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Union Calendar No. 93 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2578 

[Report No. 114–130] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2016, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 27, 2015 

Mr. CULBERSON, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce 

and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 

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


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

9 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

11 For necessary expenses for international trade activi12 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

13 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

14 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 

15 for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 

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

17 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for depend18 ent members of immediate families of employees stationed 

19 overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel 

20 and transportation of employees of the International 

21 Trade Administration between two points abroad, without 

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

23 employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

24 contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods 

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


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1 or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 

2 demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; pay3 ment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first 

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

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

6 $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur7 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 

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

9 official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

10 $472,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2017, of which $10,000,000 is to be derived from fees to 

12 be retained and used by the International Trade Adminis13 tration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 

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

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

16 antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 

17 compliance activities: Provided further, That the provisions 

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

19 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

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

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

22 of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mu23 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall 

24 include payment for assessments for services provided as 

25 part of these activities. 


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1 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

2 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

4 national security activities of the Department of Com5 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

6 export administration field activities both domestically and 

7 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

8 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em9 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

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

11 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

12 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 

13 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi14 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa15 tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 

16 1979, and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 

17 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 

18 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi19 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi20 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi21 tation otherwise established by law, $110,000,000, to re22 main available until expended: Provided, That the provi23 sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec24 tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex25 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 


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1 apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, 

2 That payments and contributions collected and accepted 

3 for materials or services provided as part of such activities 

4 may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activi5 ties, and for providing information to the public with re6 spect to the export administration and national security 

7 activities of the Department of Commerce and other ex8 port control programs of the United States and other gov9 ernments. 

10 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

11 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

12 For grants for economic development assistance as 

13 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

14 Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, for grants 

15 authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech16 nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), 

17 $213,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of administering the eco20 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

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

22 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

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

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


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

2 the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

3 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

4 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com6 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

7 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con8 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi9 zations, $32,000,000. 

10 ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS ANALYSIS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco13 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

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

15 September 30, 2017. 

16 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

17 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

18 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana19 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by 

20 law, $265,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro21 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

22 and marketing activities: Provided further, That the Bu23 reau of the Census shall collect data for the Annual Social 

24 and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Sur25 vey using the same health insurance questions included 


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1 in previous years, in addition to the revised questions im2 plemented in the Current Population Survey beginning in 

3 February 2014. 

4 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana7 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic cen8 suses and programs provided for by law, $848,000,000, 

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

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

11 for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Pro12 vided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

13 $1,551,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 

14 General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 

15 out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the 

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

17 of the amounts made available under this heading for in18 formation technology related to 2020 census delivery, in19 cluding the Census Enterprise Data Collection and Proc20 essing (CEDCaP) program, may be obligated until the 

21 Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a plan 

23 for expenditure that (1) identifies for each CEDCaP 

24 project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and 

25 performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 


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1 benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost, in2 cluding estimates for development as well as maintenance 

3 and operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) de4 tails for each project/investment (a) reasons for any cost 

5 and schedule variances, and (b) top risks and mitigation 

6 strategies, and (3) has been submitted to the Government 

7 Accountability Office. 

8 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

9 ADMINISTRATION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

12 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad13 ministration (NTIA), $35,200,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, notwith15 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

16 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec17 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv18 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

19 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

20 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec21 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off22 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

23 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

24 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

25 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 


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1 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

2 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

3 Government agencies shall remain available until ex4 pended. 

5 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

6 AND CONSTRUCTION

7 For the administration of prior-year grants, recov8 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro9 priated are available for the administration of all open 

10 grants until their expiration. 

11 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

15 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in16 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec17 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

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

19 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

20 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec21 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

22 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

23 2016, so as to result in a fiscal year 2016 appropriation 

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

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


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

2 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided fur3 ther, That any amount received in excess of 

4 $3,272,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and deposited in the 

5 Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 

6 available until expended: Provided further, That the Direc7 tor of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Com8 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

9 and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 

10 preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 

11 as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

12 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

14 Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in ac15 cordance with the preceding proviso shall be transferred 

16 to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Sala17 ries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That from 

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

19 made available in fiscal year 2016 for official reception 

20 and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fis21 cal year 2016 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala22 ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec23 essary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage 

24 of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 

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


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1 the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 

2 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Per3 sonnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of 

4 basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chap5 ter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the other6 wise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for 

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

8 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

9 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

10 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

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

12 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

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

14 available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 

15 Provided further, That any differences between the present 

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

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

18 specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on 

19 USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 

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

21 all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO 

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

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

24 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 

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1 propriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 

2 of Inspector General’’ account for activities associated 

3 with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 

4 USPTO. 

5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

6 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

9 Standards and Technology (NIST), $675,000,000, to re10 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

11 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

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

13 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

14 further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 

15 summer undergraduate research fellowship program par16 ticipants. 

17 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

18 For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufac19 turing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of 

20 Standards and Technology, $130,000,000, to remain 

21 available until expended. 

