113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5016 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, 

and for other purposes. 

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

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other pur4 poses, namely: 

5 TITLE I 

6 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

7 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

10 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

11 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

12 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 

13 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 

14 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 

15 of official business, $175,000,000 (reduced by 

16 $1,750,000): Provided, That, of the amount appropriated 

17 under this heading— 

18 (1) not to exceed $2,000,000 is for the Office 

19 of the Secretary/Deputy Secretary; 

20 (2) not to exceed $2,000,000 is for the Office 

21 of Legislative Affairs; 

22 (3) not to exceed $200,000 is for official recep23 tion and representation expenses; 

24 (4) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 

25 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 
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1 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 

2 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 

3 Secretary’s certificate; and 

4 (5) up to $21,000,000 shall remain available 

5 until September 30, 2016. 

6 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 

10 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys11 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter12 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 

13 proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 

14 national security threats, $120,000,000: Provided, That of 

15 the amount appropriated under this heading: (1) not to 

16 exceed $28,000,000 is available for administrative ex17 penses; and (2) $15,000,000, to remain available until 

18 September 30, 2017: Provided further, That the unobli19 gated balances of prior year appropriations made available 

20 for terrorism and financial intelligence activities under the 

21 heading ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Departmental Of22 fices—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be transferred to, and 

23 merged with, this account. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

4 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

5 General Act of 1978, $35,351,000, including hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 

7 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con8 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 

9 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; and 

10 of which not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official 

11 reception and representation expenses. 

12 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

16 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In17 spector General Act of 1978, including purchase and hire 

18 of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and 

19 services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 

20 may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Ad21 ministration; $158,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000), of 

22 which $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 

23 30, 2016; of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail24 able for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, 

25 to be allocated and expended under the direction of the 
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1 Inspector General for Tax Administration; and of which 

2 not to exceed $1,500 shall be available for official recep3 tion and representation expenses. 

4 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED

5 ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 

8 Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 

9 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 

10 Law 110–343), $34,234,000. 

11 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En14 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve15 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 

16 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 

17 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in18 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula19 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 

20 $7,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

21 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 

22 with or without reimbursement, $108,661,000 (increased 

23 by $3,339,000), of which not to exceed $34,335,000 shall 

24 remain available until September 30, 2017. 
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1 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

2 (RESCISSION)

3 Of the unobligated balances available under this 

4 heading, $750,000,000 are rescinded. 

5 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 

8 of the Fiscal Service, $348,184,000; of which not to ex9 ceed $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2017, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 

11 and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 

12 and representation expenses. 

13 In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil 

14 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 

15 and personnel expenses for financial management of the 

16 Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 

17 380. 

18 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

21 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 

22 passenger motor vehicles, $96,000,000; of which not to ex23 ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex24 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

25 development programs for laboratory services; and provi-
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1 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

2 with or without reimbursement. 

3 UNITED STATES MINT

4 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

5 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

6 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

7 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

8 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis9 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper10 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 

11 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in12 curred during fiscal year 2015 under such section 5136 

13 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in14 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 

15 $20,000,000. 

16 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

17 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 

19 Regulatory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 

20 I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 

21 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 

22 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 

23 to the rate for EX–3, $230,000,000 (increased by 

24 $500,000). Of the amount appropriated under this head25 ing— 
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1 (1) not less than $177,000,000 is available 

2 until September 30, 2016, for financial assistance 

3 and technical assistance under sections 108(a)(1)(A) 

4 and 108(a)(1)(B), respectively, of Public Law 103– 

5 325, of which up to $3,102,500 may be used for the 

6 cost of direct loans: Provided, That the cost of direct 

7 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

8 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres9 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

10 these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga11 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 

12 exceed $25,000,000; 

13 (2) not less than $15,000,000 is available until 

14 September 30, 2016, for financial assistance, tech15 nical assistance, training and outreach programs, de16 signed to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, 

17 and Alaskan Native communities and provided pri18 marily through qualified community development 

19 lender organizations with experience and expertise in 

20 community development banking and lending in In21 dian country, Native American organizations, tribes 

22 and tribal organizations and other suitable pro23 viders; 
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1 (3) not less than $18,000,000 is available until 

2 September 30, 2016, for the Bank Enterprise Award 

3 program; and 

4 (4) up to $20,000,000 may be used for admin5 istrative expenses, of which up to $300,000 for the 

6 administrative expenses of a direct loan program. 

7 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

8 TAXPAYER SERVICES

9 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv10 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist11 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 

12 advocacy services, the operating expenses of the Taxpayer 

13 Advocate Service, and other services as authorized by 5 

14 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

15 Commissioner, $2,130,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) 

16 (increased by $10,000,000), of which not less than 

17 $5,600,000 (increased by $2,800,000) shall be for the Tax 

18 Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less 

19 than $10,000,000 shall be available for low-income tax20 payer clinic grants, and of which not less than 

21 $12,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2016, shall be available for a Community Volunteer In23 come Tax Assistance matching grants program for tax re24 turn preparation assistance. 
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1 ENFORCEMENT

2 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 

3 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 

4 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con5 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 

6 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi7 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi8 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 

9 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 

10 determined by the Commissioner, $4,950,000,000 (re11 duced by $1,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced 

12 by $353,000,000) (reduced by $788,111,800) (reduced by 

13 $10,000,000), of which not less than $60,257,000 shall 

14 be for the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement pro15 gram. 

16 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

17 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv18 ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro19 grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print20 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 

21 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 

22 of income; telecommunications; information technology de23 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se24 curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

25 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service 
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1 Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5 

2 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

3 Commissioner; $3,620,000,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), 

4 of which not to exceed $300,000,000 shall remain avail5 able until September 30, 2016, of which not to exceed 

6 $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 

7 expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the 

8 end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall 

9 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 the House of Representatives and the Senate and the 

11 Comptroller General of the United States detailing the 

12 cost and schedule performance for its major information 

13 technology investments, including the purpose and life14 cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost 

15 and schedule variances; the risks of such investments and 

16 strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to miti17 gate such risks; and the expected developmental mile18 stones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next 

19 quarter: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue Serv20 ice shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal year 

21 2016, a summary of cost and schedule performance infor22 mation for its major information technology systems. 

23 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

24 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv25 ice’s business systems modernization program, 
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1 $250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2017, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech3 nology systems, including management and related con4 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter5 nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as6 sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 

7 Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of 

8 each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit 

9 a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp11 troller General of the United States detailing the cost and 

12 schedule performance for CADE 2 and Modernized e-File 

13 information technology investments, including the pur14 poses and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons 

15 for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such in16 vestments and the strategies the Internal Revenue Service 

17 is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected develop18 mental milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred 

19 in the next quarter. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

21 SERVICE

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria24 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

25 Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 
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1 Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the 

2 Committees on Appropriations. 

3 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main4 tain an employee training program, which shall include the 

5 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 

6 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im7 partial application of tax law. 

8 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti9 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe10 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro11 tect taxpayers against identity theft. 

12 SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 

13 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

14 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi15 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

16 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 

17 to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service 

18 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 

19 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 

20 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 

21 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available to the 

22 Internal Revenue Service by this Act may be used to make 

23 a video unless the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board de24 termines in advance that making the video is appropriate, 
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1 taking into account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of 

2 the video. 

3 SEC. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 

4 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 

5 to an employer making employment tax payments, and 

6 such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former 

7 and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal 

8 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 

9 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic10 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 

11 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available under 

12 this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to 

13 target citizens of the United States for exercising any 

14 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con15 stitution of the United States. 

16 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 

18 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 

19 beliefs. 

20 SEC. 109. None of funds made available by this Act 

21 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex22 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce23 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 

24 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 

25 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-
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1 sult of the recommendations in the report published on 

2 May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 

3 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 

4 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana5 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 

6 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

8 individual to carry out any transfer of funds to the Inter9 nal Revenue Service under the Patient Protection and Af10 fordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or the Health 

11 Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public 

12 Law 111–152). 

13 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to imple15 ment or enforce section 5000A of the Internal Revenue 

16 Code of 1986, section 6055 of such Code, section 1502(c) 

17 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

18 Law 111–148), or any amendments made by section 

19 1502(b) of such Act. 

20 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 

22 expended under any bonus, award, or recognition program 

23 that does not consider, with respect to determining wheth24 er an employee should receive such program funds, the 

25 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

2 TREASURY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the 

5 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al6 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

7 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

8 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

9 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

10 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

11 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 

12 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

13 of health and medical services to employees and their de14 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author15 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

16 SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria17 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De18 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 

19 Inspector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the 

20 Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En21 forcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, ‘‘Al22 cohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ and ‘‘Commu23 nity Development Financial Institutions Fund Program 

24 Account’’ may be transferred between such appropriations 

25 upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro-
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1 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 

2 Provided, That no transfer under this section may increase 

3 or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 per4 cent. 

5 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria6 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

7 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen8 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad9 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 

11 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro12 priation by more than 2 percent. 

13 SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

14 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

15 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

16 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

17 SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans18 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries 

19 and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary 

20 to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such 

21 amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 

22 account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec23 tion Fund. 

24 SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
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1 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu2 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 

3 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

4 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 

5 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

6 Affairs. 

7 SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

9 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav10 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

11 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func12 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

13 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

14 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com15 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 

16 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent17 atives and the Senate. 

18 SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

19 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De20 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re21 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

22 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

23 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 

24 2015 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

25 Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 
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1 SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail2 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus3 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 

4 representation expenses. 

5 SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

6 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro7 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

8 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an9 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 

10 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest11 ment spending from all accounts within the Department 

12 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart13 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac14 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas15 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 

16 Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur17 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 

18 project that has not been fully completed. 

19 SEC. 123. (a) Not later than 2 weeks after the end 

20 of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the 

21 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their 

22 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

24 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 
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1 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

2 Affairs. 

3 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 

4 include— 

5 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

6 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 

7 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

8 of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 

9 (3) the number of full-time equivalents within 

10 each office during the previous quarter; 

11 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva12 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis13 cal year; and 

14 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec15 tives, and performance measures of each office. 

16 (c) At the request of any such Committees specified 

17 in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the 

18 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 

19 to testify on the contents of the reports required under 

20 subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 

22 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

23 an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 

24 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 

25 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-
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1 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 

2 provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed 

3 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 

4 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip5 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran6 chise Fund. 

7 SEC. 125. (a) Section 155 of Public Law 111–203 

8 is amended as follows: 

9 (1) In subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘immediately’’; and 

12 (ii) by inserting ‘‘as provided for in 

13 appropriations Acts’’ after ‘‘to the Office’’; 

14 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

15 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

16 paragraph (2). 

17 (2) In subsection (d), by striking the heading 

18 and inserting ‘‘ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE.—’’. 

19 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

20 take effect on October 1, 2015. 

21 SEC. 126. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, authorize, 

23 or otherwise allow, whether by general or specific license, 

24 travel-related or other transactions incident to non-aca-
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1 demic educational exchanges described in section 

2 515.565(b)(2) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations. 

