114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2578 

AN ACT 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other pur4 poses, namely: 

5 TITLE I 

6 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

7 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

8 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

9 For necessary expenses for international trade activi10 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

11 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

12 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 

13 for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 

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

15 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for depend16 ent members of immediate families of employees stationed 

17 overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel 

18 and transportation of employees of the International 

19 Trade Administration between two points abroad, without 

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

21 employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

22 contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods 

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

24 or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 

25 demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; pay-
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1 ment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first 

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

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

4 $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur5 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 

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

7 official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

8 $472,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $1), 

9 to remain available until September 30, 2017, of which 

10 $10,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 

11 used by the International Trade Administration, notwith12 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro13 vided, That, of amounts provided under this heading, not 

14 less than $16,400,000 shall be for China antidumping and 

15 countervailing duty enforcement and compliance activities: 

16 Provided further, That the provisions of the first sentence 

17 of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual 

18 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 

19 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out 

20 these activities; and that for the purpose of this Act, con21 tributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational 

22 and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment 

23 for assessments for services provided as part of these ac24 tivities. 
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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 (in22 creased by $1), to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 

24 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 

25 and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) 
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1 and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: 

2 Provided further, That payments and contributions col3 lected and accepted for materials or services provided as 

4 part of such activities may be retained for use in covering 

5 the cost of such activities, and for providing information 

6 to the public with respect to the export administration and 

7 national security activities of the Department of Com8 merce and other export control programs of the United 

9 States and other governments. 

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 (reduced by $4,000,000): Provided, 

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

22 for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Pro23 vided further, That the Bureau of the Census shall collect 

24 data for the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to 

25 the Current Population Survey using the same health in-
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1 surance questions included in previous years, in addition 

2 to the revised questions implemented in the Current Popu3 lation Survey beginning in 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 (reduced by $100,000,000) (reduced by $17,300,000), to 

10 remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

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

12 for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Pro13 vided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

14 $1,551,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 

15 General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 

16 out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the 

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

18 of the amounts made available under this heading for in19 formation technology related to 2020 census delivery, in20 cluding the Census Enterprise Data Collection and Proc21 essing (CEDCaP) program, may be obligated until the 

22 Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a plan 

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

25 project/investment over $25,000: (A) the functional and 
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1 performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 

2 benefits to be realized; (B) the estimated lifecycle cost, in3 cluding estimates for development as well as maintenance 

4 and operations; and (C) key milestones to be met; (2) de5 tails for each project/investment: (A) reasons for any cost 

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

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

8 Accountability Office. 

9 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

13 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad14 ministration (NTIA), $35,200,000, to remain available 

15 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, notwith16 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

17 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec18 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv19 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

20 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

21 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec22 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off23 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

24 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

25 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
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1 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

2 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

3 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

4 Government agencies shall remain available until ex5 pended. 

6 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

7 AND CONSTRUCTION

8 For the administration of prior-year grants, recov9 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro10 priated are available for the administration of all open 

11 grants until their expiration. 

12 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

16 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in17 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec18 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

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

20 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

21 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec22 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

23 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

24 2016, so as to result in a fiscal year 2016 appropriation 

25 from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 
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1 That during fiscal year 2016, should the total amount of 

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

3 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided fur4 ther, That any amount received in excess of 

5 $3,272,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and deposited in the 

6 Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 

7 available until expended: Provided further, That the Direc8 tor of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

10 and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 

11 preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 

12 as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

13 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

15 Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in ac16 cordance with the preceding proviso shall be transferred 

17 to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Sala18 ries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That from 

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

20 made available in fiscal year 2016 for official reception 

21 and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fis22 cal year 2016 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala23 ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec24 essary to pay: (1) the difference between the percentage 

25 of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 
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1 under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and 

2 the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 

3 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Per4 sonnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of 

5 basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chap6 ter 83 of that title; and (2) the present value of the other7 wise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for 

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

9 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

10 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

11 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

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

13 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

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

15 available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 

16 Provided further, That any differences between the present 

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

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

19 specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on 

20 USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 

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

22 all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO 

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

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

25 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 
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1 112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts ap2 propriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 

3 of Inspector General’’ account for activities associated 

4 with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 

5 USPTO. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

7 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

10 Standards and Technology (NIST), $675,000,000, to re11 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

12 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

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

14 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

15 further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 

16 summer undergraduate research fellowship program par17 ticipants. 

18 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

19 For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufac20 turing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of 

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

22 available until expended. 

23 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

24 For construction of new research facilities, including 

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

4 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

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

6 expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

22 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

23 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

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

25 organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 
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1 pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of fa2 cilities, $3,147,877,000 (reduced by $21,000,000) (in3 creased by $21,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000), to re4 main available until September 30, 2017, except that 

5 funds provided for cooperative enforcement shall remain 

6 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That fees 

7 and donations received by the National Ocean Service for 

8 the management of national marine sanctuaries may be 

9 retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 

10 with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 

11 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in addi12 tion, $130,164,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 

13 fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and 

14 Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, which shall 

15 only be used for fishery activities related to the 

16 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, Cooperative Re17 search, Annual Stock Assessments, Survey and Moni18 toring Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants, and 

19 Fish Information Networks: Provided further, That of the 

20 $3,295,541,000 provided for in direct obligations under 

21 this heading $3,147,877,000 is appropriated from the gen22 eral fund, $130,164,000 is provided by transfer, and 

23 $17,500,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obli24 gations: Provided further, That the total amount available 

25 for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cor-
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1 porate services administrative support costs shall not ex2 ceed $208,100,000 (reduced by $21,000,000): Provided 

3 further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 

4 for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, 

5 or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

6 this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the pro7 cedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided fur8 ther, That in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses 

9 under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and 

10 Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical 

11 care of retired personnel and their dependents under the 

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

13 as may be necessary. 

14 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

17 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

18 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

19 $1,960,034,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2018, except that funds provided for construction of facili21 ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

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

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

24 the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recov25 eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 
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1 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi2 ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

3 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

6 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus7 tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 

8 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 

9 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

10 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

11 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

12 procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 

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

14 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg15 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

16 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, within 

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

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

19 associated with carrying out investigations and audits re20 lated to satellite procurement, acquisition and construc21 tion. 

22 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

23 For necessary expenses associated with the restora24 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re25 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, 
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1 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 

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

3 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Feder4 ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 

5 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con6 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 

7 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 

8 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu9 lations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights 

10 or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific 

11 coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 

12 to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided 

13 further, That all funds shall be allocated based on sci14 entific and other merit principles and shall not be available 

15 for marketing activities: Provided further, That funds dis16 bursed to States shall be subject to a matching require17 ment of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 

18 least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

19 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

20 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

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

22 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

23 until expended. 
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1 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

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

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

5 Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi6 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

7 Act of 1936. 

8 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

11 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

12 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa13 tion, $50,000,000. 