22 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

23 For construction of new research facilities, including 

24 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

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1 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech2 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

3 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

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

5 expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 

6 include in the budget justification materials that the Sec7 retary submits to Congress in support of the Department 

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

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

10 Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Stand11 ards and Technology construction project having a total 

12 multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and si13 multaneously the budget justification materials shall in14 clude an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each 

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

16 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

21 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

22 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

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

24 organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 

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1 cilities, $3,147,877,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2017, except that funds provided for coopera3 tive enforcement shall remain available until September 

4 30, 2018: Provided, That fees and donations received by 

5 the National Ocean Service for the management of na6 tional marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for 

7 the salaries and expenses associated with those activities, 

8 notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 

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

10 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Pro11 mote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Per12 taining to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used 

13 for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy 

14 Grant Program, Cooperative Research, Annual Stock As15 sessments, Survey and Monitoring Projects, Interjurisdic16 tional Fisheries Grants, and Fish Information Networks: 

17 Provided further, That of the $3,295,541,000 provided for 

18 in direct obligations under this heading $3,147,877,000 

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

20 provided by transfer, and $17,500,000 is derived from re21 coveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 

22 the total amount available for National Oceanic and At23 mospheric Administration corporate services administra24 tive support costs shall not exceed $208,100,000: Provided 

25 further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 


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1 for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, 

2 or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

3 this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the pro4 cedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided fur5 ther, That in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses 

6 under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and 

7 Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical 

8 care of retired personnel and their dependents under the 

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

10 as may be necessary. 

11 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

14 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

15 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

16 $1,960,034,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2018, except that funds provided for construction of facili18 ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

19 of the $1,973,034,000 provided for in direct obligations 

20 under this heading, $1,960,034,000 is appropriated from 

21 the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recov22 eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 

23 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi24 ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

25 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 


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

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

3 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus4 tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 

5 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 

6 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

7 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

8 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

9 procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 

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

11 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg12 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

13 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, within 

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

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

16 associated with carrying out investigations and audits re17 lated to satellite procurement, acquisition and construc18 tion. 

19 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

20 For necessary expenses associated with the restora21 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re22 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, 

23 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 

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

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1 ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 

2 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con3 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 

4 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 

5 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu6 lations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights 

7 or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific 

8 coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 

9 to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided 

10 further, That all funds shall be allocated based on sci11 entific and other merit principles and shall not be available 

12 for marketing activities: Provided further, That funds dis13 bursed to States shall be subject to a matching require14 ment of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 

15 least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

16 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

17 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

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

19 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

20 until expended. 

21 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

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

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

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1 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

2 Act of 1936. 

3 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

6 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

7 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa8 tion, $50,000,000. 

9 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

10 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod11 ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $3,989,000, 

12 to remain available until expended, of which $1,082,000 

13 shall be for security systems and $2,907,000 shall be for 

14 blast-resistant windows. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

18 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $32,000,000. 

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

22 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart23 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

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

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


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

2 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

3 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

4 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

5 public interest. 

6 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria7 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

8 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

9 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

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

11 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

12 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

13 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria14 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De15 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be16 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

17 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans18 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

19 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec20 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga21 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce22 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

23 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap24 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

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


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1 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

2 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

3 of Commerce. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 $11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geo12 stationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series 

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

14 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

16 limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security serv17 ices) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 

18 improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 

19 are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera20 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 

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

22 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec23 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

24 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 

25 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 


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1 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts re2 ceived as reimbursement for services provided under this 

3 section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 

4 of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be cred5 ited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 

6 costs of such services. 

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

8 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog9 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac10 tivity over its networks. 

11 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

12 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

13 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim14 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip15 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

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

17 local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 

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

19 any foreign government or international organization, for 

20 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

21 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos22 pheric Administration. 

23 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv24 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 

25 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 


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1 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

2 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

3 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus4 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig5 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

6 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re7 producing, and delivering such report or document. 

8 SEC. 109. The Secretary of Commerce may waive the 

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

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

11 vessels, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to pay12 ment or title, when the contract is made under the Coast 

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

14 SEC. 110. In fiscal year 2016, the National Institute 

15 of Standards and Technology may use unobligated bal16 ances from the ‘‘National Institute of Standards and 

17 Technology—Industrial Technology Services’’ account for 

18 the purposes of and subject to the limitations in section 

19 34(e)(2) of the National Institute of Standards and Tech20 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(e)(2)). 

21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com22 merce Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

3 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

6 Department of Justice, $105,000,000, of which not to ex7 ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart8 ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech13 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

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

15 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

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

17 available to the Department of Justice for information 

18 technology, to remain available until expended, for enter19 prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur20 ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 

21 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 

22 in this Act. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For expenses necessary for the administration of par4 don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi5 ties, $426,791,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived 

6 by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Re7 view fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations 

8 Fee’’ account: Provided, That under this heading of the 

9 amount available for the Executive Office for Immigration 

10 Review, not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available 

11 until expended. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General, $92,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to 

15 meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 

16 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

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

20 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

22 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

23 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ24 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi25 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 


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1 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

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

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

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

5 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

6 the amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues 

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

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

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

10 INTERPOL Washington for official reception and rep11 resentation expenses: Provided further, That of the 

12 amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 

13 shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 

14 and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro15 gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 

16 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per17 sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro18 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 

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

20 shall remain available until expended. 

21 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De22 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

23 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

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

25 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 


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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

2 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti3 trust and kindred laws, $162,246,000, to remain available 

4 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 

6 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve7 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

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

9 year 2016), shall be retained and used for necessary ex10 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

11 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap12 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

13 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2016, 

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

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

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

17 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

18 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop19 erative agreements, $1,995,000,000: Provided, That of the 

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

21 available for official reception and representation ex22 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 

23 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

24 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par25 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 


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1 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

2 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

3 Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain avail4 able until expended and to be derived from the United 

5 States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, notwith6 standing any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund 

7 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

8 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not9 withstanding any other provision of law, $162,000,000 of 

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

11 28, United States Code, shall be retained and used for 

12 necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 

13 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

14 herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as 

15 such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 

16 2016, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropria17 tion from the Fund estimated at $63,908,000. 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

19 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

20 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

21 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

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

23 States Code, $2,326,000. 


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1 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

2 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

3 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

4 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad5 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 

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

7 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

8 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur9 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 

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

11 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up12 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se13 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 

14 the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro15 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

16 may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 

17 Act. 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

19 SERVICE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

22 Service, $13,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec23 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

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1 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

2 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re3 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur4 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

5 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur6 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

7 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

8 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex9 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

10 forth in that section. 

