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Union Calendar No. 331 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4660 

[Report No. 113–448] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2015, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2014 

Mr. WOLF, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 

which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce 

and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

9 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

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

13 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

14 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 

15 for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 

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

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

19 overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel 

20 and transportation of employees of the International 

21 Trade Administration between two points abroad, without 

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

23 employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

24 contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods 

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

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1 or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 

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

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

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

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

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

9 official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

10 $473,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2016, of which $10,000,000 is to be derived from fees to 

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

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

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

16 antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 

17 compliance activities: Provided further, That the provisions 

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

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

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

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

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

24 include payment for assessments for services provided as 

25 part of these activities. 

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1 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

2 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

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

6 export administration field activities both domestically and 

7 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

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

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

11 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

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

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

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

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

18 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi19 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi20 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi21 tation otherwise established by law, $103,500,000, to re22 main available until expended: Provided, That the provi23 sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec24 tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex25 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 

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1 apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, 

2 That payments and contributions collected and accepted 

3 for materials or services provided as part of such activities 

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

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

10 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

11 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

12 For grants for economic development assistance as 

13 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

14 Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, for the cost 

15 of loan guarantees authorized by section 26 of the Steven16 son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 

17 3721), and for grants, $210,500,000, to remain available 

18 until expended; of which $5,000,000 shall be for projects 

19 to facilitate the relocation, to the United States, of a 

20 source of employment located outside the United States; 

21 and of which $5,000,000 shall be for loan guarantees 

22 under such section 26: Provided, That the costs for loan 

23 guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

24 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

25 Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds 

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1 for loan guarantees under such section 26 are available 

2 to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 

3 be guaranteed, not to exceed $70,000,000. 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of administering the eco6 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

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

8 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

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

10 Trade Act of 1974, and the Community Emergency 

11 Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

12 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

13 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

14 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com15 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

16 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con17 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi18 zations, $30,000,000. 

19 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco22 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

23 of Commerce, $99,000,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2016. 

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1 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana4 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by 

5 law, $248,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro6 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

7 and marketing activities: Provided further, That the Bu8 reau of the Census shall collect data for the Annual Social 

9 and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Sur10 vey using the same health insurance questions included 

11 in previous years, prior to the revised questions imple12 mented in the Current Population Survey beginning in 

13 February 2014. 

14 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

15 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana16 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic cen17 suses and programs provided for by law, $858,500,000, 

18 to remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 

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

20 for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Pro21 vided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

22 $1,551,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 

23 General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 

24 out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the 

25 Census. 

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1 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

5 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad6 ministration (NTIA), $36,700,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That, notwith8 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

9 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec10 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv11 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

12 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

13 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off15 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

16 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

17 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

18 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

19 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

20 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

21 Government agencies shall remain available until ex22 pended. 

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1 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

2 AND CONSTRUCTION

3 For the administration of prior-year grants, recov4 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro5 priated are available for the administration of all open 

6 grants until their expiration. 

7 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

11 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in12 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec13 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

14 of the USPTO, $3,458,000,000, to remain available until 

15 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

16 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec17 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

18 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

19 2015, so as to result in a fiscal year 2015 appropriation 

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

21 That during fiscal year 2015, should the total amount of 

22 such offsetting collections be less than $3,458,000,000 

23 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided fur24 ther, That any amount received in excess of 

25 $3,458,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 and deposited in the 

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1 Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 

2 available until expended: Provided further, That the Direc3 tor of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 

6 preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 

7 as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

8 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

10 Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in ac11 cordance with the preceding proviso shall be transferred 

12 to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Sala13 ries and Expenses account: Provided further, That from 

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

15 made available in fiscal year 2015 for official reception 

16 and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fis17 cal year 2015 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala18 ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec19 essary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage 

20 of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 

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

22 the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 

23 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Per24 sonnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of 

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1 ter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the other2 wise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for 

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

4 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

5 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

6 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

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

8 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

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

10 available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 

11 Provided further, That any differences between the present 

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

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

14 specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on 

15 USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 

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

17 all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO 

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

19 of title 35, United States Code: Provided further, That 

20 within the amounts appropriated, $2,000,000 shall be 

21 transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account 

22 for activities associated with carrying out investigations 

23 and audits related to the USPTO. 

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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

2 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

4 Standards and Technology (NIST), $670,500,000, to re5 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

6 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

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

8 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

9 further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 

10 summer undergraduate research fellowship program par11 ticipants. 

12 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

13 For necessary expenses of the Hollings Manufac14 turing Extension Partnership of the National Institute of 

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

16 available until expended. 