3 SEC. 127. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury and the 

4 Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a joint re5 port not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 

6 Act regarding travel pursuant to sections 515.560(a)(1), 

7 515.560(c)(4)(i), and 515.561 of title 31, Code of Federal 

8 Regulations. 

9 (b) Such report shall include, for each fiscal year be10 ginning with 2007 under the aforementioned category of 

11 travel— 

12 (1) number of travelers; average duration of 

13 stay for each trip; 

14 (2) average amount of United States dollars 

15 spent per traveler; 

16 (3) number of return trips per year; and 

17 (4) total sum of United States dollars spent col18 lectively in each fiscal year. 

19 SEC. 128. During fiscal year 2015— 

20 (1) none of the funds made available in this or 

21 any other Act may be used by the Department of 

22 the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv23 ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev24 enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par25 ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 
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1 used to determine whether an organization is oper2 ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 

3 for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 

4 Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu5 lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 

6 29, 2013)); and 

7 (2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 

8 January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de9 terminations shall apply after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 

11 under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza12 tions created on, before, or after such date. 

13 SEC. 129. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex15 pended to provide for the enforcement of any rule, regula16 tion, policy, or guideline implemented pursuant to the De17 partment of the Treasury Guidance for United States Po18 sitions on MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries on 

19 Coal-Fired Power Generation dated October 29, 2013, 

20 when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or 

21 guideline would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, 

22 the carrying out of any coal-fired or other power-genera23 tion project the purpose of which is to increase exports 

24 of goods and services from the United States or prevent 

25 the loss of jobs from the United States. 
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1 SEC. 130. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta2 tion with the appropriate agencies, departments, bureaus, 

3 and commissions that have expertise in terrorism and 

4 complex financial instruments, shall provide a report to 

5 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep6 resentatives and Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv7 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

8 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 

9 not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

10 Act on economic warfare and financial terrorism. 

11 SEC. 131. Each calendar month beginning after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

13 Treasury shall submit to the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 

15 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep16 resentatives, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 

17 an accounting of the number of individuals who have not 

18 paid the full amount of any premium owed for the pre19 ceding month for coverage under a qualified health plan 

20 that was enrolled in through an Exchange under title I 

21 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

23 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

4 THE WHITE HOUSE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for the White House as au7 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

8 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 

9 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 

10 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

11 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not 

12 to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 

13 provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 

14 official reception and representation expenses, to be avail15 able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi16 dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 

17 Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

18 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000. 

19 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 

22 at the White House, $12,700,000, to be expended and ac23 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 

24 112–114. 
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1 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

2 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi3 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec4 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 

5 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

6 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

7 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

8 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

9 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob10 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex11 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

12 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit13 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti14 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

15 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

16 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

17 shall require the national committee of the political party 

18 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 

19 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat20 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 

21 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

22 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

23 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

24 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

25 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
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1 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

2 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 

3 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

4 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

5 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

6 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out7 standing debt on a United States Government claim under 

8 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 

9 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 

10 charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella11 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi12 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap13 propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 

14 the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 

15 the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res16 idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 

17 amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 

18 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 

19 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 

20 events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 

21 reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 

22 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 

23 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 

24 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 

25 for the classification of any such expense as political or 
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1 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 

2 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res3 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub4 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 

5 Code. 

6 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

7 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

8 Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 

9 U.S.C. 105(d), $500,000, to remain available until ex10 pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 

11 health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 

12 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

15 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ16 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $3,765,000. 

17 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND

18 SECURITY COUNCIL

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

21 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 

22 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,600,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra4 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

5 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

6 $111,000,000, of which not to exceed $12,006,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended for continued moderniza8 tion of the information technology infrastructure within 

9 the Executive Office of the President. 

10 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

13 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

14 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out 

15 the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

16 Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United 

17 States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of 

18 title 31, United States Code, $89,300,000, of which not 

19 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa20 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro21 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 

22 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri23 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 

24 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree25 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 
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1 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 

2 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

3 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit4 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 

5 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap6 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 

7 That none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts shall 

8 be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of Manage9 ment and Budget, for evaluating or determining if water 

10 resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief 

11 of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army 

12 are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and 

13 requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource 

14 planning process: Provided further, That the Office of 

15 Management and Budget shall have not more than 60 

16 days in which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water 

17 resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has re18 ported: Provided further, That the Director of the Office 

19 of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate 

20 authorizing and appropriating committees when the 60- 

21 day review is initiated: Provided further, That if water re22 source reports have not been transmitted to the appro23 priate authorizing and appropriating committees within 

24 15 days after the end of the Office of Management and 

25 Budget review period based on the notification from the 
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1 Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management 

2 and Budget concurrence with the report and act accord3 ingly: Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 

4 Management and Budget shall: (1) consult with each 

5 standing committee in the House of Representatives and 

6 the Senate with respect to the number of printed and elec7 tronic copies (including the appendix, historical tables, and 

8 analytical perspectives) of the President’s fiscal year 2016 

9 budget request that each such committee requires; and (2) 

10 provide, using the funds made available under this head11 ing, each such committee with the requisite number of 

12 copies by no later than the date that the President submits 

13 such budget to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 

14 31, United States Code: Provided further, That of the 

15 amounts made available under this heading, $52,000,000 

16 shall not be available for obligation until the President 

17 submits to Congress the budget of the United States Gov18 ernment for fiscal year 2016, in accordance with section 

19 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. 

20 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

23 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

24 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza25 tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed 
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1 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

2 and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 

3 of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 

4 research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with5 out reimbursement, $22,000,000: Provided, That the Of6 fice is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize 

7 gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without 

8 fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facili9 tating the work of the Office. 

10 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

11 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

14 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

15 Areas Program, $245,000,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2016, for drug control activities consistent 

17 with the approved strategy for each of the designated 

18 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of 

19 which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 

20 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 

21 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 

22 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans23 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 

24 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 

25 Control Policy, of which up to $2,700,000 may be used 
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1 for auditing services and associated activities: Provided 

2 further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of Public 

3 Law 106–58, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fis4 cal year 2013 may be used for any other approved activi5 ties of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming require6 ments: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as 

7 of September 30, 2014, shall be funded at not less than 

8 the fiscal year 2014 base level, unless the Director submits 

9 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Senate justification for changes to 

11 those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and pub12 lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance 

13 measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the Di14 rector shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

15 the initial allocation of fiscal year 2015 funding among 

16 HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

17 Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of 

18 discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta19 tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 

20 after enactment of this Act. 

21 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For other drug control activities authorized by the 

24 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 

25 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $108,250,000, to re-
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1 main available until expended, which shall be available as 

2 follows: $95,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Pro3 gram, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available as di4 rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 

5 by Public Law 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); 

6 $1,400,000 for drug court training and technical assist7 ance; $8,600,000 for anti-doping activities; $2,000,000 for 

8 the United States membership dues to the World Anti9 Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 shall be made available 

10 as directed by section 1105 of Public Law 109–469: Pro11 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

12 may be transferred to other Federal departments and 

13 agencies to carry out such activities. 

14 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte17 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 

18 technology in the Federal Government, $9,000,000, to re19 main available until expended: Provided, That the Director 

20 of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 

21 these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out 

22 projects to meet these purposes: Provided further, That 

23 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

24 shall submit quarterly reports not later than 45 days after 

25 the end of each quarter to the Committees on Appropria-
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1 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate and 

2 the Government Accountability Office identifying the sav3 ings achieved by the Office of Management and Budget’s 

4 government-wide information technology reform efforts: 

5 Provided further, That such reports shall include savings 

6 identified by fiscal year, agency, and appropriation. 

7 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

10 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

11 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

12 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex13 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex14 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

15 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,200,000. 

16 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

17 OPERATING EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

20 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

21 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi22 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

23 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $81,000 pursuant to 3 

24 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $290,000: Provided, That advances, re25 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 
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1 made to any department or agency for expenses of car2 rying out such activities. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

4 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO

5 THE PRESIDENT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 

8 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi9 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

10 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 

11 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of12 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi13 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

14 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 

15 such other officer as the President may designate in writ16 ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on 

17 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

18 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap19 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 

20 with and available for the same time and for the same 

21 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro22 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 

23 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro24 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

25 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-
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1 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 

2 Vice President. 

3 SEC. 202. Within 90 days after the date of enactment 

4 of this section, the Director of the Office of Management 

5 and Budget shall submit a report to the Committees on 

6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

7 Senate on the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall 

8 Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 

9 111–203). Such report shall include— 

10 (1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary 

11 obligations of funds through fiscal year 2019, by 

12 Federal agency and by fiscal year, including— 

13 (A) the estimated obligations by cost in14 puts such as rent, information technology, con15 tracts, and personnel; 

16 (B) the methodology and data sources used 

17 to calculate such estimated obligations; and 

18 (C) the specific section of such Act that re19 quires the obligation of funds; and 

20 (2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 

21 2019 from assessments, user fees, and other fees by 

22 the Federal agency making the collections, by fiscal 

23 year, including— 

24 (A) the methodology and data sources used 

25 to calculate such estimated collections; and 
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1 (B) the specific section of such Act that 

2 authorizes the collection of funds. 

3 SEC. 203. None of funds made available in this Act 

4 may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any officer 

5 or employee of the Executive Office of the President to 

6 prepare, sign, or approve statements abrogating legislation 

7 passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate 

8 and signed by the President. 

9 SEC. 204. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of any 

11 officer or employee of the Executive Office of the Presi12 dent to prepare or implement an Executive order that con13 travenes existing law. 

14 SEC. 205. (a) During fiscal year 2015, any Executive 

15 order issued by the President shall include a statement 

16 from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg17 et on the budgetary impact of the Executive order. 

18 (b) Any such statement shall include— 

19 (1) a narrative summary of the costs and rev20 enue impacts of such order on the Federal Govern21 ment; 

22 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 

23 obligations and outlays, listed by Federal agency, for 

24 each year in the 5-fiscal year period beginning in fis25 cal year 2015; and 
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1 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov2 ernment over the 5-fiscal year period beginning in 

3 fiscal year 2015. 

4 (c) If an Executive order is issued during fiscal year 

5 2015 due to a national emergency, the Director of the Of6 fice of Management and Budget may issue the statement 

7 required by subsection (a) not later than 15 days after 

8 the date that the Executive order is issued. 

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 

10 the President Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

11 TITLE III 

12 THE JUDICIARY 

13 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su16 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

17 building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 

18 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 

19 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 

20 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 

21 as the Chief Justice may approve, $74,937,000, of which 

22 $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

23 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

24 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

25 justice and associate justices of the court. 
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1 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

2 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

3 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im4 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 

5 $11,640,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

7 CIRCUIT

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec10 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

11 $30,192,000. 

12 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

13 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

14 judge and judges of the court. 

15 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 

18 services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author19 ized by law, $17,807,000. 