11 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar14 shals Service, $1,220,000,000, of which not to exceed 

15 $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep16 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

17 remain available until expended. 

18 CONSTRUCTION

19 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti20 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

21 holding and related support, $11,000,000, to remain avail22 able until expended. 


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1 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses related to United States pris4 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

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

6 Code, $1,058,081,000, to remain available until expended: 

7 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid8 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce9 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 

10 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

11 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

12 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: 

13 Provided further, That any unobligated balances available 

14 from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘General Ad15 ministration, Detention Trustee’’ shall be transferred to 

16 and merged with the appropriation under this heading. 

17 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

21 the National Security Division, $95,000,000, of which not 

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

23 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not24 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina25 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 


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1 require additional funding for the activities of the National 

2 Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 

3 amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 

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

5 may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro6 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 

7 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

8 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

9 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

10 set forth in that section. 

11 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

12 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

13 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves14 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

15 most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 

16 laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in17 clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 

18 law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 

19 prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 

20 trafficking, $510,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re21 main available until expended: Provided, That any 

22 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 

23 may be used under authorities available to the organiza24 tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 


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1 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In4 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

5 crimes against the United States, $8,489,786,000, of 

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

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

8 shall be available for official reception and representation 

9 expenses. 

10 CONSTRUCTION

11 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip12 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

13 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili14 ties and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

15 law; conversion, modification and extension of Federally16 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

17 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 

18 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

19 $57,982,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad23 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un24 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

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1 penses for conducting drug education and training pro2 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici3 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

4 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

5 $2,073,945,000; of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

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

7 shall be available for official reception and representation 

8 expenses. 

9 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

10 EXPLOSIVES

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To13 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

14 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse15 ment, including training in connection with the training 

16 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

17 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as18 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

19 or without reimbursement, $1,250,000,000, of which not 

20 to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep21 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 

22 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 

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

24 not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex25 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 


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1 herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica2 tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 

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

4 further, That such funds shall be available to investigate 

5 and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief 

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

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

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

9 to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu10 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to 

11 other agencies or Departments. 

12 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

16 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

17 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

18 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

19 related issues to foreign governments, $6,951,500,000: 

20 Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 

21 Department of Health and Human Services such amounts 

22 as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that De23 partment for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal 

24 and correctional institutions: Provided further, That the 

25 Director of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, 


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1 may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal inter2 mediary claims processor to determine the amounts pay3 able to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison Sys4 tem, furnish health services to individuals committed to 

5 the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided fur6 ther, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for offi7 cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur8 ther, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain avail9 able for necessary operations until September 30, 2017: 

10 Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con11 tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 

12 available until expended to make payments in advance for 

13 grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 

14 expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed15 eral Prison System may accept donated property and serv16 ices relating to the operation of the prison card program 

17 from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such pro18 gram in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not19 for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 

20 Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre21 release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facili22 ties. 

23 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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1 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

2 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

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

4 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili5 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ6 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

7 force account, $230,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended, of which $145,000,000 shall be available only for 

9 costs related to construction of new facilities: Provided, 

10 That labor of United States prisoners may be used for 

11 work performed under this appropriation. 

12 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

13 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here14 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

15 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

16 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit17 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

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

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

20 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

21 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

22 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

24 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

25 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 


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1 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com2 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

3 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys4 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

5 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account6 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

7 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

8 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui9 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

10 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

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

12 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

13 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

14 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

15 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

16 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

17 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio18 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

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

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

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

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

23 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu24 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

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


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1 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

2 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 

3 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

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

5 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

7 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

8 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and for related vic9 tims services, $479,000,000, to remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That of the amount provided— 

11 (1) $196,000,000 is for grants to combat vio12 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

13 1968 Act; 

14 (2) $28,000,000 is for transitional housing as15 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat16 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

17 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

18 (3) $8,000,000 is for the National Institute of 

19 Justice for research and evaluation of violence 

20 against women and related issues addressed by 

21 grant programs of the Office on Violence Against 

22 Women, which shall be transferred to and adminis23 tered by the Office of Justice Programs; 

24 (4) $11,000,000 is for a grant program to pro25 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 


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1 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

2 assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 

3 youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 

4 men and youth in preventing such violence; and as5 sistance to middle and high school students through 

6 education and other services related to such violence: 

7 Provided, That unobligated balances available for 

8 the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 

9 41303 and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its 

10 amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 

11 this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of 

12 the total amount available for this grant program 

13 shall be available for grants under the program au14 thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 

15 further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 

16 section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

17 program; 

18 (5) $51,000,000 is for grants to encourage ar19 rest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 

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

21 initiative; 

22 (6) $35,000,000 is for sexual assault victims 

23 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

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1 (7) $33,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

2 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, in3 cluding as authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 

4 Act; 

5 (8) $16,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

6 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

7 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

8 (9) $42,500,000 is for legal assistance for vic9 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

10 (10) $4,500,000 is for enhanced training and 

11 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

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

13 1994 Act; 

14 (11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support fami15 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

16 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 

17 balances available for the programs authorized by 

18 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

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

20 Act, shall be available for this program; 

21 (12) $6,000,000 is for education and training 

22 to end violence against and abuse of women with 

23 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

24 2000 Act; 


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1 (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource 

2 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

3 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

4 the 1994 Act; 

5 (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 

6 violence against Indian women, including as author7 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

8 such funds may be transferred to and administered 

9 by the Office of Justice Programs; 

10 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

11 that provides training and technical assistance on 

12 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

13 and Alaska Native women; 

14 (16) $25,000,000 for victim services programs 

15 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

16 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, for programs au17 thorized under Public Law 109–164, or programs 

18 authorized under Public Law 113–4; and 

19 (17) $5,000,000 for the purposes authorized 

20 under the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act. 

