In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

December 8, 2016. 

Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 

Senate to the bill (H.R. 2028) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for energy and water development and related 

agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 

for other purposes.’’, with the following 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT: 

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 

Senate, insert the following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited the ‘‘Further Continuing and 

3 Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

Sec. 4. Availability of funds. 

DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 

DIVISION B—SECURITY ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 

Title I—Department of Defense 

Title II—Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies 

5 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

6 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

7 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in division B of this Act shall be 

8 treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. 
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1 SEC. 4. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 

2 (a) Each amount designated in this Act, or in an 

3 amendment made by this Act, by the Congress as an emer4 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

5 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

6 1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently 

7 so designates all such amounts and transmits such designa8 tions to the Congress. 

9 (b) Each amount designated in this Act by the Con10 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

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

12 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall 

13 be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the Presi14 dent subsequently so designates all such amounts and trans15 mits such designations to the Congress. 

16 DIVISION A—FURTHER CON17 TINUING APPROPRIATIONS 

18 ACT, 2017 

19 SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 

20 (division C of Public Law 114–223) is amended by— 

21 (1) striking the date specified in section 106(3) 

22 and inserting ‘‘April 28, 2017’’; 

23 (2) striking ‘‘0.496 percent’’ in section 101(b) 

24 and inserting ‘‘0.1901 percent’’; and 

25 (3) inserting after section 145 the following new 

26 sections: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 146. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

2 ‘Department of Agriculture—Farm Service Agency—Agri3 cultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account’ may be 

4 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to fund 

5 loans for which applications are approved. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 147. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

7 ‘Department of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition Service— 

8 Child Nutrition Programs’ to carry out section 749(g) of 

9 the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 

10 111–80) may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 

11 necessary to ensure that the program can be fully oper12 ational by May, 2017. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 148. Section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell Na14 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended 

15 in the first sentence by striking ‘2010 through 2016’ and 

16 inserting ‘2010 through 2017’. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 149. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

18 ‘Department of Agriculture—Rural Utilities Service’ may 

19 be transferred between appropriations under such heading 

20 as necessary for the cost of direct telecommunications loans 

21 authorized by section 305 of the Rural Electrification Act 

22 of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935). 

23 ‘‘SEC. 150. Amounts made available by Section 101 

24 for ‘Department of Agriculture—Rural Housing Service— 

25 Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account’ for the 
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1 section 538 Guaranteed Multi-Family Housing Loan Pro2 gram may be apportioned up to the rate necessary to fund 

3 loans for which applications are approved. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 151. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

5 ‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmos6 pheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 

7 Construction’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper8 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 

9 for the Joint Polar Satellite System. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 152. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

11 ‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the Census—Peri12 odic Censuses and Programs’ may be apportioned up to the 

13 rate for operations necessary to maintain the schedule and 

14 deliver the required data according to statutory deadlines 

15 in the 2020 Decennial Census Program. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 153. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

17 ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Explo18 ration’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 

19 necessary to maintain the planned launch capability sched20 ules for the Space Launch System launch vehicle, Explo21 ration Ground Systems, and Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Ve22 hicle programs. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 154. In addition to the amount otherwise pro24 vided by section 101, and notwithstanding section 104 and 

25 section 109, for ‘Department of Justice—State and Local 
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1 Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Programs— 

2 State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’, there is ap3 propriated $7,000,000, for an additional amount for the 

4 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program 

5 for the purpose of providing reimbursement of extraor6 dinary law enforcement overtime costs directly and solely 

7 associated with protection of the President-elect incurred 

8 from November 9, 2016 until the inauguration of the Presi9 dent-elect as President: Provided, That reimbursement shall 

10 be provided only for overtime costs that a State or local 

11 law enforcement agency can document as being over and 

12 above normal law enforcement operations and directly at13 tributable to security for the President-elect. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 155. Notwithstanding sections 101, 102, and 

15 104 of this Act, from within amounts provided for ‘Depart16 ment of Defense—Procurement—Shipbuilding and Conver17 sion, Navy’, funds are provided for ‘Ohio Replacement Sub18 marine (AP)’ at a rate for operations of $773,138,000. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 156. (a) Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104 

20 of this Act, amounts made available pursuant to section 101 

21 may be used for multiyear procurement contracts, including 

22 advance procurement, for the AH–64E Attack Helicopter 

23 and the UH–60M Black Hawk Helicopter. 

24 ‘‘(b) The Secretary of the Army may exercise the au25 thority conferred in subsection (a) notwithstanding sub-
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1 section (i)(1) of section 2306b of title 10, United States 

2 Code, until the date of enactment of an Act authorizing ap3 propriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of 

4 the Department of Defense, subject to satisfaction of all 

5 other requirements of such section 2306b. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 157. Notwithstanding section 102, funds made 

7 available pursuant to section 101 for ‘Department of De8 fense—Procurement—Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’ are 

9 provided for the KC–46A Tanker up to the rate for oper10 ations necessary to support the production rate specified in 

11 the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget request. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 158. Notwithstanding section 101, section 

13 301(d) of division D of Public Law 114–113 shall not apply 

14 to amounts made available by this Act for ‘Department of 

15 Energy—Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nu16 clear Security Administration—Weapons Activities’: Pro17 vided, That the Secretary of Energy shall notify the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

19 and the Senate not later than 15 days after funds made 

20 available by this Act for such account are allotted to a De21 partment of Energy program, project, or activity at a rate 

22 for operations that differs from that provided under such 

23 heading in division D of Public Law 114–113 by more than 

24 $5,000,000 or 10 percent. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 159. As authorized by section 404 of the Bipar2 tisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 U.S.C. 

3 6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 

4 sell not to exceed $375,400,000 of crude oil from the Stra5 tegic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2017: Provided, That 

6 the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall be depos7 ited into the ‘Energy Security and Infrastructure Mod8 ernization Fund’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Fund’) 

9 during fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That in addition 

10 to amounts otherwise made available by section 101, and 

11 notwithstanding section 104, any amounts deposited in the 

12 Fund shall be made available and shall remain available 

13 until expended at a rate for operations of $375,400,000, for 

14 necessary expenses in carrying out the Life Extension II 

15 project for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 160. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

17 are provided for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Pro18 grams—Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and De19 commissioning Fund’ at a rate for operations of 

20 $767,014,000: Provided, That such amounts may not be re21 programmed below the levels provided in the table referred 

22 to in section 301(d) of division D of Public Law 114–113. 

23 ‘‘(b) As of the date of the enactment of this section, 

24 section 123 of this Act shall not be in effect. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 161. In addition to amounts provided by section 

2 101, amounts are provided for ‘General Services Adminis3 tration—Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presi4 dents’ for the pension of the outgoing President at a rate 

5 for operations of $157,000. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 162. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be 

7 cited as the ‘SOAR Funding Availability Act’. 

8 ‘‘(b) REQUIRING USE OF FUNDS REMAINING UNOBLI9 GATED FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.—Section 3007 of 

10 the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (sec. 38– 

11 1853.07, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the 

12 end the following: 

13 ‘‘ ‘(e) REQUIRING USE OF FUNDS REMAINING UNOBLI14 GATED FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.— 

15 ‘‘ ‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent that any 

16 funds appropriated for the opportunity scholarship 

17 program under this division for any fiscal year re18 main available for subsequent fiscal years under sec19 tion 3014(c), the Secretary shall make such funds 

20 available to eligible entities receiving grants under 

21 section 3004(a) for the uses described in paragraph 

22 (2)— 

23 ‘‘ ‘(A) in the case of any remaining funds 

24 that were appropriated before the date of enact25 ment of the SOAR Funding Availability Act, be-
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1 ginning on the date of enactment of such Act; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘ ‘(B) in the case of any remaining funds 

4 appropriated on or after the date of enactment 

5 of such Act, by the first day of the first subse6 quent fiscal year. 