20 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

21 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

22 judge and judges of the court. 
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1 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

2 JUDICIAL SERVICES

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 

5 of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi6 cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 

7 specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 

8 and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 

9 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author10 ized by law, $4,784,659,000 (increased by $42,000,000) 

11 (including the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of 

12 which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available 

13 until expended for space alteration projects and for costs 

14 related to new space alteration and construction projects; 

15 and of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain 

16 available until September 30, 2016, for the Integrated 

17 Workplace Initiative: Provided, That the amount provided 

18 for the Integrated Workplace Initiative shall not be avail19 able for obligation until the Director of the Administrative 

20 Office of the United States Courts submits a report to 

21 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Senate showing that the estimated 

23 cost savings resulting from the Initiative will exceed the 

24 estimated amounts obligated for the Initiative. 
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1 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

2 be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 

3 and district judges (including judges of the territorial 

4 courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus5 tices and judges retired from office or from regular active 

6 service. 

7 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

8 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

9 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub10 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $5,423,000, to be appro11 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 

12 Fund. 

13 DEFENDER SERVICES

14 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

15 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor16 neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 

17 3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim18 bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 

19 expert, and other services for such representations as au20 thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 

21 maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement 

22 of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 

23 criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa24 tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 

25 expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 
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1 actions for the protection of their employment, as author2 ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim3 bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 

4 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 

5 forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse6 ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 

7 under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 

8 general administrative expenses, $1,044,394,000, to re9 main available until expended. 

10 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

11 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

12 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis13 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa14 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 

15 pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro16 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $55,827,000, 

17 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

18 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 

19 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 

20 5332. 

21 COURT SECURITY

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

24 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

25 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 
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1 Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa2 tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 

3 for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

4 Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 

5 control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 

6 patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 

7 by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi8 ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve9 ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

10 $525,763,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

11 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

12 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 

13 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

14 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

15 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

16 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen17 eral. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

19 COURTS

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

22 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ23 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas24 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

25 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-
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1 where, $82,824,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au2 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

3 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen6 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $26,724,000; 

7 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep8 tember 30, 2016, to provide education and training to 

9 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

10 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa11 tion expenses. 

12 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

15 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 

16 Code, $16,556,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au17 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

21 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

22 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

23 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria24 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi25 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
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1 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

2 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De3 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

4 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis5 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

6 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

7 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

8 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 

9 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

10 compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 

11 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 

13 of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 

14 shall be available for official reception and representation 

15 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

16 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

17 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 

18 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

19 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

20 SEC. 304. Section 3314(a) of title 40, United States 

21 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec22 utive’’ each place it appears. 

23 SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 

24 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

25 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 
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1 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 

2 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 

3 United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the 

4 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De5 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 

6 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build7 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di8 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 

9 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 

10 rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 

11 SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve12 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 

13 note), is amended in the second sentence (relating to the 

14 District of Kansas) following paragraph (12), by striking 

15 ‘‘23 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘24 years and 

16 6 months’’. 

17 (b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 

18 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis19 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria20 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 

21 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 

22 (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 

23 ‘‘21 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘22 years and 

24 6 months’’. 
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1 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart2 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 

3 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 

4 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘12 years’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘13 years’’; 

6 (2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen7 tral District of California), by striking ‘‘11 years 

8 and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12 years and 6 

9 months’’; and 

10 (3) in the third sentence (relating to the west11 ern District of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘10 

12 years’’ and inserting ‘‘11 years’’. 

13 SEC. 307. Section 84(b) of title 28, United States 

14 Code, is amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘Ba15 kersfield,’’ after ‘‘shall be held at’’. 

16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria17 tions Act, 2015’’. 

18 TITLE IV 

19 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

20 FEDERAL FUNDS

21 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

22 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

23 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 

24 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 

25 Columbia resident tuition support, $20,000,000, to remain 
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1 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in2 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be3 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 

4 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

5 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu6 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 

7 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

8 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

9 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 

10 eligible students and such other factors as may be author11 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov12 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi13 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 

14 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

15 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal16 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 

17 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 

18 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

19 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

20 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup21 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 

22 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

23 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

24 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-
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1 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur2 pose therefor. 

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

4 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

5 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de6 termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ7 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 

8 of surrounding jurisdictions, $10,000,000, to remain 

9 available until expended, for the costs of providing public 

10 safety at events related to the presence of the National 

11 Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re12 quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv13 ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 

14 of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs 

15 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 

16 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 

17 surrounding jurisdictions. 

18 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

19 COURTS

20 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum21 bia Courts, $234,400,000 to be allocated as follows: for 

22 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $13,400,000, 

23 of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 

24 representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 

25 District of Columbia, $115,000,000, of which not to ex-
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1 ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex2 penses; for the District of Columbia Court System, 

3 $70,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 

4 reception and representation expenses; and $36,000,000, 

5 to remain available until September 30, 2016, for capital 

6 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili7 ties: Provided, That funds made available for capital im8 provements shall be expended consistent with the District 

9 of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi10 tion assessment: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

11 any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 

12 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage13 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

14 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

15 of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That, 30 days 

16 after providing written notice to the Committees on Ap17 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen18 ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 

19 more than $6,000,000 of the funds provided under this 

20 heading among the items and entities funded under this 

21 heading: Provided further, That, the Joint Committee on 

22 Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, 

23 by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to 

24 the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of 
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1 title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District 

2 of Columbia Courts. 

3 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN

4 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

5 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

6 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen7 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

8 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro9 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

10 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 

11 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

12 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech13 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 

14 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

15 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

16 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay17 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

18 Code (relating to services provided under the District of 

19 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du20 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $49,890,000, to 

21 remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

22 provided under this heading shall be administered by the 

23 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis24 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

25 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-
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1 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

2 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

3 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen4 cies. 

5 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF6 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

7 OF COLUMBIA

8 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

9 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 

10 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au11 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self12 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $228,500,000, of 

13 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 

14 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

15 and Pretrial Services Agency program, of which not to ex16 ceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the 

17 implementation of the Court Services and Offender Super18 vision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which 

19 $169,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Commu20 nity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include 

21 expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject to 

22 protection orders or the provision of services for or related 

23 to such persons, of which up to $6,990,000 shall remain 

24 available until September 30, 2017, for the relocation of 

25 an offender supervision field office; and of which 
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1 $59,500,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services 

2 Agency: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi3 sion of law, all amounts under this heading shall be appor4 tioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget 

5 and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 

6 appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal 

7 agencies: Provided further, That amounts under this head8 ing may be used for programmatic incentives for offenders 

9 and defendants successfully meeting terms of supervision: 

10 Provided further, That the Director is authorized to accept 

11 and use gifts in the form of in-kind contributions of the 

12 following: space and hospitality to support offender and 

13 defendant programs; equipment, supplies, and vocational 

14 training services necessary to sustain, educate, and train 

15 offenders and defendants, including their dependent chil16 dren; and programmatic incentives for offenders and de17 fendants meeting terms of supervision: Provided further, 

18 That the Director shall keep accurate and detailed records 

19 of the acceptance and use of any gift under the previous 

20 proviso, and shall make such records available for audit 

21 and public inspection: Provided further, That the Court 

22 Services and Offender Supervision Agency Director is au23 thorized to accept and use reimbursement from the Dis24 trict of Columbia Government for space and services pro25 vided on a cost reimbursable basis. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

3 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

4 hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 

5 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 

6 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

7 1997, $41,000,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 

9 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage10 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

11 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

12 of Federal agencies: Provided further, That, notwith13 standing section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, and 

14 in addition to the authority provided by section 307(b) of 

15 the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Pro16 cedure Act (sec. 2–1607(b), D.C. Official Code), upon ap17 proval of the Board of Trustees of the District of Colum18 bia Public Defender Service, the District of Columbia 

19 Public Defender Service may accept and use voluntary and 

20 uncompensated services for the purpose of aiding or facili21 tating the work of the District of Columbia Public De22 fender Service. 
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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

2 COORDINATING COUNCIL

3 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co4 ordinating Council, $1,900,000, to remain available until 

5 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

6 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis7 trict of Columbia. 

8 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

9 For a Federal payment, to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2016, to the Commission on Judicial Dis11 abilities and Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomi12 nation Commission, $255,000. 

13 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

14 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro15 gram in the District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain 

16 available until expended, for payments authorized under 

17 the Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (division 

18 C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent 

19 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 

20 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 

21 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 

22 available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such 

23 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu24 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre25 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro-
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1 vided for opportunity scholarships $3,000,000 shall be for 

2 the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 

3 3007(d) and 3009 of the Act. 

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

5 NATIONAL GUARD

6 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

7 National Guard, $375,000, to remain available until ex8 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis9 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 

10 Access Program. 

11 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF

12 HIV/AIDS

13 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

14 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in15 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac16 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co17 lumbia, $5,000,000. 

18 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

19 Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co20 lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 

21 of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for pro22 grams and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘District 

23 of Columbia Funds Summary of Expenses’’ and at the 

24 rate set forth under such heading, as included in the Fis25 cal Year 2015 Budget Request Act of 2014 submitted to 
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1 the Congress by the District of Columbia as amended as 

2 of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That not3 withstanding any other provision of law, except as pro4 vided in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home 

5 Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 

6 816 and 817 of the Financial Services and General Gov7 ernment Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 

8 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act, 

9 the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating 

10 expenses for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2015 

11 under this heading shall not exceed the estimates included 

12 in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request Act of 2014 sub13 mitted to Congress by the District of Columbia as amend14 ed as of the date of enactment of this Act or the sum 

15 of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for such 

16 fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount appro17 priated may be increased by proceeds of one-time trans18 actions, which are expended for emergency or unantici19 pated operating or capital needs: Provided further, That 

20 such increases shall be approved by enactment of local 

21 District law and shall comply with all reserve requirements 

22 contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: 

23 Provided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the 

24 District of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary 

25 to assure that the District of Columbia meets these re-
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1 quirements, including the apportioning by the Chief Fi2 nancial Officer of the appropriations and funds made 

3 available to the District during fiscal year 2015, except 

4 that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 

5 operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, 

6 or other obligations issued for capital projects. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 

8 Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

9 TITLE V 

10 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con14 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 

15 et seq., $3,000,000, to remain available until September 

16 30, 2016, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re17 ception and representation expenses. 

18 BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 SEC. 501. Section 1017(a)(2)(C) of Public Law 111– 

21 203 is repealed. 

22 SEC. 502. Effective October 1, 2015, notwithstanding 

23 section 1017 of Public Law 111–203— 

24 (1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Re25 serve System shall not transfer amounts specified 
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1 under such section to the Bureau of Consumer Fi2 nancial Protection; and 

3 (2) there are authorized to be appropriated to 

4 the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection such 

5 sums as may be necessary to carry out the authori6 ties of the Bureau under Federal consumer financial 

7 law. 

