Benefit Guar11 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 

12 Labor, shall review the plan sponsor’s con13 sideration of factors under such clause. 

14 ‘‘(v) STANDARD FOR ACCEPTING PLAN

15 SPONSOR DETERMINATIONS.—In evaluating 

16 the plan sponsor’s application, the Sec17 retary of the Treasury shall accept the plan 

18 sponsor’s determinations unless it concludes, 

19 in consultation with the Pension Benefit 

20 Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 

21 Labor, that the plan sponsor’s determina22 tions were clearly erroneous. 

23 ‘‘(H) PARTICIPANT RATIFICATION PROC24 ESS.— 
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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—No suspension of 

2 benefits may take effect pursuant to this 

3 paragraph prior to a vote of the partici4 pants of the plan with respect to the suspen5 sion. 

6 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION OF VOTE.—Not 

7 later than 30 days after approval of the sus8 pension by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

9 consultation with the Pension Benefit Guar10 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 

11 Labor, under subparagraph (G), the Sec12 retary of the Treasury, in consultation with 

13 the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

14 and the Secretary of Labor, shall admin15 ister a vote of participants and beneficiaries 

16 of the plan. Except as provided in clause 

17 (v), the suspension shall go into effect fol18 lowing the vote unless a majority of all par19 ticipants and beneficiaries of the plan vote 

20 to reject the suspension. The plan sponsor 

21 may submit a new suspension application 

22 to the Secretary of the Treasury for ap23 proval in any case in which a suspension is 

24 prohibited from taking effect pursuant to a 

25 vote under this subparagraph. 
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1 ‘‘(iii) BALLOTS.—The plan sponsor 

2 shall provide a ballot for the vote (subject to 

3 approval by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

4 in consultation with the Pension Benefit 

5 Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 

6 Labor) that includes the following: 

7 ‘‘(I) A statement from the plan 

8 sponsor in support of the suspension. 

9 ‘‘(II) A statement in opposition to 

10 the suspension compiled from com11 ments received pursuant to subpara12 graph (G)(ii). 

13 ‘‘(III) A statement that the sus14 pension has been approved by the Sec15 retary of the Treasury, in consultation 

16 with the Pension Benefit Guaranty 

17 Corporation and the Secretary of 

18 Labor. 

19 ‘‘(IV) A statement that the plan 

20 sponsor has determined that the plan 

21 will become insolvent unless the sus22 pension takes effect. 

23 ‘‘(V) A statement that insolvency 

24 of the plan could result in benefits 
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1 lower than benefits paid under the sus2 pension. 

3 ‘‘(VI) A statement that insolvency 

4 of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Cor5 poration would result in benefits lower 

6 than benefits paid in the case of plan 

7 insolvency. 

8 ‘‘(iv) COMMUNICATION BY PLAN SPON9 SOR.—It is the sense of Congress that, de10 pending on the size and resources of the 

11 plan and geographic distribution of the 

12 plan’s participants, the plan sponsor should 

13 take such steps as may be necessary to in14 form participants about proposed benefit 

15 suspensions through in-person meetings, 

16 telephone or internet-based communications, 

17 mailed information, or by other means. 

18 ‘‘(v) SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT

19 PLANS.— 

20 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 

21 14 days after a vote under this sub22 paragraph rejecting a suspension, the 

23 Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta24 tion with the Pension Benefit Guar25 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 
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1 Labor, shall determine whether the 

2 plan is a systemically important plan. 

3 If the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

4 consultation with the Pension Benefit 

5 Guaranty Corporation and the Sec6 retary of Labor, determines that the 

7 plan is a systemically important plan, 

8 not later than the end of the 90-day 

9 period beginning on the date the re10 sults of the vote are certified, the Sec11 retary of the Treasury shall, notwith12 standing such adverse vote— 

13 ‘‘(aa) permit the implemen14 tation of the suspension proposed 

15 by the plan sponsor; or 

16 ‘‘(bb) permit the implementa17 tion of a modification by the Sec18 retary of the Treasury, in con19 sultation with the Pension Benefit 

20 Guaranty Corporation and the 

21 Secretary of Labor, of such sus22 pension (so long as the plan is 

23 projected to avoid insolvency 

24 within the meaning of section 

25 4245 of the Employee Retirement 
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1 Income Security Act of 1974 

2 under such modification). 