21 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

22 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

23 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

24 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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


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

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

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

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

5 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

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

7 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

9 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

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

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

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

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

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

17 and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 

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

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

22 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

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

24 $1,015,400,000, to remain available until expended as fol25 lows— 


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1 (1) $409,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo2 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

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

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

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

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

7 of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, 

8 $20,000,000 is for grants for law enforcement ac9 tivities associated with the presidential nominating 

10 conventions, $15,000,000 is for an Officer Robert 

11 Wilson III memorial initiative on Preventing Vio12 lence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience 

13 and Survivability (VALOR), $4,000,000 is for use 

14 by the National Institute of Justice for research tar15 geted toward developing a better understanding of 

16 the domestic radicalization phenomenon, and ad17 vancing evidence-based strategies for effective inter18 vention and prevention, $22,500,000 is for the 

19 matching grant program for law enforcement armor 

20 vests, as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 

21 1968 Act, and $2,500,000 is for a program to im22 prove juvenile indigent defense; 

23 (2) $220,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

24 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

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


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

2 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

3 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 

4 detainees housed in State and local detention facili5 ties; 

6 (3) $41,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized 

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

8 (4) $7,000,000 for mental health courts and 

9 adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 

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

11 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 

12 Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

13 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 

14 (5) $2,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Im15 provement Grant Program, as authorized by section 

16 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 

17 wrongful conviction review; 

18 (6) $5,000,000 for economic, high technology 

19 and Internet crime prevention grants, including as 

20 authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110–403; 

21 (7) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 

22 assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 

23 and related activities; 

24 (8) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 

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1 (9) $73,000,000 for grants to States to up2 grade criminal and mental health records for the 

3 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys4 tem, including as authorized by the NICS Improve5 ment Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 

6 180); 

7 (10) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and foren8 sic programs and activities, of which— 

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

10 and capacity enhancement program and for 

11 other local, State, and Federal forensic activi12 ties, including the purposes authorized under 

13 section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi14 nation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) (the 

15 Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program): 

16 Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made 

17 available under this paragraph may be used for 

18 the purposes described in the DNA Training 

19 and Education for Law Enforcement, Correc20 tional Personnel, and Court Officers program 

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

22 (B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes de23 scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic24 tion DNA Testing Program (Public Law 108– 

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1 (C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo2 rensic Exam Program grants, including as au3 thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 

4 (11) $6,000,000 for the court-appointed special 

5 advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of 

6 the 1990 Act; 

7 (12) $5,000,000 for a veterans treatment 

8 courts program; 

9 (13) $11,000,000 for a program to monitor 

10 prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical 

11 products; 

12 (14) $13,000,000 for prison rape prevention 

13 and prosecution grants to States and units of local 

14 government, and other programs, as authorized by 

15 the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 

16 Law 108–79); 

17 (15) $75,000,000 is for the Comprehensive 

18 School Safety Initiative; and 

19 (16) $2,400,000 for the operationalization, 

20 maintenance and expansion of the National Missing 

21 and Unidentified Persons System: 

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

23 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

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

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1 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub2 lic sector safety service. 

3 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

4 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

5 other assistance, the following amounts are made available 

6 until expended— 

7 (1) $95,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

8 (2) $19,000,000 for programs authorized by 

9 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

10 (3) $68,000,000 for missing and exploited chil11 dren programs, including as authorized by sections 

12 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that sec13 tion 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children 

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

15 for purposes of this Act); and 

16 (4) $1,500,000 for child abuse training pro17 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

18 authorized by section 222 of the Victims of Child 

19 Abuse Act of 1990. 

20 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

23 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

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1 able until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments au2 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu3 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

4 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not5 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina6 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

7 require additional funding for such disability and edu8 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

9 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail10 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

11 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

12 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro13 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

14 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

15 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

16 set forth in that section. 

17 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

18 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

21 other assistance, the following amounts are made available 

22 until expended: Provided, That any balances made avail23 able through prior year deobligations shall only be avail24 able in accordance with section 505 of this Act— 


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1 (1) $11,000,000 for anti-methamphetamine-re2 lated activities, which shall be transferred to the 

3 Drug Enforcement Administration upon enactment 

4 of this Act; 

5 (2) $30,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes; 

6 (3) $52,500,000 for initiatives to improve po7 lice–community relations, as described in the report 

8 accompanying this Act; 

9 (4) $41,000,000 for a grant program for com10 munity-based sexual assault response reform; 

11 (5) $68,000,000 for offender reentry programs 

12 and research, as authorized by the Second Chance 

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

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

15 such Act; and 

16 (6) $35,000,000 is for regional information 

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

18 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

19 of 1968. 

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

23 available in this title for official reception and representa24 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

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1 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re2 ception and representation expenses. 

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

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

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

6 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro7 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu8 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 

9 shall be null and void. 