7 ‘‘ ‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—If an eligible entity to 

8 which the Secretary provided additional funds under 

9 paragraph (1) elects to use such funds during a fiscal 

10 year, the eligible entity shall use— 

11 ‘‘ ‘(A) not less than 95 percent of such addi12 tional funds to provide additional scholarships 

13 for eligible students under subsection (a), or to 

14 increase the amount of the scholarships, during 

15 such year; and 

16 ‘‘ ‘(B) not more than a total of 5 percent of 

17 such additional funds for administrative ex18 penses, parental assistance, or tutoring, as de19 scribed in subsections (b), (c), and (d), during 

20 such year. 

21 ‘‘ ‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Any amounts made 

22 available for administrative expenses, parental assist23 ance, or tutoring under paragraph (2)(B) shall be in 

24 addition to any other amounts made available for 
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1 such purposes in accordance with subsections (b), (c), 

2 and (d).’. 

3 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 3014 of such 

4 Act (sec. 38–1853.14, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘ ‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 

7 subsection (a)(1), including amounts appropriated and 

8 available under such subsection before the date of enactment 

9 of the SOAR Funding Availability Act, shall remain avail10 able until expended.’. 

11 ‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

12 this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 

13 section. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 163. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

15 ‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Operations and 

16 Support’, ‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement— 

17 Operations and Support’, ‘Transportation Security Admin18 istration—Operations and Support’, and ‘United States 

19 Secret Service—Operations and Support’ accounts of the 

20 Department of Homeland Security shall be apportioned at 

21 a rate for operations as necessary, and apportioned to pro22 vide staffing levels as necessary, to ensure border security, 

23 fulfill immigration enforcement priorities, maintain avia24 tion security activities, and carry out the mission associ25 ated with the protection of the President-elect. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 164. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

2 ‘National Gallery of Art—Salaries and Expenses’ may be 

3 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to pro4 vide for staffing, maintenance, security, and administrative 

5 expenses for the recently reopened galleries. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 165. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

7 ‘Smithsonian Institution—Salaries and Expenses’ may be 

8 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to pro9 vide for facilities maintenance, facilities operations, secu10 rity, and support at the National Museum of African Amer11 ican History and Culture. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 166. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

13 ‘Department of Health and Human Services—Indian 

14 Health Service—Indian Health Services’ and for ‘Depart15 ment of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Serv16 ice—Indian Health Facilities’, respectively, may be appor17 tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to provide 

18 for costs of staffing and operating newly constructed facili19 ties. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 167. MINERS HEALTH BENEFITS.— 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—This section may be cited as the 

22 ‘Continued Health Benefits for Miners Act’. 

23 ‘‘(b) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN RETIREES IN THE MUL24 TIEMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN.—Section 
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1 402(h)(2)(C) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama2 tion Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)(C)) is amended— 

3 ‘‘(1) by striking ‘A transfer’ and inserting the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘ ‘(i) TRANSFER TO THE PLAN.—A 

6 transfer’; 

7 ‘‘(2) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as sub8 clauses (I) and (II), respectively, and moving such 

9 subclauses 2 ems to the right; and 

10 ‘‘(3) by striking the matter following such sub11 clause (II) (as so redesignated) and inserting the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘ ‘(ii) CALCULATION OF EXCESS.—The 

14 excess determined under clause (i) shall be 

15 calculated— 

16 ‘‘ ‘(I) except as provided in sub17 clause (II), by taking into account only 

18 those beneficiaries actually enrolled in 

19 the Plan as of December 31, 2006, who 

20 are eligible to receive health benefits 

21 under the Plan on the first day of the 

22 calendar year for which the transfer is 

23 made; and 

24 ‘‘ ‘(II) for purposes of the transfer 

25 made for fiscal year 2017, as if, for the 
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1 period beginning January 1, 2017, 

2 and ending April 30, 2017, only— 

3 ‘‘ ‘(aa) those beneficiaries ac4 tually enrolled in the Plan as of 

5 the date of the enactment of the 

6 Continued Health Benefits for 

7 Miners Act who are eligible to re8 ceive health benefits under the 

9 Plan on January 1, 2017, other 

10 than those beneficiaries enrolled 

11 in the Plan under the terms of a 

12 participation agreement with the 

13 current or former employer of 

14 such beneficiaries; and 

15 ‘‘ ‘(bb) those beneficiaries 

16 whose health benefits, defined as 

17 those benefits payable directly fol18 lowing death or retirement or 

19 upon a finding of disability by an 

20 employer in the bituminous coal 

21 industry under a coal wage agree22 ment (as defined in section 

23 9701(b)(1) of the Internal Rev24 enue Code of 1986), would be de25 nied or reduced as a result of a 
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1 bankruptcy proceeding commenced 

2 in 2012 or 2015, 

3 were taken into account, and for any 

4 other period during such fiscal year, 

5 only the beneficiaries described in sub6 clause (I) were taken into account. 

7 ‘‘ ‘(iii) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN RE8 TIREES.—Individuals referred to in clause 

9 (ii)(II)(bb) shall be treated as eligible to re10 ceive health benefits under the Plan for the 

11 plan year that includes January 1, 2017. 

12 ‘‘ ‘(iv) REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANS13 FER.—The amount of the transfer otherwise 

14 determined under this subparagraph for fis15 cal year 2017 shall be reduced by any 

16 amount transferred for the fiscal year to the 

17 Plan, to pay benefits required under the 

18 Plan, from a voluntary employees’ bene19 ficiary association established as a result of 

20 a bankruptcy proceeding described in clause 

21 (ii)(II). 

22 ‘‘ ‘(v) VEBA TRANSFER.—The admin23 istrator of such voluntary employees’ bene24 ficiary association shall transfer to the Plan 

25 any amounts received as a result of such 
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1 bankruptcy proceeding, reduced by an 

2 amount for administrative costs of such as3 sociation.’. 

4 ‘‘(c) PRESERVATION OF PAYMENTS TO STATES AND IN5 DIAN TRIBES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 402(i)(3) of 

6 the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 

7 (30 U.S.C. 1232(i)(3)) is amended— 

8 ‘‘(1) by striking ‘so that’ and inserting ‘under 

9 paragraph (1) so that’; 

10 ‘‘(2) by striking ‘each transfer’ in clause (i) and 

11 inserting ‘each such transfer’; and 

12 ‘‘(3) by striking ‘this subsection’ in clause (iii) 

13 and inserting ‘paragraph (1)’. 

14 ‘‘(d) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The 

16 budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered on 

17 either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to sec18 tion 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 

19 2010. 

20 ‘‘(2) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg21 etary effects of this section shall not be entered on any 

22 PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 

23 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress). 