17 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

18 For construction of new research facilities, including 

19 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

20 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro21 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech22 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

23 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

24 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $55,300,000, to remain available until 

25 expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 

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1 include in the budget justification materials that the Sec2 retary submits to Congress in support of the Department 

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

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

5 Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Stand6 ards and Technology construction project having a total 

7 multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000 and si8 multaneously the budget justification materials shall in9 clude an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each 

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

11 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

16 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

17 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

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

19 organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 

20 pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of fa21 cilities, $3,089,480,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2016, except that funds provided for coopera23 tive enforcement shall remain available until September 

24 30, 2017: Provided, That fees and donations received by 

25 the National Ocean Service for the management of namstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 tional marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for 

2 the salaries and expenses associated with those activities, 

3 notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 

4 Code: Provided further, That in addition, $116,000,000 

5 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Pro6 mote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Per7 taining to American Fisheries’’: Provided further, That of 

8 the $3,220,480,000 provided for in direct obligations 

9 under this heading $3,089,480,000 is appropriated from 

10 the general fund, $116,000,000 is provided by transfer, 

11 and $15,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year 

12 obligations: Provided further, That the total amount avail13 able for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra14 tion corporate services administrative support costs shall 

15 not exceed $215,654,000: Provided further, That any devi16 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 

17 in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

18 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

21 in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 

22 Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

23 Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 

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1 ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums as may 

2 be necessary. 

3 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

4 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

5 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

6 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

7 $2,176,290,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2017, except that funds provided for construction of facili9 ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

10 of the $2,189,290,000 provided for in direct obligations 

11 under this heading, $2,176,290,000 is appropriated from 

12 the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recov13 eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 

14 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi15 ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

16 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

19 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus20 tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 

21 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 

22 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

23 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

24 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

25 procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 

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

2 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg3 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

4 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That within 

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

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

7 associated with carrying out investigations and audits re8 lated to satellite procurement, acquisition and construc9 tion. 

10 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

11 For necessary expenses associated with the restora12 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re13 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That, 

14 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 

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

16 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Feder17 ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 

18 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con19 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 

20 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 

21 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu22 lations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights 

23 or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific 

24 coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 

25 to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided 

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1 further, That all funds shall be allocated based on sci2 entific and other merit principles and shall not be available 

3 for marketing activities: Provided further, That funds dis4 bursed to States shall be subject to a matching require5 ment of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 

6 least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

7 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

8 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

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

10 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

11 until expended. 

12 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

14 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2015, obligations of direct 

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

16 Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi17 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

18 Act of 1936. 

19 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

22 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

23 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa24 tion, $54,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Com25 merce shall maintain a task force on job repatriation and 

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1 manufacturing growth and shall produce an annual report 

2 on related incentive strategies, implementation plans and 

3 program results. 

4 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

5 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod6 ernization of Department of Commerce facilities, 

7 $4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

10 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

11 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $30,596,000. 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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

14 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart15 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

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

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

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

19 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

20 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

21 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

22 public interest. 

23 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria24 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

25 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

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1 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

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

3 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

4 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

5 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria6 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De7 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be8 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

9 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans10 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

11 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec12 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga13 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce14 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

15 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap16 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

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

18 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

19 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

20 of Commerce. 

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

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

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

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

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

2 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2015. 

3 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

5 limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security serv6 ices) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 

7 improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 

8 are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera9 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 

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

11 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec12 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

13 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 

14 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 

15 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts re16 ceived as reimbursement for services provided under this 

17 section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 

18 of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be cred19 ited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 

20 costs of such services. 

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

22 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog23 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac24 tivity over its networks. 

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1 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

2 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

3 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim4 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip5 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

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

7 local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 

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

9 any foreign government or international organization, for 

10 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

11 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos12 pheric Administration. 

13 SEC. 108. The Department of Commerce shall pro14 vide a monthly report to the Committees on Appropria15 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 

16 any official travel to China by any employee of the U.S. 

17 Department of Commerce, including the purpose of such 

18 travel. 

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com20 merce Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

3 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

6 Department of Justice, $103,851,000, of which not to ex7 ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart8 ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

11 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech12 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

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

14 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

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

16 available to the Department of Justice for information 

17 technology, for enterprise-wide information technology ini18 tiatives: Provided further, That the transfer authority in 

19 the preceding proviso is in addition to any other transfer 

20 authority contained in this Act. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For expenses necessary for the administration of par24 don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi25 ties, $335,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived 

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1 by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Re2 view fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations 

3 Fee’’ account: Provided, That, of the amount provided, not 

4 to exceed $10,000,000 is for the Executive Office for Im5 migration Review for courthouse operations, language 

6 services and automated system requirements and shall re7 main available until expended. 

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

10 General, $88,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to 

11 meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 

12 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

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

16 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

18 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

19 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ20 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi21 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

22 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

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

24 in the District of Columbia, $893,000,000, of which not 

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

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1 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

2 the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall 

3 be available to INTERPOL Washington for official recep4 tion and representation expenses: Provided further, That 

5 notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter6 mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir7 cumstances require additional funding for litigation activi8 ties of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may trans9 fer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General 

10 Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations for the 

11 current fiscal year for the Department of Justice as may 

12 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

13 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro14 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

15 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

16 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

17 set forth in that section: Provided further, That of the 

18 amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 

19 shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 

20 and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro21 gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 

22 (42 U.S.C. 1973f) and to reimburse the Office of Per23 sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro24 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 $7,833,000, 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 $100,000,000 in fiscal 

16 year 2015), 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 2015, 

21 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation 

22 from the general fund estimated at $62,246,000. 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

24 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

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1 erative agreements, $1,970,000,000: 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 United States Attorney-led task force on 

8 human trafficking. 