8 SEC. 503. (a) During fiscal year 2015, on the date 

9 that a request is made for a transfer of funds in accord10 ance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bu11 reau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify Com12 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

13 and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of 

14 the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

15 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of 

16 such requests. 

17 (b)(1) Any such notification shall include the amount 

18 of the funds requested, an explanation of how the funds 

19 will be obligated by object class and activity, and why the 

20 funds are necessary to protect consumers. 

21 (2) Any notification required by this section shall be 

22 made available on the Bureau’s public website. 

23 SEC. 504. (a) Not later than 2 weeks after the end 

24 of each quarter of each fiscal year, the Bureau of Con25 sumer Financial Protection shall submit a report on its 
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1 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

3 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, 

4 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af5 fairs of the Senate. 

6 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 

7 include— 

8 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

9 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 

10 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

11 of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 

12 (3) the number of full-time equivalents within 

13 each office during the previous quarter; 

14 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva15 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis16 cal year; and 

17 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec18 tives, and performance measures of each office. 

19 (c) At the request of any such committee specified 

20 in subsection (a), the Bureau of Consumer Financial Pro21 tection shall make Bureau officials available to testify on 

22 the contents of the reports required under subsection (a). 
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1 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

4 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

6 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv7 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

8 and not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and rep9 resentation expenses, $118,000,000 (increased by 

10 $1,000,000). 

11 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica14 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni15 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

16 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 

17 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi18 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 

19 5 U.S.C. 3109, $322,748,000, to remain available until 

20 expended: Provided, That $322,748,000 of offsetting col21 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 

22 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 

23 retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 

24 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

25 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 
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1 collections are received during fiscal year 2015 so as to 

2 result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated 

3 at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re4 ceived in excess of $322,748,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall 

5 not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re6 maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 

7 excess of the amount specified for collection in each such 

8 year and otherwise becoming available on October 1, 2014, 

9 shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, That 

10 notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from 

11 the use of a competitive bidding system that may be re12 tained and made available for obligation shall not exceed 

13 $106,000,000 for fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That 

14 of the amount appropriated under this heading, not less 

15 than $11,090,000 shall be for the salaries and expenses 

16 of the Office of Inspector General. 

17 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

18 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978, $34,568,000, to be derived from the 

22 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 

23 FSLIC Resolution Fund. 
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1 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 

5 $67,500,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail6 able for reception and representation expenses. 

7 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

10 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga11 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

12 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

13 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult14 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi15 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 

16 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 

17 Columbia and elsewhere, $25,500,000: Provided, That 

18 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 

19 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub20 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 

21 employed intermittently in the Government service, and 

22 compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 

23 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re24 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 

25 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 
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1 to and merged with this account, to be available without 

2 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 

3 conferences. 

4 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com7 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au8 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 

9 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

10 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa11 tion expenses, $293,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

13 available for use to contract with a person or persons for 

14 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 

15 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of law, not to exceed $100,000,000 of off17 setting collections derived from fees collected for 

18 premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro19 dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 

20 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 

21 and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 

22 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi23 sion of law, not to exceed $14,000,000 in offsetting collec24 tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 

25 the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 
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1 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven2 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 

3 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 

4 in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here5 in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 

6 as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 

7 year 2015, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appro8 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

9 $179,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 

10 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 

11 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 

12 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 

13 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

14 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

15 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

16 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec19 tions deposited into the Fund shall be available for nec20 essary expenses of real property management and related 

21 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 

22 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 

23 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 

24 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen25 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
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1 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al2 location and transfer of space; contractual services inci3 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 

4 and alteration of federally owned buildings including 

5 grounds, approaches and appurtenances; care and safe6 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 

7 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur8 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 

9 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con10 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre11 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

12 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip13 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter14 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

15 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag16 gregate amount of $9,130,409,000 (reduced by 

17 $3,339,000) (reduced by $43,000,000), of which— 

18 (1) $420,460,000 shall remain available until 

19 expended for construction and acquisition (including 

20 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 

21 and construction services) of additional projects at— 

22 (A) California, Calexico, Calexico West 

23 Land Port of Entry, $98,062,000; 

24 (B) California, San Diego, San Ysidro 

25 Land Port of Entry, $216,828,000; and 
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1 (C) New York, Alexandria Bay, Land Port 

2 of Entry, $105,570,000: 

3 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 

4 new construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded 

5 to the extent that savings are effected in other such 

6 projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts in7 cluded in a transmitted prospectus, if required, unless ad8 vance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro9 priations of a greater amount; 

10 (2) $965,817,000 (reduced by $1,669,500) 

11 shall remain available until expended for repairs and 

12 alterations, including associated design and con13 struction services, of which— 

14 (A) $402,282,000 is for Major Repairs and 

15 Alterations; 

16 (B) $378,535,000 (reduced by $1,669,500) 

17 is for Basic Repairs and Alterations; and 

18 (C) $185,000,000 is for Special Emphasis 

19 Programs, of which— 

20 (i) $40,000,000 is for Fire and Life 

21 Safety; 

22 (ii) $100,000,000 is for Consolidation 

23 Activities: Provided, That consolidation 

24 projects result in reduced annual rent paid 

25 by the tenant agency: Provided further, 
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1 That no consolidation project exceed 

2 $10,000,000 in costs: Provided further, 

3 That consolidation projects are approved 

4 by each of the committees specified in sec5 tion 3307(a) of title 40, United States 

6 Code: Provided further, That preference is 

7 given to consolidation projects that achieve 

8 a utilization rate of 130 usable square feet 

9 or less per person for office space: Pro10 vided further, That the obligation of funds 

11 under this paragraph for consolidation ac12 tivities may not be made until 10 days 

13 after a proposed spending plan and expla14 nation for each project to be undertaken, 

15 including estimated savings, has been sub16 mitted to the Committees on Appropria17 tions of the House of Representatives and 

18 the Senate; 

19 (iii) $20,000,000, Judiciary Court Se20 curity Program; and 

21 (iv) $25,000,000 is for Real Property 

22 Disposal: Provided, That disposal projects 

23 result in reduced annual operating costs: 

24 Provided further, That preference is given 

25 to disposal projects that are excess or sur-
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1 plus and have the highest fair market 

2 value and the greatest potential to sell: 

3 Provided further, That the obligation of 

4 funds under this paragraph for property 

5 disposal activities may not be made until 

6 10 days after a proposed spending plan 

7 and explanation for each project to be un8 dertaken, including estimated savings, has 

9 been submitted to the Committees on Ap10 propriations of the House of Representa11 tives and the Senate: 

12 Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or any 

13 prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to 

14 fund costs associated with implementing security improve15 ments to buildings necessary to meet the minimum stand16 ards for security in accordance with current law and in 

17 compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the ap18 propriate Committees of the House and Senate: Provided 

19 further, That the difference between the funds appro20 priated and expended on any projects in this or any prior 

21 Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may 

22 be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used 

23 to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Pro24 vided further, That the amount provided in this or any 

25 prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used 
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1 to pay claims against the Government arising from any 

2 projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or 

3 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; 

4 (3) $5,500,000,000 (reduced by $1,669,500) 

5 (reduced by $43,000,000) for rental of space to re6 main available until expended; and 

7 (4) $2,244,132,000 for building operations to 

8 remain available until expended, of which 

9 $1,122,727,000 is for building services, and 

10 $1,121,405,000 is for salaries and expenses: Pro11 vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any 

12 appropriation made available under this paragraph 

13 for building operations may be transferred between 

14 and merged with such appropriations upon notifica15 tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

16 House of Representatives and the Senate, but no 

17 such appropriation shall be increased by more than 

18 5 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, 

19 That section 508 of this title shall not apply with re20 spect to funds made available under this heading for 

21 building operations: 

22 Provided further, That the total amount of funds made 

23 available from this Fund to the General Services Adminis24 tration shall not be available for expenses of any construc25 tion, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which 
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1 a prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not 

2 been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex3 pended for each project for required expenses for the de4 velopment of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, 

5 That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may 

6 be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval 

7 is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: Pro8 vided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim9 bursable special services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 

10 592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable fenc11 ing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 

12 or other property not in Government ownership or control 

13 as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret 

14 Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 

15 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues and 

16 collections: Provided further, That revenues and collections 

17 and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal 

18 year 2015, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 

19 592(b)(2) in excess of the aggregate new obligational au20 thority authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed21 eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund 

22 and shall not be available for expenditure except as au23 thorized in appropriations Acts. 
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1 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

2 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

3 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro4 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac5 tivities associated with the management of real and per6 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

7 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

8 acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 

9 management, and related technology activities; and serv10 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,000,000. 

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro14 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

15 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis16 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man17 agement, and communications; the Civilian Board of Con18 tract Appeals; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 

19 $61,049,000, of which $26,328,000 is for Real and Per20 sonal Property Management and Disposal; $25,729,000 is 

21 for the Office of the Administrator, of which not to exceed 

22 $7,500 is for official reception and representation ex23 penses; and $8,992,000 is for the Civilian Board of Con24 tract Appeals: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per25 cent of the appropriation made available under this head-
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1 ing for Office of the Administrator may be transferred to 

2 the appropriation for the Real and Personal Property 

3 Management and Disposal upon notification to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Senate, but the appropriation for the Real and 

6 Personal Property Management and Disposal may not be 

7 increased by more than 5 percent by any such transfer. 

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

10 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

11 $65,000,000, of which $2,000,000 is available until ex12 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be 

13 available for payment for information and detection of 

14 fraud against the Government, including payment for re15 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

16 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 

17 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

18 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en19 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

20 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

21 PRESIDENTS

22 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

23 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

24 $1,672,000. 
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1 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Serv4 ices and Innovative Technologies, including services au5 thorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for 

6 necessary expenses in support of interagency projects that 

7 enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to 

8 conduct activities electronically, through the development 

9 and implementation of innovative uses of information 

10 technology; $53,294,000, to be deposited into the Federal 

11 Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the previous 

12 amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry 

13 out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro14 vided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reim15 bursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall 

16 be available until expended for necessary expenses of Fed17 eral Citizen Services and other activities that enable the 

18 Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac19 tivities electronically in the aggregate amount not to ex20 ceed $90,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations 

21 revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this 

22 Fund during fiscal year 2015 in excess of such amount 

23 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 

24 expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts: 

25 Provided further, That any appropriations provided to the 
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1 Electronic Government Fund that remain unobligated as 

2 of September 30, 2014, may be transferred to the Federal 

3 Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the transfer 

4 authorities provided herein shall be in addition to any 

5 other transfer authority provided in this Act. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 507. Funds available to the General Services 

10 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

11 motor vehicles. 

12 SEC. 508. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

13 made available for fiscal year 2015 for Federal Buildings 

14 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

15 only to the extent necessary to meet program require16 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap17 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 

18 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

19 SEC. 509. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 

20 funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 

21 a fiscal year 2016 request for United States Courthouse 

22 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 

23 standards for construction as established and approved by 

24 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con25 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-
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1 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 

2 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 

3 5-year construction plan; and (3) includes a standardized 

4 courtroom utilization study of each facility to be con5 structed, replaced, or expanded. 