24 ‘‘(3) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EF25 FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 
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1 Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explana2 tory statement of the committee of conference accom3 panying Conference Report 105-217 and section 

4 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of 

6 this section shall not be estimated— 

7 ‘‘(A) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(B) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of 

10 section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 

11 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 168. Notwithstanding section 111, the fourth 

13 proviso under the heading ‘Department of Labor—Office of 

14 Workers’ Compensation Programs—Special Benefits’ shall 

15 be applied by substituting ‘$66,675,000’ for ‘$62,170,000’, 

16 ‘$22,740,000’ for ‘$21,140,000’, ‘$16,866,000’ for 

17 ‘$16,668,000’ and ‘$4,101,000’ for ‘$1,394,000’. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 169. Section 458(a)(4) of the Higher Education 

19 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) shall be applied by 

20 substituting ‘2017’ for ‘2016’. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 170. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

22 of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (re23 ferred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) may transfer 

24 up to $300,000,000 from the Fund established by section 

25 223 of the Department of Health and Human Services Ap-
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1 propriations Act, 2008 (42 U.S.C. 3514a) to ‘Department 

2 of Health and Human Services—Administration for Chil3 dren and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’ only 

4 for activities authorized under section 462 of the Homeland 

5 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279) and section 235 of the 

6 William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reau7 thorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232): Provided, That 

8 such funds transferred shall not be available for obligation 

9 prior to February 1, 2017. 

10 ‘‘(b) In addition to amounts provided by subsection 

11 (a), if after March 1, 2017, and before the date specified 

12 in section 106(3), the Secretary, in consultation with the 

13 Secretary of Homeland Security, determines that the per14 centage increase in the cumulative number of cases trans15 ferred to the custody of the Secretary pursuant to such sec16 tions 462 and 235 for the current fiscal year over the num17 ber transferred through the comparable date in the previous 

18 fiscal year exceeds 40 percent, an amount not to exceed 

19 $200,000,000 may be made available to ‘Department of 

20 Health and Human Services—Administration for Children 

21 and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’ only for 

22 activities authorized under such sections 462 and 235. 

23 ‘‘(c) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 

24 of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified at least 
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1 15 days in advance of any funds being made available 

2 under subsection (a). 

3 ‘‘(d) Of the unobligated balances available in the Fund 

4 established by section 223 of the Department of Health and 

5 Human Services Appropriations Act, 2008 (42 U.S.C. 

6 3514a), $100,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 171. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 this Act, within 10 days of the enactment of this section, 

9 the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall transfer 

10 funds appropriated for fiscal year 2017 under section 4002 

11 of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 300u–11) to the accounts 

12 specified, in the amounts specified, and for the activities 

13 specified in subsection (a) of section 221 of division H of 

14 Public Law 114–113, except that the Secretary shall adjust 

15 the amounts transferred to the Centers for Disease Control 

16 and Prevention under this section to result in a total 

17 amount transferred to such agency under this section that 

18 is $1,000,000 less than the total amount transferred to such 

19 agency under such section 221: Provided, That subsections 

20 (b) and (c) of such section 221 shall apply to amounts 

21 transferred under this section. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 172. The fifth proviso under the heading ‘Social 

23 Security Administration—Limitation on Administrative 

24 Expenses’ in division H of Public Law 114–113 shall be 

25 applied during the period covered by this Act by sub-
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1 stituting ‘shall be used for activities to address the hearing 

2 backlog within the Office of Disability Adjudication and 

3 Review’ for ‘shall be for necessary expenses for the renova4 tion and modernization of the Arthur J. Altmeyer Build5 ing’. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 173. Activities authorized under part A of title 

7 IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except 

8 for activities authorized in section 403(b)) shall continue 

9 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act in 

10 the manner authorized for fiscal year 2016, and out of any 

11 money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 

12 appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as 

13 may be necessary for such purpose. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 174. The Secretary of Health and Human Serv15 ices may use discretionary amounts appropriated in this 

16 Act for the Department of Health and Human Services to 

17 carry out section 399V–6 of the Public Health Service Act 

18 (42 U.S.C. 280g–17). 

19 ‘‘SEC. 175. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of 

21 the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) 

22 (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Con23 gress) during fiscal year 2017. 

24 ‘‘SEC. 176. TRANSFER OF O’NEILL BUILDING TO

25 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—(a) TRANSFER.—Effective 
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1 upon the expiration of the 180-day period that begins on 

2 the date of the enactment of this section— 

3 ‘‘(1) the building described in subsection (e) shall 

4 become an office building of the House of Representa5 tives; 

6 ‘‘(2) the Administrator of General Services shall 

7 transfer custody, control, and administrative jurisdic8 tion over the building to the Architect of the Capitol; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(3) the Architect of the Capitol shall exercise 

11 custody, control, and administrative jurisdiction over 

12 the building subject to the direction of the House Of13 fice Building Commission. 

14 ‘‘(b) TREATMENT AS HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING AND

15 PART OF CAPITOL GROUNDS.—Upon the transfer of cus16 tody, control, and administrative jurisdiction under sub17 section (a), the building and grounds described in sub18 section (e) shall be treated as a House Office Building and 

19 as part of the United States Capitol Grounds for purposes 

20 of all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the House 

21 Office Buildings and the Capitol Grounds, including— 

22 ‘‘(1) chapter 51 of title 40, United States Code 

23 (relating to the administration of the United States 

24 Capitol Buildings and Grounds); and 
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1 ‘‘(2) section 9 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to de2 fine the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, 

3 to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes’, 

4 approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961) (relating to 

5 the authority of the United States Capitol Police to 

6 police the United States Capitol Buildings and 

7 Grounds). 

8 ‘‘(c) AUTHORITY OF ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL TO

9 ENTER INTO LEASES AND OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH

10 FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FOR USE OF

11 BUILDING.— 

12 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—The Architect of 

13 the Capitol is authorized to enter into leases and 

14 other agreements with departments and agencies of 

15 the Federal Government for the use of the building de16 scribed in subsection (e) (or portions thereof), subject 

17 to the approval of the House Office Building Commis18 sion. 

19 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS.—Pursuant to a 

20 lease or other agreement entered into between the Ar21 chitect of the Capitol and a department or agency of 

22 the Federal Government under the authority described 

23 in paragraph (1), the Architect of the Capitol is au24 thorized to collect payments from such department or 

25 agency and such department or agency is authorized 
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1 to make payments to the Architect of the Capitol, in2 cluding payments of commercially-equivalent rent. 

3 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments 

4 received by the Architect of the Capitol pursuant to 

5 any lease or other agreement entered into under this 

6 subsection shall be deposited to the appropriation 

7 available to the Architect of the Capitol from the 

8 House Office Buildings Fund established under sub9 section (d) and shall be subject to future appropria10 tion. 

11 ‘‘(d) HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS FUND.— 

12 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

13 the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known 

14 as the ‘House Office Buildings Fund’ (hereafter in 

15 this section referred to as the ‘Fund’). 

16 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF FUND.—The Fund shall con17 sist of the following amounts: 

18 ‘‘(A) Amounts transferred by the Architect 

19 of the Capitol under paragraph (3) of subsection 

20 (c). 

21 ‘‘(B) Interest earned on the balance of the 

22 Fund. 

23 ‘‘(C) Such other amounts as may be appro24 priated by law. 
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1 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUND.—Amounts in the Fund shall 

2 be available to the Architect of the Capitol for the 

3 maintenance, care, and operation of the House office 

4 buildings, and may be used to reimburse the United 

5 States Capitol Police, the House of Representatives, or 

6 any other office of the legislative branch which pro7 vides goods or services for the maintenance, care, and 

8 operation of the building and grounds described in 

9 subsection (e), in such amounts as may be appro10 priated under law. 

11 ‘‘(4) NOTIFICATION TO COMMITTEE ON APPRO12 PRIATIONS.—Upon making any obligation or expend13 iture of any amount in the Fund, the Architect of the 

14 Capitol shall notify the Committee on Appropriations 

15 of the House of Representatives of the amount and 

16 purpose of the obligation or expenditure. 

