113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 124 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 

4 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

5 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, 
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1 receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, 

2 corporations, and other organizational units of Govern3 ment for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 

4 SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, 

5 at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable ap6 propriations Acts for fiscal year 2014 and under the au7 thority and conditions provided in such Acts, for con8 tinuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct 

9 loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifi10 cally provided for in this joint resolution, that were con11 ducted in fiscal year 2014, and for which appropriations, 

12 funds, or other authority were made available in the fol13 lowing appropriations Acts: 

14 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

15 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap16 propriations Act, 2014 (division A of Public Law 

17 113–76). 

18 (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re19 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division B 

20 of Public Law 113–76). 

21 (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 

22 Act, 2014 (division C of Public Law 113–76). 

23 (4) The Energy and Water Development and 

24 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division 

25 D of Public Law 113–76). 
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1 (5) The Financial Services and General Govern2 ment Appropriations Act, 2014 (division E of Public 

3 Law 113–76). 

4 (6) The Department of Homeland Security Ap5 propriations Act, 2014 (division F of Public Law 

6 113–76). 

7 (7) The Department of the Interior, Environ8 ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

9 2014 (division G of Public Law 113–76). 

10 (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and 

11 Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen12 cies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division H of Public 

13 Law 113–76). 

14 (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

15 2014 (division I of Public Law 113–76). 

16 (10) The Military Construction and Veterans 

17 Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

18 2014 (division J of Public Law 113–76). 

19 (11) The Department of State, Foreign Oper20 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

21 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 

22 (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban 

23 Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

24 Act, 2014 (division L of Public Law 113–76). 
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1 (b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) 

2 is hereby reduced by 0.0554 percent. 

3 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail4 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 

5 Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new pro6 duction of items not funded for production in fiscal year 

7 2014 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 

8 above those sustained with fiscal year 2014 funds; or (3) 

9 the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, 

10 activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, 

11 subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 

12 subprogram within a program element, and for any invest13 ment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity 

14 within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 

15 includes a program element and subprogram element with16 in an appropriation account) for which appropriations, 

17 funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 

18 year 2014. 

19 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au20 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart21 ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro22 curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco23 nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap24 propriated later. 
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1 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

2 be available to the extent and in the manner that would 

3 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

4 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 

5 102, no appropriation or funds made available or author6 ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini7 tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro8 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur9 ing fiscal year 2014. 

10 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant11 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga12 tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity 

13 during the period for which funds or authority for such 

14 project or activity are available under this joint resolution. 

15 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 

16 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

17 year 2015, appropriations and funds made available and 

18 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 

19 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

20 (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 

21 project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) 

22 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 

23 Act for fiscal year 2015 without any provision for such 

24 project or activity; or (3) December 11, 2014. 
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1 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

2 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

3 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli4 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

5 enacted into law. 

6 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 

7 available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint 

8 resolution may be used without regard to the time limita9 tions for submission and approval of apportionments set 

10 forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but 

11 nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive 

12 any other provision of law governing the apportionment 

13 of funds. 

14 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro16 grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper17 ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be18 ginning of fiscal year 2015 because of distributions of 

19 funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, 

20 such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu21 tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded 

22 for such programs funded by this joint resolution that 

23 would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 

24 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

25 so that only the most limited funding action of that per-
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1 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 

2 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

3 SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 

4 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro5 priations Acts for fiscal year 2014, and for activities under 

6 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be 

7 continued at the rate to maintain program levels under 

8 current law, under the authority and conditions provided 

9 in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, 

10 to be continued through the date specified in section 

11 106(3). 

12 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man13 datory payments due on or about the first day of any 

14 month that begins after October 2014 but not later than 

15 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con16 tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 

17 payments. 

18 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

19 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

20 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

21 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de22 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro23 priations Act for fiscal year 2014, except that such author24 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

25 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
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1 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex2 penses. 