3 ‘‘(II) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 

4 later than 30 days after a determina5 tion by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

6 in consultation with the Pension Ben7 efit Guaranty Corporation and the 

8 Secretary of Labor, that the plan is 

9 systemically important, the Partici10 pant and Plan Sponsor Advocate se11 lected under section 4004 of the Em12 ployee Retirement Income Security Act 

13 of 1974 may submit recommendations 

14 to the Secretary of the Treasury with 

15 respect to the suspension or any revi16 sions to the suspension. 

17 ‘‘(III) SYSTEMICALLY IMPORTANT

18 PLAN DEFINED.— 

19 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—For 

20 purposes of this subparagraph, a 

21 systemically important plan is a 

22 plan with respect to which the 

23 Pension Benefit Guaranty Cor24 poration projects the present value 

25 of projected financial assistance 
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1 payments exceeds $1,000,000,000 

2 if suspensions are not imple3 mented. 

4 ‘‘(bb) INDEXING.—For cal5 endar years beginning after 2015, 

6 there shall be substituted for the 

7 dollar amount specified in item 

8 (aa) an amount equal to the prod9 uct of such dollar amount and a 

10 fraction, the numerator of which 

11 is the contribution and benefit 

12 base (determined under section 

13 230 of the Social Security Act) for 

14 the preceding calendar year and 

15 the denominator of which is such 

16 contribution and benefit base for 

17 calendar year 2014. If the amount 

18 otherwise determined under this 

19 item is not a multiple of 

20 $1,000,000, such amount shall be 

21 rounded to the next lowest mul22 tiple of $1,000,000. 

23 ‘‘(vi) FINAL AUTHORIZATION TO SUS24 PEND.—In any case in which a suspension 

25 goes into effect following a vote pursuant to 
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1 clause (ii) (or following a determination 

2 under clause (v) that the plan is a system3 ically important plan), the Secretary of the 

4 Treasury, in consultation with the Pension 

5 Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Sec6 retary of Labor, shall issue a final author7 ization to suspend with respect to the sus8 pension not later than 7 days after such 

9 vote (or, in the case of a suspension that 

10 goes into effect under clause (v), at a time 

11 sufficient to allow the implementation of the 

12 suspension prior to the end of the 90-day 

13 period described in clause (v)(I)). 

14 ‘‘(I) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 

15 ‘‘(i) DENIAL OF APPLICATION.—An ac16 tion by the plan sponsor challenging the de17 nial of an application for suspension of 

18 benefits by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

19 consultation with the Pension Benefit Guar20 anty Corporation and the Secretary of 

21 Labor, may only be brought following such 

22 denial. 

23 ‘‘(ii) APPROVAL OF SUSPENSION OF

24 BENEFITS.— 
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1 ‘‘(I) TIMING OF ACTION.—An ac2 tion challenging a suspension of bene3 fits under this paragraph may only be 

4 brought following a final authorization 

5 to suspend by the Secretary of the 

6 Treasury, in consultation with the 

7 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

8 and the Secretary of Labor, under sub9 paragraph (H)(vi). 

10 ‘‘(II) STANDARDS OF REVIEW.— 

11 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—A court 

12 shall review an action challenging 

13 a suspension of benefits under this 

14 paragraph in accordance with sec15 tion 706 of title 5, United States 

16 Code. 

17 ‘‘(bb) TEMPORARY INJUNC18 TION.—A court reviewing an ac19 tion challenging a suspension of 

20 benefits under this paragraph 

21 may not grant a temporary in22 junction with respect to such sus23 pension unless the court finds a 

24 clear and convincing likelihood 
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1 that the plaintiff will prevail on 

2 the merits of the case. 