17 ‘‘(5) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

18 Amounts in the Fund are available without regard to 

19 fiscal year limitation. 

20 ‘‘(e) DESCRIPTION OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) DESCRIPTION.—The building and grounds 

22 described in this subsection is the Federal building lo23 cated in the District of Columbia which is commonly 

24 known as the ‘Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Federal Build25 ing’, and which is more particularly described as fol-
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1 lows: Square 579, Lot 827, at 200 C Street Southwest, 

2 bounded by C Street Southwest on the north, by 2nd 

3 Street Southwest on the east, by D Street Southwest 

4 on the south, and by 3rd Street Southwest on the 

5 west, and by all that area contiguous to and sur6 rounding Square 579 from the property line thereof 

7 to the west curb of 3rd Street Southwest, the north 

8 curb of C Street Southwest, the east curb of 2nd 

9 Street Southwest, and the south curb of D Street 

10 Southwest. 

11 ‘‘(2) RETENTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIS12 TRICT OF COLUMBIA.—The Mayor of the District of 

13 Columbia will retain responsibility for the mainte14 nance and improvement of those portions of the 

15 streets which are situated between the curb lines of the 

16 streets referenced in paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘SEC. 177. (a) During the 115th Congress— 

18 ‘‘(1) amounts made available for the Office of the 

19 Secretary of the Conference of the Minority of the 

20 Senate shall be available for the Office of the Assist21 ant Minority Leader of the Senate; and 

22 ‘‘(2) the duties and authorities of the Secretary 

23 of the Conference of the Minority of the Senate under 

24 section 3 of title I of division H of the Consolidated 

25 Appropriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 6154), section 
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1 101 of chapter VIII of title I of the Supplemental Ap2 propriations Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 6156), or any other 

3 provision of law shall be duties and authorities of the 

4 Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate. 

5 ‘‘(b) For purposes of any individual employed by the 

6 Office of the Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate during 

7 the 115th Congress— 

8 ‘‘(1) section 506(e) of the Supplemental Appro9 priations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 6314(e)) shall be ap10 plied by substituting ‘Assistant Minority Leader’ for 

11 ‘Secretary of the Conference of the Minority’; 

12 ‘‘(2) section 207(e)(9)(M) of title 18, United 

13 States Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘Assist14 ant Minority Leader’ for ‘secretary of the Conference 

15 of the Minority’; and 

16 ‘‘(3) subsection (b) of the first section of S. Res. 

17 458 (98th Congress) shall be applied by substituting 

18 ‘Assistant Minority Leader’ for ‘Secretary of the Con19 ference of the Minority’. 

20 ‘‘(c) For purposes of any individual employed by the 

21 Office of the Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate during 

22 the 115th Congress, with respect to any practice that occurs 

23 during that Congress, section 220(e)(2)(C) of the Congres24 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1351(e)(2)(C)) 

25 shall be applied by substituting ‘the Office of the Assistant 
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1 Minority Leader of the Senate’ for ‘the Office of the Sec2 retary of the Conference of the Minority of the Senate’. 

3 ‘‘(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to have 

4 any effect on the continuation of any procedure or action 

5 initiated under the Congressional Accountability Act of 

6 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) or section 207 of title 18, 

7 United States Code. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 178. Section 21(d) of Senate Resolution 64 of 

9 the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 1st session (agreed 

10 to on March 5, 2013) is amended by striking ‘December 

11 31, 2016’ and inserting ‘December 31, 2018’. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 179. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN

13 LEGISLATION.— 

14 ‘‘(a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION DEFINED.—In this 

15 section, the term ‘qualifying legislation’ means a Senate bill 

16 or joint resolution— 

17 ‘‘(1) that is introduced in the Senate during the 

18 30-calendar day period beginning on the date on 

19 which Congress convenes the First Session of the 

20 115th Congress; 

21 ‘‘(2) the title of which is as follows: ‘To provide 

22 for an exception to a limitation against appointment 

23 of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years 

24 of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned 

25 officer of the Armed Forces.’; and 
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1 ‘‘(3) the matter after the enacting or resolving 

2 clause of which is as follows: 

3 ‘‘ ‘SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION AGAINST AP4 POINTMENT OF PERSONS AS SECRETARY OF 

5 DEFENSE WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OF RELIEF 

6 FROM ACTIVE DUTY AS REGULAR COMMIS7 SIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

8 ‘‘ ‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the second sen9 tence of section 113(a) of title 10, United States Code, the 

10 first person appointed, by and with the advice and consent 

11 of the Senate, as Secretary of Defense after the date of the 

12 enactment of this Act may be a person who is, on the date 

13 of appointment, within seven years after relief, but not 

14 within three years after relief, from active duty as a com15 missioned officer of a regular component of the Armed 

16 Forces. 

17 ‘‘ ‘(b) LIMITED EXCEPTION.—This section applies only 

18 to the first person appointed as Secretary of Defense as de19 scribed in subsection (a) after the date of the enactment of 

20 this Act, and to no other person.’. 

21 ‘‘(b) INTRODUCTION.—During the 30-calendar day pe22 riod described in subsection (a)(1), qualifying legislation 

23 may be introduced in the Senate by the Majority Leader 

24 (or the Majority Leader’s designee), the Minority Leader 

25 (or the Minority Leader’s designee), the Chairman of the 
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1 Committee on Armed Services, or the Ranking Minority 

2 Member of the Committee on Armed Services. 

3 ‘‘(c) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 

4 ‘‘(1) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—Qualifying legis5 lation introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the 

6 Committee on Armed Services. 

7 ‘‘(2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the Com8 mittee on Armed Services has not reported the quali9 fying legislation within 5 session days after the date 

10 of referral of the legislation, the Committee shall be 

11 discharged from further consideration of the legisla12 tion, and the qualifying legislation shall be placed on 

13 the appropriate calendar. 

14 ‘‘(3) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—Not15 withstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 

16 Senate, it is in order at any time after the Committee 

17 on Armed Serves reports the qualifying legislation to 

18 the Senate or has been discharged from its consider19 ation (even though a previous motion to the same ef20 fect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 

21 consideration of the qualifying legislation, and all 

22 points of order against the qualifying legislation (and 

23 against consideration of the qualifying legislation) 

24 are waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 

25 The motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A 
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1 motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 

2 agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a 

3 motion to proceed to the consideration of the quali4 fying legislation is agreed to, the qualifying legisla5 tion shall remain the unfinished business until dis6 posed of. 

7 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration of the 

8 qualifying legislation, and all debate, debatable mo9 tions, and appeals in connection therewith, shall be 

10 limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be di11 vided equally between, and controlled by, the Majority 

12 Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. A 

13 motion to further limit debate is in order and not de14 batable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, 

15 or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 

16 business, or a motion to recommit the qualifying leg17 islation is not in order. 

18 ‘‘(5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 

19 shall occur immediately following the conclusion of 

20 the debate on the qualifying legislation and a single 

21 quorum call at the conclusion of the debate, if re22 quested in accordance with the rules of the Senate. 

23 Passage of the qualifying legislation shall require an 

24 affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 

25 chosen and sworn. 
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1 ‘‘(6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

2 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 

3 application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may 

4 be, to the procedure relating to qualifying legislation 

5 shall be decided without debate. 

6 ‘‘(7) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—Con7 sideration in the Senate of any veto message with re8 spect to the qualifying legislation, including all de9 bate, debatable motions, and appeals in connection 

10 therewith, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally 

11 divided between, and controlled by, the Majority 

12 Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. 