14 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

15 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod16 ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $3,989,000, 

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

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

19 blast-resistant windows. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

23 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $32,000,000. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

4 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart5 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

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

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

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

9 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

10 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

11 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

12 public interest. 

13 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria14 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

15 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

16 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

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

18 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

19 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

20 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria21 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De22 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be23 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

24 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans25 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 
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1 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 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: Provided further, That the 

5 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap6 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

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

8 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

9 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

10 of Commerce. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 $11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geo19 stationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series 

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

21 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

23 limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security serv24 ices) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 

25 improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 
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1 are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera2 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 

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

4 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec5 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

6 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 

7 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 

8 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts re9 ceived as reimbursement for services provided under this 

10 section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 

11 of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be cred12 ited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 

13 costs of such services. 

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

15 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog16 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac17 tivity over its networks. 

18 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

19 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

20 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim21 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip22 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

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

24 local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 

25 possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 
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1 any foreign government or international organization, for 

2 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

3 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos4 pheric Administration. 

5 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv6 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 

7 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 

8 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

9 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

10 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus11 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig12 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

13 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re14 producing, and delivering such report or document. 

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

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

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

18 vessels, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to pay19 ment or title, when the contract is made under the Coast 

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

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

22 of Standards and Technology may use unobligated bal23 ances from the ‘‘National Institute of Standards and 

24 Technology—Industrial Technology Services’’ account for 

25 the purposes of and subject to the limitations in section 
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1 34(e)(2) of the National Institute of Standards and Tech2 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(e)(2)). 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com4 merce Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

5 TITLE II 

6 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

7 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

10 Department of Justice, $105,000,000 (reduced by 

11 $2,000,000) (reduced by $2,209,500) (reduced by 

12 $2,500,000) (reduced by $750,000) (reduced by 

13 $2,000,000), of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for secu14 rity and construction of Department of Justice facilities 

15 shall remain available until expended. 

16 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech19 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

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

21 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

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

23 available to the Department of Justice for information 

24 technology, to remain available until expended, for enter25 prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 

2 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 

3 in this Act. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For expenses necessary for the administration of par7 don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi8 ties, $426,791,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived 

9 by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Re10 view fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations 

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

12 amount available for the Executive Office for Immigration 

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

14 until expended. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General, $92,000,000 (increased by $1,709,000), includ18 ing not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies 

19 of a confidential character. 

20 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

23 Commission as authorized, $13,308,000. 
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1 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

3 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

4 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ5 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi6 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

7 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

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

9 in the District of Columbia, $885,000,000 (reduced by 

10 $2,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), of which not to ex11 ceed $20,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall re12 main available until expended: Provided, That of the 

13 amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues pay14 ments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available until 

15 expended: Provided further, That of the total amount ap16 propriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to 

17 INTERPOL Washington for official reception and rep18 resentation expenses: Provided further, That of the 

19 amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 

20 shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 

21 and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro22 gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 

23 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per24 sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro25 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
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1 heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 

2 shall remain available until expended. 

3 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De4 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

5 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

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

7 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

9 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti10 trust and kindred laws, $162,246,000, to remain available 

11 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 

13 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve14 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

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

16 year 2016), shall be retained and used for necessary ex17 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

18 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap19 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

20 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2016, 

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

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

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

24 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

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

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

3 available for official reception and representation ex4 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 

5 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

6 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par7 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 

8 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

9 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

10 Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain avail11 able until expended and to be derived from the United 

12 States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, notwith13 standing any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund 

14 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

15 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not16 withstanding any other provision of law, $162,000,000 of 

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

18 28, United States Code, shall be retained and used for 

19 necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 

20 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

21 herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as 

22 such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 

23 2016, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropria24 tion from the Fund estimated at $63,908,000. 
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

2 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

3 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

4 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

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

6 States Code, $2,326,000. 

7 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

8 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

9 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

10 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad11 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 

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

13 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

14 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur15 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 

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

17 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up18 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se19 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 

20 the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro21 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

22 may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 

23 Act. 
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

2 SERVICE

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

5 Service, $13,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec6 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

7 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

8 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac9 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

10 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re11 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur12 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

13 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur14 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

15 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

16 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex17 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

18 forth in that section. 

19 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar22 shals Service, $1,220,000,000, of which not to exceed 

23 $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep24 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

25 remain available until expended. 
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1 CONSTRUCTION

2 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti3 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

4 holding and related support, $11,000,000, to remain avail5 able until expended. 

6 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses related to United States pris9 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

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

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

12 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid13 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce14 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 

15 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

16 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

17 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: 

18 Provided further, That any unobligated balances available 

19 from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘General Ad20 ministration, Detention Trustee’’ shall be transferred to 

21 and merged with the appropriation under this heading. 
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1 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

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

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

7 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not8 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina9 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

10 require additional funding for the activities of the National 

11 Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 

12 amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 

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

14 may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro15 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 

16 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

17 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

18 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

19 set forth in that section. 

20 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

21 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

22 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves23 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

24 most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 

25 laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in-
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1 clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 

2 law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 

3 prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 

4 trafficking, $510,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re5 main available until expended: Provided, That any 

6 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 

7 may be used under authorities available to the organiza8 tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 

9 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In12 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

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

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

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

16 shall be available for official reception and representation 

17 expenses. 

18 CONSTRUCTION

19 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip20 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

21 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili22 ties and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

23 law; conversion, modification and extension of federally 

24 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

25 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 
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1 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

2 $57,982,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad6 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un7 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

8 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex9 penses for conducting drug education and training pro10 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici11 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

12 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

13 $2,073,945,000 (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by 

14 $9,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000), of which not to 

15 exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

16 and not to exceed $90,000 shall be available for official 

17 reception and representation expenses. 