3 ‘‘(iii) RESTRICTED CAUSE OF AC4 TION.—A participant or beneficiary affected 

5 by a benefit suspension under this para6 graph shall not have a cause of action 

7 under this title. 

8 ‘‘(iv) LIMITATION ON ACTION TO SUS9 PEND BENEFITS.—No action challenging a 

10 suspension of benefits following the final au11 thorization to suspend or the denial of an 

12 application for suspension of benefits pursu13 ant to this paragraph may be brought after 

14 one year after the earliest date on which the 

15 plaintiff acquired or should have acquired 

16 actual knowledge of the existence of such 

17 cause of action. 

18 ‘‘(J) SPECIAL RULE FOR EMERGENCE FROM

19 CRITICAL STATUS.—A plan certified to be in 

20 critical and declining status pursuant to projec21 tions made under subsection (b)(3) for which a 

22 suspension of benefits has been made by the plan 

23 sponsor pursuant to this paragraph shall not 

24 emerge from critical status under paragraph 

25 (4)(B), until such time as— 
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1 ‘‘(i) the plan is no longer certified to 

2 be in critical or endangered status under 

3 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(ii) the plan is projected to avoid in6 solvency under section 418E.’’. 

7 (6) RULE RELATING TO WITHDRAWAL LIABIL8 ITY.—Section 432(g)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code 

9 of 1986, as added by section 109, is further amended 

10 by inserting ‘‘, or benefit reductions or suspensions 

11 while in critical and declining status under sub12 section (e)(9)), unless the withdrawal occurs more 

13 than ten years after the effective date of a benefit sus14 pension by a plan in critical and declining status,’’ 

15 after ‘‘benefit reductions under subsection (e)(8) or 

16 (f)’’. 

17 (7) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after 

18 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

19 the Treasury, in consultation with the Pension Ben20 efit Guaranty Corporation and the Secretary of 

21 Labor, shall publish appropriate guidance to imple22 ment section 432(e)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code 

23 of 1986. 
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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

2 section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 

3 Act. 

4 DIVISION P—OTHER RETIREMENT5 RELATED MODIFICATIONS 

6 SEC. 1. SUBSTANTIAL CESSATION OF OPERATIONS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section 4062 of 

8 the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 

9 U.S.C. 1362) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(e) TREATMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CESSATION OF OP11 ERATIONS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in 

13 paragraphs (3) and (4), if there is a substantial ces14 sation of operations at a facility in any location, the 

15 employer shall be treated with respect to any single 

16 employer plan established and maintained by the em17 ployer covering participants at such facility as if the 

18 employer were a substantial employer under a plan 

19 under which more than one employer makes contribu20 tions and the provisions of sections 4063, 4064, and 

21 4065 shall apply. 

22 ‘‘(2) SUBSTANTIAL CESSATION OF OPER23 ATIONS.—For purposes of this subsection: 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘substantial 

25 cessation of operations’ means a permanent ces-
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1 sation of operations at a facility which results in 

2 a workforce reduction of a number of eligible em3 ployees at the facility equivalent to more than 15 

4 percent of the number of all eligible employees of 

5 the employer, determined immediately before the 

6 earlier of— 

7 ‘‘(i) the date of the employer’s decision 

8 to implement such cessation, or 

9 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a workforce reduc10 tion which includes 1 or more eligible em11 ployees described in paragraph (6)(B), the 

12 earliest date on which any such eligible em13 ployee was separated from employment. 

14 ‘‘(B) WORKFORCE REDUCTION.—Subject to 

15 subparagraphs (C) and (D), the term ‘workforce 

16 reduction’ means the number of eligible employ17 ees at a facility who are separated from employ18 ment by reason of the permanent cessation of op19 erations of the employer at the facility. 