9 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

11 Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain avail12 able until expended and to be derived from the United 

13 States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, notwith14 standing any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund 

15 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

16 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not17 withstanding any other provision of law, $225,908,000 of 

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

19 28, United States Code, shall be retained and used for 

20 necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 

21 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

22 herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as 

23 such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 

24 2015, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropria25 tion from the Fund estimated at $0. 

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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 $11,000,000 

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. 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

22 SERVICE

23 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

24 Service, $12,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec25 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

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1 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

2 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac3 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

4 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re5 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur6 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

7 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur8 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

9 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

10 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex11 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

12 forth in that section. 

13 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

14 For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), 

15 and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States 

16 Code, $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department 

17 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 

18 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar21 shals Service, $1,199,000,000, of which not to exceed 

22 $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep23 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

24 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, $9,800,000, 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, $1,595,307,000, 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. 

22 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

25 the National Security Division, $94,800,000, of which not 

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

2 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not3 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina4 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

5 require additional funding for the activities of the National 

6 Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 

7 amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 

8 the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice as 

9 may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro10 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 

11 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

12 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

13 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

14 set forth in that section. 

15 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

16 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

17 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves18 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

19 most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 

20 laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in21 clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 

22 law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 

23 prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 

24 trafficking, $515,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re25 main available until expended: Provided, That any 

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1 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 

2 may be used under authorities available to the organiza3 tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 

4 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In7 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

8 crimes against the United States, $8,356,857,000, of 

9 which not less than $8,500,000 shall be for the National 

10 Gang and Human Trafficking Intelligence Center, and of 

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

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

13 shall be available for official reception and representation 

14 expenses: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 shall 

15 be for a comprehensive review of the implementation of 

16 the recommendations related to the Federal Bureau of In17 vestigation that were proposed in the report issued by the 

18 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the 

19 United States. 

20 CONSTRUCTION

21 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip22 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

23 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili24 ties and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

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1 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

2 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 

3 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

4 $110,982,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad8 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un9 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

10 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex11 penses for conducting drug education and training pro12 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici13 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

14 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

15 $2,053,320,000; of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

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

17 shall be available for official reception and representation 

18 expenses. 

19 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

20 EXPLOSIVES

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To23 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

24 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse25 ment, including training in connection with the training 

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1 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

2 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as3 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

4 or without reimbursement, $1,200,000,000, of which not 

5 to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 

7 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 

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

9 not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

11 herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica12 tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 

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

14 further, That such funds shall be available to investigate 

15 and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief 

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

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

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

19 to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu20 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to 

21 other agencies or Departments: Provided further, That the 

22 Federal Building at 99 New York Avenue, NE, Wash23 ington, DC, headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, To24 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, shall hereafter be known 

25 and designated as the Ariel Rios Federal Building. 

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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, $6,865,000,000: 

9 Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 

10 Health Resources and Services Administration such 

11 amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by 

12 that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Fed13 eral penal and correctional institutions: Provided further, 

14 That the Director of the Federal Prison System, where 

15 necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or 

16 fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the 

17 amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal 

18 Prison System, furnish health services to individuals com19 mitted to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Pro20 vided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available 

21 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro22 vided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall re23 main available for necessary operations until September 

24 30, 2016: Provided further, That, of the amounts provided 

25 for contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 

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1 remain available until expended to make payments in ad2 vance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, 

3 and other expenses: Provided further, That the Director 

4 of the Federal Prison System may accept donated prop5 erty and services relating to the operation of the prison 

6 card program from a not-for-profit entity which has oper7 ated such program in the past, notwithstanding the fact 

8 that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under 

9 contracts to the Federal Prison System relating to the op10 eration of pre-release services, halfway houses, or other 

11 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, $115,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, of which $25,000,000 shall be available only for 

23 costs related to construction of new facilities, of which not 

24 less than $76,000,000 shall be available only for mod25 ernization, maintenance and repair, and of which not to 

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1 exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to construct areas 

2 for inmate work programs: Provided, That labor of United 

3 States prisoners may be used for work performed under 

4 this appropriation. 

5 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

6 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here7 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

8 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

9 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit10 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

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

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

13 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

14 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

15 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

17 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

18 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

19 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com20 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

21 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys22 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

23 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account24 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

25 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

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1 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui2 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

3 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

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

5 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

6 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

7 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

8 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

9 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

10 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio11 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

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

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

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

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

16 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu17 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

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

19 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

20 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 

21 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

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

23 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

25 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

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1 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and for related vic2 tims services, $425,500,000, to remain available until ex3 pended: Provided, That except as otherwise provided by 

4 law, not to exceed 5 percent of funds made available under 

5 this heading may be used for expenses related to evalua6 tion, training, and technical assistance: Provided further, 

7 That of the amount provided— 

8 (1) $195,000,000 is for grants to combat vio9 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

10 1968 Act; 

11 (2) $25,000,000 is for transitional housing as12 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat13 ing violence, stalking or sexual assault as authorized 