18 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

19 EXPLOSIVES

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To22 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

23 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse24 ment, including training in connection with the training 

25 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 
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1 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as2 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

3 or without reimbursement, $1,250,000,000 (reduced by 

4 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), of which not to ex5 ceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and representa6 tion expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available 

7 for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by section 

8 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and not to ex9 ceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

10 Provided, That such funds appropriated herein shall be 

11 available to investigate or act upon applications for relief 

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

13 title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That such 

14 funds shall be available to investigate and act upon appli15 cations filed by corporations for relief from Federal fire16 arms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United 

17 States Code: Provided further, That no funds made avail18 able by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the 

19 functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, 

20 Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or 

21 Departments. 
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1 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

5 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

6 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

7 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

8 related issues to foreign governments, $6,951,500,000 (re9 duced by $2,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000): Provided, 

10 That the Attorney General may transfer to the Depart11 ment of Health and Human Services such amounts as may 

12 be necessary for direct expenditures by that Department 

13 for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correc14 tional institutions: Provided further, That the Director of 

15 the Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter 

16 into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary 

17 claims processor to determine the amounts payable to per18 sons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, furnish 

19 health services to individuals committed to the custody of 

20 the Federal Prison System: Provided further, That not to 

21 exceed $5,400 shall be available for official reception and 

22 representation expenses: Provided further, That not to ex23 ceed $50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary op24 erations until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That, 

25 of the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to 
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1 exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

2 to make payments in advance for grants, contracts and 

3 reimbursable agreements, and other expenses: Provided 

4 further, That the Director of the Federal Prison System 

5 may accept donated property and services relating to the 

6 operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit 

7 entity which has operated such program in the past, not8 withstanding the fact that such not-for-profit entity fur9 nishes services under contracts to the Federal Prison Sys10 tem relating to the operation of pre-release services, half11 way houses, or other custodial facilities. 

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 

14 new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re15 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

16 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

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

18 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili19 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ20 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

21 force account, $230,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, of which $145,000,000 shall be available only for 

23 costs related to construction of new facilities: Provided, 

24 That labor of United States prisoners may be used for 

25 work performed under this appropriation. 
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1 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

2 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here3 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

4 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

5 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit6 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

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

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

9 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

11 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

13 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

14 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

15 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com16 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

17 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys18 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

19 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account20 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

21 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

22 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui23 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

24 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

25 belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 
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1 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

2 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

3 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

4 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

5 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

6 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio7 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

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

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

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

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

12 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu13 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

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

15 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

16 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 

17 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

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

19 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

21 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

22 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and for related vic23 tims services, $479,000,000 (increased by $17,300,000) 

24 (increased by $750,000) (increased by $4,000,000), to re-
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1 main available until expended: Provided, That of the 

2 amount provided— 

3 (1) $196,000,000 is for grants to combat vio4 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

5 1968 Act; 

6 (2) $28,000,000 is for transitional housing as7 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat8 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

9 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

10 (3) $8,000,000 is for the National Institute of 

11 Justice for research and evaluation of violence 

12 against women and related issues addressed by 

13 grant programs of the Office on Violence Against 

14 Women, which shall be transferred to and adminis15 tered by the Office of Justice Programs; 

16 (4) $11,000,000 (increased by $4,000,000) is 

17 for a grant program to provide services to advocate 

18 for and respond to youth victims of domestic vio19 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 

20 assistance to children and youth exposed to such vio21 lence; programs to engage men and youth in pre22 venting such violence; and assistance to middle and 

23 high school students through education and other 

24 services related to such violence: Provided, That un25 obligated balances available for the programs au-
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1 thorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and 

2 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its amendment by 

3 the 2013 Act, shall be available for this program: 

4 Provided further, That 10 percent of the total 

5 amount available for this grant program shall be 

6 available for grants under the program authorized 

7 by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided further, 

8 That the definitions and grant conditions in section 

9 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; 

10 (5) $51,000,000 is for grants to encourage ar11 rest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 

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

13 initiative; 

14 (6) $35,000,000 is for sexual assault victims 

15 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

16 1994 Act; 

17 (7) $33,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

18 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, in19 cluding as authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 

20 Act; 

21 (8) $16,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

22 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

23 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

24 (9) $42,500,000 is for legal assistance for vic25 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 
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1 (10) $4,500,000 (increased by $750,000) is for 

2 enhanced training and services to end violence 

3 against and abuse of women in later life, as author4 ized by section 40802 of the 1994 Act; 

5 (11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support fami6 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

7 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 

8 balances available for the programs authorized by 

9 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

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

11 Act, shall be available for this program; 

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

13 to end violence against and abuse of women with 

14 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

15 2000 Act; 

16 (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource 

17 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

18 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

19 the 1994 Act; 

20 (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 

21 violence against Indian women, including as author22 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

23 such funds may be transferred to and administered 

24 by the Office of Justice Programs; 
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1 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

2 that provides training and technical assistance on 

3 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

4 and Alaska Native women; 

5 (16) $25,000,000 (increased by $17,300,000) 

6 for victim services programs for victims of traf7 ficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public 

8 Law 106–386, for programs authorized under Public 

9 Law 109–164, or programs authorized under Public 

10 Law 113–4; and 

11 (17) $5,000,000 for the purposes authorized 

12 under the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act. 

13 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

14 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

15 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

16 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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

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

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

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

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

22 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

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

24 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

25 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the 
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1 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

2 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic3 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

4 (Public Law 106–386); the NICS Improvement Amend5 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle D of 

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

7 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 

8 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources 

9 and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 

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

11 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treat12 ment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improve13 ment Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence 

14 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

15 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and other programs, 

16 $1,015,400,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

17 $100,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (increased by 

18 $2,500,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 

19 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

20 $2,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail21 able until expended as follows— 

22 (1) $409,000,000 (increased by $100,000,000) 

23 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance 

24 Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part 

25 E of title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 
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1 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto Rico under 

2 section 505(g) of title I of the 1968 Act shall not 

3 apply for purposes of this Act), of which, notwith4 standing such subpart 1, $20,000,000 is for grants 

5 for law enforcement activities associated with the 

6 presidential nominating conventions, $15,000,000 is 

7 for an Officer Robert Wilson III memorial initiative 

8 on Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement 

9 Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR), 

10 $4,000,000 is for use by the National Institute of 

11 Justice for research targeted toward developing a 

12 better understanding of the domestic radicalization 

13 phenomenon, and advancing evidence-based strate14 gies for effective intervention and prevention, 

15 $22,500,000 is for the matching grant program for 

16 law enforcement armor vests, as authorized by sec17 tion 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act, and $2,500,000 

18 is for a program to improve juvenile indigent de19 fense; 

20 (2) $220,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

21 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

22 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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

24 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

25 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 
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1 detainees housed in State and local detention facili2 ties; 

3 (3) $41,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) for 

4 Drug Courts, as authorized by section 

5 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act; 

6 (4) $7,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (in7 creased by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) 

8 for mental health courts and adult and juvenile col9 laboration program grants, as authorized by parts V 

10 and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally 

11 Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reau12 thorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public 

13 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– 

25 405, section 412); and 
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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 (increased by $2,000,000) (in8 creased by $2,500,000) (increased by $5,000,000) 

9 (increased by $1,000,000) for a veterans treatment 

10 courts program; 

11 (13) $11,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) for 

12 a program to monitor prescription drugs and sched13 uled listed chemical products; 

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

15 and prosecution grants to States and units of local 

16 government, and other programs, as authorized by 

17 the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 

18 Law 108–79); 

19 (15) $75,000,000 is for the Comprehensive 

20 School Safety Initiative; and 

21 (16) $2,400,000 for the operationalization, 

22 maintenance and expansion of the National Missing 

23 and Unidentified Persons System: 

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

25 the funds made available under this heading to increase 
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1 the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 

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

3 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub4 lic sector safety service. 