3 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

4 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 

5 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of 

6 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

7 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au8 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 

9 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 

10 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

11 SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 

12 in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 

13 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

14 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

16 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

17 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress 

18 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter19 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or 

20 as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

21 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 

22 (b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this joint reso23 lution shall not apply to— 

24 (1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of 

25 this section; or 
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1 (2) amounts made available by section 101(a) 

2 by reference to the second paragraph under the 

3 heading ‘‘Social Security Administration—Limita4 tion on Administrative Expenses’’ in division H of 

5 Public Law 113–76. 

6 (c) Section 6 of Public Law 113–76 shall apply to 

7 amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin8 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 

9 SEC. 115. During the period covered by this joint res10 olution, discretionary amounts appropriated for fiscal year 

11 2015 that were provided in advance by appropriations 

12 Acts shall be available in the amounts provided in such 

13 Acts, reduced by the percentage in section 101(b). 

14 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

15 provided for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food 

16 Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity As17 sistance Program’’ at a rate for operations of 

18 $275,701,000, of which $208,682,000 shall be for the 

19 Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 

20 SEC. 117. For ‘‘Department of Health and Human 

21 Services—Food and Drug Administration—Salaries and 

22 Expenses’’, amounts shall be made available by this joint 

23 resolution as if ‘‘outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 

24 U.S.C. 379j–62,’’ were included after ‘‘21 U.S.C. 381,’’ 
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1 in the second paragraph under such heading in division 

2 A of Public Law 113–76. 

3 SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

4 ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At5 mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 

6 Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper7 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 

8 for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 

9 Operational Environmental Satellite system. 

10 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, except sections 106 and 107 of this joint resolution, 

12 for ‘‘Department of Defense—Overseas Contingency Op13 erations—Operation and Maintenance—Operation and 

14 Maintenance, Army’’, up to $50,000,000, to be derived by 

15 reducing the amount otherwise made available by section 

16 101 for such account, may be used to conduct surface and 

17 subsurface clearance of unexploded ordnance at closed 

18 training ranges used by the Armed Forces of the United 

19 States in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds may 

20 only be used if the training ranges are not transferred to 

21 the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for use by its armed 

22 forces: Provided further, That the authority provided by 

23 this section shall continue in effect through the earlier of 

24 the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution 

25 or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing appro-
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1 priations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the 

2 Department of Defense: Provided further, That such 

3 amount is designated as provided under section 114 for 

4 such account. 

5 SEC. 120. The following authorities shall continue in 

6 effect through the earlier of the date specified in section 

7 106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment 

8 of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 

9 for military activities of the Department of Defense: 

10 (1) Section 1004 of the National Defense Au11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 

12 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 374 note). 

13 (2) Section 1215 of the National Defense Au14 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 

15 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 

16 (3) Section 127b of title 10, United States 

17 Code, notwithstanding subsection (c)(3)(C) of such 

18 section. 

19 (4) Subsection (b) of section 572 of the Na20 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

21 2006 (20 U.S.C. 7703b(b)), notwithstanding para22 graph (4) of such subsection. 

23 SEC. 121. (a) Funds made available by section 101 

24 for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Ura25 nium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning 
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1 Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 

2 necessary to avoid disruption of continuing projects or ac3 tivities funded in this appropriation. 

4 (b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit5 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

6 and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of 

7 the authority provided in subsection (a). 

8 SEC. 122. (a) Funds made available by section 101 

9 for ‘‘Department of Energy—Environmental and Other 

10 Defense Activities—Defense Environmental Cleanup’’ for 

11 the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may be obligated at a rate 

12 for operations necessary to assure timely execution of ac13 tivities necessary to restore and upgrade the repository. 

14 (b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit15 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

16 and the Senate on each use of the spending rate authority 

17 provided in this section that exceeds customary apportion18 ment allocations. 

19 SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 this joint resolution, except section 106, the District of 

21 Columbia may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘Dis22 trict of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities 

23 under title IV of H.R. 5016 (113th Congress), as passed 

24 by the House of Representatives on July 16, 2014, at the 

25 rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds—Sum-
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1 mary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2015 

2 Budget Request Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20–370), as modi3 fied as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 

4 SEC. 124. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

5 provided for ‘‘Office of Special Counsel—Salaries and Ex6 penses’’ at a rate for operations of $22,939,000. 

7 SEC. 125. The third proviso under the heading 

8 ‘‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Pro9 gram Account’’ in division E of Public Law 113–76 is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘$17,500,000,000’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘$18,500,000,000’’: Provided, That amounts made avail12 able by section 101 for such proviso under such heading 

13 may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

14 to accommodate increased demand for commitments to 

15 general business loans under section 7(a) of the Small 

16 Business Act: Provided further, That this section shall be17 come effective upon enactment of this joint resolution. 

18 SEC. 126. Sections 1101(a) and 1104(a)(2)(A) of the 

19 Internet Tax Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public 

20 Law 105–277; 47 U.S.C. 151 note) shall be applied by 

21 substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

22 joint resolution for ‘‘November 1, 2014’’. 