13 ‘‘(d) RULES OF THE SENATE.—This section is en14 acted— 

15 ‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

16 the Senate and as such is deemed a part of the rules 

17 of the Senate, but applicable only with respect to the 

18 procedure to be followed in the Senate in the case of 

19 qualifying legislation described in subsection (a), and 

20 supersedes other rules only to the extent that this sec21 tion is inconsistent with such rules; and 

22 ‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

23 right of the Senate to change the rules (so far as relat24 ing to the procedure of the Senate) at any time, in 
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1 the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 

2 case of any other rule of the Senate. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 180. Section 133 of division L, title I of the Con4 solidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114–113, 

5 is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘ ‘(a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

7 made available by this Act or any other Act may be used 

8 to implement, administer, or enforce the requirement for 

9 two off-duty periods from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. under 

10 paragraph 395.3(c) or the restriction on use of more than 

11 one restart during a 168-hour period under paragraph 

12 395.3(d) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and those 

13 provisions shall have no force or effect upon submission of 

14 the final report issued by the Secretary of Transportation, 

15 as required by section 133 of division K of Public Law 113– 

16 235, unless the Secretary and the Inspector General of the 

17 Department of Transportation each review and determine 

18 that the final report. 

19 ‘‘ ‘(1) meets the statutory requirements set forth 

20 in such section; and 

21 ‘‘ ‘(2) establishes that commercial motor vehicle 

22 drivers who operated under the restart provisions in 

23 operational effect between July 1, 2013, and the day 

24 before the date of enactment of such Public Law dem25 onstrated statistically significant improvement in all 
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1 outcomes related to safety, operator fatigue, driver 

2 health and longevity, and work schedules, in compari3 son to commercial motor vehicle drivers who operated 

4 under the restart provisions in operational effect on 

5 June 30, 2013. 

6 ‘‘ ‘(b) If the Secretary and the Inspector General do 

7 not each make the findings outlined in subsection (a) of 

8 this section with respect to the final report, hereafter, the 

9 34-hour restart rule in operational effect on June 30, 2013 

10 shall be restored to full force and effect on the date that 

11 the Secretary submits the final report to the Committees 

12 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

13 Senate, and funds appropriated or otherwise made avail14 able by this Act or any other Act shall be available to imple15 ment, administer, or enforce the rule.’. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 181. (a) Funds made available by section 101 

17 for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Ad18 ministration—Operations’ may be apportioned up to the 

19 rate for operations necessary to avoid disruption of con20 tinuing projects or activities funded by this appropriation. 

21 ‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter pre22 ceding the first proviso under the heading ‘Department of 

23 Transportation—Federal Aviation Administration—Fa24 cilities and Equipment’ in division L of Public Law 114– 
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1 113 shall be applied by substituting ‘$479,412,000’ for 

2 ‘$470,049,000’ and ‘$2,375,588,000’ for ‘$2,384,951,000’. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 182. (a) Amounts available under section 101 

4 for ‘Department of Transportation—Maritime Administra5 tion—Operations and Training’ for facilities maintenance 

6 and repair, equipment, and capital improvements at the 

7 United States Merchant Marine Academy, and any avail8 able prior year balances for the Student Incentive Program 

9 at State Maritime Academies may, either in whole or part, 

10 be used for costs associated with the midshipmen Sea Year 

11 training program of the Academy without regard to any 

12 limitations on reprogramming or transfer under division 

13 L of Public Law 114–113 or otherwise applicable under a 

14 provision of this Act. 

15 ‘‘(b) The matter under the heading ‘Department of 

16 Transportation—Maritime Administration—Operations 

17 and Training’ in division L of Public Law 114–113 is 

18 amended by striking the third proviso (relating to an Acad19 emy spending plan). 

20 ‘‘SEC. 183. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

21 ‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Public 

22 and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’ 

23 may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

24 to renew grants for rental assistance and administrative 

25 costs that were provided pursuant to the third through tenth 
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1 provisos of paragraph (5) under such heading in title II 

2 of division K of Public Law 113–235 (128 Stat. 2732). 

3 ‘‘SEC. 184. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, if not later than 10 days after the end of the Second 

5 Session of the 114th Congress, the Office of Management 

6 and Budget (‘OMB’) determines that the total of enacted 

7 appropriations for fiscal year 2017 subject to the discre8 tionary spending limits in section 251(c) of the Balanced 

9 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, exclud10 ing any appropriations that would result in adjustments 

11 under section 251(b)(2) of such Act, does not exceed the sum 

12 of the unadjusted discretionary spending limits for fiscal 

13 year 2017 in section 251(c)(4) of such Act and provides 

14 written notification of that determination, then the final 

15 sequestration report for fiscal year 2017 under section 

16 254(f)(1) of such Act and any order for fiscal year 2017 

17 under section 254(f)(5) of such Act shall be issued, for the 

18 Congressional Budget Office, 10 days after the date specified 

19 in section 106(3) of this Act and, for OMB, 15 days after 

20 the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act: Provided, 

21 That the written notification required by this section shall 

22 include the total dollar amount and estimated uniform per23 centage that would be required to eliminate a breach within 

24 a category if OMB were to issue such final sequestration 
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1 report and order pursuant to the timetable in section 254(a) 

2 of such Act. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 185. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 

5 by section 101 for the ‘Emergency Watershed Protection 

6 Program’, there is appropriated $103,140,000 for an addi7 tional amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available 

8 until expended, and for the ‘Emergency Conservation Pro9 gram’, there is appropriated $102,978,524 for an additional 

10 amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That all amounts made available by this 

12 section are designated by the Congress as an emergency re13 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal14 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 186. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 

17 by section 101, there is appropriated $74,700,000 for an 

18 additional amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available 

19 until expended, for ‘National Aeronautics and Space Ad20 ministration—Construction and Environmental Compli21 ance and Restoration’ for repairs at National Aeronautics 

22 and Space Administration facilities damaged by Hurricane 

23 Matthew: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

24 Congress as 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 ‘‘SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 

5 by section 101, there is appropriated $54,827,000 for ‘Corps 

6 of Engineers-Civil—Construction’ for an additional 

7 amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available until ex8 pended, for necessary expenses to address emergency situa9 tions at Corps of Engineers projects, and to rehabilitate and 

10 repair damages to Corps of Engineers projects, caused by 

11 natural disasters: Provided, That such amount is des12 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur13 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 

15 That beginning not later than 60 days after the date of en16 actment of this section, the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

17 for Civil Works shall provide monthly reports to the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

19 and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of 

20 these funds. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 

23 by section 101, there is appropriated $290,708,000 for 

24 ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Mississippi River and Tribu25 taries’ for an additional amount for fiscal year 2017, to 
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1 remain available until expended, for necessary expenses to 

2 dredge navigation projects in response to, and repair dam3 ages to Corps of Engineers projects caused by, natural dis4 asters: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

5 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That begin8 ning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

9 of this section, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 

10 Works shall provide monthly reports to the Committees on 

11 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

12 Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these 

13 funds. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 189. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 

16 by section 101, there is appropriated $259,574,000 for 

17 ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Operation and Maintenance’ for 

18 an additional amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain avail19 able until expended, for necessary expenses to dredge navi20 gation projects in response to, and repair damages to Corps 

21 of Engineers projects caused by, natural disasters: Provided, 

22 That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emer23 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 

24 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

25 of 1985: Provided further, That beginning not later than 
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1 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the As2 sistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide 

3 monthly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

4 House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allo5 cation and obligation of these funds. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 190. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 