5 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

6 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

7 other assistance, the following amounts are made available 

8 until expended— 

9 (1) $95,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

10 (2) $19,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000) for 

11 programs authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse 

12 Act of 1990; 

13 (3) $68,000,000 for missing and exploited chil14 dren programs, including as authorized by sections 

15 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that sec16 tion 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children 

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

18 for purposes of this Act); and 

19 (4) $1,500,000 for child abuse training pro20 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

21 authorized by section 222 of the Victims of Child 

22 Abuse Act of 1990. 
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1 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

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

5 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in6 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail7 able until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments au8 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu9 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

10 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not11 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina12 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

13 require additional funding for such disability and edu14 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

15 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail16 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

17 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

18 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro19 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

20 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

21 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

22 set forth in that section. 
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1 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

2 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

5 other assistance, the following amounts are made available 

6 until expended: Provided, That any balances made avail7 able through prior year deobligations shall only be avail8 able in accordance with section 505 of this Act— 

9 (1) $11,000,000 for anti-methamphetamine-re10 lated activities, which shall be transferred to the 

11 Drug Enforcement Administration upon enactment 

12 of this Act; 

13 (2) $30,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes; 

14 (3) $52,500,000 (increased by $10,000,000) for 

15 initiatives to improve police–community relations, as 

16 described in the report accompanying this Act; 

17 (4) $41,000,000 (increased by $4,000,000) for 

18 a grant program for community-based sexual assault 

19 response reform; 

20 (5) $68,000,000 for offender reentry programs 

21 and research, as authorized by the Second Chance 

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

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

24 such Act; and 
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1 (6) $35,000,000 is for regional information 

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

3 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

4 of 1968. 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

8 available in this title for official reception and representa9 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

10 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

11 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re12 ception and representation expenses. 

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

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

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

16 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro17 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu18 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 

19 shall be null and void. 

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

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

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

23 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re24 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris25 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-
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1 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

2 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin3 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil4 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

5 Prisons. 

6 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria7 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De8 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be9 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex10 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

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

12 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

13 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

14 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com15 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

16 SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to ex17 tend through September 30, 2016, the Personnel Manage18 ment Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney 

19 General pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Secu20 rity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 28 U.S.C. 599B) 

21 without limitation on the number of employees or the posi22 tions covered. 

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

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

25 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 
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1 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

2 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

3 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

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

5 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

6 such a prisoner. 

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

8 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele9 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec10 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

11 purposes. 

12 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main13 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

14 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

15 programs. 

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

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

18 enhanced information technology program having total es19 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un20 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re21 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 

23 information technology program has appropriate program 

24 management controls and contractor oversight mecha-
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1 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

2 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

3 SEC. 210. The notification thresholds and procedures 

4 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi5 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

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

7 to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

8 this title in previous years. 

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

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

11 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

12 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc13 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

14 work performed by employees of Federal Prison Indus15 tries, Incorporated. 

16 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

18 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

19 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

20 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

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

22 United States Code. 

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

24 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

25 available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with 
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1 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head2 ings ‘‘Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecu3 tion Programs’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement As4 sistance’’, ‘‘Juvenile Justice Programs’’, and ‘‘Community 

5 Oriented Policing Services Programs’’— 

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

7 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim8 bursement programs may be used by such Office to 

9 provide training and technical assistance; and 

10 (2) funds made available for grant or reim11 bursement programs under such headings, except for 

12 amounts appropriated specifically for research, eval13 uation, or statistical programs administered by the 

14 National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Jus15 tice Statistics, may be transferred to and merged 

16 with funds provided to the National Institute of Jus17 tice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be used 

18 by them for research, evaluation, or statistical pur19 poses, without regard to the authorizations for such 

20 grant or reimbursement programs: Provided, That 

21 the transfer authority in this paragraph is in addi22 tion to any other transfer authority contained in this 

23 Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to 

24 this subsection shall be subject to the notification 
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1 procedures applicable to a reprogramming of funds 

2 under section 505 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

5 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 

6 U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail7 able by this or any other Act. 

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

9 this or any other Act, for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal 

10 year thereafter, other than for the national instant crimi11 nal background check system established under section 

12 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 

13 U.S.C. 922 note), may be used by a Federal law enforce14 ment officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable fire15 arm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement officer 

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

17 cartel, unless law enforcement personnel of the United 

18 States continuously monitor or control the firearm at all 

19 times. 

20 SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De21 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

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

23 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 

24 year 2016, except up to $40,000,000 may be obligated for 
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1 implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan2 cial management system. 

3 (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal4 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 

5 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 

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

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

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

9 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec10 tion 505 of this Act. 

11 (c) Any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of ex12 cess unobligated balances available under section 

13 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code, shall be 

14 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

15 of this Act. 

16 (d) Of amounts available in the Assets Forfeiture 

17 Fund in fiscal year 2016, $154,700,000 shall be for pay18 ments associated with joint law enforcement operations as 

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

20 States Code, and $20,514,000 shall be for payments asso21 ciated with subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of section 

22 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code. 

23 (e) The Attorney General shall submit a spending 

24 plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

25 of Representatives and the Senate not later than 30 days 
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1 after the date of enactment of this Act detailing the 

2 planned distribution of Assets Forfeiture Fund joint law 

3 enforcement operations funding during fiscal year 2016. 

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

5 under each of the headings ‘‘General Administration—Sal6 aries and Expenses’’, ‘‘United States Marshals Service— 

7 Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investiga8 tion—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Drug Enforcement Ad9 ministration—Salaries and Expenses’’, and ‘‘Bureau of 

10 Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and 

11 Expenses’’, $20,000,000 shall not be available for obliga12 tion until the Attorney General demonstrates to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Senate that all recommendations included in the 

15 Office of Inspector General of the Department of Justice, 

16 Evaluation and Inspections Division Report 15–04 enti17 tled ‘‘The Handling of Sexual Harassment and Mis18 conduct Allegations by the Department’s Law Enforce19 ment Components’’, dated March, 2015, have been imple20 mented or are in the process of being implemented. 