14 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

15 (3) $3,000,000 is for the National Institute of 

16 Justice for research and evaluation of violence 

17 against women and related issues addressed by 

18 grant programs of the Office on Violence Against 

19 Women, which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, 

20 Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by the 

21 Office of Justice Programs; 

22 (4) $10,000,000 is for a grant program to pro23 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 

24 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

25 assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 

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1 youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 

2 men and youth in preventing such violence; and as3 sistance to middle and high school students through 

4 education and other services related to such violence: 

5 Provided, That unobligated balances available for 

6 the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 

7 41303 and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its 

8 amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 

9 this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of 

10 the total amount available for this grant program 

11 shall be available for grants under the program au12 thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 

13 further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 

14 section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

15 program; 

16 (5) $50,000,000 is for grants to encourage ar17 rest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 

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

19 initiative; 

20 (6) $29,500,000 is for sexual assault victims 

21 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

22 1994 Act; 

23 (7) $31,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

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1 cluding as authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 

2 Act; 

3 (8) $11,500,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

4 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

5 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

6 (9) $42,500,000 is for legal assistance for vic7 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

8 (10) $4,250,000 is for enhanced training and 

9 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

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

11 1994 Act; 

12 (11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support fami13 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

14 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 

15 balances available for the programs authorized by 

16 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

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

18 Act, shall be available for this program; 

19 (12) $5,750,000 is for education and training 

20 to end violence against and abuse of women with 

21 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

22 2000 Act; 

23 (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource 

24 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

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1 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

2 the 1994 Act; 

3 (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 

4 violence against Indian women, including as author5 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

6 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval7 uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of8 fice of Justice Programs; and 

9 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

10 that provides training and technical assistance on 

11 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

12 and Alaska Native women. 

13 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

14 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

15 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

16 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

17 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 

18 Act’’); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

19 Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s As20 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 

21 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil22 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice 

23 for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Violence 

24 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza25 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 

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1 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 

2 647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 

3 199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98– 

4 473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 

5 of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); 

6 the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 

7 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security 

8 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the 

9 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

10 Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza11 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 

12 and other programs, $124,250,000, to remain available 

13 until expended, of which— 

14 (1) $47,250,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

15 programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 

16 C of title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That begin17 ning not later than 2 years after the date of enact18 ment of this Act, as part of each National Crime 

19 Victimization Survey, the Attorney General shall in20 clude statistics relating to honor violence; 

21 (2) $42,000,000 is for research, development, 

22 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au23 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 

24 subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act; and 

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1 (3) $35,000,000 is for regional information 

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

3 of the 1968 Act. 

4 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

5 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

6 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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

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

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

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

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

12 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

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

14 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

16 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

17 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic18 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

19 (Public Law 106–386); the NICS Improvement Amend20 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle D of 

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

22 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 

23 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources 

24 and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 

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

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1 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treat2 ment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improve3 ment Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence 

4 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

5 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and other programs, 

6 $1,235,615,000, to remain available until expended as fol7 lows— 

8 (1) $376,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo9 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

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

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

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

13 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), 

14 of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, 

15 $2,500,000 is for an initiative to improve the quality 

16 of juvenile indigent defense services, $15,000,000 is 

17 for a Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement 

18 Officer Resilience and Survivability Initiative 

19 (VALOR), $4,000,000 is for use by the National In20 stitute of Justice for research targeted toward devel21 oping a better understanding of the domestic 

22 radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence23 based strategies for effective intervention and pre24 vention, and $3,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

25 distribute firearm safety materials and gun locks; 

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1 (2) $210,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

2 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

3 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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

5 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

6 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 

7 detainees housed in State and local detention facili8 ties; 

9 (3) $8,000,000 for competitive grants to im10 prove the functioning of the criminal justice system, 

11 to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to as12 sist victims of crime (other than compensation); 

13 (4) $45,365,000 for victim services programs 

14 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

15 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, and for programs 

16 authorized under Public Law 109–164; 

17 (5) $41,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized 

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

19 (6) $9,000,000 for mental health courts and 

20 adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 

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

22 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 

23 Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

24 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 

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1 (7) $12,000,000 for grants for Residential Sub2 stance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as au3 thorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 

4 (8) $2,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Im5 provement Grant Program, as authorized by section 

6 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 

7 wrongful conviction review; 

8 (9) $10,000,000 for economic, high technology 

9 and Internet crime prevention grants, including as 

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

11 (10) $21,000,000 for sex offender management 

12 assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 

13 and related activities, of which $1,000,000 is for the 

14 National Sex Offender Public Website; 

15 (11) $22,250,000 for the matching grant pro16 gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 

17 by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act; 

18 (12) $58,500,000 for grants to States to up19 grade criminal and mental health records for the 

20 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys21 tem, including as authorized by the NICS Improve22 ment Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 

23 180); 

24 (13) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and foren25 sic programs and activities, of which— 

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

2 and capacity enhancement program and for 

3 other local, State, and Federal forensic activi4 ties, including the purposes authorized under 

5 section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi6 nation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) (the 

7 Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program): 