20 ‘‘(C) RELOCATION OF WORKFORCE.—An eli21 gible employee separated from employment at a 

22 facility shall not be taken into account in com23 puting a workforce reduction if, within a reason24 able period of time, the employee is replaced by 

25 the employer, at the same or another facility lo-
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1 cated in the United States, by an employee who 

2 is a citizen or resident of the United States. 

3 ‘‘(D) DISPOSITIONS.—If, whether by reason 

4 of a sale or other disposition of the assets or 

5 stock of a contributing sponsor (or any member 

6 of the same controlled group as such a sponsor) 

7 of the plan relating to operations at a facility or 

8 otherwise, an employer (the ‘transferee em9 ployer’) other than the employer which experi10 ences the substantial cessation of operations (the 

11 ‘transferor employer’) conducts any portion of 

12 such operations, then— 

13 ‘‘(i) an eligible employee separated 

14 from employment with the transferor em15 ployer at the facility shall not be taken into 

16 account in computing a workforce reduction 

17 if— 

18 ‘‘(I) within a reasonable period of 

19 time, the employee is replaced by the 

20 transferee employer by an employee 

21 who is a citizen or resident of the 

22 United States; and 

23 ‘‘(II) in the case of an eligible em24 ployee who is a participant in a single 

25 employer plan maintained by the 
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1 transferor employer, the transferee em2 ployer, within a reasonable period of 

3 time, maintains a single employer 

4 plan which includes the assets and li5 abilities attributable to the accrued 

6 benefit of the eligible employee at the 

7 time of separation from employment 

8 with the transferor employer; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) an eligible employee who con10 tinues to be employed at the facility by the 

11 transferee employer shall not be taken into 

12 account in computing a workforce reduction 

13 if— 

14 ‘‘(I) the eligible employee is not a 

15 participant in a single employer plan 

16 maintained by the transferor employer, 

17 or 

18 ‘‘(II) in any other case, the trans19 feree employer, within a reasonable pe20 riod of time, maintains a single em21 ployer plan which includes the assets 

22 and liabilities attributable to the ac23 crued benefit of the eligible employee at 

24 the time of separation from employ25 ment with the transferor employer. 
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1 ‘‘(3) EXEMPTION FOR PLANS WITH LIMITED

2 UNDERFUNDING.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply 

3 with respect to a single employer plan if, for the plan 

4 year preceding the plan year in which the cessation 

5 occurred— 

6 ‘‘(A) there were fewer than 100 participants 

7 with accrued benefits under the plan as of the 

8 valuation date of the plan for the plan year (as 

9 determined under section 303(g)(2)); or 

10 ‘‘(B) the ratio of the market value of the as11 sets of the plan to the funding target of the plan 

12 for the plan year was 90 percent or greater. 

13 ‘‘(4) ELECTION TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBU14 TIONS TO SATISFY LIABILITY.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An employer may elect 

16 to satisfy the employer’s liability with respect to 

17 a plan by reason of paragraph (1) by making 

18 additional contributions to the plan in the 

19 amount determined under subparagraph (B) for 

20 each plan year in the 7-plan-year period begin21 ning with the plan year in which the cessation 

22 occurred. Any such additional contribution for a 

23 plan year shall be in addition to any minimum 

24 required contribution under section 303 for such 
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1 plan year and shall be paid not later than the 

2 earlier of— 

3 ‘‘(i) the due date for the minimum re4 quired contribution for such year under sec5 tion 303(j); or 

6 ‘‘(ii) in the case of the first such con7 tribution, the date that is 1 year after the 

8 date on which the employer notifies the Cor9 poration of the substantial cessation of oper10 ations or the date the Corporation deter11 mines a substantial cessation of operations 

12 has occurred, and in the case of subsequent 

13 contributions, the same date in each suc14 ceeding year. 

15 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT DETERMINED.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

17 in clause (iii), the amount determined 

18 under this subparagraph with respect to 

19 each plan year in the 7-plan-year period is 

20 the product of— 

‘‘(I) 1 21 ⁄7 of the unfunded vested 

22 benefits determined under section 

23 4006(a)(3)(E) as of the valuation date 

24 of the plan (as determined under sec25 tion 303(g)(2)) for the plan year pre-
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1 ceding the plan year in which the ces2 sation occurred; and 

3 ‘‘(II) the reduction fraction. 