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

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

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

13 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re14 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris15 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in16 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

17 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin18 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil19 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

20 Prisons. 

21 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria22 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De23 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be24 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex25 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 


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

2 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

3 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

4 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com5 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

6 SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to ex7 tend through September 30, 2016, the Personnel Manage8 ment Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney 

9 General pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Secu10 rity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 28 U.S.C. 599B) 

11 without limitation on the number of employees or the posi12 tions covered. 

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

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

15 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

16 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

17 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

18 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

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

20 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

21 such a prisoner. 

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

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1 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

2 purposes. 

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

5 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

6 programs. 

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

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

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

13 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 

14 information technology program has appropriate program 

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

17 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

18 SEC. 210. The notification thresholds and procedures 

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

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

22 to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

23 this title in previous years. 

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

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1 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

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

4 work performed by employees of Federal Prison Indus5 tries, Incorporated. 

6 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

8 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

9 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

10 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

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

12 United States Code. 

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

14 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

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

16 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head17 ings ‘‘Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecu18 tion Programs’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement As19 sistance’’, ‘‘Juvenile Justice Programs’’, and ‘‘Community 

20 Oriented Policing Services Programs’’— 

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

22 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim23 bursement programs may be used by such Office to 

24 provide training and technical assistance; and 


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1 (2) funds made available for grant or reim2 bursement programs under such headings, except for 

3 amounts appropriated specifically for research, eval4 uation, or statistical programs administered by the 

5 National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Jus6 tice Statistics, may be transferred to and merged 

7 with funds provided to the National Institute of Jus8 tice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be used 

9 by them for research, evaluation, or statistical pur10 poses, without regard to the authorizations for such 

11 grant or reimbursement programs: Provided, That 

12 the transfer authority in this paragraph is in addi13 tion to any other transfer authority contained in this 

14 Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to 

15 this subsection shall be subject to the notification 

16 procedures applicable to a reprogramming of funds 

17 under section 505 of this Act. 

18 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

20 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 

21 U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail22 able by this or any other Act. 

23 SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 

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1 nal background check system established under section 

2 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 

3 U.S.C. 922 note), may be used by a Federal law enforce4 ment officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable fire5 arm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement officer 

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

7 cartel, unless law enforcement personnel of the United 

8 States continuously monitor or control the firearm at all 

9 times. 

10 SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De11 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

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

13 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 

14 year 2016, except up to $40,000,000 may be obligated for 

15 implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan16 cial management system. 

17 (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal18 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 

19 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 

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

21 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2016, and 

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

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1 (c) Any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of ex2 cess unobligated balances available under section 

3 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code, shall be 

4 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

5 of this Act. 

6 (d) Of amounts available in the Assets Forfeiture 

7 Fund in fiscal year 2016, $154,700,000 shall be for pay8 ments associated with joint law enforcement operations as 

9 authorized by section 524(c)(1)(I) of title 28, United 

10 States Code, and $20,514,000 shall be for payments asso11 ciated with subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of section 

12 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code. 

13 (e) The Attorney General shall submit a spending 

14 plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

15 of Representatives and the Senate not later than 30 days 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act detailing the 

17 planned distribution of Assets Forfeiture Fund joint law 

18 enforcement operations funding during fiscal year 2016. 

19 SEC. 217. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

20 under each of the headings ‘‘General Administration—Sal21 aries and Expenses’’, ‘‘United States Marshals Service— 

22 Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investiga23 tion—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Drug Enforcement Ad24 ministration—Salaries and Expenses’’, and ‘‘Bureau of 

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1 Expenses’’, $20,000,000 shall not be available for obliga2 tion until the Attorney General demonstrates to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Senate that all recommendations included in the 

5 Office of Inspector General of the Department of Justice, 

6 Evaluation and Inspections Division Report 15-04 entitled 

7 ‘‘The Handling of Sexual Harassment and Misconduct Al8 legations by the Department’s Law Enforcement Compo9 nents’’, dated March, 2015, have been implemented or are 

10 in the process of being implemented. 

11 (b) The Inspector General of the Department of Jus12 tice shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

13 the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 

14 than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on 

15 the status of the Department’s implementation of rec16 ommendations included in the report specified in sub17 section (a). 

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

19 Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

20 TITLE III 

21 SCIENCE 

22 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

24 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na25 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 


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

2 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

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

4 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

5 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum6 bia, $5,555,000. 

7 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

8 SCIENCE

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

10 in the conduct and support of science research and devel11 opment activities, including research, development, oper12 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa13 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

14 and communications activities; program management; per15 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

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

17 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

19 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

20 aircraft, $5,237,500,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2017: Provided,That the formulation and de22 velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 

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

24 James Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed 

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1 vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 

2 30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 

3 the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de4 velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi5 tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin6 istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 

7 the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec8 tion 30104: Provided further, That, $140,000,000 shall be 

9 for a Jupiter Europa mission to assure progress on a mis10 sion which meets the Planetary Science decadal objectives, 

11 consisting of an orbiter and studies of both a surface ele12 ment as well as sample analysis of plumes emanating from 

13 the surface: Provided further, That NASA shall use the 

14 Space Launch System as the launch vehicle for a Jupiter 

15 Europa mission, plan for a launch no later than 2022, 

16 and include in the fiscal year 2017 budget the five year 

17 funding profile necessary to achieve those goals. 

18 AERONAUTICS

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

20 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

21 development activities, including research, development, 

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

23 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con24 trol, and communications activities; program manage25 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 


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1 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

2 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur3 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

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

5 administrative aircraft, $600,000,000, to remain available 

6 until September 30, 2017. 