8 by section 101, there is appropriated $419,891,000 for 

9 ‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Flood Control and Coastal 

10 Emergencies’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of Au11 gust 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for an additional amount 

12 for fiscal year 2017, to remain available until expended, 

13 for necessary expenses to prepare for flood, hurricane and 

14 other natural disasters and support emergency operations, 

15 repairs, and other activities in response to such disasters 

16 as authorized by law: Provided, That such amount is des17 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur18 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 

20 That beginning not later than 60 days after the date of en21 actment of this section, the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

22 for Civil Works shall provide monthly reports to the Com23 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

24 and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of 

25 these funds. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 191. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 this Act, and in addition to any amount otherwise provided 

3 by section 101 for the ‘Emergency Relief Program’, as au4 thorized by section 125 of title 23, United States Code, there 

5 is appropriated $1,004,017,000 for fiscal year 2017, to re6 main available until expended: Provided, That such amount 

7 is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

8 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

9 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 192. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

11 of this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise pro12 vided by section 101 for ‘Department of Housing and 

13 Urban Development—Community Planning and Develop14 ment—Community Development Fund’, there is appro15 priated $1,808,976,000 for an additional amount for fiscal 

16 year 2017, to remain available until expended, that is iden17 tical to the additional appropriation for fiscal year 2016 

18 in section 145(a) of this Act (except that ‘enactment of this 

19 Act’ shall be treated as referring to enactment of this sec20 tion, and except for the last proviso under such subsection), 

21 and with respect to which the same authority and condi22 tions shall be in effect: Provided, That of the amount made 

23 available by this subsection, $1,416,000,000 is designated 

24 by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to sec25 tion 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
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1 Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $392,976,000 is designated 

2 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

3 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer4 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 ‘‘(b) Of the amounts made available by subsection (a) 

6 and designated by the Congress as an emergency require7 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 

8 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, up to 

9 $3,000,000 may be transferred, in aggregate, to ‘Depart10 ment of Housing and Urban Development—Program Office 

11 Salaries and Expenses—Community Planning and Devel12 opment’ for necessary costs, including information tech13 nology costs, of administering and overseeing the obligation 

14 and expenditure of amounts in section 145 and all amounts 

15 in this section. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 193. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this Act, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided 

18 by section 101, an additional amount for fiscal year 2017 

19 of $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, is pro20 vided for ‘Department of Health and Human Services— 

21 Food and Drug Administration-FDA Innovation Account’ 

22 (in this section referred to as the ‘Account’): Provided, That 

23 such amounts are appropriated pursuant to section 

24 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act, are to be derived 

25 from amounts transferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of 
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1 such Act, are for the necessary expenses to carry out the 

2 purposes described under section 1002(b)(4) of such Act, 

3 and may be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and 

4 Drugs to the appropriation for ‘Department of Health and 

5 Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Sala6 ries and Expenses’ solely for the purposes provided in such 

7 Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the 

8 Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre9 vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 

10 such amounts may be transferred back to the Account: Pro11 vided further, That this transfer authority is in addition 

12 to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 194. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 this Act, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided 

15 by section 101, an additional amount for fiscal year 2017 

16 of $352,000,000, to remain available until expended, is pro17 vided for ‘Department of Health and Human Services— 

18 National Institutes of Health—NIH Innovation Account’ 

19 (in this section referred to as the ‘Account’): Provided, That 

20 such amounts are appropriated pursuant to section 

21 1001(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act, are to be derived 

22 from amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of 

23 such Act, are for the necessary expenses to carry out the 

24 purposes described in section 1001(b)(4) of such Act and 

25 in the amounts provided for fiscal year 2017 in such section 
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1 1001(b)(4), and may be transferred by the Director of the 

2 National Institutes of Health to other accounts of the Na3 tional Institutes of Health solely for the purposes provided 

4 in such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination 

5 by the Director that funds transferred pursuant to the pre6 vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 

7 such amounts may be transferred back to the Account: Pro8 vided further, That this transfer authority is in addition 

9 to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 195. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 this Act, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided 

12 by section 101, an additional amount for fiscal year 2017 

13 of $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, is pro14 vided for ‘Department of Health and Human Services— 

15 Office of the Secretary—Account For the State Response to 

16 the Opioid Abuse Crisis’ (in this section referred to as the 

17 ‘Account’): Provided, That such amounts are appropriated 

18 pursuant to section 1003(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures 

19 Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under sec20 tion 1003(b)(2)(A) of such Act, are for the necessary ex21 penses to carry out the purposes described under section 

22 1003(c) of such Act, and may be transferred by the Sec23 retary of Health and Human Services to other accounts of 

24 the Department solely for the purposes provided in such Act: 

25 Provided further, That upon a determination by the Sec-
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1 retary that funds transferred pursuant to the previous pro2 viso are not necessary for the purposes provided, such 

3 amounts may be transferred back to the Account: Provided 

4 further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any 

5 other transfer authority provided by law. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 196. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

7 of this Act, in addition to the amount otherwise provided 

8 by section 101 for ‘Environmental Protection Agency— 

9 State and Tribal Assistance Grants’, there is appropriated 

10 $100,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2017, 

11 to remain available until expended, for making capitaliza12 tion grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds 

13 under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act pursu14 ant to section 2201 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016. 

15 ‘‘(b) The last proviso of paragraph (1) under the head16 ing ‘Environmental Protection Agency—State and Tribal 

17 Assistance Grants’ in division G of Public Law 114–113 

18 shall be applied to amounts made available by this section 

19 by substituting for ‘only where such debt was incurred on 

20 or after the date of enactment of this Act’ the following: 

21 ‘where such debt was incurred on or after the date of enact22 ment of this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior 

23 to the date of enactment if the State, with concurrence from 

24 the Administrator, determines that such funds could be used 

25 to help address a threat to public health from heightened 
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1 exposure to lead in drinking water or if a Federal or State 

2 emergency declaration has been issued due to a threat to 

3 public health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic4 ipal drinking water supply before the date of enactment of 

5 this Act: Provided further, That in a State in which such 

6 an emergency declaration has been issued, the State may 

7 use more than 20 percent of the funds made available under 

8 this title to the State for Drinking Water State Revolving 

9 Fund capitalization grants to provide additional subsidy 

10 to eligible recipients’. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 197. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

12 of this Act, there is provided for ‘Environmental Protection 

13 Agency—Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 

14 Program Account’ for the cost of direct loans and for the 

15 cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infra16 structure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 

17 3901 et seq.), $20,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

19 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 

20 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 

21 That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations 

22 for the principal amount of direct loans, including capital23 ized interest, and total loan principal, including capital24 ized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 

25 to exceed $2,073,000,000. 
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1 ‘‘(b) In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursu2 ant to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 

3 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3908 and 

4 3909) shall be credited to the appropriation made by this 

5 section to remain available until expended. 

6 ‘‘(c) Of the amounts provided under subsection (a), not 

7 to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for administrative expenses 

8 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, not9 withstanding section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Fi10 nance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3912). 

11 ‘‘SEC. 198. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 this Act, in addition to the amount otherwise provided by 

13 section 101 for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv14 ices—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Envi15 ronmental Health’, for carrying out section 2203 of the 

16 Water and Waste Act of 2016, there is appropriated 

17 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

18 of which $17,500,000 shall be for carrying out section 

19 2203(b) of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 and $2,500,000 

20 shall be for carrying out section 2203(c) of the Water and 

21 Waste Act of 2016: Provided, That such funds may be made 

22 available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 

23 Registry or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

24 at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human 
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1 Services, for carrying out such sections of the Water and 

2 Waste Act of 2016. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 199. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, in addition to the amount otherwise provided by 

5 section 101 for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv6 ices—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Envi7 ronmental Health’, for carrying out section 2204(a) of the 

8 Water and Waste Act of 2016, there is appropriated 

9 $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 

10 for childhood lead poisoning prevention programs author11 ized under section 317A of the Public Health Service Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 247b–1). 