8 Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made 

9 available under this paragraph may be used for 

10 the purposes described in the DNA Training 

11 and Education for Law Enforcement, Correc12 tional Personnel, and Court Officers program 

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

14 (B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes de15 scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic16 tion DNA Testing Program (Public Law 108– 

17 405, section 412); and 

18 (C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo19 rensic Exam Program grants, including as au20 thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 

21 (14) $36,000,000 for grants to address back22 logs of sexual assault kits at law enforcement agen23 cies; 

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1 (15) $6,000,000 for the court-appointed special 

2 advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of 

3 the 1990 Act; 

4 (16) $35,000,000 for assistance to Indian 

5 tribes; 

6 (17) $62,500,000 for offender reentry programs 

7 and research, as authorized by the Second Chance 

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

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

10 such Act; 

11 (18) $5,000,000 for a veterans treatment 

12 courts program; 

13 (19) $1,000,000 for the purposes described in 

14 the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Pro15 gram (section 240001 of the 1994 Act); 

16 (20) $8,000,000 for a program to monitor pre17 scription drugs and scheduled listed chemical prod18 ucts; 

19 (21) $15,000,000 for prison rape prevention 

20 and prosecution grants to States and units of local 

21 government, and other programs, as authorized by 

22 the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public 

23 Law 108–79); 

24 (22) $2,000,000 to operate a National Center 

25 for Campus Public Safety; 

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1 (23) $30,000,000 for a justice reinvestment ini2 tiative, for activities related to criminal justice re3 form and recidivism reduction, of which not less 

4 than $1,000,000 is for a task force on Federal cor5 rections; 

6 (24) $75,000,000 for the Comprehensive School 

7 Safety Initiative, described in the report accom8 panying this Act: Provided, That section 213 of this 

9 Act shall not apply with respect to the amount made 

10 available in this paragraph; and 

11 (25) $20,000,000 for existing evidence-based 

12 criminal justice programs as described in the report 

13 accompanying this Act: 

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

15 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

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

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

18 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub19 lic sector safety service. 

20 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

21 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

22 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 

23 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the 

24 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

25 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and Demstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

2 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 

3 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 

4 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil5 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims 

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

7 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 

8 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh 

9 Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public 

10 Law 110–401); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza11 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 

12 and other juvenile justice programs, $223,500,000, to re13 main available until expended as follows— 

14 (1) $45,000,000 for programs authorized by 

15 section 221 of the 1974 Act; 

16 (2) $90,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

17 (3) $19,000,000 for programs authorized by 

18 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

19 (4) $68,000,000 for missing and exploited chil20 dren programs, including as authorized by sections 

21 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that sec22 tion 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children 

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

24 for purposes of this Act); and 

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1 (5) $1,500,000 for child abuse training pro2 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

3 authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act: 

4 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 

5 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi6 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author7 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 

8 the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (3) 

9 and (5) may be used for training and technical assistance: 

10 Provided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not 

11 apply to grants and projects authorized by sections 261 

12 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited 

13 children programs. 

14 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

15 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

16 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

17 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in18 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail19 able until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments au20 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu21 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

22 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not23 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina24 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

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1 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

2 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail3 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

4 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

5 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro6 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

7 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

8 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

9 set forth in that section. 

10 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

11 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

12 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con13 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

14 322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

15 of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); and the Violence Against 

16 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

17 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’), 

18 $96,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That any balances made available through prior 

20 year deobligations shall only be available in accordance 

21 with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the 

22 amount provided under this heading— 

23 (1) $10,000,000 is for anti-methamphetamine24 related activities, which shall be transferred to the 

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1 Drug Enforcement Administration upon enactment 

2 of this Act; 

3 (2) $16,500,000 is for improving tribal law en4 forcement, including hiring, equipment, training, and 

5 anti-methamphetamine activities; and 

6 (3) $70,000,000 is for grants under section 

7 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) 

8 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 

9 enforcement officers under part Q of such title not10 withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro11 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such 

12 title (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3(c)), funding for hiring or 

13 rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not 

14 exceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of 

15 Community Oriented Policing Services grants a 

16 waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That 

17 within the amounts appropriated under this para18 graph, $16,500,000 shall be transferred to the Trib19 al Resources Grant Program: Provided further, That 

20 within the amounts appropriated under this para21 graph, $10,000,000 is for regional anti-gang task 

22 forces. 

23 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

24 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

25 available in this title for official reception and representamstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

2 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

3 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re4 ception and representation expenses. 

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

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

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

8 were carried to term, or in the case of rape: Provided, 

9 That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional 

10 by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be 

11 null and void. 

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

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

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

15 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re16 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris17 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in18 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

19 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin20 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil21 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

22 Prisons. 

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1 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex2 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

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

4 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

5 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

6 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com7 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

8 SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to ex9 tend through September 30, 2015, the Personnel Manage10 ment Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney 

11 General pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Secu12 rity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 28 U.S.C. 599B) 

13 without limitation on the number of employees or the posi14 tions covered. 

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

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

17 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

18 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

19 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

20 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

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

22 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

23 such a prisoner. 

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

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1 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec2 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

3 purposes. 