6 SEC. 510. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

7 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

8 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

9 other service usually provided through the Federal Build10 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

11 square foot assessment for space and services as deter12 mined by the General Services Administration in consider13 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

14 (Public Law 92–313). 

15 SEC. 511. From funds made available under the 

16 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail17 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 

18 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

19 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav20 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti21 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

22 of Representatives and the Senate. 

23 SEC. 512. In any case in which the Committee on 

24 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep25 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
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1 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 

2 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con3 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin4 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 

5 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 

6 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 

7 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter8 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 

9 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro10 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 

11 statement to each of such committees and the Committees 

12 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

13 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 

14 the resolution. 

15 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

19 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza20 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

21 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

22 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author23 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

24 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

25 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 
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1 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa2 tion expenses, $40,655,000, to remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2016, together with not to exceed $2,345,000, 

4 to remain available until September 30, 2016, for adminis5 trative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals to be 

6 transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and Dis7 ability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems 

8 Protection Board. 

9 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATING EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin12 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis13 tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 

14 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re15 view and declassification of documents, the activities of 

16 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 

17 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 

18 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al19 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

20 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 

21 $360,000,000. 

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

24 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

25 General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 
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1 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 

2 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 

3 vehicles, $4,130,000. 

4 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

5 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar6 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold7 ings, $7,600,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

9 COMMISSION

10 GRANTS PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

12 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

13 U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex14 pended. 

15 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

16 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

17 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

18 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 

19 and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 

20 30, 2016, for technical assistance to low-income des21 ignated credit unions. 

22 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

25 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 
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1 Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 

2 and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 

3 2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

4 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

5 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex6 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex7 penses, $15,420,000. 

8 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

12 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re13 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv14 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 

15 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 

16 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con17 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 

18 hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 

19 official reception and representation expenses; advances 

20 for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the 

21 Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred 

22 under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, 

23 as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence 

24 allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 

25 require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post 
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1 of duty, $95,910,000; and in addition $118,425,000 for 

2 administrative expenses, to be transferred from the appro3 priate trust funds of OPM without regard to other stat4 utes, including direct procurement of printed materials, 

5 for the retirement and insurance programs: Provided, 

6 That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect 

7 the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by 

8 sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 

9 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur10 ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 

11 for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 

12 OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 

13 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: 

14 Provided further, That the President’s Commission on 

15 White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 

16 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2015, 

17 accept donations of money, property, and personal serv18 ices: Provided further, That such donations, including 

19 those from prior years, may be used for the development 

20 of publicity materials to provide information about the 

21 White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall 

22 be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, 

23 or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 

7 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

8 $4,384,000, and in addition, not to exceed $21,340,000 

9 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro10 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage11 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans12 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

13 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

14 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author15 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

16 and elsewhere. 

17 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

20 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

21 Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 

22 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 

23 Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12) as amended by Public 

24 Law 107–304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement 

25 Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed 
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1 Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 

2 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author3 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 

4 witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co5 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi6 cles; $21,452,000. 

7 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 

11 Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 

12 Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 

13 435), $14,152,000, to be derived by transfer from the 

14 Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec15 tion 603(a) of such Act. 

16 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib19 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 

20 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

21 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $4,500,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2016. 
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1 RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY

2 BOARD

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Recovery Account5 ability and Transparency Board to carry out the provi6 sions of title XV of the American Recovery and Reinvest7 ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), and to develop and 

8 test information technology resources and oversight mech9 anisms to enhance transparency of and detect and reme10 diate waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal spending, and 

11 to develop and use information technology resources and 

12 oversight mechanisms to detect and remediate waste, 

13 fraud, and abuse in obligation and expenditure of funds 

14 as described in section 904(d) of the Disaster Relief Ap15 propriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2), which shall 

16 be administered under the terms and conditions of the ac17 countability authorities of title XV of Public Law 111– 

18 5, $15,000,000. 

19 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex22 change Commission, including services as authorized by 

23 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 

24 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 

25 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
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1 tion expenses, $1,400,000,000 to remain available until 

2 expended; of which not less than $9,239,000 shall be for 

3 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 

4 $50,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 

5 the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 

6 of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for ex7 penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com8 mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 

9 officials, members of their delegations and staffs to ex10 change views concerning securities matters, such expenses 

11 to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 

12 and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees 

13 in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses such as 

14 meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) related lodg15 ing or subsistence; of which funding for information tech16 nology initiatives shall be increased over the fiscal year 

17 2014 level by not less than $50,000,000; and of which not 

18 less than $68,872,000 shall be for the Division of Eco19 nomic and Risk Analysis: Provided, That fees and charges 

20 authorized by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act 

21 of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this account 

22 as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not to ex23 ceed $1,400,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 

24 available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac25 count: Provided further, That the total amount appro-
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1 priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 

2 year 2015 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re3 ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2015 ap4 propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 

5 than $0. 

6 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys9 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

10 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

11 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 

12 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv13 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

14 $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 

15 $21,500,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 

16 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 

17 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 

18 deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na19 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

20 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con21 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 

22 Forces of the United States. 
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1 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 

5 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 

6 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex7 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex8 penses, $253,882,000 (reduced by $3,882,000), of which 

9 not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for examina10 tions, reviews, and other lender oversight activities: Pro11 vided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge fees 

12 to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small 

13 Business Administration, and certain loan program activi14 ties, including fees authorized by section 5(b) of the Small 

15 Business Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 

16 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such activities 

17 shall be credited to this account, to remain available until 

18 expended, for carrying out these purposes without further 

19 appropriations: Provided further, That the Small Business 

20 Administration may accept gifts in an amount not to ex21 ceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor activities, each in ac22 cordance with section 132(a) of division K of Public Law 

23 108–447, during fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That 

24 $6,100,000 shall be available for the Loan Modernization 
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1 and Accounting System, to be available until September 

2 30, 2016. 

3 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

4 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en5 trepreneurial and small business development, 

6 $197,825,000 (increased by $3,882,000), to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2016. 

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, $19,400,000. 

12 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 

14 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 

15 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi16 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $8,750,000, to 

17 remain available until expended. 

18 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the cost of direct loans, $2,500,000, to remain 

21 available until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed 

22 loans as authorized by section 503 of the Small Business 

23 Investment Act of 1958 (Public Law 85–699), 

24 $45,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
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1 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con2 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

3 subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

4 of 1974, during fiscal year 2015 commitments to guar5 antee loans under section 503 of the Small Business In6 vestment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: 

7 Provided further, That during fiscal year 2015 commit8 ments for general business loans authorized under section 

9 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 

10 $18,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 

11 loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 

12 by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 

13 year 2015 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 

14 under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 

15 Act of 1958 shall not exceed $4,000,000,000: Provided 

16 further, That during fiscal year 2015, guarantees of trust 

17 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi18 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 

19 $12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 

20 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

21 $147,726,000, which may be transferred to and merged 

22 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
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1 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

4 loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 

5 Business Act, $186,858,000, to be available until ex6 pended, of which $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector 

7 General of the Small Business Administration for audits 

8 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro9 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 

10 appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 

11 which $176,858,000 is for direct administrative expenses 

12 of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 

13 program, which may be transferred to and merged with 

14 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 

15 which $9,000,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 

16 for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 

17 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex18 penses. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 513. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria23 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 

24 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans25 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
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1 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

2 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

3 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

4 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail5 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

6 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

7 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

8 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

9 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

10 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub11 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

12 States Code, $58,342,000: Provided, That mail for over13 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 

14 Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 

15 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro16 vided further, That none of the funds made available to 

17 the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 

18 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 

19 employee of any State or local child support enforcement 

20 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 

21 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa22 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 

23 postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 

24 provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 

25 small rural and other small post offices. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, $243,000,000, to be derived by 

7 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 

8 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account9 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 

10 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

13 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

14 $50,000,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 

15 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 

16 TITLE VI 

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

18 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

19 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

20 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

21 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

22 funded in this Act. 

23 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

24 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
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1 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria2 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

3 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

4 under this Act for any consulting service through procure5 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

6 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

7 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

8 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex9 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

10 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in12 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

13 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro14 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

15 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

17 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac18 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

19 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol20 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

21 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

22 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

23 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

24 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

25 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

2 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

3 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap4 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

5 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

6 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre7 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund8 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex9 penditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any ac10 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

11 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

12 available for obligation or expenditure through a re13 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

14 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

15 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

16 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con17 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac18 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 

19 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 

20 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac21 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

22 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi23 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 

24 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un25 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
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1 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen2 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 

3 or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 

4 agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent6 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later 

7 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

8 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent10 atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica11 tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 

12 current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum 

13 the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation 

14 with a separate column to display the President’s budget 

15 request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 

16 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 

17 enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro18 priation both by object class and program, project, and 

19 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec20 tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 

21 special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 

22 amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 

23 for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 

24 each day after the required date that the report has not 

25 been submitted to the Congress. 
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1 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

2 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

3 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2015 from 

4 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

5 for fiscal year 2015 in this Act, shall remain available 

6 through September 30, 2016, for each such account for 

7 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

8 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 

10 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 

11 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re12 programming guidelines. 

13 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 

14 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi15 dent to request— 

16 (1) any official background investigation report 

17 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves18 tigation; or 

19 (2) a determination with respect to the treat20 ment of an organization as described in section 

21 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

22 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

23 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 

24 Internal Revenue Service. 

25 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
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1 (1) in the case of an official background inves2 tigation report, if such individual has given express 

3 written consent for such request not more than 6 

4 months prior to the date of such request and during 

5 the same presidential administration; or 

6 (2) if such request is required due to extraor7 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

8 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul9 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code, 

10 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed11 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

12 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

13 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

14 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

15 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of16 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

17 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

18 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 

19 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 

20 to court approval. 

21 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

22 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 

23 expenses in connection with any health plan under the 

24 Federal employees health benefits program which provides 

25 any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
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1 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 

2 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 

3 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 

4 result of an act of rape or incest. 

5 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 

6 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur7 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

8 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu9 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 

10 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa11 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 

12 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 

13 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

14 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

15 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu16 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac17 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 

18 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 

19 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex20 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 

21 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func22 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em23 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 

24 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 

25 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 
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1 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 

2 person or entity is an organization described in section 

3 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex4 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

5 SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 

6 funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 

7 Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 

8 by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 

9 funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 

10 advise on emerging regulatory issues. 

11 SEC. 618. Not later than 45 days after the end of 

12 each quarter, the Department of the Treasury, the Execu13 tive Office of the President, the Judiciary, the Federal 

14 Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commis15 sion, the General Services Administration, the National 

16 Archives and Records Administration, the Securities and 

17 Exchange Commission, and the Small Business Adminis18 tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 

19 the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly 

20 accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated 

21 funds. 