4 ‘‘(ii) REDUCTION FRACTION.—For pur5 poses of clause (i), the reduction fraction of 

6 a single employer plan is equal to— 

7 ‘‘(I) the number of participants 

8 with accrued benefits in the plan who 

9 were included in computing the work10 force reduction under paragraph 

11 (2)(B) as a result of the cessation of 

12 operations at the facility; divided by 

13 ‘‘(II) the number of eligible em14 ployees of the employer who are par15 ticipants with accrued benefits in the 

16 plan, determined as of the same date 

17 the determination under paragraph 

18 (2)(A) is made. 

19 ‘‘(iii) LIMITATION.—The additional 

20 contribution under this subparagraph for 

21 any plan year shall not exceed the excess, if 

22 any, of— 

23 ‘‘(I) 25 percent of the difference 

24 between the market value of the assets 

25 of the plan and the funding target of 
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1 the plan for the preceding plan year; 

2 over 

3 ‘‘(II) the minimum required con4 tribution under section 303 for the 

5 plan year. 

6 ‘‘(C) PERMITTED CESSATION OF ANNUAL IN7 STALLMENTS WHEN PLAN BECOMES SUFFI8 CIENTLY FUNDED.—An employer’s obligation to 

9 make additional contributions under this para10 graph shall not apply to— 

11 ‘‘(i) the first plan year (beginning on 

12 or after the first day of the plan year in 

13 which the cessation occurs) for which the 

14 ratio of the market value of the assets of the 

15 plan to the funding target of the plan for 

16 the plan year is 90 percent or greater, or 

17 ‘‘(ii) any plan year following such first 

18 plan year. 

19 ‘‘(D) COORDINATION WITH FUNDING WAIV20 ERS.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of 

22 the Treasury issues a funding waiver under 

23 section 302(c) with respect to the plan for 

24 a plan year in the 7-plan-year period under 

25 subparagraph (A), the additional contribu-
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1 tion with respect to such plan year shall be 

2 permanently waived. 

3 ‘‘(ii) NOTICE.—An employer maintain4 ing a plan with respect to which such a 

5 funding waiver has been issued or a request 

6 for such a funding waiver is pending shall 

7 provide notice to the Secretary of the Treas8 ury, in such form and at such time as the 

9 Secretary of the Treasury shall provide, of 

10 a cessation of operations to which para11 graph (1) applies. 

12 ‘‘(E) ENFORCEMENT.— 

13 ‘‘(i) NOTICE.—An employer making 

14 the election under this paragraph shall pro15 vide notice to the Corporation, in accord16 ance with rules prescribed by the Corpora17 tion, of— 

18 ‘‘(I) such election, not later than 

19 30 days after the earlier of the date the 

20 employer notifies the Corporation of 

21 the substantial cessation of operations 

22 or the date the Corporation determines 

23 a substantial cessation of operations 

24 has occurred; 
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1 ‘‘(II) the payment of each addi2 tional contribution, not later than 10 

3 days after such payment; 

4 ‘‘(III) any failure to pay the ad5 ditional contribution in the full 

6 amount for any year in the 7-plan7 year period, not later than 10 days 

8 after the due date for such payment; 

9 ‘‘(IV) the waiver under subpara10 graph (D)(i) of the obligation to make 

11 an additional contribution for any 

12 year, not later than 30 days after the 

13 funding waiver described in such sub14 paragraph is granted; and 

15 ‘‘(V) the cessation of any obliga16 tion to make additional contributions 

17 under subparagraph (C), not later 

18 than 10 days after the due date for 

19 payment of the additional contribution 

20 for the first plan year to which such 

21 cessation applies. 

