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Union Calendar No. 380 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5016 

[Report No. 113–508] 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 2, 2014 

Mr. CRENSHAW, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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

and for other purposes. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

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

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

9 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

12 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

13 Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

14 maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase 

15 of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 

16 or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 

17 of official business, $175,000,000: Provided, That, of the 

18 amount appropriated under this heading— 

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

20 of the Secretary/Deputy Secretary; 

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

22 of Legislative Affairs; 

23 (3) not to exceed $200,000 is for official recep24 tion and representation expenses; 


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

2 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 

3 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 

4 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 

5 Secretary’s certificate; and 

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

7 until September 30, 2016. 

8 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 

12 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys13 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter14 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 

15 proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 

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

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

18 exceed $28,000,000 is available for administrative ex19 penses; and (2) $15,000,000, to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2017: Provided further, That the unobli21 gated balances of prior year appropriations made available 

22 for terrorism and financial intelligence activities under the 

23 heading ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Departmental Of24 fices—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be transferred to, and 

25 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, of which $5,000,000 shall re22 main available until September 30, 2016; of which not to 

23 exceed $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emer24 gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex25 pended under the direction of the Inspector General for 


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1 Tax Administration; and of which not to exceed $1,500 

2 shall be available for official reception and representation 

3 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, of which 

23 not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until 

24 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 

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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. Of the amount appro24 priated under this heading— 


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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, of which not less than 

16 $5,600,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 

17 Program, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be 

18 available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, and of 

19 which not less than $12,000,000, to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2016, shall be available for a Community 

21 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants pro22 gram for tax return preparation assistance. 

23 ENFORCEMENT

24 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 

25 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 


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1 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con2 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 

3 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi4 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi5 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 

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

7 determined by the Commissioner, $4,950,000,000, of 

8 which not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the Inter9 agency Crime and Drug Enforcement program. 

10 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

11 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv12 ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro13 grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print14 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 

15 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 

16 of income; telecommunications; information technology de17 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se18 curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

19 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service 

20 Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5 

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

22 Commissioner; $3,620,000,000, of which not to exceed 

23 $300,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2016, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for official 

25 reception and representation expenses: Provided, That not 


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1 later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Inter2 nal Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the United 

5 States detailing the cost and schedule performance for its 

6 major information technology investments, including the 

7 purpose and life-cycle stages of the investments; the rea8 sons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such 

9 investments and strategies the Internal Revenue Service 

10 is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected develop11 mental milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred 

12 in the next quarter: Provided further, That the Internal 

13 Revenue Service shall include, in its budget justification 

14 for fiscal year 2016, a summary of cost and schedule per15 formance information for its major information technology 

16 systems. 

17 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

18 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv19 ice’s business systems modernization program, 

20 $250,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2017, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech22 nology systems, including management and related con23 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter24 nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as25 sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 


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

2 each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit 

3 a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

4 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp5 troller General of the United States detailing the cost and 

6 schedule performance for CADE 2 and Modernized e-File 

7 information technology investments, including the pur8 poses and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons 

9 for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such in10 vestments and the strategies the Internal Revenue Service 

11 is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected develop12 mental milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred 

13 in the next quarter. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

15 SERVICE

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria18 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

19 Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 

20 Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the 

21 Committees on Appropriations. 

22 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main23 tain an employee training program, which shall include the 

24 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 


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1 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im2 partial application of tax law. 

3 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti4 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe5 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro6 tect taxpayers against identity theft. 

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

8 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

9 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi10 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

11 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 

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

13 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 

14 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 

15 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 

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

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

18 a video unless the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board de19 termines in advance that making the video is appropriate, 

20 taking into account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of 

21 the video. 

22 SEC. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 

23 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 

24 to an employer making employment tax payments, and 

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


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

2 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 

3 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic4 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 

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

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

7 target citizens of the United States for exercising any 

8 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con9 stitution of the United States. 

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

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

12 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 

13 beliefs. 

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

15 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex16 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce17 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 

18 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 

19 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re20 sult of the recommendations in the report published on 

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

22 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 

23 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana24 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013-10-037). 


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

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

3 individual to carry out any transfer of funds to the Inter4 nal Revenue Service under the Patient Protection and Af5 fordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or the Health 

6 Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public 

7 Law 111–152). 

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

9 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to imple10 ment or enforce section 5000A of the Internal Revenue 

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

12 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

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

14 1502(b) of such Act. 

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

16 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 

17 expended under any bonus, award, or recognition program 

18 that does not consider, with respect to determining wheth19 er an employee should receive such program funds, the 

20 conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

22 TREASURY

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the 

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1 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

2 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

3 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

4 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

5 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

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

7 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

8 of health and medical services to employees and their de9 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author10 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

11 SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria12 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De13 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 

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

15 Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En16 forcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, ‘‘Al17 cohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ and ‘‘Commu18 nity Development Financial Institutions Fund Program 

19 Account’’ may be transferred between such appropriations 

20 upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appro21 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 

22 Provided, That no transfer under this section may increase 

23 or decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 per24 cent. 