22 SEC. 619. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

23 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 

24 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 

25 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
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1 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 

2 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of3 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 

4 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 

5 with the current lessor. 

6 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 

7 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 

8 the President to require emergency leasing authority with 

9 respect to such agency. 

10 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 

11 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 

12 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen13 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 

14 Service. 

15 SEC. 620. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 

17 complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 

18 Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro19 posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu20 latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 

21 Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 

22 No. 13563. 

23 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available by this 

24 or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex25 penses for the following positions: 
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1 (1) Director, White House Office of Health Re2 form, or any substantially similar position. 

3 (2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 

4 Climate Change, or any substantially similar posi5 tion. 

6 (3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the 

7 Treasury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on 

8 the Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manu9 facturing Policy, or any substantially similar posi10 tion. 

11 (4) White House Director of Urban Affairs, or 

12 any substantially similar position. 

13 SEC. 622. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

15 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

16 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor17 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

18 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

19 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

20 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree21 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

22 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

23 tax liability, unless the Federal agency has considered sus24 pension or debarment of the corporation and has made 
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1 a determination that this further action is not necessary 

2 to protect the interests of the Government. 

3 SEC. 623. 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 Federal agency has considered suspension or de11 barment of the corporation and has made a determination 

12 that this further action is not necessary to protect the in13 terests of the Government. 

14 SEC. 624. (a) There are appropriated for the fol15 lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 

16 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 

17 102). 

18 (2) Payments to— 

19 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 

20 (28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 

21 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 

22 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 

23 (C) the United States Court of Federal 

24 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

25 178(l)). 
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1 (3) Payment of Government contributions— 

2 (A) with respect to the health benefits of 

3 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

4 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 

5 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 

6 Stat. 849); and 

7 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene8 fits for employees retiring after December 31, 

9 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 

10 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 

11 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 

12 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 

13 8348). 

14 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 

15 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

16 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 

17 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 

18 States Code. 

19 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex20 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 

21 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con22 tained in this Act. 

23 SEC. 625. During fiscal year 2015, no funds shall be 

24 obligated from the Securities and Exchange Commission 

25 Reserve Fund established by section 991 of the Dodd- 
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1 Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 

2 (Public Law 111–203). 

3 SEC. 626. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis5 sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 

6 or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 

7 contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 

8 to trade associations. 

9 SEC. 627. Section 2(c) of the Multinational Species 

10 Conservation Fund Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public 

11 Law 111–241; 39 U.S.C. 416 note) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘6 years’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(5) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Members of the 

16 public shall be offered a choice of 5 stamps under 

17 this Act, depicting an African elephant or an Asian 

18 elephant, a rhinoceros, a tiger, a marine turtle, and 

19 a great ape, respectively.’’. 

20 SEC. 628. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 

21 of enactment of this section, the agencies specified in sub22 section (b) shall each submit a report to the Committees 

23 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Senate on— 
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1 (1) increasing public participation in the rule2 making process and reducing uncertainty; 

3 (2) improving coordination with other Federal 

4 agencies to eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and 

5 overlapping regulations; and 

6 (3) identifying existing regulations that have 

7 been reviewed and determined to be outmoded, inef8 fective, or excessively burdensome. 

9 (b) The agencies required to submit a report specified 

10 in subsection (a) are— 

11 (1) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; 

12 (2) the Federal Communications Commission; 

13 (3) the Federal Trade Commission; and 

14 (4) the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

15 SEC. 629. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used to award a contract for services to train 

17 any employee of an Executive agency (as that term is de18 fined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) to 

19 learn how to support or defeat legislation pending before 

20 Congress. 

21 SEC. 630. (a) None of the funds made available in 

22 this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be used to 

23 destroy, deface, or dispose of records, regardless of their 

24 physical form or characteristics, in contravention of chap-
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1 ters 29, 31, and 33 of title 44, United States Code (com2 monly referred to as the Federal Records Act). 

3 (b) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact4 ment of this Act, the Archivist of the United States shall 

5 conduct an inspection and submit a report to the Commit6 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

7 and the Senate, the House Committee on Oversight and 

8 Government Reform, and the Senate Committee on Home9 land Security and Government Affairs on the compliance 

10 by the Internal Revenue Service with the provisions of 

11 chapters 29, 31, and 33 of title 44, United States Code, 

12 during calendar years 2009 through 2013. 

13 SEC. 631. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to require the disclosure by a provider 

15 of an electronic communication service or a remote com16 puting service of the contents or related information de17 tailed in section 2703(c) of title 18, United States Code, 

18 of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic 

19 storage with or otherwise held or maintained by the pro20 vider, as such terms are defined in section 2510 of title 

21 18, United States Code, by any other than a means au22 thorized under section 2703(b)(1)(A) of title 18, United 

23 States Code. 
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1 SEC. 632. Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Wall 

2 Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 

3 8305) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘in6 sured depository institution’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘covered depository institution’’; and 

8 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) COVERED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.— 

10 The term ‘covered depository institution’ means— 

11 ‘‘(A) an insured depository institution, as 

12 that term is defined in section 3 of the Federal 

13 Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and 

14 ‘‘(B) a United States uninsured branch or 

15 agency of a foreign bank.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) in the heading for such subsection, by 

18 striking ‘‘INSURED’’ and inserting ‘‘COVERED’’; 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘an insured’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘a covered’’; 

21 (C) by striking ‘‘such insured’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘such covered’’; and 

23 (D) by striking ‘‘or savings and loan hold24 ing company’’ and inserting ‘‘savings and loan 

25 holding company, or foreign banking organiza-
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1 tion (as such term is defined under Regulation 

2 K of the Board of Governors of the Federal Re3 serve System (12 CFR 211.21(o)))’’; 

4 (3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol5 lows: 

6 ‘‘(d) ONLY BONA FIDE HEDGING AND TRADITIONAL

7 BANK ACTIVITIES PERMITTED.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition in sub9 section (a) shall not apply to any covered depository 

10 institution that limits its swap and security-based 

11 swap activities to the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) HEDGING AND OTHER SIMILAR RISK

13 MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.—Hedging and other 

14 similar risk mitigating activities directly related 

15 to the covered depository institution’s activities. 

16 ‘‘(B) NON-STRUCTURED FINANCE SWAP

17 ACTIVITIES.—Acting as a swaps entity for 

18 swaps or security-based swaps other than a 

19 structured finance swap. 

20 ‘‘(C) CERTAIN STRUCTURED FINANCE

21 SWAP ACTIVITIES.—Acting as a swaps entity for 

22 swaps or security-based swaps that are struc23 tured finance swaps, if— 
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1 ‘‘(i) such structured finance swaps are 

2 undertaken for hedging or risk manage3 ment purposes; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) each asset-backed security under5 lying such structured finance swaps is of a 

6 credit quality and of a type or category 

7 with respect to which the prudential regu8 lators have jointly adopted rules author9 izing swap or security-based swap activity 

10 by covered depository institutions. 

11 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub12 section: 

13 ‘‘(A) STRUCTURED FINANCE SWAP.—The 

14 term ‘structured finance swap’ means a swap or 

15 security-based swap based on an asset-backed 

16 security (or group or index primarily comprised 

17 of asset-backed securities). 

18 ‘‘(B) ASSET-BACKED SECURITY.—The 

19 term ‘asset-backed security’ has the meaning 

20 given such term under section 3(a) of the Secu21 rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 

22 78c(a)).’’; 

23 (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘an insured’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘a covered’’; and 

25 (5) in subsection (f)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘an insured depository’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘a covered depository’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘the insured depository’’ 

4 each place such term appears and inserting 

5 ‘‘the covered depository’’. 

6 TITLE VII 

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

8 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

11 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

12 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2015 shall obligate 

13 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen14 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

15 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en16 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

17 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

18 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

19 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

20 agency, or instrumentality. 

21 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

22 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

23 in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 

24 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve25 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve-
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1 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve2 hicles), is hereby fixed at $13,197 except station wagons 

3 for which the maximum shall be $13,631: Provided, That 

4 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for 

5 police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 for spe6 cial heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the limits 

7 set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 

8 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 

9 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 

10 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra11 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 

12 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 

13 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 

14 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con15 ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim16 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 

17 that is a commercial item and which operates on emerging 

18 motor vehicle technology, including but not limited to elec19 tric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehi20 cles. 

21 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart22 ments and independent establishments for the current fis23 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex24 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 
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1 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

2 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922 through 5924. 

3 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law, during 

4 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con5 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

6 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern7 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma8 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 

9 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti10 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 

11 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit12 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 

13 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 

14 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant15 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 

16 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 

17 then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 

18 allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur19 poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 

20 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require21 ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 

22 being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 

23 of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub24 mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec25 essary: Provided further, That any payment made to any 
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1 officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this sec2 tion shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Govern3 ment: Provided further, That this section shall not apply 

4 to any person who is an officer or employee of the Govern5 ment of the United States on the date of enactment of 

6 this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by the 

7 Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary em8 ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in 

9 the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of 

10 emergencies: Provided further, That this section does not 

11 apply to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not 

12 more than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the 

13 Department of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service 

14 pursuant to an agreement with another country. 

15 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart16 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec17 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex18 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

19 Services Administration for charges for space and services 

20 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build21 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

22 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 

23 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 

24 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
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1 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 

2 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re3 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

4 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

5 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre6 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex7 pended for the following purposes: 

8 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

9 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

10 Order No. 13423 (January 24, 2007), including any 

11 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

12 the Executive order. 

13 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man14 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

15 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

16 management and pollution prevention programs. 

17 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

18 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

19 Federal agency. 

20 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

21 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

22 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

23 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

24 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

25 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
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1 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

2 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

3 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

4 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

5 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex6 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

7 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

8 correspondingly reduced. 

9 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

10 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

11 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

12 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

13 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

14 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

15 financial support from more than one agency or instru16 mentality. 

17 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

18 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 

19 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 

20 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 

21 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 

22 United States. 

23 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 

24 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

25 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 
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1 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 

2 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 

3 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 

4 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 

5 make improvements for any such office, unless advance 

6 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 

7 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec9 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of10 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 

11 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 

12 directly controlled by the individual. 

13 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec14 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

15 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

16 the interagency funding of national security and emer17 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 

18 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti19 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 

20 2012). 

21 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 

22 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 

23 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 

24 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

25 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-
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1 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com2 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 

3 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 

4 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 

5 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 

6 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer7 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage8 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi9 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 

10 the individual to the White House. 

11 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

12 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de13 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 

14 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 

15 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 

16 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 

17 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

18 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

19 Government, who— 

20 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat21 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em22 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

23 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

24 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

25 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 
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1 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

2 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

3 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

4 whether such communication or contact is at the ini5 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re6 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

7 committee, or subcommittee; or 

8 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

9 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

10 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 

11 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis12 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti13 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em14 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

15 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 

16 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

17 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

18 communication or contact of such other officer or 

19 employee with any Member, committee, or sub20 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

21 (1). 