22 ‘‘(ii) ACCELERATION OF LIABILITY TO

23 THE PLAN FOR FAILURE TO PAY.—If an em24 ployer fails to pay the additional contribu25 tion in the full amount for any year in the 
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1 7-plan-year period by the due date for such 

2 payment, the employer shall, as of such 

3 date, be liable to the plan in an amount 

4 equal to the balance which remains unpaid 

5 as of such date of the aggregate amount of 

6 additional contributions required to be paid 

7 by the employer during such 7-year-plan 

8 period. The Corporation may waive or settle 

9 the liability described in the preceding sen10 tence, at the discretion of the Corporation. 

11 ‘‘(iii) CIVIL ACTION.—The Corporation 

12 may bring a civil action in the district 

13 courts of the United States in accordance 

14 with section 4003(e) to compel an employer 

15 making such election to pay the additional 

16 contributions required under this para17 graph. 

18 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘eli21 gible employee’ means an employee who is eligi22 ble to participate in an employee pension benefit 

23 plan (as defined in section 3(2)) established and 

24 maintained by the employer. 
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1 ‘‘(B) FUNDING TARGET.—The term ‘funding 

2 target’ means, with respect to any plan year, the 

3 funding target as determined under section 

4 4006(a)(3)(E)(iii)(I) for purposes of determining 

5 the premium paid to the Corporation under sec6 tion 4007 for the plan year. 

7 ‘‘(C) MARKET VALUE.—The market value of 

8 the assets of a plan shall be determined in the 

9 same manner as for purposes of section 

10 4006(a)(3)(E). 

11 ‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULES.— 

12 ‘‘(A) CHANGE IN OPERATION OF CERTAIN

13 FACILITIES AND PROPERTY.—For purposes of 

14 paragraphs (1) and (2), an employer shall not be 

15 treated as ceasing operations at a qualified lodg16 ing facility (as defined in section 856(d)(9)(D) 

17 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) if such op18 erations are continued by an eligible inde19 pendent contractor (as defined in section 

20 856(d)(9)(A) of such Code) pursuant to an agree21 ment with the employer. 

22 ‘‘(B) AGGREGATION OF PRIOR SEPARA23 TIONS.—The workforce reduction under para24 graph (2) with respect to any cessation of oper25 ations shall be determined by taking into ac-
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1 count any separation from employment of any 

2 eligible employee at the facility (other than a 

3 separation which is not taken into account as 

4 workforce reduction by reason of subparagraph 

5 (C) or (D) of paragraph (2)) which— 

6 ‘‘(i) is related to the permanent ces7 sation of operations of the employer at the 

8 facility, and 

9 ‘‘(ii) occurs during the 3-year period 

10 preceding such cessation. 

11 ‘‘(C) NO ADDITION TO PREFUNDING BAL12 ANCE.—For purposes of section 303(f)(6)(B) and 

13 section 430(f)(6)(B) of the Internal Revenue 

14 Code of 1986, any additional contribution made 

15 under paragraph (4) shall be treated in the same 

16 manner as a contribution an employer is re17 quired to make in order to avoid a benefit reduc18 tion under paragraph (1), (2), or (4) of section 

19 206(g) or subsection (b), (c), or (e) of section 436 

20 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the 

21 plan year.’’. 

22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by this 

24 section shall apply to a cessation of operations or 
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1 other event at a facility occurring on or after the date 

2 of enactment of this Act. 

3 (2) TRANSITION RULE.—An employer that had a 

4 cessation of operations before the date of enactment of 

5 this Act (as determined under subsection 4062(e) of 

6 the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 

7 1974 as in effect before the amendment made by this 

8 section), but did not enter into an arrangement with 

9 the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to satisfy 

10 the requirements of such subsection (as so in effect) 

11 before such date of enactment, shall be permitted to 

12 make the election under section 4062(e)(4) of such Act 

13 (as in effect after the amendment made by this sec14 tion) as if such cessation had occurred on such date 

15 of enactment. Such election shall be made not later 

16 than 30 days after such Corporation issues, on or 

17 after such date of the enactment, a final administra18 tive determination that a substantial cessation of op19 erations has occurred. 