13 ‘‘SEC. 200. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 this Act, in addition to the amount otherwise provided by 

15 section 101 for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv16 ices—Health Resources and Services Administration—Ma17 ternal and Child Health’, for carrying out section 2204(b) 

18 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016, there is appropriated 

19 $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 

20 for the Healthy Start Initiative authorized under section 

21 330H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c– 

22 8). 

23 ‘‘SEC. 201. (a) Of any available amounts appropriated 

24 under section 301(b)(3) of Public Law 114–10, 
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1 $170,000,000 is rescinded immediately upon enactment of 

2 this section. 

3 ‘‘(b) In the Senate, the budgetary effects of this section 

4 shall not count for purposes of the amount in section 

5 3103(b)(3) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 

6 fiscal year 2016 (S. Con. Res. 11) when determining points 

7 of order pursuant to section 3103(b)(1) of that section of 

8 that concurrent resolution.’’. 

9 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Further Continuing 

10 Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 

11 DIVISION B—SECURITY ASSIST12 ANCE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 

13 2017 

14 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

15 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

16 fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other pur17 poses, namely: 

18 TITLE I 

19 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

20 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

21 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

23 Army’’, $196,964,000, of which $94,034,000 is to support 

24 counter-terrorism operations and $102,930,000 is to sup25 port the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, That 
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1 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

2 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu3 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

7 Navy’’, $10,484,000, of which $7,354,000 is to support 

8 counter-terrorism operations and $3,130,000 is to support 

9 the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, That such 

10 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin11 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec12 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer13 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

16 Marine Corps’’, $5,840,000, to support counter-terrorism 

17 operations: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

18 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

19 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

20 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

21 of 1985. 

22 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

24 Air Force’’, $51,830,000, of which $37,640,000 is to support 

25 counter-terrorism operations and $14,190,000 is to support 
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1 the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, That such 

2 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin3 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec4 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

7 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte9 nance, Army’’, $3,173,679,000, of which $2,734,952,000 is 

10 to support counter-terrorism operations and $438,727,000 

11 is to support the European Reassurance Initiative: Pro12 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 

13 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

14 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

15 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte18 nance, Navy’’, $97,881,000, of which $95,531,000 is to sup19 port counter-terrorism operations and $2,350,000 is to sup20 port the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, That 

21 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

22 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu23 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte3 nance, Marine Corps’’, $180,546,000, of which 

4 $168,446,000 is to support counter-terrorism operations 

5 and $12,100,000 is to support the European Reassurance 

6 Initiative: 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)(ii) of the 

9 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

10 1985. 

11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte13 nance, Air Force’’, $428,046,000, of which $382,496,000 is 

14 to support counter-terrorism operations and $45,550,000 is 

15 to support the European Reassurance Initiative: 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 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte22 nance, Defense-Wide’’, $446,283,000, of which $412,959,000 

23 is to support counter-terrorism operations and $33,324,000 

24 is to support the European Reassurance Initiative: Pro25 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
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1 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

2 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip 

6 Fund’’, $289,500,000, to support counter-terrorism oper7 ations: 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)(ii) of the 

10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

11 1985. 

12 PROCUREMENT 

13 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

15 Army’’, $229,100,000, to support counter-terrorism oper16 ations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

17 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

18 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

19 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

20 1985. 

21 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

23 Army’’, $72,000,000, to support counter-terrorism oper24 ations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

25 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
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1 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

2 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

3 1985. 

4 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am6 munition, Air Force’’, $201,563,000, to support counter-ter7 rorism operations: Provided, That such amount is des8 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper9 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

10 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

14 Air Force’’, $83,900,000, to support counter-terrorism oper15 ations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

16 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

17 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

18 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

19 1985. 

20 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

22 Air Force’’, $137,884,000, to support counter-terrorism op23 erations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

24 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

25 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
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1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

2 1985. 

3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

4 EVALUATION 

5 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop7 ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $78,700,000, to support 

8 counter-terrorism operations: Provided, That such amount 

9 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op10 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

11 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

14 DEFENSE-WIDE

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop16 ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $3,000,000, to 

17 support counter-terrorism operations: 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)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer21 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

23 JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Joint Improvised Ex25 plosive Device Defeat Fund’’, $87,800,000, to support 
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1 counter-terrorism operations: Provided, That such amount 

2 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op3 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

4 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 TITLE II 

7 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, 

8 AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

10 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

11 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con13 sular Programs’’, $1,052,400,000 to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2018, of which $927,189,000 is for World15 wide Security Protection and shall remain available until 

16 expended: Provided, That such funds are for operational 

17 and security requirements to support activities to counter 

18 the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, other terrorist 

19 organizations, and violent extremism in Africa, Europe and 

20 Eurasia, the Middle East, and South and Central Asia, and 

21 to counter Russian influence: Provided further, That such 

22 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin23 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec24 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer25 gency 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’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until September 

4 30, 2018: 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 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, 

11 Construction, and Maintenance’’, $654,411,000, to remain 

12 available until expended, for construction of, and security 

13 enhancements for, United States diplomatic facilities in Af14 rica, Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East, and South and 

15 Central Asia, of which $618,411,000 is for Worldwide Secu16 rity Upgrades: Provided, That such amount is designated 

17 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob18 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

19 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

20 of 1985. 
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1 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

2 DEVELOPMENT 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 

6 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 

7 for operational and security requirements to support activi8 ties to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, 

9 other terrorist organizations, and violent extremism in Af10 rica, Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East, and South and 

11 Central Asia: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

12 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

13 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

14 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

15 of 1985. 

16 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Investment 

18 Fund’’, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

19 for the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program: Provided, 

20 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over21 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur22 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

23 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’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until September 

4 30, 2018: 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 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

10 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

11 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 

13 Assistance’’, $616,100,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, for international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and 

15 reconstruction assistance, including in Africa, Europe and 

16 Eurasia, the Middle East, and South and Central Asia: 

17 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

18 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter19 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

20 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Transition Initia23 tives’’, $50,234,000, to remain available until expended, for 

24 programs to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Le25 vant, other terrorist organizations, and violent extremism, 
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1 and address the needs of populations impacted by such or2 ganizations: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

3 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

4 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

5 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

6 of 1985. 