22 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 

23 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

24 any employee training that— 
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1 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl2 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

3 performance of official duties; 

4 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev5 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

6 some participants; 

7 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

8 of the content and methods to be used in the train9 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

10 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

11 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

12 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em13 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

14 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

15 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par16 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

17 workplace. 

18 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

19 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

20 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

21 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

22 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu23 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu24 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

25 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
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1 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

2 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla3 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 

4 to the Congress itself. 

5 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

6 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed7 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

8 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

9 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

10 competent jurisdiction. 

11 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 

12 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

13 information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mail14 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 

15 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit16 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

17 and the Senate. 

18 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 

19 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

20 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa21 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 

22 authorized by Congress. 

23 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

24 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 

25 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 
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1 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

2 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, 

3 and the Postal Regulatory Commission. 

4 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu5 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

6 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

7 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

8 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

9 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 

10 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 

11 in the performance of official duties. 

12 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec13 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

14 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

15 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

16 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 

17 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

18 costs. 

19 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec20 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart21 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

22 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government23 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of24 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

25 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 
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1 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

2 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis3 trator of General Services to support Government-wide 

4 and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 

5 procurement, and other management innovations, initia6 tives, and activities, as approved by the Director of the 

7 Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 

8 the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des9 ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man10 agement Council for overall management improvement ini11 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 

12 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 

13 Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 

14 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia15 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure16 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun17 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur18 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 

19 not exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide innovations, 

20 initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That the funds 

21 transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General Services 

22 Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during fiscal 

23 year 2015 shall remain available for obligation through 

24 September 30, 2016: Provided further, That such trans25 fers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 days 
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1 following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 

3 Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

4 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

6 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 

7 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

8 the location. 

9 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec10 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

11 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

12 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 

13 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 

14 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 

15 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 

16 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 

17 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re18 port describing the budget of and resources connected with 

19 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com20 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 

21 Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on 

22 Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after en23 actment of this Act. 

24 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

25 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
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1 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

2 funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 

3 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli4 cable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this sec5 tion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and 

6 grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 

7 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

8 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

9 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

10 be used by any Federal agency— 

11 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

12 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

13 personally identifiable information relating to an in14 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern15 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

16 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

17 party (including another government agency) to col18 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de19 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

20 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

21 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

22 site. 

23 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

24 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 
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1 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

2 identify particular persons; 

3 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden4 tifiable information; 

5 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu6 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

7 applicable law; or 

8 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

9 that is a system security action taken by the oper10 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

11 to providing the Internet site services or to pro12 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

13 Internet site. 

14 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

15 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac16 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

17 provided in law. 

18 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina19 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ20 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

21 condition, management practices and policies and 

22 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

23 law. 

24 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

25 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
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1 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

2 except where the contract also includes a provision for con3 traceptive coverage. 

4 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

5 with— 

6 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

7 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

8 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

9 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

10 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

11 religious beliefs. 

12 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

13 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub14 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

15 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

16 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

17 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

18 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re19 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

20 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur21 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 

22 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 

23 anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu24 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 

25 oversight authorities. 
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1 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de3 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

4 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

5 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov6 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

7 ownership pilot program. 

8 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

10 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

11 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

12 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im13 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per14 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

15 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg16 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

17 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

18 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

19 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

21 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig22 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 

23 conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 

24 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

25 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 
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1 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author2 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 

3 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 

4 cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

5 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

6 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 

7 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 

8 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis9 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

10 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre11 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

12 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 

13 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

15 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

16 Act), and regulations implementing that section. 

17 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap18 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

19 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con20 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 

21 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 

22 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 

23 or any subsidiary of such an entity. 

24 (b) WAIVERS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

2 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern3 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

4 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re5 quired in the interest of national security. 

6 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

7 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

8 such issuance to Congress. 

9 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

10 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

12 pursuant to such contract. 

13 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2015, for each employee 

14 who— 

15 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 

16 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 

17 (2) retires under any other provision of sub18 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 

19 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa20 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 

21 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 

22 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver23 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 

24 the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 

25 available until expended to the Office of Personnel 
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1 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis2 trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 

3 5, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 

5 this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re6 quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 

7 or otherwise performing or participating in acquisition at 

8 any stage of the acquisition process (as defined in section 

9 131 of title 41, United States Code) of property or services 

10 by the Federal Government to disclose any of the following 

11 information as a condition of submitting the offer or oth12 erwise performing in or participating in such acquisition: 

13 (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 

14 expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse15 ment for an electioneering communication that is 

16 made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 

17 of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 

18 election for Federal office or to a political com19 mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 

20 election for Federal office. 

21 (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 

22 payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 

23 entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 

24 or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 

25 reasonable expectation that the person will use the 
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1 funds to make a payment described in paragraph 

2 (1). 

3 (b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 

4 ‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election5 eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 

6 ‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 

7 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 

8 et seq.). 

9 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 

10 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 

11 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern12 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem13 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com14 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 

15 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

16 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 

17 SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

18 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

19 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

20 2015, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 

21 prevailing rate employee described in section 

22 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

23 (A) during the period from the date of ex24 piration of the limitation imposed by the com25 parable section for previous fiscal years until 
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1 the normal effective date of the applicable wage 

2 survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal 

3 year 2015, in an amount that exceeds the rate 

4 payable for the applicable grade and step of the 

5 applicable wage schedule in accordance with 

6 such section; and 

7 (B) during the period consisting of the re8 mainder of fiscal year 2015, in an amount that 

9 exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjust10 ment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) 

11 by more than the sum of— 

12 (i) the percentage adjustment taking 

13 effect in fiscal year 2015 under section 

14 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the 

15 rates of pay under the General Schedule; 

16 and 

17 (ii) the difference between the overall 

18 average percentage of the locality-based 

19 comparability payments taking effect in 

20 fiscal year 2015 under section 5304 of 

21 such title (whether by adjustment or other22 wise), and the overall average percentage 

23 of such payments which was effective in 

24 the previous fiscal year under such section. 
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1 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 no prevailing rate employee described in subpara3 graph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, 

4 United States Code, and no employee covered by 

5 section 5348 of such title, may be paid during the 

6 periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect at a rate 

7 that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 

8 paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such 

9 employee. 

10 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the 

11 rates payable to an employee who is covered by this 

12 subsection and who is paid from a schedule not in 

13 existence on September 30, 2014, shall be deter14 mined under regulations prescribed by the Office of 

15 Personnel Management. 

16 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 rates of premium pay for employees subject to this 

18 subsection may not be changed from the rates in ef19 fect on September 30, 2014, except to the extent de20 termined by the Office of Personnel Management to 

21 be consistent with the purpose of this subsection. 

22 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to 

23 pay for service performed after September 30, 2014. 

24 (6) For the purpose of administering any provi25 sion of law (including any rule or regulation that 
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1 provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or 

2 any other employee benefit) that requires any deduc3 tion or contribution, or that imposes any require4 ment or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary 

5 or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable 

6 after the application of this subsection shall be treat7 ed as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

8 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be consid9 ered to permit or require the payment to any em10 ployee covered by this subsection at a rate in excess 

11 of the rate that would be payable were this sub12 section not in effect. 

13 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may 

14 provide for exceptions to the limitations imposed by 

15 this subsection if the Office determines that such ex16 ceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or 

17 retention of qualified employees. 

18 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 

19 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 

20 take place in fiscal year 2015 under sections 5344 and 

21 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 

22 (1) not less than the percentage received by em23 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 

24 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 

25 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 
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1 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ2 ees at locations where there are no employees whose 

3 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 

4 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 

5 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 

6 United States Code, shall be considered to be located 

7 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 

8 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 

9 States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 

10 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap11 plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 

12 2014. 

13 SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 

14 pay raise in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding the rate 

15 adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United 

16 States Code, or any other provision of law. 

17 (b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule po18 sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 

19 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive 

20 a pay rate increase in calendar year 2015, notwith21 standing schedule adjustments made under section 5318 

22 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 

23 law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This 

24 subsection applies only to employees who are holding a po25 sition under a political appointment. 
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1 (c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may 

2 not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2015, not3 withstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 

4 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, 

5 except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 

6 (d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 

7 5, United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be 

8 received in calendar year 2015 (except as provided in sub9 section (g), (h), or (i)) by— 

10 (1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu11 tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 

12 IV of the Executive Schedule; or 

13 (2) a limited term appointee or limited emer14 gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 

15 serving under a political appointment and paid a 

16 rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Execu17 tive Schedule. 

18 (e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including 

19 any locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 

20 5, United States Code, or similar authority) at or above 

21 level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a po22 litical appointment may not receive a pay rate increase 

23 in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding any other provi24 sion of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or 

25 (i). This subsection does not apply to employees in the 
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1 General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay 

2 system, or to employees appointed under section 3161 of 

3 title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 

4 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 

5 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap6 plied to them. 

7 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre8 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint9 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 

10 under applicable law. 

11 (g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Serv12 ice who receives a Presidential appointment and who 

13 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 

14 pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United 

15 States Code, is not subject to this section. 

16 (h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re17 ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 

18 executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen19 ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 

20 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 

21 is not subject to this section. 

22 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 

23 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in24 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov25 ered position with higher-level duties and a pre-established 
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1 higher level or range of pay, except that any such increase 

2 must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limi3 tations in effect on December 31, 2013. 

4 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

5 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 

6 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 

7 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 

8 pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 

9 (k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) 

10 through (e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins 

11 in calendar year 2015 but ends in calendar year 2016, 

12 the bar on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases 

13 shall apply through the end of that pay period. 

14 SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de15 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

16 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 

17 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 

18 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 

19 costs and contracting procedures related to each con20 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com21 mission, or office during fiscal year 2015 for which the 

22 cost to the United States Government was more than 

23 $100,000. 
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1 (b) Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) 

2 shall include, with respect to each conference described in 

3 subsection (a) held during the applicable period— 

4 (1) a description of the purpose of the con5 ference; 

6 (2) the number of participants attending each 

7 conference; 

8 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the gov9 ernment for the conference, including— 

10 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

11 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

12 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

13 travel to and from the conference; and 

14 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

15 to determine which costs relate to the con16 ference; and 

17 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

18 used, including— 

19 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

20 competitive basis; and 

21 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

22 conducted by the departmental component or 

23 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

24 conference. 
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1 (c) Not later than 15 days after the date of a con2 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 

3 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 

4 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2015 for which the 

5 cost to the United States Government was more than 

6 $20,000, the head of any such department, agency, board, 

7 commission, or office shall notify the Inspector General 

8 or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector 

9 General, of the date, location, and number of employees 

10 attending such conference. 

11 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro12 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 

13 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con14 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 

15 programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

16 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

17 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 

18 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

19 the grant or contract. 