4 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main5 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

6 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

7 programs. 

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

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

10 enhanced information technology program having total es11 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un12 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re13 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 

15 information technology program has appropriate program 

16 management controls and contractor oversight mecha17 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

18 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

19 SEC. 210. The notification thresholds and procedures 

20 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi21 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

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

23 to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

24 this title in previous years. 

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

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

3 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

4 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc5 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

6 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

7 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

8 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

10 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

11 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

12 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

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

14 United States Code. 

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

16 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

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

18 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head19 ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 

20 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus21 tice Programs’’— 

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

23 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim24 bursement programs may be used by such Office to 

25 provide training and technical assistance; and 

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1 (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for 

2 grant or reimbursement programs under such head3 ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 

4 research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis5 tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 

6 Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 

7 and merged with funds provided to the National In8 stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis9 tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 

10 statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza11 tions for such grant or reimbursement programs. 

12 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

14 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 

15 U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail16 able by this or any other Act. 

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

18 this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back19 ground check system established under section 103 of the 

20 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 

21 note), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 

22 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi23 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus24 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 less law enforcement personnel of the United States con2 tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

3 SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De4 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

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

6 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 

7 year 2015. 

8 (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal9 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 

10 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 

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

12 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2015, and 

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

14 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec15 tion 505 of this Act. 

16 (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli17 gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 

18 title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga19 tion during fiscal year 2015, and any use, obligation, 

20 transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 

21 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 

22 (d) Of amounts available in the Assets Forfeiture 

23 Fund in fiscal year 2015, $154,700,000 shall be for pay24 ments associated with joint law enforcement operations as 

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

2 States Code. 

3 (e) The Attorney General shall submit a spending 

4 plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

5 of Representatives and the Senate not later than 30 days 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act detailing the 

7 planned distribution of Assets Forfeiture Fund joint law 

8 enforcement operations funding during fiscal year 2015. 

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

10 Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

11 TITLE III 

12 SCIENCE 

13 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

15 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na16 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

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

18 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

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

20 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

21 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum22 bia, $5,555,000. 

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1 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

2 SCIENCE

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 in the conduct and support of science research and devel5 opment activities, including research, development, oper6 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa7 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

8 and communications activities; program management; per9 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

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

11 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

13 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

14 aircraft, $5,193,000,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That the formulation and de16 velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 

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

18 James Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed 

19 $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi20 vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 

21 30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 

22 the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de23 velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi24 tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin25 istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 

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1 the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec2 tion 30104: Provided further, That $100,000,000 shall be 

3 for pre-formulation and/or formulation activities for a mis4 sion that meets the science goals outlined for the Jupiter 

5 Europa mission in the most recent planetary science 

6 decadal survey. 

7 AERONAUTICS

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

9 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

10 development activities, including research, development, 

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

12 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con13 trol, and communications activities; program manage14 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

15 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

16 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur17 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

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

19 administrative aircraft, $666,000,000, to remain available 

20 until September 30, 2016. 

21 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

23 in the conduct and support of space research and tech24 nology development activities, including research, develop25 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

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1 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space2 craft control, and communications activities; program 

3 management; personnel and related costs, including uni4 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

5 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex6 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

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

8 mission and administrative aircraft, $620,000,000, to re9 main available until September 30, 2016. 

10 EXPLORATION

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

12 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

13 development activities, including research, development, 

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

15 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con16 trol, and communications activities; program manage17 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

18 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

19 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur20 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

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

22 administrative aircraft, $4,167,000,000, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not less 

24 than $1,140,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 

25 Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

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1 $1,915,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, 

2 which shall have a lift capability not less than 130 metric 

3 tons and which shall have an upper stage and other core 

4 elements developed simultaneously: Provided further, That 

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

6 $1,600,000,000 shall be for launch vehicle development 

7 and $315,000,000 shall be for exploration ground sys8 tems. 

9 SPACE OPERATIONS

10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

11 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

12 and development activities, including research, develop13 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

14 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space15 craft control, and communications activities, including op16 erations, production, and services; program management; 

17 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow18 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

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

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

21 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad22 ministrative aircraft, $3,885,000,000, to remain available 

23 until September 30, 2016. 

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1 EDUCATION

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

4 education research and development activities, including 

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

6 program management; personnel and related costs, includ7 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec8 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

9 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

10 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

11 of mission and administrative aircraft, $106,000,000, to 

12 remain available until September 30, 2016, of which 

13 $9,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 

14 Stimulate Competitive Research and $30,000,000 shall be 

15 for the National Space Grant College program. 

16 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

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

19 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

20 research and development activities, including research, 

21 development, operations, support, and services; mainte22 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

23 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

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1 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

2 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

3 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen4 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte5 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air6 craft, $2,779,000,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2016. 