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1 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria2 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

3 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen4 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad5 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

6 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 

7 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro8 priation by more than 2 percent. 

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

10 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

11 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

12 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

13 SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans14 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries 

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

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

17 amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 

18 account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec19 tion Fund. 

20 SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

22 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu23 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 

24 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

25 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 


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1 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

2 Affairs. 

3 SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

5 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav6 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

7 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func8 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

9 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

10 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com11 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 

12 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent13 atives and the Senate. 

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

15 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De16 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re17 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

18 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

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

20 2015 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

21 Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 

22 SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail23 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus24 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 

25 representation expenses. 


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

2 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro3 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

4 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an5 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 

6 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest7 ment spending from all accounts within the Department 

8 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart9 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac10 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas11 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 

12 Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur13 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 

14 project that has not been fully completed. 

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

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

17 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their 

18 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

20 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 

21 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

22 Affairs. 

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

24 include— 


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1 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

2 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 

3 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

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

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

6 each office during the previous quarter; 

7 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva8 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis9 cal year; and 

10 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec11 tives, and performance measures of each office. 

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

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

14 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 

15 to testify on the contents of the reports required under 

16 subsection (a). 

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

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

19 an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 

21 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran22 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 

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

24 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 

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1 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran2 chise Fund. 

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

4 is amended as follows: 

5 (1) In subsection (b)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

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

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

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

11 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

12 paragraph (2). 

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

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

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

16 take effect on October 1, 2015. 

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

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

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

20 travel-related or other transactions incident to non-aca21 demic educational exchanges described in section 

22 515.565(b)(2) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

24 Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a joint re25 port not later than 90 days after the enactment of this 


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

2 515.560(c)(4)(i), and 515.561 of title 31, Code of Federal 

3 Regulations. 

4 (b) Such report shall include, for each fiscal year be5 ginning with 2007 under the aforementioned category of 

6 travel: 

7 (1) number of travelers; average duration of 

8 stay for each trip; 

9 (2) average amount of U.S. dollars spent per 

10 traveler; 

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

12 (4) total sum of U.S. dollars spent collectively 

13 in each fiscal year. 

14 SEC. 128. During fiscal year 2015— 

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

16 any other Act may be used by the Department of 

17 the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv18 ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev19 enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par20 ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 

21 used to determine whether an organization is oper22 ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 

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

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1 lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 

2 29, 2013)); and 

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

4 January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de5 terminations shall apply after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 

7 under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza8 tions created on, before, or after such date. 

9 SEC. 129. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex11 pended to provide for the enforcement of any rule, regula12 tion, policy, or guideline implemented pursuant to the De13 partment of the Treasury Guidance for U.S. Positions on 

14 MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries on Coal-Fired 

15 Power Generation dated October 29, 2013, when enforce16 ment of such rule, regulation, policy, or guideline would 

17 prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, the carrying out 

18 of any coal-fired or other power-generation project the 

19 purpose of which is to increase exports of goods and serv20 ices from the United States or prevent the loss of jobs 

21 from the United States. 

22 SEC. 130. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta23 tion with the appropriate agencies, departments, bureaus, 

24 and commissions that have expertise in terrorism and 

25 complex financial instruments, shall provide a report to 


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1 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv3 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

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

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

6 Act on economic warfare and financial terrorism. 

7 SEC. 131. Each calendar month beginning after the 

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

9 Treasury shall submit to the Committees on Appropria10 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 

11 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep12 resentatives, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 

13 an accounting of the number of individuals who have not 

14 paid the full amount of any premium owed for the pre15 ceding month for coverage under a qualified health plan 

16 that was enrolled in through an Exchange under title I 

17 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 

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

19 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

13 contravenes 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 

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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 (including the purchase of 

11 firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 

12 $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for 

13 space alteration projects and for costs related to new space 

14 alteration and construction projects; and of which not to 

15 exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2016, for the Integrated Workplace Initiative: 

17 Provided, That the amount provided for the Integrated 

18 Workplace Initiative shall not be available for obligation 

19 until the Director of the Administrative Office of the 

20 United States Courts submits a report to the Committees 

21 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

22 Senate showing that the estimated cost savings resulting 

23 from the Initiative will exceed the estimated amounts obli24 gated 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 

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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 

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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), 

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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. 

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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; 28 

21 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence (relat22 ing to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking ‘‘21 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 proVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:30 Jul 03, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5016.RH H5016

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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 

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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 

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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. 

10 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica13 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni14 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

15 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 

16 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi17 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 

18 5 U.S.C. 3109, $322,748,000, to remain available until 

19 expended: Provided, That $322,748,000of offsetting col20 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 

21 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 

22 retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 

23 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

24 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 

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1 result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated 

2 at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re3 ceived in excess of $322,748,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall 

4 not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re5 maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 

6 excess of the amount specified for collection in each such 

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

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

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

10 the use of a competitive bidding system that may be re11 tained and made available for obligation shall not exceed 

12 $106,000,000 for fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That 

13 of the amount appropriated under this heading, not less 

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

15 of the Office of Inspector General. 