20 (c) DIRECTION TO THE CORPORATION.—The Pension 

21 Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall not take any enforce22 ment, administrative, or other action pursuant to section 

23 4062(e) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

24 of 1974, or in connection with an agreement settling liabil25 ity arising under such section, that is inconsistent with the 
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1 amendment made by this section, without regard to whether 

2 the action relates to a cessation or other event that occurs 

3 before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

4 unless such action is in connection with a settlement agree5 ment that is in place before June 1, 2014. The Pension Ben6 efit Guaranty Corporation shall not initiate a new enforce7 ment action with respect to section 4062(e) of such Act that 

8 is inconsistent with its enforcement policy in effect on June 

9 1, 2014. 

10 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF THE NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE. 

11 (a) AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT

12 INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—Section 204 of the Em13 ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

14 1054) is amended by redesignating subsection (k) as sub15 section (l) and by inserting after subsection (j) the following 

16 new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(k) SPECIAL RULE FOR DETERMINING NORMAL RE18 TIREMENT AGE FOR CERTAIN EXISTING DEFINED BENEFIT

19 PLANS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

21 3(24), an applicable plan shall not be treated as fail22 ing to meet any requirement of this title, or as failing 

23 to have a uniform normal retirement age for purposes 

24 of this title, solely because the plan provides for a 

25 normal retirement age described in paragraph (2). 
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1 ‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PLAN.—For purposes of this 

2 subsection— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘applicable 

4 plan’ means a defined benefit plan the terms of 

5 which, on or before December 8, 2014, provided 

6 for a normal retirement age which is the earlier 

7 of— 

8 ‘‘(i) an age otherwise permitted under 

9 section 3(24), or 

10 ‘‘(ii) the age at which a participant 

11 completes the number of years (not less than 

12 30 years) of benefit accrual service specified 

13 by the plan. 

14 A plan shall not fail to be treated as an applica15 ble plan solely because the normal retirement age 

16 described in the preceding sentence only applied 

17 to certain participants or only applied to em18 ployees of certain employers in the case of a plan 

19 maintained by more than 1 employer. 

20 ‘‘(B) EXPANDED APPLICATION.—Subject to 

21 subparagraph (C), if, after December 8, 2014, an 

22 applicable plan is amended to expand the appli23 cation of the normal retirement age described in 

24 subparagraph (A) to additional participants or 

25 to employees of additional employers maintain-
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1 ing the plan, such plan shall also be treated as 

2 an applicable plan with respect to such partici3 pants or employees. 

4 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON EXPANDED APPLICA5 TION.—A defined benefit plan shall be an appli6 cable plan only with respect to an individual 

7 who— 

8 ‘‘(i) is a participant in the plan on or 

9 before January 1, 2017, or 

10 ‘‘(ii) is an employee at any time on or 

11 before January 1, 2017, of any employer 

12 maintaining the plan, and who becomes a 

13 participant in such plan after such date.’’. 

14 (b) AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

15 OF 1986.—Section 411 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

16 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

17 subsection: 

18 ‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE FOR DETERMINING NORMAL RE19 TIREMENT AGE FOR CERTAIN EXISTING DEFINED BENEFIT

20 PLANS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 

22 (a)(8), an applicable plan shall not be treated as fail23 ing to meet any requirement of this subchapter, or as 

24 failing to have a uniform normal retirement age for 

25 purposes of this subchapter, solely because the plan 
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1 provides for a normal retirement age described in 

2 paragraph (2). 

3 ‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PLAN.—For purposes of this 

4 subsection— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘applicable 

6 plan’ means a defined benefit plan the terms of 

7 which, on or before December 8, 2014, provided 

8 for a normal retirement age which is the earlier 

9 of— 

10 ‘‘(i) an age otherwise permitted under 

11 subsection (a)(8), or 

12 ‘‘(ii) the age at which a participant 

13 completes the number of years (not less than 

14 30 years) of benefit accrual service specified 

15 by the plan. 