21 (b) The Inspector General of the Department of Jus22 tice shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

23 the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 

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

25 the status of the Department’s implementation of rec-
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1 ommendations included in the report specified in sub2 section (a). 

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

4 Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

5 TITLE III 

6 SCIENCE 

7 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

9 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na10 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

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

12 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

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

14 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

15 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum16 bia, $5,555,000. 

17 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

18 SCIENCE

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

20 in the conduct and support of science research and devel21 opment activities, including research, development, oper22 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa23 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

24 and communications activities; program management; per25 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
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1 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

2 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

4 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

5 aircraft, $5,237,500,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2017: Provided,That the formulation and de7 velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 

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

9 James Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed 

10 $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi11 vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 

12 30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 

13 the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de14 velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi15 tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin16 istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 

17 the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec18 tion 30104: Provided further, That, $140,000,000 shall be 

19 for a Jupiter Europa mission to assure progress on a mis20 sion which meets the Planetary Science decadal objectives, 

21 consisting of an orbiter and studies of both a surface ele22 ment as well as sample analysis of plumes emanating from 

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

24 Space Launch System as the launch vehicle for a Jupiter 

25 Europa mission, plan for a launch no later than 2022, 
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1 and include in the fiscal year 2017 budget the 5 year fund2 ing profile necessary to achieve those goals. 

3 AERONAUTICS

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

5 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

6 development activities, including research, development, 

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

8 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con9 trol, and communications activities; program manage10 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

11 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

12 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur13 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

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

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

16 until September 30, 2017. 

17 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

19 in the conduct and support of space technology research 

20 and development activities, including research, develop21 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

22 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space23 craft control, and communications activities; program 

24 management; personnel and related costs, including uni25 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
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1 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex2 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

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

4 mission and administrative aircraft, $625,000,000, to re5 main available until September 30, 2017, of which 

6 $25,000,000 shall be for icy satellites surface technology 

7 and test beds. 

8 EXPLORATION

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

10 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

11 development activities, including research, development, 

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

13 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con14 trol, and communications activities; program manage15 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

16 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

17 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur18 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

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

20 administrative aircraft, $4,759,300,000, to remain avail21 able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That not less 

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

23 Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

24 $2,313,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, in25 cluding no less than $1,850,000,000 for launch vehicle de-
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1 velopment, which shall have a lift capability not less than 

2 130 metric tons and which shall have core elements and 

3 an enhanced upper stage developed simultaneously: Pro4 vided further, That of the amounts provided for launch 

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

6 enhanced upper stage development: Provided further, That 

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

8 $410,000,000 shall be for exploration ground systems and 

9 $53,000,000 shall be for program integration: Provided 

10 further, That $1,000,000,000 shall be for commercial 

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

12 shall be for exploration research and development. 

13 SPACE OPERATIONS

14 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

15 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

16 and development activities, including research, develop17 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space18 craft control and communications activities, including op19 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re20 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 

21 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow22 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

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

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

25 charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin-
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1 istrative aircraft, $3,957,300,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2017. 

3 EDUCATION

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

5 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

6 education research and development activities, including 

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

8 program management; personnel and related costs, includ9 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec10 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

11 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

12 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

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

14 remain available until September 30, 2017, of which 

15 $18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 

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

17 for the National Space Grant College program. 

18 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

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

21 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

22 research and development activities, including research, 

23 development, operations, support, and services; mainte24 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

25 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 
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1 program management; personnel and related costs, includ2 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec3 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

4 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

5 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen6 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte7 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air8 craft, $2,768,600,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2017. 

10 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

11 RESTORATION

12 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

13 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi14 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad15 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

16 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

17 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli18 ance and restoration, $425,000,000, to remain available 

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

20 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

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

22 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not23 withstanding section 20145(b)(2)(A) of title 51, United 

24 States Code, such proceeds referred to in the preceding 

25 proviso shall be available for obligation for fiscal year 
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1 2016 in an amount not to exceed $9,470,300: Provided 

2 further, That each annual budget request shall include an 

3 annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and pro4 posed use of all funds collected pursuant to section 20145 

5 of title 51, United States Code. 

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

9 $37,400,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

10 until September 30, 2017. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

14 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

15 the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

16 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

17 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero18 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

19 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap20 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

21 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans22 fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 

23 available for the same purposes and the same time period 

24 as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 

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

2 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

3 procedures set forth in that section. 

4 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro5 vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ6 ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 

7 change of an amount established in that spending plan 

8 that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 

9 this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec10 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga11 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce12 dures set forth in that section. 

13 The unexpired balances of a previous account, for ac14 tivities for which funds are provided in this Act, may be 

15 transferred to the new account established in this Act that 

16 provides for such activities. Balances so transferred shall 

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

18 but shall be available under the same terms, conditions 

19 and period of time as previously appropriated. 

20 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

21 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

22 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

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

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

25 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
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1 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

2 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air3 craft; and authorized travel; $5,983,645,000, to remain 

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

5 $520,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

6 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse7 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

8 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

9 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

10 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

11 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

12 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

13 to this appropriation. 

14 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

15 CONSTRUCTION

16 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc17 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

18 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu19 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

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

21 $200,030,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

23 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math24 ematics and engineering education and human resources 

25 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
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1 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ2 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

3 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con4 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $866,000,000, 

5 to remain available until September 30, 2017. 

6 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

7 For agency operations and award management nec8 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

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

10 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas11 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

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

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

14 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

15 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

16 $325,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 

17 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

18 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 

19 heading in fiscal year 2016 for maintenance and operation 

20 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

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

22 provided for costs associated with the acquisition, occu23 pancy, and related costs of new headquarters space, not 

24 more than $27,370,000 shall remain available until ex25 pended. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

2 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala3 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

5 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec6 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car7 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

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

9 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 

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

11 and representation expenses. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

15 1978, $15,160,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail16 able until September 30, 2017. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

18 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

19 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

20 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be21 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

22 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans23 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

24 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
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1 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com2 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria4 tions Act, 2016’’. 

5 TITLE IV 

6 RELATED AGENCIES 

7 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

10 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

11 $9,200,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro12 priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 

13 of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex14 cepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 

15 Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 

16 appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 

17 Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 

18 exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 

19 days: Provided further, That none of the funds appro20 priated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity 

21 or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 

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

23 1975a). 
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1 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

4 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

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

7 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 

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

9 1991, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act 

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

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

14 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 

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

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

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

18 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

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

22 Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept 

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

24 Commission. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

4 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

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

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

7 reception and representation expenses, $84,500,000 (in8 creased by $2,000,000), to remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

11 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

12 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

13 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

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

15 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

16 $5,100,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

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

18 additional audits of recipients; $19,000,000 is for manage19 ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self20 help and information technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro 

21 Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay22 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor23 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

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

25 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em-
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1 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

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

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

4 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

5 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora6 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 

7 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

8 considered an agency of the United States Government. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

10 CORPORATION

11 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

12 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur13 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

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

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

16 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

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

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

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

20 2016, respectively. 