23 SEC. 127. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 

24 U.S.C. 121 note) shall be applied by substituting the date 
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1 specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘Oc2 tober 4, 2014’’. 

3 SEC. 128. The authority provided by section 831 of 

4 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall 

5 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

6 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

7 SEC. 129. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 

8 for the Department of Homeland Security for ‘‘U.S. Cus9 toms and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’, 

10 ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Border Security 

11 Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’, ‘‘U.S. Customs 

12 and Border Protection—Air and Marine Operations’’, 

13 ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Construction and 

14 Facilities Management’’, and ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Cus15 toms Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obli16 gated at a rate for operations as necessary to respec17 tively— 

18 (1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs 

19 and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol 

20 agents in accordance with the provisos under the 

21 heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Sal22 aries and Expenses’’ in division F of Public Law 

23 113–76; 

24 (2) sustain border security and immigration en25 forcement operations; 
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1 (3) sustain necessary Air and Marine oper2 ations; and 

3 (4) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra4 tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to 

5 the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2014, 

6 and comply with the fifth proviso under the heading 

7 ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Sal8 aries and Expenses’’ in division F of Public Law 

9 113–76. 

10 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

11 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep12 resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 

13 provided in this section. 

14 SEC. 130. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre15 ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 

16 by substituting ‘‘on the date that is 1 year after the date 

17 specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropria18 tions Resolution, 2015’’ for ‘‘10 years after the date of 

19 the enactment of this Act’’. 

20 SEC. 131. (a) The authority provided by subsection 

21 (m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Ap22 propriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 

23 106–79) shall continue in effect through the date specified 

24 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
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1 (b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, 

2 the authority provided by the provisos under the heading 

3 ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission—Capital 

4 Construction’’ in division E of Public Law 112–74 shall 

5 not be in effect. 

6 SEC. 132. Activities authorized under part A of title 

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

8 than under section 413(h) of such Act) shall continue 

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

10 resolution, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2014 

11 (except that the amount appropriated for section 403(b) 

12 of such Act shall be $598,000,000, and the requirement 

13 to reserve funds provided for in section 403(b)(2) of such 

14 Act shall not apply with respect to this section), and out 

15 of any money in the Treasury of the United States not 

16 otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated 

17 such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants 

18 and payments may be made pursuant to this authority 

19 through the applicable portion of the first quarter of fiscal 

20 year 2015 at the pro rata portion of the level provided 

21 for such activities through the first quarter of fiscal year 

22 2014. 

23 SEC. 133. Amounts allocated to Head Start grantees 

24 from amounts identified in the seventh proviso under the 

25 heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 
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1 Administration for Children and Families—Children and 

2 Families Services Programs’’ in Public Law 113–76 shall 

3 not be included in the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in 

4 fiscal year 2015, as such term is used in section 

5 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 9835(a)(7)(A)). 

7 SEC. 134. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘De8 partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 

9 for Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy 

10 Assistance’’ in division H of Public Law 113–76 shall be 

11 applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution 

12 by substituting ‘‘2015’’ for ‘‘2014’’. 

13 SEC. 135. Amounts provided by this joint resolution 

14 for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Admin15 istration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant 

16 Assistance’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper17 ations necessary to maintain program operations at the 

18 level provided in fiscal year 2014. 

19 SEC. 136. In addition to the amount otherwise pro20 vided by this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health 

21 and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public 

22 Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’, there is ap23 propriated $58,000,000 for an additional amount for fis24 cal year 2015, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2015, for expenses necessary to support acceleration of 
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1 countermeasure and product advanced research and devel2 opment pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health 

3 Service Act for addressing Ebola. 

4 SEC. 137. In addition to the amount otherwise pro5 vided by this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health 

6 and Human Services—Centers for Disease Control and 

7 Prevention—Global Health’’, there is appropriated 

8 $30,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 

9 2015, to remain available until September 30, 2015, for 

10 expenses necessary to support the responses of the Centers 

11 for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 

12 section as the ‘‘CDC’’) to the outbreak of Ebola virus in 

13 Africa: Provided, That such funds shall be available for 

14 transfer by the Director of the CDC to other accounts of 

15 the CDC for such support: Provided further, That the Di16 rector of the CDC shall notify the Committees on Appro17 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

18 not later than 30 days after the date of any transfer under 

19 the preceding proviso. 

