H. J. Res. 124 

One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen 

Joint Resolution 

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 

Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of 

Government for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 

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

for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts 

for fiscal year 2014 and under the authority and conditions provided 

in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 

costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 

specifically provided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted 

in fiscal year 2014, and for which appropriations, funds, or other 

authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 

(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 

(division A of Public Law 113–76). 

(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2014 (division B of Public Law 113–76). 

(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014 

(division C of Public Law 113–76). 

(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division D of Public Law 113– 

76). 

(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 (division E of Public Law 113–76). 

(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

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

(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division G of Public 

Law 113–76). 

(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 

and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 

(division H of Public Law 113–76). 

(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 (division I of Public Law 113–76). 

(10) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division J of Public 

Law 113–76). 
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(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public 

Law 113–76). 

(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division L of 

Public Law 113–76). 

(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) is hereby 

reduced by 0.0554 percent. 

SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 

authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 

Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not 

funded for production in fiscal year 2014 or prior years; (2) the 

increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 

2014 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of 

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

project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 

subprogram within a program element, and for any investment 

items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an 

appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program 

element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) 

for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2014. 

(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 

granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 

shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 

procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 

unless specifically appropriated later. 

SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 

to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 

pertinent appropriations Act. 

SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 

appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 

or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 

not available during fiscal year 2014. 

SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 

to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures 

incurred for any project or activity during the period for which 

funds or authority for such project or activity are available under 

this joint resolution. 

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

or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant 

to this joint resolution shall be available until whichever of the 

following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation 

for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; 

(2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act 

for fiscal year 2015 without any provision for such project or activity; 

or (3) December 11, 2014. 

SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution 

shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, 

or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 

SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 

or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used 

without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval 

of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United 
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States Code, but nothing in this joint resolution may be construed 

to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment 

of funds. 

SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 

of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2015 because of 

distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or 

others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 

shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final 

funding prerogatives. 

SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that 

only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint 

resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 

projects and activities. 

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

whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 

fiscal year 2014, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 

Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 

program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 

2014, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 

after October 2014 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 

in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 

available for such payments. 

SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 

personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 

agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 

with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, except 

that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 

until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 

SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may 

be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 

Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department 

Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of 

the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 

1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security 

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

SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 

joint resolution that was previously designated by the Congress 

for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the 

Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being 

for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, 

respectively. 

(b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this joint resolution shall 

not apply to— 

(1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of this section; 

or 
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(2) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference 

to the second paragraph under the heading ‘‘Social Security 

Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’ in 

division H of Public Law 113–76. 

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

designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism. 

SEC. 115. During the period covered by this joint resolution, 

discretionary amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2015 that were 

provided in advance by appropriations Acts shall be available in 

the amounts provided in such Acts, reduced by the percentage 

in section 101(b). 

SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food Programs—Food 

and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Program’’ at a rate 

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

the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 

SEC. 117. For ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 

Food and Drug Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’, amounts 

shall be made available by this joint resolution as if ‘‘outsourcing 

facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62,’’ were included after 

‘‘21 U.S.C. 381,’’ in the second paragraph under such heading in 

division A of Public Law 113–76. 

SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the 

planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and 

the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. 

SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 

sections 106 and 107 of this joint resolution, for ‘‘Department of 

Defense—Overseas Contingency Operations—Operation and 

Maintenance—Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, up to 

$50,000,000, to be derived by reducing the amount otherwise made 

available by section 101 for such account, may be used to conduct 

surface and subsurface clearance of unexploded ordnance at closed 

training ranges used by the Armed Forces of the United States 

in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds may only be used if 

the training ranges are not transferred to the Islamic Republic 

of Afghanistan for use by its armed forces: Provided further, That 

the authority provided by this section shall continue in effect 

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

joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 

appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the 

Department of Defense: Provided further, That such amount is 

designated as provided under section 114 for such account. 

SEC. 120. The following authorities shall continue in effect 

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

joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 

appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the 

Department of Defense: 

(1) Section 1004 of the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 374 

note). 

(2) Section 1215 of the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 113 

note). 
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(3) Section 127b of title 10, United States Code, notwithstanding subsection (c)(3)(C) of such section. 

(4) Subsection (b) of section 572 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (20 U.S.C. 7703b(b)), 

notwithstanding paragraph (4) of such subsection. 

SEC. 121. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund’’ may be apportioned up 

to the rate for operations necessary to avoid disruption of continuing 

projects or activities funded in this appropriation. 

(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

not later than 3 days after each use of the authority provided 

in subsection (a). 

SEC. 122. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Energy—Environmental and Other Defense Activities— 

Defense Environmental Cleanup’’ for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 

may be obligated at a rate for operations necessary to assure 

timely execution of activities necessary to restore and upgrade 

the repository. 

(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

on each use of the spending rate authority provided in this section 

that exceeds customary apportionment allocations. 

SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend 

local funds under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for 

such programs and activities under title IV of H.R. 5016 (113th 

Congress), as passed by the House of Representatives on July 

16, 2014, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds— 

Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget 

Request Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20–370), as modified as of the 

date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 124. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Office of Special Counsel—Salaries and Expenses’’ at a rate 

for operations of $22,939,000. 

SEC. 125. The third proviso under the heading ‘‘Small Business 

Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ in division E 

of Public Law 113–76 is amended by striking ‘‘$17,500,000,000’’ 

and inserting ‘‘$18,500,000,000’’: Provided, That amounts made 

available by section 101 for such proviso under such heading may 

be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments to general business loans 

under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That this section shall become effective upon enactment of this 

joint resolution. 

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

Tax Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public Law 105–277; 

47 U.S.C. 151 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘November 1, 

2014’’. 

SEC. 127. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121 

note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 4, 2014’’. 

SEC. 128. The authority provided by section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue in effect 

through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
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SEC. 129. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 for the 

Department of Homeland Security for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection—Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’, ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Air and Marine 

Operations’’, ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Construction 

and Facilities Management’’, and ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated at a rate 

for operations as necessary to respectively— 

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

Protection officers and Border Patrol agents in accordance with 

the provisos under the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in division F of Public Law 

113–76; 

(2) sustain border security and immigration enforcement 

operations; 

(3) sustain necessary Air and Marine operations; and 

(4) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to the staffing levels 

achieved on September 30, 2014, and comply with the fifth 

proviso under the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses’’ in division F of Public 

Law 113–76. 

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate on each use of the authority provided in this section. 

SEC. 130. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘on 

the date that is 1 year after the date specified in section 106(3) 

of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’ for ‘‘10 years 

after the date of the enactment of this Act’’. 

SEC. 131. (a) The authority provided by subsection (m)(3) of 

section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 

2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106–79) shall continue 

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

resolution. 

(b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, the authority 

provided by the provisos under the heading ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower 

Memorial Commission—Capital Construction’’ in division E of 

Public Law 112–74 shall not be in effect. 

SEC. 132. Activities authorized under part A of title IV and 

section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (other than under section 

413(h) of such Act) shall continue through the date specified in 

section 106(3) of this joint resolution, in the manner authorized 

for fiscal year 2014 (except that the amount appropriated for section 

403(b) of such Act shall be $598,000,000, and the requirement 

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

not apply with respect to this section), and out of any money 

in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 

there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary 

for such purpose. Grants and payments may be made pursuant 

to this authority through the applicable portion of the first quarter 

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

for such activities through the first quarter of fiscal year 2014. 

SEC. 133. Amounts allocated to Head Start grantees from 

amounts identified in the seventh proviso under the heading 

‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for 
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Children and Families—Children and Families Services Programs’’ 

in Public Law 113–76 shall not be included in the calculation 

of the ‘‘base grant’’ in fiscal year 2015, as such term is used 

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

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

SEC. 134. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Department 

of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and 

Families—Low Income Home Energy Assistance’’ in division H of 

Public Law 113–76 shall be applied to amounts made available 

by this joint resolution by substituting ‘‘2015’’ for ‘‘2014’’. 

SEC. 135. Amounts provided by this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children 

and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be apportioned 

up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the level provided in fiscal year 2014. 

SEC. 136. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by 

this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services 

Emergency Fund’’, there is appropriated $58,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2015, to remain available until September 30, 2015, for expenses necessary to support acceleration 

of countermeasure and product advanced research and development 

pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service Act for 

addressing Ebola. 

SEC. 137. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by 

this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Global Health’’, 

there is appropriated $30,000,000 for an additional amount for 

fiscal year 2015, to remain available until September 30, 2015, 

for expenses necessary to support the responses of the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this section 

as the ‘‘CDC’’) to the outbreak of Ebola virus in Africa: Provided, That such funds shall be available for transfer by the Director 

of the CDC to other accounts of the CDC for such support: Provided 

further, That the Director of the CDC shall notify the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

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

preceding proviso. 

SEC. 138. Amounts made available by this joint resolution 

for ‘‘Department of Education—Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research’’, ‘‘Department of Education—Departmental 

Management—Program Administration’’, and ‘‘Department of 

Health and Human Services—Administration for Community 

Living—Aging and Disability Services Programs’’ may be obligated 

in the account and budget structure set forth in section 491 of 

the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 3515e). 

SEC. 139. Of the unobligated balance of amounts provided by section 108 of Public Law 111–3, $4,549,000,000 is rescinded. 

SEC. 140. Section 113 of division H of Public Law 113–76 

shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 

for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

SEC. 141. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are made 

available for accounts in title I of division J of Public Law 113– 

76 at an aggregate rate for operations of $6,558,223,500. 

(b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 

this joint resolution, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
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the Senate a report delineating the allocation of budget authority 

in subsection (a) by account and project. 