16 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

17 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

21 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 

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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 

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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 

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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, of which— 

17 (1) $420,460,000 shall remain available until 

18 expended for construction and acquisition (including 

19 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 

20 and construction services) of additional projects at— 

21 (A) California, Calexico, Calexico West 

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

23 (B) California, San Diego, San Ysidro 

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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 

4 on new construction and acquisition projects may be ex5 ceeded 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 shall remain available until 

11 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso12 ciated design and construction services, of which— 

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

14 Alterations; 

15 (B) $378,535,000 is for Basic Repairs and 

16 Alterations; and 

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

18 Programs, of which— 

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

20 Safety; 

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

22 Activities: Provided, That consolidation 

23 projects result in reduced annual rent paid 

24 by the tenant agency: Provided further, 

25 That no consolidation project exceed 


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1 $10,000,000 in costs: Provided further, 

2 That consolidation projects are approved 

3 by each of the committees specified in sec4 tion 3307(a) of title 40, United States 

5 Code: Provided further, That preference is 

6 given to consolidation projects that achieve 

7 a utilization rate of 130 usable square feet 

8 or less per person for office space: Pro9 vided further, That the obligation of funds 

10 under this paragraph for consolidation ac11 tivities may not be made until 10 days 

12 after a proposed spending plan and expla13 nation for each project to be undertaken, 

14 including estimated savings, has been sub15 mitted to the Committees on Appropria16 tions of the House of Representatives and 

17 the Senate; 

18 (iii) $20,000,000, Judiciary Court Se19 curity Program; and 

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

21 Disposal: Provided, That disposal projects 

22 result in reduced annual operating costs: 

23 Provided further, That preference is given 

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1 value and the greatest potential to sell: 

2 Provided further, That the obligation of 

3 funds under this paragraph for property 

4 disposal activities may not be made until 

5 10 days after a proposed spending plan 

6 and explanation for each project to be un7 dertaken, including estimated savings, has 

8 been submitted to the Committees on Ap9 propriations of the House of Representa10 tives and the Senate: 

11 Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 

12 or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 

13 used to fund costs associated with implementing security 

14 improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum 

15 standards for security in accordance with current law and 

16 in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the 

17 appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Pro18 vided further, That the difference between the funds ap19 propriated and expended on any projects in this or any 

20 prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, 

21 may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or 

22 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: 

23 Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any 

24 prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used 

25 to pay claims against the Government arising from any 


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

2 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; 

3 (3) $5,500,000,000 for rental of space to re4 main available until expended; and 

5 (4) $2,244,132,000 for building operations to 

6 remain available until expended, of which 

7 $1,122,727,000 is for building services, and 

8 $1,121,405,000 is for salaries and expenses: Pro9 vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any 

10 appropriation made available under this paragraph 

11 for building operations may be transferred between 

12 and merged with such appropriations upon notifica13 tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Senate, but no 

15 such appropriation shall be increased by more than 

16 5 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, 

17 That section 508 of this title shall not apply with re18 spect to funds made available under this heading for 

19 building operations: 

20 Provided further, That the total amount of funds 

21 made available from this Fund to the General Services Ad22 ministration shall not be available for expenses of any con23 struction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for 

24 which a prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has 

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1 expended for each project for required expenses for the 

2 development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, 

3 That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may 

4 be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval 

5 is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: Pro6 vided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim7 bursable special services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 

8 592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable fenc9 ing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 

10 or other property not in Government ownership or control 

11 as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret 

12 Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 

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

14 collections: Provided further, That revenues and collections 

15 and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal 

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

17 592(b)(2) in excess of the aggregate new obligational au18 thority authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed19 eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund 

20 and shall not be available for expenditure except as au21 thorized in appropriations Acts. 

22 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

23 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

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1 tivities associated with the management of real and per2 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

3 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

4 acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 

5 management, and related technology activities; and serv6 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,000,000. 

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro10 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

11 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis12 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man13 agement, and communications; the Civilian Board of Con14 tract Appeals; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 

15 $61,049,000, of which $26,328,000 is for Real and Per16 sonal Property Management and Disposal; $25,729,000 is 

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

18 $7,500 is for official reception and representation ex19 penses; and $8,992,000 is for the Civilian Board of Con20 tract Appeals: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per21 cent of the appropriation made available under this head22 ing for Office of the Administrator may be transferred to 

23 the appropriation for the Real and Personal Property 

24 Management and Disposal upon notification to the Com25 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 


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

2 Personal Property Management and Disposal may not be 

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

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

7 $65,000,000, of which $2,000,000 is available until ex8 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be 

9 available for payment for information and detection of 

10 fraud against the Government, including payment for re11 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

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

13 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

14 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en15 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

16 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

17 PRESIDENTS

18 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

19 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

20 $1,672,000. 