20 SEC. 138. Amounts made available by this joint reso21 lution for ‘‘Department of Education—Rehabilitation 

22 Services and Disability Research’’, ‘‘Department of Edu23 cation—Departmental Management—Program Adminis24 tration’’, and ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv25 ices—Administration for Community Living—Aging and 
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1 Disability Services Programs’’ may be obligated in the ac2 count and budget structure set forth in section 491 of the 

3 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 3515e). 

5 SEC. 139. Of the unobligated balance of amounts pro6 vided by section 108 of Public Law 111–3, 

7 $4,549,000,000 is rescinded. 

8 SEC. 140. Section 113 of division H of Public Law 

9 113–76 shall be applied by substituting the date specified 

10 in section 106(3) for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

11 SEC. 141. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

12 are made available for accounts in title I of division J of 

13 Public Law 113–76 at an aggregate rate for operations 

14 of $6,558,223,500. 

15 (b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enact16 ment of this joint resolution, the Secretary of Defense 

17 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Senate a report delin19 eating the allocation of budget authority in subsection (a) 

20 by account and project. 

21 SEC. 142. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

22 provided for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart23 mental Administration—General Operating Expenses, 

24 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations 

25 of $2,524,254,000. 
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1 SEC. 143. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

2 provided for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart3 mental Administration—Office of Inspector General’’ at 

4 a rate for operations of $126,411,000. 

5 SEC. 144. Section 209 of the International Religious 

6 Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied 

7 by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

8 joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

9 SEC. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

10 ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors—International Broad11 casting Operations’’, ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance— 

12 Funds Appropriated to the President—Economic Support 

13 Fund’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Department 

14 of State—International Narcotics Control and Law En15 forcement’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Depart16 ment of State—Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 

17 Demining and Related Programs’’, and ‘‘International Se18 curity Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the Presi19 dent—Foreign Military Financing Program’’ shall be obli20 gated at a rate for operations as necessary to sustain as21 sistance for Ukraine and independent states of the Former 

22 Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe to counter 

23 external, regional aggression and influence. 

24 SEC. 146. Section 7081(4) of division K of Public 

25 Law 113–76 shall be applied to amounts made available 
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1 by this joint resolution by substituting the date specified 

2 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 

3 30, 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 147. The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 

5 U.S.C. 635 et seq.) shall be applied through June 30, 

6 2015, by substituting such date for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ 

7 in section 7 of such Act. 

8 SEC. 148. (a) Section 44302(f) of title 49, United 

9 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

10 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) 

11 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 

12 (b) Section 44303(b) of title 49, United States Code, 

13 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 

15 Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 

16 (c) Section 44310(a) of title 49, United States Code, 

17 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 

19 Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 

20 SEC. 149. (a) The Secretary of Defense is authorized, 

21 in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide as22 sistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and 

23 sustainment, to appropriately vetted elements of the Syr24 ian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian 

25 groups and individuals for the following purposes: 
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1 (1) Defending the Syrian people from attacks 

2 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), 

3 and securing territory controlled by the Syrian oppo4 sition. 

5 (2) Protecting the United States, its friends 

6 and allies, and the Syrian people from the threats 

7 posed by terrorists in Syria. 

8 (3) Promoting the conditions for a negotiated 

9 settlement to end the conflict in Syria. 

10 (b) Not later than 15 days prior to providing assist11 ance authorized under subsection (a) to vetted recipients 

12 for the first time— 

13 (1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

14 with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the ap15 propriate congressional committees and leadership of 

16 the House of Representatives and Senate a report, 

17 in unclassified form with a classified annex as ap18 propriate, that contains a description of— 

19 (A) the plan for providing such assistance; 

20 (B) the requirements and process used to 

21 determine appropriately vetted recipients; and 

22 (C) the mechanisms and procedures that 

23 will be used to monitor and report to the appro24 priate congressional committees and leadership 

25 of the House of Representatives and Senate on 
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1 unauthorized end-use of provided training and 

2 equipment and other violations of relevant law 

3 by recipients; and 

4 (2) the President shall submit to the appro5 priate congressional committees and leadership of 

6 the House of Representatives and Senate a report, 

7 in unclassified form with a classified annex as ap8 propriate, that contains a description of how such 

9 assistance fits within a larger regional strategy. 