7 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 

9 Fund’’, $1,030,555,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2018, for programs to counter the Islamic State 

11 of Iraq and the Levant, other terrorist organizations, and 

12 violent extremism, and address the needs of populations im13 pacted by such organizations: Provided, That funds appro14 priated under this heading shall be made available for pro15 grams that include activities to document, investigate, and 

16 prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, 

17 and other human rights violations in Iraq and Syria, in18 cluding to build capacity of Syrian and Iraqi investigators; 

19 atrocity prevention, transitional justice, reconciliation, and 

20 reintegration programs for vulnerable and persecuted mi21 norities and ethnic groups in the Middle East and North 

22 Africa; and support for higher education institutions in 

23 Iraq: Provided further, That such funds shall also be made 

24 available for assistance for major non-North Atlantic Trea25 ty Organization allies in the Middle East and North Africa, 
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1 including Jordan and Tunisia: Provided further, That such 

2 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin3 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec4 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 

8 Eurasia and Central Asia’’, $157,000,000, to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2018, for programs to counter Rus10 sian influence: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

11 this heading shall be made available for assistance for 

12 Ukraine, Georgia, and other countries affected by Russian 

13 aggression: Provided further, That of the funds appro14 priated under this heading, up to $6,000,000 may be trans15 ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the 

16 heading ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors—International 

17 Broadcasting Operations’’ for programs to counter Russian 

18 influence: Provided further, That such amount is designated 

19 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob20 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

21 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

22 of 1985. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

2 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Refugee 

4 Assistance’’, $300,000,000, to remain available until ex5 pended, to respond to refugee and migration crises, includ6 ing in Africa, Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East, and 

7 South and Central Asia, except that such funds shall not 

8 be made available for the resettlement costs of refugees in 

9 the United States: 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)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

15 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

16 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

17 ENFORCEMENT

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar19 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $26,300,000, to re20 main available until September 30, 2018, for programs in 

21 Africa, Europe and Eurasia, and the Middle East: Pro22 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 

23 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

24 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

25 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

2 RELATED PROGRAMS

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

4 Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 

5 $128,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2018, for anti-terrorism, demining and related programs 

7 and activities in Africa and the Middle East: Provided, 

8 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over9 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur10 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

11 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper14 ations’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 

15 30, 2018, for equipment, training, logistics, and related 

16 support for peacekeeping, stabilization, and counter-ter17 rorism programs in Africa and the Middle East: Provided, 

18 That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

19 available for a United States contribution to the Multi20 national Force and Observers mission in the Sinai: Pro21 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con22 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

23 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal24 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

2 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi4 nancing Program’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until 

5 September 30, 2018, for assistance for countries in Africa, 

6 Europe and Eurasia, and the Middle East: Provided, That 

7 funds appropriated under this heading shall be made avail8 able for assistance for Ukraine, Georgia, the Baltic states, 

9 Tunisia, and Jordan: Provided further, That such amount 

10 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op11 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

15 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS

16 SEC. 201. Unless otherwise provided for by this title, 

17 the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro18 priations accounts in this Act shall be available under the 

19 authorities and conditions applicable to such appropria20 tions accounts for fiscal year 2017. 

21 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT

22 SEC. 202. Funds appropriated by this title shall not 

23 be available for obligation unless the Secretary of State or 

24 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter25 national Development, as appropriate, has notified the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations in writing at least 15 days 

2 in advance of such obligation: Provided, That the require3 ment of this section shall not apply to funds made available 

4 by this title under the headings ‘‘Department of State— 

5 Administration of Foreign Affairs—Office of Inspector 

6 General’’, ‘‘United States Agency for International Develop7 ment—Funds Appropriated to the President—Office of In8 spector General’’, ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds 

9 Appropriated to the President—International Disaster As10 sistance’’, and ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Depart11 ment of State—Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 

12 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

13 SEC. 203. (a) Funds appropriated by this title under 

14 the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, includ15 ing for Worldwide Security Protection, and ‘‘Embassy Se16 curity, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may be transferred 

17 to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this title under 

18 such headings if the Secretary of State determines and re19 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so 

20 is necessary to implement the recommendations of the 

21 Benghazi Accountability Review Board, or to prevent or re22 spond to security situations and requirements. 

23 (b) Funds appropriated by this title under the head24 ings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration 
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1 and Refugee Assistance’’ may be transferred to, and merged 

2 with, funds appropriated by this title under such headings. 

3 (c) Funds appropriated by this title under the head4 ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Eu5 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be transferred to, and 

6 merged with, funds appropriated by this title under the 

7 heading ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’. 

8 (d) Funds appropriated by this title under the head9 ings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce10 ment’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and 

11 Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘For12 eign Military Financing Program’’ may be transferred to, 

13 and merged with, funds appropriated by this title under 

14 such headings. 

15 (e) The transfer authority provided by this section 

16 shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

17 notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria18 tions: Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition 

19 to any transfer authority otherwise available under any 

20 other provision of law. 

21 CONSOLIDATED REPORTING REQUIREMENT

22 SEC. 204. Not later than 45 days after enactment of 

23 this Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds made 

24 available by this title, the Secretary of State and the Ad25 ministrator of the United States Agency for International 
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1 Development shall submit a consolidated report to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations on the anticipated uses of such 

3 funds on a country and project basis for which the obliga4 tion of funds is anticipated, including estimated personnel 

5 and administrative costs: Provided, That such report shall 

6 be updated and submitted to such Committees every 60 days 

7 until September 30, 2018, and every 180 days thereafter 

8 until all funds have been expended: Provided further, That 

9 funds appropriated by this title under the headings ‘‘Inter10 national Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Refugee 

11 Assistance’’ may be obligated prior to submission of the re12 port required by this section. 

13 LOAN AUTHORITY

14 SEC. 205. (a) Funds appropriated by this title under 

15 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and in prior Acts 

16 making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

17 operations, and related programs under such heading may 

18 be made available for the costs, as defined in section 502 

19 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees 

20 for Iraq, which are authorized to be provided: Provided, 

21 That amounts made available under this subsection for the 

22 costs of such guarantees shall not be considered assistance 

23 for the purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to 

24 a country: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

25 should obtain a commitment from the Government of Iraq 
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1 that such government will make available the proceeds of 

2 such financing to regions and governorates, including the 

3 Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in a manner consistent with the 

4 principles of equitable share of national revenues contained 

5 in clause ‘‘Third’’ of Article 121 of the Constitution of Iraq: 

6 Provided further, That such funds shall be subject to prior 

7 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

8 of, the Committees on Appropriations, except that any such 

9 notification shall include a detailed summary of the terms 

10 and conditions of such financing and an assessment of the 

11 extent to which the proposed financing agreement between 

12 the Governments of the United States and Iraq supports 

13 the constitutional principles of equitable share of national 

14 revenues to regions and governorates, including the 

15 Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 

16 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, the au17 thority provided by section 1101 of division O of the Con18 solidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113) 

19 shall continue in effect through fiscal year 2017: Provided, 

20 That any notification submitted pursuant to such section 

21 shall include a detailed summary of the terms and condi22 tions of such loan and an assessment of the extent to which 

23 use of the proposed loan proceeds would place special em24 phasis on the Kurdish Peshmerga, Sunni tribal security 
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1 forces, or other local security forces, with a national secu2 rity mission. 

3 (c) Funds made available pursuant to this section and 

4 section 7034(o)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Op5 erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 

6 (division K of Public Law 114–113) from prior Acts mak7 ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op8 erations, and related programs that were previously des9 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper10 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

11 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985, are designated by the Congress 

13 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter14 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act and 

15 shall be available only if the President subsequently so des16 ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations 

17 to the Congress. 

18 PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS

19 SEC. 206. Funds appropriated by this title to support 

20 counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism pro21 grams, including activities to counter the Islamic State of 

22 Iraq and the Levant, may be used to enter into contracts 

23 with individuals for the provision of personal services (as 

24 described in section 37.104 of title 48, Code of Federal Reg25 ulations (48 CFR 37.104)) in the United States or abroad: 
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1 Provided, That such individuals may not be deemed em2 ployees of the United States for the purposes of any law 

3 administered by the Office of Personnel Management: Pro4 vided further, That the authority made available pursuant 

5 to this section shall expire on September 30, 2018. 

6 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Security Assistance 

7 Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 2028 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 

SENATE AMENDMENT