21 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Serv24 ices and Innovative Technologies, including services au25 thorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for 


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1 necessary expenses in support of interagency projects that 

2 enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to 

3 conduct activities electronically, through the development 

4 and implementation of innovative uses of information 

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

6 Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the previous 

7 amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry 

8 out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro9 vided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reim10 bursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall 

11 be available until expended for necessary expenses of Fed12 eral Citizen Services and other activities that enable the 

13 Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac14 tivities electronically in the aggregate amount not to ex15 ceed $90,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations 

16 revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this 

17 Fund during fiscal year 2015 in excess of such amount 

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

19 expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts: 

20 Provided further, That any appropriations provided to the 

21 Electronic Government Fund that remain unobligated as 

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

23 Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the transfer 

24 authorities provided herein shall be in addition to any 

25 other transfer authority provided in this Act. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 507. Funds available to the General Services 

5 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

6 motor vehicles. 

7 SEC. 508. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

8 made available for fiscal year 2015 for Federal Buildings 

9 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

10 only to the extent necessary to meet program require11 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap12 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 

13 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

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

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

16 a fiscal year 2016 request for United States Courthouse 

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

18 standards for construction as established and approved by 

19 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con20 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage21 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 

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

23 5-year construction plan; and (3) includes a standardized 

24 courtroom utilization study of each facility to be con25 structed, replaced, or expanded. 


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

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

3 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

4 other service usually provided through the Federal Build5 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

6 square foot assessment for space and services as deter7 mined by the General Services Administration in consider8 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

9 (Public Law 92–313). 

10 SEC. 511. From funds made available under the 

11 heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail12 ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 

13 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

14 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav15 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti16 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

17 of Representatives and the Senate. 

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

19 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub21 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 

22 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con23 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin24 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 

25 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 


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1 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 

2 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter3 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 

4 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro5 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 

6 statement to each of such committees and the Committees 

7 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

8 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 

9 the resolution. 

10 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

14 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza15 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

16 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

17 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author18 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

19 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

20 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

21 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa22 tion expenses, $40,655,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2016, together with not to exceed $2,345,000, 

24 to remain available until September 30, 2016, for adminis25 trative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals to be 


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1 transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and Dis2 ability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems 

3 Protection Board. 

4 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin7 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis8 tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 

9 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re10 view and declassification of documents, the activities of 

11 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 

12 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 

13 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al14 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

15 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 

16 $360,000,000. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

20 General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 

21 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 

22 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 

23 vehicles, $4,130,000. 


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1 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

2 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar3 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold4 ings, $7,600,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

6 COMMISSION

7 GRANTS PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

9 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

10 U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended. 

12 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

13 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

14 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

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

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

17 30, 2016, for technical assistance to low-income des18 ignated credit unions. 

19 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

22 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 

23 Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 

24 and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 

25 2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 


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1 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

2 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex3 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex4 penses, $15,420,000. 

5 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

9 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re10 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv11 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 

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

13 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con14 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 

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

16 official reception and representation expenses; advances 

17 for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the 

18 Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred 

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

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

21 allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 

22 require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post 

23 of duty, $95,910,000; and in addition $118,425,000 for 

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1 utes, including direct procurement of printed materials, 

2 for the retirement and insurance programs: Provided, 

3 That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect 

4 the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by 

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

6 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur7 ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 

8 for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 

9 OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 

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

11 Provided further, That the President’s Commission on 

12 White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 

13 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2015, 

14 accept donations of money, property, and personal serv15 ices: Provided further, That such donations, including 

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

17 of publicity materials to provide information about the 

18 White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall 

19 be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, 

20 or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

25 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 


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1 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 

2 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

3 $4,384,000, and in addition, not to exceed $21,340,000 

4 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro5 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage6 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans7 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

8 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

9 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author10 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

11 and elsewhere. 

12 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

15 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

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

17 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 

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

19 Law 107–304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement 

20 Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed 

21 Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 

22 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author23 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 

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1 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi2 cles; $21,452,000. 

3 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 

7 Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 

8 Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 

9 435), $14,152,000, to be derived by transfer from the 

10 Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec11 tion 603(a) of such Act. 

12 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib15 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 

16 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

17 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $4,500,000, to remain available 

18 until September 30, 2016. 

19 RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY

20 BOARD

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Recovery Account23 ability and Transparency Board to carry out the provi24 sions of title XV of the American Recovery and Reinvest25 ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), and to develop and 


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1 test information technology resources and oversight mech2 anisms to enhance transparency of and detect and reme3 diate waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal spending, and 

4 to develop and use information technology resources and 

5 oversight mechanisms to detect and remediate waste, 

6 fraud, and abuse in obligation and expenditure of funds 

7 as described in section 904(d) of the Disaster Relief Ap8 propriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2), which shall 

9 be administered under the terms and conditions of the ac10 countability authorities of title XV of Public Law 111– 

11 5, $15,000,000. 