7 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

9 in the conduct and support of space technology research 

10 and development activities, including research, develop11 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

12 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space13 craft control, and communications activities; program 

14 management; personnel and related costs, including uni15 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

16 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex17 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

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

19 mission and administrative aircraft, $625,000,000, to re20 main available until September 30, 2017, of which 

21 $25,000,000 shall be for icy satellites surface technology 

22 and test beds. 

23 EXPLORATION

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

25 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 


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1 development activities, including research, development, 

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

3 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con4 trol, and communications activities; program manage5 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

6 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

7 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur8 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

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

10 administrative aircraft, $4,759,300,000, to remain avail11 able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That not less 

12 than $1,096,300,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 

13 Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

14 $2,313,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, in15 cluding no less than $1,850,000,000 for launch vehicle de16 velopment, which shall have a lift capability not less than 

17 130 metric tons and which shall have core elements and 

18 an enhanced upper stage developed simultaneously: Pro19 vided further, That of the amounts provided for launch 

20 vehicle development, no less than $50,000,000 shall be for 

21 enhanced upper stage development: Provided further, That 

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

23 $410,000,000 shall be for exploration ground systems and 

24 $53,000,000 shall be for program integration: Provided 

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1 spaceflight activities: Provided further, That $350,000,000 

2 shall be for exploration research and development. 

3 SPACE OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

5 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

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

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

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

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

15 charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin16 istrative aircraft, $3,957,300,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2017. 

18 EDUCATION

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

20 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

21 education research and development activities, including 

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

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


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1 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

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

3 of mission and administrative aircraft, $119,000,000, to 

4 remain available until September 30, 2017, of which 

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

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

7 for the National Space Grant College program. 

8 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

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

11 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

12 research and development activities, including research, 

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

15 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

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

19 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

20 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen21 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte22 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air23 craft, $2,768,600,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2017. 


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1 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

2 RESTORATION

3 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

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

7 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

8 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli9 ance and restoration, $425,000,000, to remain available 

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

11 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

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

13 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not14 withstanding section 20145(b)(2)(A) of title 51, United 

15 States Code, such proceeds referred to in the preceding 

16 proviso shall be available for obligation for fiscal year 

17 2016 in an amount not to exceed $9,470,300: Provided 

18 further, That each annual budget request shall include an 

19 annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and pro20 posed use of all funds collected pursuant to section 20145 

21 of title 51, United States Code. 

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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1 $37,400,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2017. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

6 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

7 the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

8 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

9 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero10 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

11 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap12 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

13 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans14 fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 

15 available for the same purposes and the same time period 

16 as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 

17 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram18 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

19 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

20 procedures set forth in that section. 

21 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro22 vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ23 ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 

24 change of an amount established in that spending plan 

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1 this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec2 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga3 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce4 dures set forth in that section. 

5 The unexpired balances of a previous account, for ac6 tivities for which funds are provided in this Act, may be 

7 transferred to the new account established in this Act that 

8 provides for such activities. Balances so transferred shall 

9 be merged with the funds in the newly established account, 

10 but shall be available under the same terms, conditions 

11 and period of time as previously appropriated. 

12 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

13 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

14 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

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

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

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

18 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

19 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air20 craft; and authorized travel; $5,983,645,000, to remain 

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

22 $520,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

23 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse24 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

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1 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

2 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

3 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

4 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

5 to this appropriation. 

6 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

7 CONSTRUCTION

8 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc9 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

10 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu11 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

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

13 $200,030,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

15 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math16 ematics and engineering education and human resources 

17 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

18 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ19 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

20 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con21 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $866,000,000, 

22 to remain available until September 30, 2017. 

23 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

24 For agency operations and award management nec25 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 


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

2 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas3 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

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

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

6 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

7 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

8 $325,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 

9 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

10 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 

11 heading in fiscal year 2016 for maintenance and operation 

12 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

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

14 provided for costs associated with the acquisition, occu15 pancy, and related costs of new headquarters space, not 

16 more than $27,370,000 shall remain available until ex17 pended. 

18 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

19 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala20 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

22 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec23 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car24 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

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1 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 

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

3 and representation expenses. 

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

6 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

7 1978, $15,160,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail8 able until September 30, 2017. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

10 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

11 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

12 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be13 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

14 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans15 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

16 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

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

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria20 tions Act, 2016’’. 


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1 TITLE IV 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

6 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

7 $9,200,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro8 priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 

9 of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex10 cepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 

11 Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 

12 appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 

13 Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 

14 exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 

15 days: Provided further, That none of the funds appro16 priated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity 

17 or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 

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

19 1975a). 

20 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

23 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

24 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em25 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 


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1 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 

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

3 1991, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act 

4 (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend5 ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 

6 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in7 cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

8 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 

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

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

11 $29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 

12 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

13 $364,500,000: Provided, That the Commission is author14 ized to make available for official reception and represen15 tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 

16 Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept 

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

18 Commission. 

19 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

22 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

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

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


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1 reception and representation expenses, $84,500,000, to re2 main available until expended. 

3 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

4 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

5 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

6 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

7 Act of 1974, $300,000,000, of which $266,900,000 is for 

8 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

9 $5,100,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

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

11 additional audits of recipients; $19,000,000 is for manage12 ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self13 help and information technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro 

14 Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay15 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor16 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

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

18 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em19 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

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

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

22 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

23 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora24 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 


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1 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

2 considered an agency of the United States Government. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

4 CORPORATION

5 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

6 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur7 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

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

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

10 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

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

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

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

14 2016, respectively. 

15 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com18 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 

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

20 $3,340,000. 

21 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

22 REPRESENTATIVE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

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1 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

2 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

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

4 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not 

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

6 and representation expenses. 