SEC. 142. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations of $2,524,254,000. 

SEC. 143. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Office of Inspector General’’ at a rate for operations of 

$126,411,000. 

SEC. 144. Section 209 of the International Religious Freedom 

Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied by substituting the 

date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

SEC. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors—International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the 

President—Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Department of State—International Narcotics Control and 

Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Department 

of State—Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 

Programs’’, and ‘‘International Security Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the President—Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

shall be obligated at a rate for operations as necessary to sustain 

assistance for Ukraine and independent states of the Former Soviet 

Union and Central and Eastern Europe to counter external, regional 

aggression and influence. 

SEC. 146. Section 7081(4) of division K of Public Law 113– 

76 shall be applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

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

SEC. 147. The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 

635 et seq.) shall be applied through June 30, 2015, by substituting 

such date for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ in section 7 of such Act. 

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

is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations 

Resolution, 2015’’. 

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

by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the date specified 

in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

2015’’. 

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

by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the date specified 

in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

2015’’. 

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

coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, 

including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment, to appropriately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian groups and individuals for the following 

purposes: 

(1) Defending the Syrian people from attacks by the Islamic 

State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and securing territory 

controlled by the Syrian opposition. 
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(2) Protecting the United States, its friends and allies, 

and the Syrian people from the threats posed by terrorists 

in Syria. 

(3) Promoting the conditions for a negotiated settlement 

to end the conflict in Syria. 

(b) Not later than 15 days prior to providing assistance authorized under subsection (a) to vetted recipients for the first time— 

(1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

committees and leadership of the House of Representatives 

and Senate a report, in unclassified form with a classified 

annex as appropriate, that contains a description of— 

(A) the plan for providing such assistance; 

(B) the requirements and process used to determine 

appropriately vetted recipients; and 

(C) the mechanisms and procedures that will be used 

to monitor and report to the appropriate congressional 

committees and leadership of the House of Representatives 

and Senate on unauthorized end-use of provided training 

and equipment and other violations of relevant law by 

recipients; and 

(2) the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership of the House of Representatives and Senate a report, in unclassified form with a classified 

annex as appropriate, that contains a description of how such 

assistance fits within a larger regional strategy. 

(c) The plan required in subsection (b)(1) shall include a description of— 

(1) the goals and objectives of assistance authorized under 

subsection (a); 

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

training, equipment, and supplies to be provided; 

(3) the roles and contributions of partner nations; 

(4) the number of United States Armed Forces personnel 

involved; 

(5) any additional military support and sustainment activities; and 

(6) any other relevant details. 

(d) Not later than 90 days after the Secretary of Defense 

submits the report required in subsection (b)(1), and every 90 days 

thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide the appropriate congressional committees and leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

with a progress report. Such progress report shall include a description of— 

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

requirements and process, and end-use monitoring mechanisms 

and procedures, as required in subsection (b)(1); 

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

are being mitigated; 

(3) the groups receiving assistance authorized under subsection (a); 

(4) the recruitment, throughput, and retention rates of 

recipients and equipment; 

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

and how such misuse or loss is being mitigated; and 
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(6) an assessment of the effectiveness of the assistance 

authorized under subsection (a) as measured against subsections (b) and (c). 

(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall 

apply: 

(1) The term ‘‘appropriately vetted’’ means, with respect 

to elements of the Syrian opposition and other Syrian groups 

and individuals, at a minimum, assessments of such elements, 

groups, and individuals for associations with terrorist groups, 

Shia militias aligned with or supporting the Government of 

Syria, and groups associated with the Government of Iran. 

Such groups include, but are not limited to, the Islamic State 

of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Jabhat al Nusrah, Ahrar al 

Sham, other al-Qaeda related groups, and Hezbollah. 

(2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

means— 

(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and 

the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

House of Representatives; and 

(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, 

and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

(f) The Department of Defense may submit a reprogramming 

or transfer request to the congressional defense committees for 

funds made available by section 101(a)(3) of this joint resolution 

and designated in section 114 of this joint resolution to carry 

out activities authorized under this section notwithstanding sections 

102 and 104 of this joint resolution. 

(g) The Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments to 

carry out activities as authorized by this section which shall be 

credited to appropriations made available by this joint resolution 

for the appropriate operation and maintenance accounts, except 

that any funds so accepted by the Secretary shall not be available 

for obligation until a reprogramming action is submitted to the 

congressional defense committees: Provided, That amounts made 

available by this subsection are designated by the Congress for 

Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such amounts 

shall be available only if the President so designates such amounts 

and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

(h) The authority provided in this section shall continue in 

effect through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act 

authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities 

of the Department of Defense. 

(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to constitute 

a specific statutory authorization for the introduction of United 

States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations wherein 

hostilities are clearly indicated by the circumstances. 

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

obligations of the President to report to Congress pursuant to 

section 4 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543) regarding 

the use of United States Armed Forces abroad. 
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This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.