12 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex15 change Commission, including services as authorized by 

16 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 

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

18 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa19 tion expenses, $1,400,000,000 to remain available until 

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

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

22 $50,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 

23 the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 

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1 mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 

2 officials, members of their delegations and staffs to ex3 change views concerning securities matters, such expenses 

4 to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 

5 and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees 

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

7 meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) related lodg8 ing or subsistence; of which funding for information tech9 nology initiatives shall be increased over the fiscal year 

10 2014 level by not less than $50,000,000; and of which not 

11 less than $68,872,000 shall be for the Division of Eco12 nomic and Risk Analysis: Provided, That fees and charges 

13 authorized by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act 

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

15 as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not to ex16 ceed $1,400,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 

17 available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac18 count: Provided further, That the total amount appro19 priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 

20 year 2015 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re21 ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2015 ap22 propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 

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1 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys4 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

5 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

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

7 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv8 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

9 $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 

10 $21,500,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 

11 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 

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

13 deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na14 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

15 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con16 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 

17 Forces of the United States. 

18 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 

22 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 

23 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex24 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex25 penses, $253,882,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 


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1 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 

2 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis3 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub4 lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 

5 and certain loan program activities, including fees author6 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 

7 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 

8 received from all such activities shall be credited to this 

9 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 

10 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro11 vided further, That the Small Business Administration 

12 may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 

13 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec14 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 

15 fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 

16 be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 

17 System, to be available until September 30, 2016. 

18 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

19 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en20 trepreneurial and small business development, 

21 $197,825,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2016. 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

4 General Act of 1978, $19,400,000. 

5 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 

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

8 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi9 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $8,750,000, to 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

14 available until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed 

15 loans as authorized by section 503 of the Small Business 

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

17 $45,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

19 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

21 subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

22 of 1974, during fiscal year 2015 commitments to guar23 antee loans under section 503 of the Small Business In24 vestment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: 

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1 ments for general business loans authorized under section 

2 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 

3 $18,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 

4 loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 

5 by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 

6 year 2015 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 

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

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

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

10 certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi11 ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 

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

13 to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

14 $147,726,000, which may be transferred to and merged 

15 with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 

16 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

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

20 Business Act, $186,858,000, to be available until ex21 pended, of which $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector 

22 General of the Small Business Administration for audits 

23 and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro24 grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 

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

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

3 program, which may be transferred to and merged with 

4 the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 

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

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

7 and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex8 penses. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 513. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria13 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 

14 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans15 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro16 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

17 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

18 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

19 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail20 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

21 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

22 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

23 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

24 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

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1 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

2 States Code, $58,342,000: Provided, That mail for over3 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 

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

5 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro6 vided further, That none of the funds made available to 

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

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

9 employee of any State or local child support enforcement 

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

11 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa12 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 

13 postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 

14 provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 

15 small rural and other small post offices. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978, $243,000,000, to be derived by 

22 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 

23 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account24 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 


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1 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

4 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

5 $50,000,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 

6 shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 

7 TITLE VI 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

9 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

10 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

11 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

12 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

13 funded in this Act. 

14 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

15 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

16 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria17 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

18 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

19 under this Act for any consulting service through procure20 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

21 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

22 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

23 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex24 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 


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1 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

4 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro5 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

6 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

8 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac9 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

10 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol11 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

12 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

13 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

14 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

15 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

16 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

17 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

18 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

19 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap20 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

21 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

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1 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

2 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

3 available for obligation or expenditure through a re4 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

5 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

6 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

7 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con8 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac9 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 

10 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 

11 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac12 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

13 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi14 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 

15 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un16 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap17 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen18 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 

19 or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 

20 agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent22 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later 

23 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

24 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 

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1 atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica2 tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 

3 current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum 

4 the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation 

5 with a separate column to display the President’s budget 

6 request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 

7 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 

8 enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro9 priation both by object class and program, project, and 

10 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec11 tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 

12 special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 

13 amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 

14 for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 

15 each day after the required date that the report has not 

16 been submitted to the Congress. 

17 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

18 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

19 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2015 from 

20 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

21 for fiscal year 2015 in this Act, shall remain available 

22 through September 30, 2016, for each such account for 

23 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

24 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

25 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 


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1 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 

2 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re3 programming guidelines. 

4 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 

5 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi6 dent to request— 

7 (1) any official background investigation report 

8 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves9 tigation; or 

10 (2) a determination with respect to the treat11 ment of an organization as described in section 

12 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

13 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

14 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 

15 Internal Revenue Service. 

16 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 

17 (1) in the case of an official background inves18 tigation report, if such individual has given express 

19 written consent for such request not more than 6 

20 months prior to the date of such request and during 

21 the same presidential administration; or 

22 (2) if such request is required due to extraor23 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

24 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul25 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code, 


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1 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed2 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

3 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

5 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

6 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of7 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

8 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

9 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 

10 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 

11 to court approval. 

12 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

13 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 

14 expenses in connection with any health plan under the 

15 Federal employees health benefits program which provides 

16 any benefits or coverage for abortions. 

17 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 

18 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 

19 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 

20 result of an act of rape or incest. 

21 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 

22 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur23 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

24 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu25 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 


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1 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa2 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 

3 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 

4 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

5 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

6 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu7 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac8 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 

9 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 

10 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex11 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 

12 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func13 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em14 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 

15 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 

16 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 

17 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 

18 person or entity is an organization described in section 

19 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex20 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

21 SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 

22 funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 

23 Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 

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1 funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 

2 advise on emerging regulatory issues. 