7 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

10 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 

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

12 which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2017: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be avail14 able for official reception and representation expenses: 

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

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

17 an agency of the United States Government. 

18 TITLE V 

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

20 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

23 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

24 not authorized by the Congress. 


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

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

4 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

5 under this Act for any consulting service through procure6 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

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

8 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

9 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

10 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

11 issued pursuant to existing law. 

12 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica13 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

14 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica15 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

16 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af17 fected thereby. 

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

19 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

20 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli21 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from 

22 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

23 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

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1 tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 

2 a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per3 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 

4 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of5 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro6 grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

7 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em8 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac9 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

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

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

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

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

14 change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap15 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com16 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

17 of such reprogramming of funds by agencies (excluding 

18 agencies of the Department of Justice) funded by this Act 

19 and 45 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds 

20 by agencies of the Department of Justice funded by this 

21 Act. 

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

23 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 

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

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


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

2 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re3 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

4 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen5 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

6 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula7 tions. 

8 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au9 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

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

11 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

12 States, its territories or possessions. 

13 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the 

14 meaning given the term in OMB Circular A–87, At15 tachment B, Item (1)(f)(3). 

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

17 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na18 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta21 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 

22 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com23 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 

24 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

25 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 


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1 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

2 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

3 obligation. 

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

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

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

7 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

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

9 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

10 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys11 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re12 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

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

14 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre15 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re16 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

17 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

18 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be19 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

20 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

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

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

23 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

24 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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


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1 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

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

3 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

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

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

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

7 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

8 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

9 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

10 products of the same type. 

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

12 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per13 sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 

14 $2,705,164,000 during fiscal year 2016 from the fund es15 tablished by section 1402 of Public Law 98–473 (42 

16 U.S.C. 10601). 

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

18 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi19 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

20 students who participate in programs for which financial 

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

22 or legal guardians of such students. 

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

24 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in25 strumentality of the United States Government, except 


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1 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro2 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

3 SEC. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to im4 plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 

5 procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 

6 SEC. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart7 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na8 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na9 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor10 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

11 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 

12 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

13 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 

14 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

15 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi16 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

17 any such audit is completed. 

18 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

19 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 

20 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis21 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

22 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter23 net website maintained by the Department, Administra24 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

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1 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

2 title 5, United States Code; and 

3 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi4 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

5 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

6 unlawful purposes. 

7 (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

8 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state9 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

10 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

11 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

12 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

13 other manner to another person who has a financial inter14 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

15 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 

16 this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 

17 which the Director of the Office of Management and 

18 Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 

19 Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 

20 and requirements, substantially similar to the require21 ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 

22 executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart23 ments, agencies, and entities. 

24 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth25 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 


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1 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer2 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

3 Science Foundation to acquire or renew a high-impact or 

4 moderate-impact information system, as defined for secu5 rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 

6 and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

7 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat8 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys9 tems’’ unless the agency has— 

10 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor11 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

12 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 

13 inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

14 moderate-impact information systems within the 

15 Federal Government; 

16 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre17 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

18 threat information provided by the FBI and other 

19 appropriate agencies; and 

20 (3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap21 propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 

22 any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 

23 with the acquisition of such system, including any 

24 risk associated with such system being produced, 

25 manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 


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1 identified by the United States Government as pos2 ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 

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

4 the People’s Republic of China. 

5 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

7 high-impact or moderate-impact information system re8 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

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

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

11 FBI and supply chain risk management experts, a 

12 mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 

13 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

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

15 the national interest of the United States; and 

16 (3) reported that determination to the Commit17 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa18 tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen19 eral. 

20 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 

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

22 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em23 ployee of the United States Government. 

24 SEC. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

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1 thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

3 expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru4 mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex5 penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

6 United States in connection with requiring an export li7 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac8 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

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

10 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

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

12 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

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

14 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

15 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex16 port license— 

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

18 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

19 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

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

21 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub22 section (a); and 

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

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1 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo2 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

3 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

4 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

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

6 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

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

8 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu9 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

10 (C) articles for export from Canada to an11 other foreign destination. 

12 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di13 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per14 manent or temporary export without a license of any un15 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

16 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem17 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

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

19 Canadian citizen. 

20 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

21 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter22 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

23 the Government of Canada has implemented or main24 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

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


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1 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter2 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an3 other nation. The President shall terminate the require4 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require5 ments have ceased. 

6 SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, in fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

8 no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

9 States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 

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

11 to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 

12 officer or employee of the United States to deny any appli13 cation submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) 

14 and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or 

15 .113, for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios 

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

17 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi19 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

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

21 States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

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

23 States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

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

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1 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 

3 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author4 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

5 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The 

6 Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 

7 Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA 

8 PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

9 SEC. 521. If at any time during any quarter, the pro10 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

11 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero12 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

13 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason14 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in15 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 

16 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis17 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di18 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

19 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 

20 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 

21 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 

22 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 

23 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 

24 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 

25 to which such changes have contributed to the increase 


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1 in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti2 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 

3 statement validating that the project’s management struc4 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 

5 costs. 

6 SEC. 522. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

7 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel8 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

9 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec10 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

11 414) during fiscal year 2016 until the enactment of the 

12 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016. 

13 SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

15 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

16 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro17 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

18 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

19 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

20 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

21 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

22 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

23 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi24 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

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1 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

2 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter3 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess4 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

5 judicial proceeding. 

6 (RESCISSIONS)

7 SEC. 524. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 

8 year appropriations available to the Department of Com9 merce’s National Technical Information Service, 

10 $10,000,000 are rescinded. 