21 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com24 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
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1 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 

2 $3,340,000. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

4 REPRESENTATIVE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

7 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas8 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

9 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

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

11 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not 

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

13 and representation expenses. 

14 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

17 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 

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

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

20 2017: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be avail21 able for official reception and representation expenses: 

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

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

24 an agency of the United States Government. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

6 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

7 not authorized by the Congress. 

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

9 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

10 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

11 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

12 under this Act for any consulting service through procure13 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

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

15 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

16 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

17 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

18 issued pursuant to existing law. 

19 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica20 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

21 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica22 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

23 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af24 fected thereby. 
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1 SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 

2 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

3 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli4 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from 

5 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

6 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

8 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini9 tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 

10 a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per11 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 

12 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of13 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro14 grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

15 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em16 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac17 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

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

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

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

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

22 change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap23 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com24 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

25 of such reprogramming of funds by agencies (excluding 
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1 agencies of the Department of Justice) funded by this Act 

2 and 45 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds 

3 by agencies of the Department of Justice funded by this 

4 Act. 

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

6 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 

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

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

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

10 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re11 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

12 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen13 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

14 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula15 tions. 

16 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au17 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

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

19 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

20 States, its territories or possessions. 

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

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

23 Item (1)(f)(3). 

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

25 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
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1 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

2 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta4 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 

5 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com6 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 

7 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

8 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 

9 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

10 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

11 obligation. 

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

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

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

15 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

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

17 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

18 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys19 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re20 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

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

22 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre23 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re24 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

25 total budgetary resources available to such department or 
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1 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be2 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

3 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

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

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

6 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

7 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

9 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

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

11 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

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

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

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

15 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

16 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

17 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

18 products of the same type. 

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

20 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per21 sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 

22 $2,705,164,000 during fiscal year 2016 from the fund es23 tablished by section 1402 of Public Law 98–473 (42 

24 U.S.C. 10601). 
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1 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 

2 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi3 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

4 students who participate in programs for which financial 

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

6 or legal guardians of such students. 

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

8 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in9 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

10 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro11 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

12 SEC. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to im13 plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 

14 procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 

15 SEC. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart16 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na17 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na18 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor19 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

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

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

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

23 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

24 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi-
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1 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

2 any such audit is completed. 

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

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

5 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis6 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

7 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter8 net website maintained by the Department, Administra9 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

10 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

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

12 title 5, United States Code; and 

13 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi14 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

15 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

16 unlawful purposes. 

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

18 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state19 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

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

21 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

22 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

23 other manner to another person who has a financial inter24 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 
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1 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 

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

3 which the Director of the Office of Management and 

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

5 Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 

6 and requirements, substantially similar to the require7 ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 

8 executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart9 ments, agencies, and entities. 

10 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth11 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 

12 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer13 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

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

15 moderate-impact information system, as defined for secu16 rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 

17 and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

18 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat19 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys20 tems’’ unless the agency has— 

21 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor22 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

23 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 

24 inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
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1 moderate-impact information systems within the 

2 Federal Government; 

3 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre4 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

5 threat information provided by the FBI and other 

6 appropriate agencies; and 

7 (3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap8 propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 

9 any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 

10 with the acquisition of such system, including any 

11 risk associated with such system being produced, 

12 manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 

13 identified by the United States Government as pos14 ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 

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

16 the People’s Republic of China. 

17 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

19 high-impact or moderate-impact information system re20 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

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

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

23 FBI and supply chain risk management experts, a 

24 mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 
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1 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

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

3 the national interest of the United States; and 

4 (3) reported that determination to the Commit5 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa6 tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen7 eral. 

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

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

10 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em11 ployee of the United States Government. 

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

13 of law or treaty, in fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 

14 thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

16 expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru17 mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex18 penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

19 United States in connection with requiring an export li20 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac21 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

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

23 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

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

25 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 
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1 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

2 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

3 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex4 port license— 

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

6 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

7 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

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

9 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub10 section (a); and 

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

12 of— 

13 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo14 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

15 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

16 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

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

18 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

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

20 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu21 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

22 (C) articles for export from Canada to an23 other foreign destination. 

24 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di25 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-
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1 manent or temporary export without a license of any un2 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

3 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem4 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

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

6 Canadian citizen. 

7 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

8 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter9 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

10 the Government of Canada has implemented or main11 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

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

13 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter14 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an15 other nation. The President shall terminate the require16 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require17 ments have ceased. 

18 SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

20 no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

21 States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 

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

23 to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 

24 officer or employee of the United States to deny any appli25 cation submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) 
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1 and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or 

2 .113, for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios 

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

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

5 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi6 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

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

8 States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

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

10 States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

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

12 States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

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

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

15 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author16 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

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

18 Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 

19 Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA 

20 PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

21 SEC. 521. If at any time during any quarter, the pro22 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

23 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero24 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

25 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason-
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1 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in2 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 

3 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis4 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di5 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

6 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 

7 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 

8 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 

9 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 

10 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 

11 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 

12 to which such changes have contributed to the increase 

13 in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti14 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 

15 statement validating that the project’s management struc16 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 

17 costs. 

18 SEC. 522. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

19 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel20 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

21 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec22 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

23 414) during fiscal year 2016 until the enactment of the 

24 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016. 
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1 SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

3 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

4 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro5 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

6 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

7 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

8 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

9 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

10 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

11 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi12 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

13 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as14 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

15 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter16 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess17 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

18 judicial proceeding. 

19 (RESCISSIONS)

20 SEC. 524. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 

21 year appropriations available to the Department of Com22 merce’s National Technical Information Service, 

23 $10,000,000 are rescinded. 

24 (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De25 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re-
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1 scinded, not later than September 30, 2016, from the fol2 lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 

3 (1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $100,000,000; 

4 (2) ‘‘United States Marshals Service, Federal 

5 Prisoner Detention’’, $69,500,000; 

6 (3) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 

7 and Expenses’’, $120,000,000 from fines collected to 

8 defray expenses for the automation of fingerprint 

9 identification and criminal justice information serv10 ices and associated costs; 

11 (4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi12 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

13 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro14 grams’’, $15,000,000; 

15 (5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi16 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $40,000,000; and 

17 (6) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi18 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

19 $20,000,000. 