3 SEC. 618. Not later than 45 days after the end of 

4 each quarter, the Department of the Treasury, the Execu5 tive Office of the President, the Judiciary, the Federal 

6 Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commis7 sion, the General Services Administration, the National 

8 Archives and Records Administration, the Securities and 

9 Exchange Commission, and the Small Business Adminis10 tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 

11 the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly 

12 accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated 

13 funds. 

14 SEC. 619. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

15 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 

16 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 

17 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet18 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 

19 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of20 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 

21 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 

22 with the current lessor. 

23 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter 

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1 riod declared by the President to require emergency 

2 leasing authority with respect to such agency. 

3 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 

4 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 

5 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen6 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 

7 Service. 

8 SEC. 620. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 

10 complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 

11 Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro12 posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu13 latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 

14 Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 

15 No. 13563. 

16 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available by this 

17 or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex18 penses for the following positions: 

19 (1) Director, White House Office of Health Re20 form, or any substantially similar position. 

21 (2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 

22 Climate Change, or any substantially similar posi23 tion. 

24 (3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the 

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1 the Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manu2 facturing Policy, or any substantially similar posi3 tion. 

4 (4) White House Director of Urban Affairs, or 

5 any substantially similar position. 

6 SEC. 622. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

8 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

9 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor10 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

11 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

12 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

13 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree14 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

15 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

16 tax liability, unless the Federal agency has considered sus17 pension or debarment of the corporation and has made 

18 a determination that this further action is not necessary 

19 to protect the interests of the Government. 

20 SEC. 623. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

22 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

23 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor24 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

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1 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un2 less the Federal agency has considered suspension or de3 barment of the corporation and has made a determination 

4 that this further action is not necessary to protect the in5 terests of the Government. 

6 SEC. 624. (a) There are appropriated for the fol7 lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 

8 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 

9 102). 

10 (2) Payments to— 

11 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 

12 (28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 

13 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 

14 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 

15 (C) the United States Court of Federal 

16 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

17 178(l)). 

18 (3) Payment of Government contributions— 

19 (A) with respect to the health benefits of 

20 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

21 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 

22 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 

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1 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene2 fits for employees retiring after December 31, 

3 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 

4 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 

5 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 

6 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 

7 8348). 

8 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 

9 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

10 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 

11 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 

12 States Code. 

13 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex14 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 

15 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con16 tained in this Act. 

17 SEC. 625. During fiscal year 2015, no funds shall be 

18 obligated from the Securities and Exchange Commission 

19 Reserve Fund established by section 991 of the Dodd20 Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 

21 (Public Law 111–203). 

22 SEC. 626. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis24 sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 

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1 contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 

2 to trade associations. 

3 SEC. 627. Section 2(c) of the Multinational Species 

4 Conservation Fund Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public 

5 Law 111–241; 39 U.S.C. 416 note) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘6 years’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(5) STAMP DEPICTIONS.—Members of the 

10 public shall be offered a choice of 5 stamps under 

11 this Act, depicting an African elephant or an Asian 

12 elephant, a rhinoceros, a tiger, a marine turtle, and 

13 a great ape, respectively.’’. 

14 SEC. 628. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 

15 of enactment of this section, the agencies specified in sub16 section (b) shall each submit a report to the Committees 

17 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

18 Senate on— 

19 (1) increasing public participation in the rule20 making process and reducing uncertainty; 

21 (2) improving coordination with other Federal 

22 agencies to eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and 

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1 (3) identifying existing regulations that have 

2 been reviewed and determined to be outmoded, inef3 fective, or excessively burdensome. 

4 (b) The agencies required to submit a report specified 

5 in subsection (a) are— 

6 (1) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; 

7 (2) the Federal Communications Commission; 

8 (3) the Federal Trade Commission; and 

9 (4) the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

10 SEC. 629. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used to award a contract for services to train 

12 any employee of an Executive agency (as that term is de13 fined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) to 

14 learn how to support or defeat legislation pending before 

15 Congress. 

16 SEC. 630. (a) None of the funds made available in 

17 this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be used to 

18 destroy, deface, or dispose of records, regardless of their 

19 physical form or characteristics, in contravention of chap20 ters 29, 31, and 33 of title 44, United States Code (com21 monly referred to as the Federal Records Act). 

22 (b) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact23 ment of this Act, the Archivist of the United States shall 

24 conduct an inspection and submit a report to the Commit25 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 


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1 and the Senate, the House Committee on Oversight and 

2 Government Reform, and the Senate Committee on Home3 land Security and Government Affairs on the compliance 

4 by the Internal Revenue Service with the provisions of 

5 chapters 29, 31, and 33 of title 44, United States Code, 

6 during calendar years 2009 through 2013. 