11 (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De12 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re13 scinded, not later than September 30, 2016, from the fol14 lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 

15 (1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $100,000,000; 

16 (2) ‘‘United States Marshals Service, Federal 

17 Prisoner Detention’’, $69,500,000; 

18 (3) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 

19 and Expenses’’, $120,000,000 from fines collected to 

20 defray expenses for the automation of fingerprint 

21 identification and criminal justice information serv22 ices and associated costs; 

23 (4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi24 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 


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1 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro2 grams’’, $15,000,000; 

3 (5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi4 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $40,000,000; and 

5 (6) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi6 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

7 $20,000,000. 

8 (c) The Department of Justice shall submit to the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent10 atives and the Senate a report no later than September 

11 1, 2016, specifying the amount of each rescission made 

12 pursuant to subsection (b). 

13 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

15 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

16 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend19 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart20 ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 

21 the United States unless such conference is a law enforce22 ment training or operational conference for law enforce23 ment personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 

24 attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed out25 side the United States. 


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1 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

3 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

4 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

5 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

6 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

7 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

8 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

9 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

10 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

11 SEC. 528. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth12 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

13 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 

14 States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi15 vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de16 tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec17 tive control of the Department of Defense. 

18 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

19 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

20 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

21 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

22 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

23 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 


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1 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

2 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

3 and 

4 (2) is— 

5 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

6 control of the Department of Defense; or 

7 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

9 SEC. 529. To the extent practicable, funds made 

10 available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs 

11 that are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal En12 ergy Management Program’’ designation. 

13 SEC. 530. The Director of the Office of Management 

14 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in15 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro16 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

17 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform18 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

19 following: 

20 (1) Details on future action the department, 

21 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

22 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

23 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

24 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

25 in expired grant accounts. 


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1 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex2 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

3 Treasury of the United States. 

4 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

5 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

6 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

7 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

8 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

9 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

10 SEC. 531. (a) None of the funds made available by 

11 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 

12 Space Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science 

13 and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, 

14 promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, pro15 gram, order, or contract of any kind to participate, col16 laborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China 

17 or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are 

18 specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of 

19 enactment of this Act. 

20 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

21 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

22 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

23 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

24 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP has 

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1 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

2 technology, data, or other information with national 

3 security or economic security implications to China 

4 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

5 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

6 officials who have been determined by the United 

7 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

8 human rights. 

9 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 

10 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 

12 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 

13 the activity in question and shall include a description of 

14 the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici15 pants, and its location and timing. 

16 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 

17 or any other Act, for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 

18 thereafter, may be used to pay the salaries or expenses 

19 of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for 

20 the importation of any model of shotgun if— 

21 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

22 the proposed importation are met; and 

23 (2) no application for the importation of such 

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1 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 

2 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

3 sporting purposes. 

4 SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds made available in 

5 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

6 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

7 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

8 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

9 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

10 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi11 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law12 enforcement related activity. 

13 SEC. 534. The Departments of Commerce and Jus14 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

15 the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 

16 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

17 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 

18 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 

19 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 

20 Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute 

21 shall submit spending plans, signed by the respective de22 partment or agency head, to the Committees on Appro23 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

24 within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

3 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

4 ratification for the Treaty. 

5 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to relinquish the responsibility of the Na7 tional Telecommunications and Information Administra8 tion with respect to Internet domain name system func9 tions, including responsibility with respect to the authori10 tative root zone file and the Internet Assigned Numbers 

11 Authority functions. 

12 SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 

14 923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 

15 to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul16 tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 

17 SEC. 538. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

18 to deny the Inspectors General of the Departments of 

19 Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and 

20 Space Administration, and the National Science Founda21 tion timely access to all records, documents, and other ma22 terials in the custody or possession of the respective de23 partment or agency or to prevent or impede the particular 

24 Inspector General’s access to such records, documents, 

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1 limitation of section 6(a) of the Inspector General Act, as 

2 amended, consistent with the plain language of the Inspec3 tor General Act, as amended. The Inspectors General of 

4 the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National 

5 Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National 

6 Science Foundation shall report to the Committees on Ap7 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen8 ate within five calendar days any failures to comply with 

9 this requirement. 

10 SEC. 539. The Department of Commerce, the Na11 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na12 tional Science Foundation, and the Office of Science and 

13 Technology Policy shall provide a monthly report to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent15 atives and the Senate on any official travel to China by 

16 any employee of such Department or agency, including the 

17 purpose of such travel. 

18 SEC. 540. (a) No funds made available in this Act 

19 may be used to facilitate, permit, license, or promote ex20 ports to the Cuban military or intelligence service or to 

21 any officer of the Cuban military or intelligence service, 

22 or an immediate family member thereof. 

23 (b) This section does not apply to exports of goods 

24 permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

25 Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 


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1 (c) In this section— 

2 (1) the term ‘‘Cuban military or intelligence 

3 service’’ includes, but is not limited to, the Ministry 

4 of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Min5 istry of the Interior, of Cuba, and any subsidiary of 

6 either such Ministry; and 

7 (2) the term ‘‘immediate family member’’ 

8 means a spouse, sibling, son, daughter, parent, 

9 grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or neph10 ew. 

11 SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be expended during fiscal year 2016 for the shut13 down of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared As14 tronomy or for the preparation therefor. 

15 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

16 SEC. 542. The amount by which the applicable alloca17 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

18 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec19 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex20 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

21 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

22 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 93 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2578 

[Report No. 114–130] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

2016, and for other purposes. Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 

MAY 27, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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