20 (c) The Department of Justice shall submit to the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent22 atives and the Senate a report no later than September 

23 1, 2016, specifying the amount of each rescission made 

24 pursuant to subsection (b). 
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1 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

3 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

4 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

5 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend7 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart8 ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 

9 the United States unless such conference is a law enforce10 ment training or operational conference for law enforce11 ment personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 

12 attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed out13 side the United States. 

14 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

16 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

17 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

18 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

19 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

20 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

21 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

22 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

23 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

24 SEC. 528. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth25 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
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1 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 

2 States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi3 vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de4 tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec5 tive control of the Department of Defense. 

6 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

7 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

8 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

9 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

10 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

11 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

12 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

13 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

14 and 

15 (2) is— 

16 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

17 control of the Department of Defense; or 

18 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

19 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

20 SEC. 529. To the extent practicable, funds made 

21 available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs 

22 that are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal En23 ergy Management Program’’ designation. 

24 SEC. 530. The Director of the Office of Management 

25 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in-
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1 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro2 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

3 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform4 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

5 following: 

6 (1) Details on future action the department, 

7 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

8 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

9 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

10 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

11 in expired grant accounts. 

12 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex13 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

14 Treasury of the United States. 

15 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

16 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

17 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

18 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

19 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

20 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

21 SEC. 531. (a) None of the funds made available by 

22 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 

23 Space Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science 

24 and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, 

25 promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, pro-
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1 gram, order, or contract of any kind to participate, col2 laborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China 

3 or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are 

4 specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of 

5 enactment of this Act. 

6 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

7 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

8 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

9 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

10 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP has 

11 certified— 

12 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

13 technology, data, or other information with national 

14 security or economic security implications to China 

15 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

16 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

17 officials who have been determined by the United 

18 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

19 human rights. 

20 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 

21 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

22 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 

23 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 

24 the activity in question and shall include a description of 
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1 the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici2 pants, and its location and timing. 

3 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 

4 or any other Act, for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 

5 thereafter, may be used to pay the salaries or expenses 

6 of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for 

7 the importation of any model of shotgun if— 

8 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

9 the proposed importation are met; and 

10 (2) no application for the importation of such 

11 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 

12 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu13 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 

14 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

15 sporting purposes. 

16 SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds made available in 

17 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

18 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

19 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

20 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

21 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

22 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi23 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law24 enforcement related activity. 
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1 SEC. 534. The Departments of Commerce and Jus2 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

3 the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 

4 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

5 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 

6 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 

7 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 

8 Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute 

9 shall submit spending plans, signed by the respective de10 partment or agency head, to the Committees on Appro11 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

12 within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

15 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

16 ratification for the Treaty. 

17 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to relinquish the responsibility of the Na19 tional Telecommunications and Information Administra20 tion with respect to Internet domain name system func21 tions, including responsibility with respect to the authori22 tative root zone file and the Internet Assigned Numbers 

23 Authority functions. 

24 SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 
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1 923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 

2 to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul3 tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 

4 SEC. 538. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

5 to deny the Inspectors General of the Departments of 

6 Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and 

7 Space Administration, and the National Science Founda8 tion timely access to all records, documents, and other ma9 terials in the custody or possession of the respective de10 partment or agency or to prevent or impede the particular 

11 Inspector General’s access to such records, documents, 

12 and other materials, unless in accordance with an express 

13 limitation of section 6(a) of the Inspector General Act, as 

14 amended, consistent with the plain language of the Inspec15 tor General Act, as amended. The Inspectors General of 

16 the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National 

17 Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National 

18 Science Foundation shall report to the Committees on Ap19 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen20 ate within five calendar days any failures to comply with 

21 this requirement. 

22 SEC. 539. The Department of Commerce, the Na23 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na24 tional Science Foundation, and the Office of Science and 

25 Technology Policy shall provide a monthly report to the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent2 atives and the Senate on any official travel to China by 

3 any employee of such Department or agency, including the 

4 purpose of such travel. 

5 SEC. 540. (a) No funds made available in this Act 

6 may be used to facilitate, permit, license, or promote ex7 ports to the Cuban military or intelligence service or to 

8 any officer of the Cuban military or intelligence service, 

9 or an immediate family member thereof. 

10 (b) This section does not apply to exports of goods 

11 permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

12 Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 

13 (c) In this section— 

14 (1) the term ‘‘Cuban military or intelligence 

15 service’’ includes, but is not limited to, the Ministry 

16 of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Min17 istry of the Interior, of Cuba, and any subsidiary of 

18 either such Ministry; and 

19 (2) the term ‘‘immediate family member’’ 

20 means a spouse, sibling, son, daughter, parent, 

21 grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or neph22 ew. 

23 SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be expended during fiscal year 2016 for the shut-
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1 down of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared As2 tronomy or for the preparation therefor. 

3 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

4 SEC. 542. The amount by which the applicable alloca5 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec7 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex8 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0 

9 (increased by $1,000,000). 

10 SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used by the Department of Commerce, the 

12 Department of Justice, or any other Federal agency to 

13 lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive 

14 fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in accord15 ance with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Per16 formance, dated May 24, 2011. 

17 SEC. 544. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), 

18 none of the funds made available by this Act for the De19 partment of Justice or the Federal Bureau of Investiga20 tion may be used to mandate or request that a person 

21 (as defined in section 101(m) of the Foreign Intelligence 

22 Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(m)) alter the 

23 product or service of the person to permit the electronic 

24 surveillance (as defined in section 101(f) of such Act (50 

25 U.S.C. 1801(f)) of any user of such product or service. 
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1 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to 

2 mandates or requests authorized under the Communica3 tions Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 

4 1001 et seq.). 

5 SEC. 545. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to execute a subpoena of tangible things 

7 pursuant to section 506 of the Controlled Substances Act 

8 (21 U.S.C. 876) that does not include the following sen9 tence: ‘‘This subpoena limits the collection of any tangible 

10 things (including phone numbers dialed, telephone num11 bers of incoming calls, and the duration of calls) to those 

12 tangible things identified by a term that specifically identi13 fies an individual, account, address, or personal device, 

14 and that limits, to the greatest extent reasonably prac15 ticable, the scope of the tangible things sought.’’. 

16 SEC. 546. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used to enforce section 221 of title 13, United 

18 States Code, with respect to the survey, conducted by the 

19 Secretary of Commerce, commonly referred to as the 

20 ‘‘American Community Survey’’. 

21 SEC. 547. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per23 sonnel of the Department of Justice to negotiate or con24 clude a settlement with the Federal Government that in-
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1 cludes terms requiring the defendant to donate or con2 tribute funds to an organization or individual. 