20 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

21 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con22 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 

23 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 

24 dated May 11, 2012. 
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1 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 

2 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 

3 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac4 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 

5 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 

6 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 

7 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi8 sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 

9 SEC. 741. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

10 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 

11 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 

12 VIII. 

13 TITLE VIII 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 

15 COLUMBIA 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 

18 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

19 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

20 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

21 the District of Columbia government. 

22 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

23 Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 

24 implementation of any policy including boycott designed 
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1 to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 

2 or any State legislature. 

3 SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 

4 under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 

5 Federal and District government agencies, that remain 

6 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, 

7 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

8 United States derived by the collection of fees available 

9 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

10 obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re11 programming of funds which— 

12 (1) creates new programs; 

13 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi14 bility center; 

15 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi16 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

17 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

18 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

19 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

20 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre21 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

22 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

23 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

24 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which25 ever is less; or 
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1 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

2 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi3 bility center, 

4 unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

6 Senate. 

7 (b) The District of Columbia government is author8 ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 

9 requests of local funds under this title through November 

10 7, 2015. 

11 SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

12 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

13 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 

14 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep15 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

16 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

17 (D.C. Law 3–171; sec. 1–123, D.C. Official Code). 

18 SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec19 tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 

20 any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em21 ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 

22 unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 

23 performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 

24 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
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1 does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 

2 residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

3 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

4 Police Department who resides in the District of Co5 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

6 Department; 

7 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi8 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

9 Emergency Medical Services Department who re10 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

11 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 

12 Chief; 

13 (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; 

14 (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

15 of Columbia; 

16 (5) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex17 aminer, an employee of the Office of the Chief Med18 ical Examiner who resides in the District and is on 

19 call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the 

20 Chief Medical Examiner; 

21 (6) at the discretion of the Director of the 

22 Homeland Security and Emergency Management 

23 Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se24 curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-
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1 sides in the District and is on call 24 hours a day 

2 or is otherwise designated by the Director; and 

3 (7) at the discretion of the Director of the De4 partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 

5 the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 

6 who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 

7 call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the 

8 Director. 

9 SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

10 in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor11 ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 

12 government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 

13 civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 

14 voting representation in Congress for the District of Co15 lumbia. 

16 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co17 lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 

18 on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi19 cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 

20 SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 

21 this Act may be used for any program of distributing ster22 ile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any 

23 illegal drug. 

24 SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

25 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
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1 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

2 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

3 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

4 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep5 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

6 SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

7 in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 

8 rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 

9 associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 

10 schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 

11 (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de12 rivative for any purpose. 

13 (b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be 

14 used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to 

15 legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 

16 possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 

17 under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 

18 seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec19 reational purposes. 

20 SEC. 810. None of the funds appropriated under this 

21 Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the 

22 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 

23 carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 

24 an act of rape or incest. 
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1 SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

3 Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 

4 appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 

5 Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 

6 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 

7 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 

8 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

9 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 

10 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2015 that 

11 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 

12 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 

13 other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 

14 actual expenditures. 

15 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 

16 which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co17 lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 

18 unanticipated changes in program requirements. 

19 SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi21 cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro22 priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 

23 for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 

24 operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 

25 Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
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1 The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for2 mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern3 ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 

4 of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, Sec. 1– 

5 204.42). 

6 SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 

7 operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co8 lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 

9 once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con10 sistent with the provisions of this Act. 

11 (b) The District of Columbia government is author12 ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 

13 local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 

14 four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 

15 funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro16 grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 

17 with the provisions of this Act. 

18 (c) The District of Columbia government may not 

19 transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

20 derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 

21 capital projects. 

22 SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 

23 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

24 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 

25 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
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1 SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

2 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob3 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 

4 year 2015 from appropriations of Federal funds made 

5 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2015 in 

6 this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 

7 2016, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 

8 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

10 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 

11 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 

12 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out13 lined in section 803 of this Act. 

14 SEC. 816. (a) During fiscal year 2016, during a pe15 riod in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 

16 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 

17 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 

18 provided for any project or activity for which local funds 

19 are provided in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Act 

20 of 2015 as submitted to Congress (subject to any modi21 fications enacted by the District of Columbia as of the be22 ginning of the period during which this subsection is in 

23 effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 

24 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 

25 to be available— 
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1 (1) during any period in which a District of Co2 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2016 is 

3 in effect; or 

4 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 

5 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 

6 2016. 

7 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro8 vided under the authority and conditions as provided 

9 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 

10 in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 

11 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 

12 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 

13 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2016 

14 for which this section applies to such project or activity. 

15 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 

16 during any period of fiscal year 2016 if any other provi17 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria18 tions)— 

19 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail20 able, or grants authority for such project or activity 

21 to continue for such period; or 

22 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

23 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 

24 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac25 tivity to continue for such period. 
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1 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 

2 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 

3 mandated by other law. 

4 SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

5 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 

6 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

7 of this title or of title IV. 

8 TITLE IX 

9 ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 

10 SEC. 901. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

11 be available to pay for an abortion or the administrative 

12 expenses in connection with a multi-State qualified health 

13 plan offered under a contract under section 1334 of the 

14 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 18054) which provides any benefits or coverage for abor16 tions. 

17 (b) The provision of subsection (a) shall not apply 

18 where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 

19 fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result 

20 of an act of rape or incest. 

21 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

22 SEC. 902. The amount by which the applicable alloca23 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

24 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec25 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
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1 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0 

2 (increased by $1,750,000) (increased by $353,000,000) 

3 (increased by $788,111,800) (increased by $2,000,000). 

4 SEC. 903. The amount otherwise provided by this Act 

5 for ‘‘National Security Council and Homeland Security 

6 Council—Salaries and Expenses’’ for the National Secu7 rity Council is hereby reduced by $4,200,000. 

8 SEC. 904. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to enter into any contract with an incor10 porated entity if such entity’s sealed bid or competitive 

11 proposal shows that such entity is incorporated or char12 tered in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, and such enti13 ty’s sealed bid or competitive proposal shows that such 

14 entity was previously incorporated in the United States. 

15 SEC. 905. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to reinstall the Red Mountain sculpture 

17 on the plaza of the Hugo Black Courthouse in Bir18 mingham, Alabama. 

19 SEC. 906. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any person 

21 whose disclosures of a proceeding with a disposition listed 

22 in section 2313(c)(1) of title 41, United States Code, in 

23 the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Informa24 tion System include the term ‘‘Fair Labor Standards 

25 Act.’’. 
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1 SEC. 907. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to modify or rebuild any portion of the 

3 White House bowling alley, including using phenolic syn4 thetic material. 

5 SEC. 908. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 

7 or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 

8 by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 

9 of its principals— 

10 (1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 

11 has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren12 dered against it for: (A) commission of fraud or a 

13 criminal offense in connection with obtaining, at14 tempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 

15 State, or local) contract or subcontract; (B) violation 

16 of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 

17 submission of offers; or (C) commission of embezzle18 ment, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruc19 tion of records, making false statements, tax eva20 sion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 

21 stolen property; 

22 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

23 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti24 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer25 ated above in paragraph (1); or 
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1 (3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 

2 has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 

3 an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil4 ity remains unsatisfied. 

5 SEC. 909. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 

7 33 of title 44, United States Code. 

8 SEC. 910. None of the funds in this Act may be avail9 able for the Office of Management and Budget to process 

10 or approve an apportionment request that does not include 

11 the following phrase: ‘‘Apportioned amounts are not avail12 able for any position that is held by an employee with re13 spect to whom the President of the Senate or the Speaker 

14 of the House of Representatives has certified a statement 

15 of facts to a United States attorney under section 104 of 

16 the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 194).’’. 

17 SEC. 911. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 

19 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 

20 and disclosure of returns and return information). 

21 SEC. 912. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to lease or purchase new light duty vehi23 cles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inven24 tory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo-
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1 randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 

2 2011. 

3 SEC. 913. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to— 

5 (1) designate any nonbank financial company 

6 as ‘‘too big to fail’’; 

7 (2) designate any nonbank financial company 

8 as a ‘‘systemically important financial institution’’; 

9 or 

10 (3) make a determination that material finan11 cial distress at a nonbank financial company, or the 

12 nature, scope, size, scale, concentration, inter13 connectedness, or mix of the activities of such com14 pany, could pose a threat to the financial stability of 

15 the United States. 

16 SEC. 914. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used to study, promulgate, draft, review, im18 plement, or enforce any rule pursuant to section 913 of 

19 the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Pro20 tection Act or amendments made by such section. 

21 SEC. 915. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to pay a performance award under sec23 tion 5384 of title 5, United States Code, to any employee 

24 of the Internal Revenue Service. 
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1 SEC. 916. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used, with respect to the States of Alabama, 

3 Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Dela4 ware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, 

5 Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis6 sissippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, 

7 New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Or8 egon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, 

9 Vermont, Washington, or Wisconsin or the District of Co10 lumbia, to penalize a financial institution solely because 

11 the institution provides financial services to an entity that 

12 is a manufacturer, producer, or a person that participates 

13 in any business or organized activity that involves han14 dling marijuana or marijuana products and engages in 

15 such activity pursuant to a law established by a State or 

16 a unit of local government. 

17 SEC. 917. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to create 

19 machine-readable materials that are not subject to the 

20 safeguards established pursuant to section 3105 of title 

21 44, United States Code. 

22 SEC. 918. None of funds made available by this Act 

23 to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or ex24 pended on conferences. 
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1 SEC. 919. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to provide funds from the Hardest Hit 

3 Fund program established by the Secretary of the Treas4 ury under title I of the Emergency Economic Stabilization 

5 Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5211 et seq.) to any State or local 

6 government for the purpose of funding pension obligations 

7 of such State or local government. 

8 SEC. 920. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act to the Federal Communications Commission may be 

10 used, with respect to the States of Alabama, Arkansas, 

11 California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Min12 nesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, 

13 Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, 

14 Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin, to prevent such 

15 States from implementing their own State laws with re16 spect to the provision of broadband Internet access service 

17 (as defined in section 8.11 of title 47, Code of Federal 

18 Regulations) by the State or a municipality or other polit19 ical subdivision of the State. 

20 SEC. 921. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used by the Consumer Product Safety Com22 mission to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed 

23 rule entitled ‘‘Voluntary Remedial Actions and Guidelines 

24 for Voluntary Recall Notices’’ (CPSC Docket No. CPSC– 

25 2013–0040). 
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1 SEC. 922. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act, including amounts made available under titles IV or 

3 VIII, may be used by any authority of the government of 

4 the District of Columbia to enforce any provision of the 

5 Firearms Registration Amendment Act of 2008 (D.C. 

6 Law 17–372), the Inoperable Pistol Amendment Act of 

7 2008 (D.C. Law 17–388), the Firearms Amendment Act 

8 of 2012 (D.C. Law 19–170), or the Administrative Dis9 position for Weapons Offenses Amendment Act of 2012 

10 (D.C. Law 19–295). 

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 

12 General Government Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 16, 2014. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5016 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for financial services and 

September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. general government for the fiscal year ending