8 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

9 RESTORATION

10 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

11 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi12 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad13 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

14 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

15 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli16 ance and restoration, $446,000,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That hereafter, not18 withstanding section 20145(b)(2)(A) of title 51, United 

19 States Code, all proceeds from leases entered into under 

20 that section shall be deposited into this account: Provided 

21 further, That such proceeds shall be available for a period 

22 of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided in 

23 annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

24 proceeds referred to in the two preceding provisos shall 

25 be available for obligation for fiscal year 2015 in an 

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1 amount not to exceed $9,584,100: Provided further, That 

2 each annual budget request shall include an annual esti3 mate of gross receipts and collections and proposed use 

4 of all funds collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 

5 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 $34,000,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

10 until September 30, 2016. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER 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 reprogrammstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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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 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 The unexpired balances of a previous account, for ac15 tivities for which funds are provided in this Act, may be 

16 transferred to the new account established in this Act that 

17 provides such activities. Balances so transferred shall be 

18 merged with the funds in the newly established account, 

19 but shall be available under the same terms, conditions 

20 and period of time as previously appropriated. 

21 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

22 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

23 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

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

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

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

2 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

3 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air4 craft; and authorized travel; $5,973,645,000, to remain 

5 available until September 30, 2016, of which not to exceed 

6 $520,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

7 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse8 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

9 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

10 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

11 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

12 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

13 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

14 to this appropriation. 

15 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

16 CONSTRUCTION

17 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc18 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

19 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu20 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

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

22 $200,760,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

24 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math25 ematics and engineering education and human resources 

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1 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

2 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ3 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

4 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con5 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $876,000,000, 

6 to remain available until September 30, 2016. 

7 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

8 For agency operations and award management nec9 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

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

11 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas12 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

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

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

15 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

16 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

17 $335,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 

18 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

19 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 

20 heading in fiscal year 2015 for maintenance and operation 

21 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

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

23 provided for costs associated with the acquisition, occu24 pancy, and related costs of new headquarters space, not 

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1 more that $27,370,000 shall remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

4 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala5 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

7 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec8 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car9 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

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

11 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 

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

13 and representation expenses. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

17 1978, $14,430,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail18 able until September 30, 2016. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

20 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

21 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

22 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be23 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

24 be increased by more than 15 percent by any such trans25 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

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1 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

2 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com3 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria5 tions Act, 2015’’. 

6 TITLE IV 

7 RELATED AGENCIES 

8 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

11 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

12 $9,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro13 priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 

14 of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex15 cepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 

16 Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 

17 appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 

18 Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 

19 exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 

20 days: Provided further, That none of the funds appro21 priated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity 

22 or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 

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

24 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 $364,000,000: 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, to re8 main available until expended. 

9 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

10 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

11 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

12 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

13 Act of 1974, $350,000,000, of which $319,650,000 is for 

14 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

15 $4,350,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

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

17 additional audits of recipients; $18,000,000 is for manage18 ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self19 help and information technology; $3,000,000 is for a Pro 

20 Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay21 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor22 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

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

24 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em25 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

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

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

3 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

4 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora5 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 

6 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

7 considered an agency of the United States Government. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

9 CORPORATION

10 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

11 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur12 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

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

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

15 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

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

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

18 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2014 and 

19 2015, respectively. 

20 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com23 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 

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

25 $3,250,000. 

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1 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

2 REPRESENTATIVE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

5 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

7 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

8 United States Code, $53,500,000, of which $1,000,000 

9 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not 

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

11 and representation expenses. 

12 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

15 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 

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

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

18 2016: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be avail19 able for official reception and representation expenses: 

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

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

22 an agency of the United States Government. 

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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

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

5 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

6 not authorized by the Congress, or for contracts to provide 

7 training for agency employees to engage in such publicity 

8 or propaganda purposes. 

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

10 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

11 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

12 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

13 under this Act for any consulting service through procure14 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

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

16 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

17 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

18 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

19 issued pursuant to existing law. 

20 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica21 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

22 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica23 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

24 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af25 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 2015, 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 

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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 $770,000,000 during fiscal year 2015 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 initimstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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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) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro18 priated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of 

19 defraying the costs of a banquet or conference that is not 

20 directly and programmatically related to the purpose for 

21 which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a ban22 quet or conference held in connection with planning, train23 ing, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related 

24 to a project funded by the grant or contract. 

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1 (d) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

2 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state3 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

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

5 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

6 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

7 other manner to another person who has a financial inter8 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

9 (e) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 

10 section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which 

11 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 

12 consultation with the Director of the Office of Government 

13 Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules and require14 ments, substantially similar to the requirements in such 

15 subsections, consistently apply under the executive branch 

16 ethics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and 

17 entities. 

18 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth19 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 

20 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer21 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

22 Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate23 impact information system, as defined for security cat24 egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 

25 Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

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1 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat2 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys3 tems’’ unless the agency has— 

4 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor5 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

6 to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

7 moderate-impact information systems within the 

8 Federal Government; 

9 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre10 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

11 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 

12 of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 

13 (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 

14 Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 

15 conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio16 nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 

17 such system, including any risk associated with such 

18 system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 

19 by one or more entities identified by the United 

20 States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ21 ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di22 rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 

23 China. 

24 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

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1 high-impact or moderate-impact information system re2 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

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

4 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 

5 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 

6 strategy for any identified risks; 

7 (2) determined that the acquisition of such sys8 tem is in the national interest of the United States; 

9 and 

10 (3) reported that determination to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa12 tives and the Senate. 