7 SEC. 631. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to require the disclosure by a provider 

9 of an electronic communication service or a remote com10 puting service of the contents or related information de11 tailed in section 2703(c) of title 18, United States Code, 

12 of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic 

13 storage with or otherwise held or maintained by the pro14 vider, as such terms are defined in section 2510 of title 

15 18, United States Code, by any other than a means au16 thorized under section 2703(b)(1)(A) of title 18, United 

17 States Code. 

18 SEC. 632. Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Wall 

19 Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 

20 8305) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘in23 sured depository institution’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘covered depository institution’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) COVERED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.— 

2 The term ‘covered depository institution’ means— 

3 ‘‘(A) an insured depository institution, as 

4 that term is defined in section 3 of the Federal 

5 Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and 

6 ‘‘(B) a United States uninsured branch or 

7 agency of a foreign bank.’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) in the heading for such subsection, by 

10 striking ‘‘INSURED’’ and inserting ‘‘COVERED’’; 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘an insured’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘a covered’’; 

13 (C) by striking ‘‘such insured’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘such covered’’; and 

15 (D) by striking ‘‘or savings and loan hold16 ing company’’ and inserting ‘‘savings and loan 

17 holding company, or foreign banking organiza18 tion (as such term is defined under Regulation 

19 K of the Board of Governors of the Federal Re20 serve System (12 C.F.R. 211.21(o)))’’; 

21 (3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol22 lows: 

23 ‘‘(d) ONLY BONA FIDE HEDGING AND TRADITIONAL

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition in sub2 section (a) shall not apply to any covered depository 

3 institution that limits its swap and security-based 

4 swap activities to the following: 

5 ‘‘(A) HEDGING AND OTHER SIMILAR RISK

6 MITIGATION ACTIVITIES.—Hedging and other 

7 similar risk mitigating activities directly related 

8 to the covered depository institution’s activities. 

9 ‘‘(B) NON-STRUCTURED FINANCE SWAP

10 ACTIVITIES.—Acting as a swaps entity for 

11 swaps or security-based swaps other than a 

12 structured finance swap. 

13 ‘‘(C) CERTAIN STRUCTURED FINANCE

14 SWAP ACTIVITIES.—Acting as a swaps entity for 

15 swaps or security-based swaps that are struc16 tured finance swaps, if— 

17 ‘‘(i) such structured finance swaps are 

18 undertaken for hedging or risk manage19 ment purposes; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) each asset-backed security under21 lying such structured finance swaps is of a 

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1 izing swap or security-based swap activity 

2 by covered depository institutions. 

3 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub4 section: 

5 ‘‘(A) STRUCTURED FINANCE SWAP.—The 

6 term ‘structured finance swap’ means a swap or 

7 security-based swap based on an asset-backed 

8 security (or group or index primarily comprised 

9 of asset-backed securities). 

10 ‘‘(B) ASSET-BACKED SECURITY.—The 

11 term ‘asset-backed security’ has the meaning 

12 given such term under section 3(a) of the Secu13 rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 

14 78c(a)).’’; 

15 (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘an insured’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘a covered’’; and 

17 (5) in subsection (f)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘an insured depository’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘a covered depository’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘the insured depository’’ 

21 each place such term appears and inserting 

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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

3 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

6 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

7 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2015 shall obligate 

8 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen9 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

10 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en11 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

12 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

13 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

14 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

15 agency, or instrumentality. 

16 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

17 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

18 in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 

19 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve20 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve21 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve22 hicles), is hereby fixed at $13,197 except station wagons 

23 for which the maximum shall be $13,631: Provided, That 

24 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for 

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1 cial heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the limits 

2 set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 

3 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 

4 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 

5 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra6 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 

7 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 

8 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 

9 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con10 ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim11 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 

12 that is a commercial item and which operates on emerging 

13 motor vehicle technology, including but not limited to elec14 tric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehi15 cles. 

16 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart17 ments and independent establishments for the current fis18 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex19 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 

20 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

21 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922 through 5924. 

22 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law, during 

23 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con24 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

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1 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma2 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 

3 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti4 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 

5 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit6 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 

7 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 

8 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant9 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 

10 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 

11 then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 

12 allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur13 poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 

14 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require15 ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 

16 being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 

17 of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub18 mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec19 essary: Provided further, That any payment made to any 

20 officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this sec21 tion shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Govern22 ment: Provided further, That this section shall not apply 

23 to any person who is an officer or employee of the Govern24 ment of the United States on the date of enactment of 

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1 Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary em2 ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in 

3 the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of 

4 emergencies: Provided further, That this section does not 

5 apply to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not 

6 more than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the 

7 Department of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service 

8 pursuant to an agreement with another country. 

9 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart10 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec11 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex12 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

13 Services Administration for charges for space and services 

14 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build15 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

16 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 

17 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 

18 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

19 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 

20 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re21 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

22 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

23 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre24 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex25 pended for the following purposes: 


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1 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

2 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

3 Order No. 13423 (January 24, 2007), including any 

4 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

5 the Executive Order. 

6 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man7 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

8 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

9 management and pollution prevention programs. 

10 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

11 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

12 Federal agency. 

13 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

14 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

15 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

16 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

17 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

18 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

19 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

20 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

21 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

22 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

23 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex24 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 


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1 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

2 correspondingly reduced. 