3 SEC. 548. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to propose or to issue a rule that would 

5 change the Chief Law Enforcement Officer certificate re6 quirement in a manner that has the same substance as 

7 the proposed rule published on September 9, 2013 (786 

8 Fed. Reg. 55014). 

9 SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used by the Department of Justice in violation 

11 of— 

12 (1) the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to 

13 the United States Constitution; or 

14 (2) to repeal the guidance provided in the 

15 memorandum issued by the Attorney General on 

16 March 31, 2015, and entitled ‘‘Guidance Regarding 

17 the Use of Asset Forfeiture Authorities in Connec18 tion with Structuring Offenses’’. 

19 SEC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to require, pursuant to section 478.124 

21 of title 27, or section 25.7 of title 28, Code of Federal 

22 Regulations, or the Office of Management and Budget 

23 Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, Race and Ethnic 

24 Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Re25 porting, that any person disclose the race or ethnicity of 
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1 the person in connection with the transfer of a firearm 

2 to the person. 

3 SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to negotiate or enter into a trade agree5 ment that establishes a limit on greenhouse gas emissions 

6 for the United States. The limitation described in this sec7 tion shall not apply in the case of the administration of 

8 a tax or tariff. 

9 SEC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 

11 or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 

12 by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 

13 of its principals— 

14 (1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 

15 has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren16 dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi17 nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 

18 to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 

19 local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 

20 State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 

21 offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for22 gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 

23 making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed24 eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 
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1 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

2 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti3 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer4 ated above in paragraph (1); or 

5 (3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 

6 has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 

7 an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil8 ity remains unsatisfied. 

9 SEC. 553. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to treat any M855 (5.56 mm x 45 mm) 

11 or SS109 type ammunition as armor piercing ammunition 

12 for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code. 

13 SEC. 554. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to implement the United States Global 

15 Climate Research Program’s National Climate Assess16 ment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 

17 Fifth Assessment Report, the United Nation’s Agenda 21 

18 sustainable development plan, or the May 2013 Technical 

19 Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Im20 pact Analysis under Executive Order No. 12866. 

21 SEC. 555. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used for the Department of Justice’s clemency 

23 initiative announced on April 23, 2014, or for Clemency 

24 Project 2014, or to transfer or temporarily assign employ-
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1 ees to the Office of the Pardon Attorney for the purpose 

2 of screening clemency applications. 

3 SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

5 Administration to enforce— 

6 (1) Amendment 40 to the Fishery Management 

7 Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of 

8 Mexico published in the Federal Register on April 

9 22, 2015, or any other effort of the same substance; 

10 or 

11 (2) Red Snapper Management Measures pub12 lished in the Federal Register on May 1, 2015, or 

13 any other effort of the same substance that estab14 lishes an annual catch limits or annual catch targets 

15 for Red Snapper that would result in the commercial 

16 fishing for Red Snapper in the Federal waters of the 

17 Gulf of Mexico lasting longer than 5 times the num18 ber of days recreational fishers are allowed to catch 

19 and retain at least 2 such fish each day in such Fed20 eral waters. 

21 SEC. 557. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act to the Department of Justice may be used to prevent 

23 a State from implementing its own State laws that author24 ize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of in-
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1 dustrial hemp, as defined in section 7606 of the Agricul2 tural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

3 SEC. 558. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with re5 spect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 

6 California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, 

7 Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, 

8 Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 

9 Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, 

10 New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, 

11 Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Ten12 nessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and 

13 Wisconsin, or with respect to either the District of Colum14 bia or Guam, to prevent any of them from implementing 

15 their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, posses16 sion, or cultivation of medical marijuana. 

17 SEC. 559. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to compel a person to testify about infor19 mation or sources that the person states in a motion to 

20 quash the subpoena that he has obtained as a journalist 

21 or reporter and that he regards as confidential. 

22 SEC. 560. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to take any action to prevent a State 

24 from implementing any law that makes it lawful to pos25 sess, distribute, or use cannabidiol or cannabidiol oil. 
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1 SEC. 561. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used by the Department of Justice to enforce 

3 the Fair Housing Act in a manner that relies upon an 

4 allegation of liability under section 100.500 of title 24, 

5 Code of Federal Regulations. 

6 SEC. 562. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to carry out the Bureau of Alcohol, To8 bacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Advisory entitled 

9 ‘‘Test, Examination and Classification of 7N6 5.45 x 39 

10 Ammunition’’, dated April 7, 2014. The limitation de11 scribed in this section shall not apply in the case of the 

12 administration of a tax or tariff. 

13 SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to operate or disseminate a cell-site simu15 lator or IMSI catcher in the United States except pursu16 ant to a court order that identifies an individual, account, 

17 address, or personal device. 

18 SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to prosecute or hold liable any person 

20 or corporation for a violation of section 2(a) of the Migra21 tory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703(a)). 

22 SEC. 565. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used to carry out the program known as ‘‘Op24 eration Choke Point’’. 
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1 SEC. 566. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to negotiate or finalize a trade agreement 

3 that includes provisions relating to visas issued under sec4 tion 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

5 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)). The limitation described in this 

6 section shall not apply in the case of the administration 

7 of a tax or tariff. 

8 SEC. 567. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit10 imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 

11 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 

12 Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 

13 SEC. 568. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to treat ammunition as armor piercing 

15 for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, 

16 except for ammunition designed and intended for use in 

17 a handgun (in accordance with 18 U.S.C. section 

18 921(a)(17)). 

19 SEC. 569. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used by the National Institute of Standards 

21 and Technology to consult with the National Security 

22 Agency or the Central Intelligence Agency to alter cryp23 tographic or computer standards, except to improve infor24 mation security (in accordance with section 20(c)(1)(A) of 
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1 the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act 

2 (15 U.S.C. 278g–3(c)(1)(A))). 

3 SEC. 570. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to implement Executive Order No. 13547 

5 (75 Fed. Reg. 43023, relating to the stewardship of 

6 oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes), including the Na7 tional Ocean Policy developed under such Executive order. 

8 SEC. 571. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used with respect to the case State of Texas, 

10 et al. v. United States of America, et al. (No. B–14–254 

11 in the United States District Court for the Southern Dis12 trict of Texas and No. 15–40238 in the United States 

13 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit). 

14 SEC. 572. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Justice—Office of 

16 Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement As17 sistance’’ may be used in contravention of section 642(a) 

18 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon19 sibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)). 

20 SEC. 573. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

22 Administration to implement in the California Central 

23 Valley Recovery Domain any existing recovery plan for 

24 salmon and steelhead populations listed under the Endan25 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) as 
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1 threatened species or endangered species if that recovery 

2 plan does not address predation by non-native species. 

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

4 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 2015. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2578 

AN ACT 

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