16 A plan shall not fail to be treated as an applica17 ble plan solely because the normal retirement age 

18 described in the preceding sentence only applied 

19 to certain participants or only applied to em20 ployees of certain employers in the case of a plan 

21 maintained by more than 1 employer. 

22 ‘‘(B) EXPANDED APPLICATION.—Subject to 

23 subparagraph (C), if, after December 8, 2014, an 

24 applicable plan is amended to expand the appli25 cation of the normal retirement age described in 
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1 subparagraph (A) to additional participants or 

2 to employees of additional employers maintain3 ing the plan, such plan shall also be treated as 

4 an applicable plan with respect to such partici5 pants or employees. 

6 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON EXPANDED APPLICA7 TION.—A defined benefit plan shall be an appli8 cable plan only with respect to an individual 

9 who— 

10 ‘‘(i) is a participant in the plan on or 

11 before January 1, 2017, or 

12 ‘‘(ii) is an employee at any time on or 

13 before January 1, 2017, of any employer 

14 maintaining the plan, and who becomes a 

15 participant in such plan after such date.’’. 

16 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

17 section shall apply to all periods before, on, and after the 

18 date of enactment of this Act. 

19 SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF COOPERATIVE AND SMALL EM20 PLOYER CHARITY PENSION PLAN RULES TO 

21 CERTAIN CHARITABLE EMPLOYERS WHOSE 

22 PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS PROVIDING 

23 SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO CHILDREN. 

24 (a) EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME AND SECURITY

25 ACT OF 1974.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 210(f)(1) of the Em2 ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 

3 U.S.C. 1060(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

4 end of subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the 

5 end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by 

6 inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 

7 subparagraph: 

8 ‘‘(C) that, as of June 25, 2010, was main9 tained by an employer— 

10 ‘‘(i) described in section 501(c)(3) of 

11 such Code, 

12 ‘‘(ii) chartered under part B of subtitle 

13 II of title 36, United States Code, 

14 ‘‘(iii) with employees in at least 40 

15 States, and 

16 ‘‘(iv) whose primary exempt purpose is 

17 to provide services with respect to chil18 dren.’’. 

19 (2) AGGREGATION RULES.—Section 210(f)(2) of 

20 the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 

21 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1060(f)(2)) is amended by striking 

22 ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B) 

23 and (C) of paragraph (1)’’. 

24 (b) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 414(y)(1) of the Inter2 nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the 

4 period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting 

5 ‘‘; or’’, and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 

6 following new subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(C) that, as of June 25, 2010, was main8 tained by an employer— 

9 ‘‘(i) described in section 501(c)(3) of 

10 such Code, 

11 ‘‘(ii) chartered under part B of subtitle 

12 II of title 36, United States Code, 

13 ‘‘(iii) with employees in at least 40 

14 States, and 

15 ‘‘(iv) whose primary exempt purpose is 

16 to provide services with respect to chil17 dren.’’. 

18 (2) AGGREGATION RULES.—Section 414(y)(2) of 

19 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara21 graph (B) and (C) of paragraph (1)’’. 

22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

23 section shall take effect as if included in the amendments 

24 made by the Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pen25 sion Flexibility Act (29 U.S.C. 401 note). 
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1 DIVISION Q—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

2 SEC. 1. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

3 (a) STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARDS.—The 

4 budgetary effects of divisions O and P shall not be entered 

5 on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 

6 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

7 (b) SENATE PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARDS.—The 

8 budgetary effects of divisions O and P shall not be entered 

9 on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of sec10 tion 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress). 

11 (c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Not12 withstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines 

13 set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee 

14 of conference accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and 

15 section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of divi17 sions O and P shall not be estimated— 

18 (1) for purposes of section 251 of the such Act; 

19 and 
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1 (2) for purposes of paragraph 4(C) of section 3 

2 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being 

3 included in an appropriation Act. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 83 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 

SENATE AMENDMENT