10 (c) The plan required in subsection (b)(1) shall in11 clude a description of— 

12 (1) the goals and objectives of assistance au13 thorized under subsection (a); 

14 (2) the concept of operations, timelines, and 

15 types of training, equipment, and supplies to be pro16 vided; 

17 (3) the roles and contributions of partner na18 tions; 

19 (4) the number of United States Armed Forces 

20 personnel involved; 

21 (5) any additional military support and 

22 sustainment activities; and 

23 (6) any other relevant details. 

24 (d) Not later than 90 days after the Secretary of De25 fense submits the report required in subsection (b)(1), and 
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1 every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in co2 ordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide the 

3 appropriate congressional committees and leadership of 

4 the House of Representatives and the Senate with a 

5 progress report. Such progress report shall include a de6 scription of— 

7 (1) any updates to or changes in the plan, 

8 strategy, vetting requirements and process, and end9 use monitoring mechanisms and procedures, as re10 quired in subsection (b)(1); 

11 (2) statistics on green-on-blue attacks and how 

12 such attacks are being mitigated; 

13 (3) the groups receiving assistance authorized 

14 under subsection (a); 

15 (4) the recruitment, throughput, and retention 

16 rates of recipients and equipment; 

17 (5) any misuse or loss of provided training and 

18 equipment and how such misuse or loss is being 

19 mitigated; and 

20 (6) an assessment of the effectiveness of the as21 sistance authorized under subsection (a) as meas22 ured against subsections (b) and (c). 

23 (e) For purposes of this section, the following defini24 tions shall apply: 
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1 (1) The term ‘‘appropriately vetted’’ means, 

2 with respect to elements of the Syrian opposition 

3 and other Syrian groups and individuals, at a min4 imum, assessments of such elements, groups, and in5 dividuals for associations with terrorist groups, Shia 

6 militias aligned with or supporting the Government 

7 of Syria, and groups associated with the Government 

8 of Iran. Such groups include, but are not limited to, 

9 the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), 

10 Jabhat al Nusrah, Ahrar al Sham, other al-Qaeda 

11 related groups, and Hezbollah. 

12 (2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com13 mittees’’ means— 

14 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

15 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 

16 on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select 

17 Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep18 resentatives; and 

19 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

20 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com21 mittee on Appropriations, and the Select Com22 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

23 (f) The Department of Defense may submit a re24 programming or transfer request to the congressional de25 fense committees for funds made available by section 
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1 101(a)(3) of this joint resolution and designated in section 

2 114 of this joint resolution to carry out activities author3 ized under this section notwithstanding sections 102 and 

4 104 of this joint resolution. 

5 (g) The Secretary of Defense may accept and retain 

6 contributions, including assistance in-kind, from foreign 

7 governments to carry out activities as authorized by this 

8 section which shall be credited to appropriations made 

9 available by this joint resolution for the appropriate oper10 ation and maintenance accounts, except that any funds so 

11 accepted by the Secretary shall not be available for obliga12 tion until a reprogramming action is submitted to the con13 gressional defense committees: Provided, That amounts 

14 made available by this subsection are designated by the 

15 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

16 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

17 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

18 1985: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail19 able only if the President so designates such amounts and 

20 transmits such designations to the Congress. 

21 (h) The authority provided in this section shall con22 tinue in effect through the earlier of the date specified 

23 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of 

24 the enactment of an Act authorizing appropriations for 
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1 fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department 

2 of Defense. 

3 (i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to con4 stitute a specific statutory authorization for the introduc5 tion of United States Armed Forces into hostilities or into 

6 situations wherein hostilities are clearly indicated by the 

7 circumstances. 

8 (j) Nothing in this section supersedes or alters the 

9 continuing obligations of the President to report to Con10 gress pursuant to section 4 of the War Powers Resolution 

11 (50 U.S.C. 1543) regarding the use of United States 

12 Armed Forces abroad. 

13 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing 

14 Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 

2014. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 124 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 

2015, and for other purposes.