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

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

15 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em16 ployee of the United States Government. 

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

18 of law or treaty, in the current fiscal year and any fiscal 

19 year thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 

21 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in22 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 

23 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

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1 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

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

3 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

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

5 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

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

7 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

8 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex9 port license— 

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

11 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

12 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

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

14 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub15 section (a); and 

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

17 of— 

18 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo19 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

20 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

21 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

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

23 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

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

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1 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu2 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

3 (C) articles for export from Canada to an4 other foreign destination. 

5 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di6 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per7 manent or temporary export without a license of any un8 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

9 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem10 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

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

12 Canadian citizen. 

13 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

14 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter15 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

16 the Government of Canada has implemented or main17 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

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

19 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter20 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an21 other nation. The President shall terminate the require22 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require23 ments have ceased. 

24 SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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1 after, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

2 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 

3 or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 

4 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 

5 of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 

6 any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 

7 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 

8 478.112 or.113, for a permit to import United States ori9 gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

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

11 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi12 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

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

14 States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

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

16 States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

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

18 States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

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

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

21 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author22 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

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

24 Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 

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

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

3 SEC. 521. If at any time during any quarter, the pro4 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

5 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero6 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

7 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason8 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in9 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 

10 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis11 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di12 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

13 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 

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

15 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 

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

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

18 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 

19 to which such changes have contributed to the increase 

20 in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti21 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 

22 statement validating that the project’s management struc23 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 

24 costs. 

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

2 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel3 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

4 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec5 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

6 414) during fiscal year 2015 until the enactment of the 

7 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015. 

8 SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

10 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

11 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro12 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

13 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

14 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

15 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

16 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

17 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

18 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi19 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

20 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as21 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

22 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter23 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess24 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

25 judicial proceeding. 

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1 (RESCISSIONS)

2 SEC. 524. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

3 for ‘‘Department of Commerce, Departmental Manage4 ment, Franchise Fund’’, $2,906,000 is hereby rescinded. 

5 (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De6 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re7 scinded, not later than September 30, 2015, from the fol8 lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 

9 (1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $54,000,000; 

10 (2) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 

11 $193,000,000; 

12 (3) ‘‘United States Marshals Service, Federal 

13 Prisoner Detention’’, $122,000,000; 

14 (4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi15 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

16 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro17 grams’’, $12,200,000; 

18 (5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi19 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $59,000,000; and 

20 (6) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi21 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

22 $26,000,000. 

23 (c) The Department of Justice shall submit to the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent25 atives and the Senate a report no later than September 

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1 1, 2015, specifying the amount of each rescission made 

2 pursuant to subsection (b). 

3 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

5 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

6 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

7 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend9 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart10 ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 

11 the United States unless such conference is a law enforce12 ment training or operational conference for law enforce13 ment personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 

14 attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed out15 side the United States. 

16 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available in this Act may be used in a manner 

18 that is inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective 

19 of the United States with respect to trade remedy laws 

20 to preserve the ability of the United States— 

21 (1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, includ22 ing antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard 

23 laws; 

24 (2) to avoid agreements that— 

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1 (A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

2 and international disciplines on unfair trade, es3 pecially dumping and subsidies; or 

4 (B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

5 and international safeguard provisions, in order 

6 to ensure that United States workers, agricul7 tural producers, and firms can compete fully on 

8 fair terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal 

9 trade concessions; and 

10 (3) to address and remedy market distortions 

11 that lead to dumping and subsidization, including 

12 overcapacity, cartelization, and market-access bar13 riers. 

14 SEC. 528. 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. 529. (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. 530. 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. 531. The Director of the Office of Management 

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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. 532. (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, 

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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 no later than 

23 30 days prior to the activity in question and shall include 

24 a description of the purpose of the activity, its agenda, 

25 its major participants, and its location and timing. 

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1 SEC. 533. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per3 sonnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the 

4 importation of any model of shotgun if— 

5 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

6 the proposed importation are met; and 

7 (2) no application for the importation of such 

8 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 

9 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu10 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 

11 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

12 sporting purposes. 

13 SEC. 534. (a) None of the funds made available in 

14 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

15 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

16 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

17 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

18 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

19 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi20 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

21 SEC. 535. The Departments of Commerce and Jus22 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

23 and the National Science Foundation shall submit spend24 ing plans, signed by the respective department or agency 

25 head, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

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1 of Representatives and the Senate within 60 days after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

5 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

6 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor7 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

8 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

9 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un10 less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 

11 of the corporation and has made a determination that this 

12 further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 

13 the Government. 

14 SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

16 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

17 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor18 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

19 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

20 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

21 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree22 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

23 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

24 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

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1 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro2 tect the interests of the Government. 

3 SEC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

5 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

6 ratification for the Treaty. 

7 SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 

9 923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 

10 to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul11 tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 

12 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

13 SEC. 540. The amount by which the applicable alloca14 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec16 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex17 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

19 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 331 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4660 

[Report No. 113–448] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

2015, and for other purposes. Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 

MAY 15, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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