3 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

4 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

5 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

6 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

7 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

8 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

9 financial support from more than one agency or instru10 mentality. 

11 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

12 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 

13 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 

14 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 

15 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 

16 United States. 

17 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 

18 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

19 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 

20 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 

21 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 

22 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 

23 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 

24 make improvements for any such office, unless advance 

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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec3 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of4 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 

5 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 

6 directly controlled by the individual. 

7 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec8 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

9 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

10 the interagency funding of national security and emer11 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 

12 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti13 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 

14 2012). 

15 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 

16 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 

17 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 

18 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

19 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol20 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com21 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 

22 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 

23 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 

24 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 

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1 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage2 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi3 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 

4 the individual to the White House. 

5 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

6 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de7 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 

8 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 

9 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 

10 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 

11 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

12 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

13 Government, who— 

14 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat15 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em16 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

17 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

18 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

19 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

20 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

21 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

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1 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

2 committee, or subcommittee; or 

3 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

4 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

5 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 

6 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis7 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti8 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em9 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

10 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 

11 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

12 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

13 communication or contact of such other officer or 

14 employee with any Member, committee, or sub15 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

16 (1). 

17 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 

18 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

19 any employee training that— 

20 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl21 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

22 performance of official duties; 

23 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev24 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

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1 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

2 of the content and methods to be used in the train3 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

4 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

5 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

6 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em7 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

8 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

9 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par10 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

11 workplace. 

12 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

13 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

14 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

15 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

16 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu17 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu18 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

19 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

20 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

21 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla22 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 

23 to the Congress itself. 

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1 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

2 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

3 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

4 competent jurisdiction. 

5 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 

6 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

7 information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mail8 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 

9 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit10 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

11 and the Senate. 

12 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 

13 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

14 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa15 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 

16 authorized by Congress. 

17 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

18 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 

19 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 

20 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

21 under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, 

22 and the Postal Regulatory Commission. 

23 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu24 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

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1 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

2 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

3 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 

4 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 

5 in the performance of official duties. 

6 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec7 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

8 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

9 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

10 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 

11 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

12 costs. 

13 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec14 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart15 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

16 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government17 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of18 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

19 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 

20 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

21 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis22 trator of General Services to support Government-wide 

23 and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 

24 procurement, and other management innovations, initia25 tives, and activities, as approved by the Director of the 


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1 Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 

2 the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des3 ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man4 agement Council for overall management improvement ini5 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 

6 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 

7 Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 

8 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia9 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure10 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun11 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur12 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 

13 not exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide innovations, 

14 initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That the funds 

15 transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General Services 

16 Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during fiscal 

17 year 2015 shall remain available for obligation through 

18 September 30, 2016: Provided further, That such trans19 fers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 days 

20 following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 

21 of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 

22 Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

23 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

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1 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

2 the location. 

3 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec4 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

5 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

6 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 

7 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 

8 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 

9 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 

10 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 

11 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re12 port describing the budget of and resources connected with 

13 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 

15 Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on 

16 Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after en17 actment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

19 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

20 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

21 funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 

22 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli23 cable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this sec24 tion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and 

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1 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

2 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

3 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

4 be used by any Federal agency— 

5 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

6 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

7 personally identifiable information relating to an in8 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern9 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

10 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

11 party (including another government agency) to col12 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de13 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

14 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

15 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

16 site. 

17 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

18 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

19 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

20 identify particular persons; 

21 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden22 tifiable information; 

23 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu24 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

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1 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

2 that is a system security action taken by the oper3 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

4 to providing the Internet site services or to pro5 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

6 Internet site. 

7 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

8 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac9 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

10 provided in law. 

11 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina12 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ13 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

14 condition, management practices and policies and 

15 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

16 law. 

17 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

18 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

19 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

20 except where the contract also includes a provision for con21 traceptive coverage. 

22 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

23 with— 

24 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

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1 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

2 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

3 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

4 religious beliefs. 

5 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

6 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub7 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

8 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

9 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

10 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

11 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re12 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

13 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur14 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 

15 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 

16 anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu17 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 

18 oversight authorities. 

19 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de21 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

22 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

23 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov24 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

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1 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

3 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

4 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

5 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im6 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per7 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

8 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg9 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

10 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

11 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

12 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

14 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig15 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 

16 conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 

17 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 

19 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author20 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 

21 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 

22 cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

23 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

24 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 

25 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 


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1 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis2 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

3 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre4 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

5 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 

6 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

8 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

9 Act), and regulations implementing that section. 

10 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap11 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

12 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con13 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 

14 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 

15 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 

16 or any subsidiary of such an entity. 

17 (b) WAIVERS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

19 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern20 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

21 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re22 quired in the interest of national security. 

23 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

24 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

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1 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

2 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

3 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

4 pursuant to such contract. 

5 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2015, for each employee 

6 who— 

7 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 

8 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, or 

9 (2) retires under any other provision of sub10 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 

11 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa12 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 

13 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 

14 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver15 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 

16 the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 

17 available until expended to the Office of Personnel 

18 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis19 trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 

20 5, United States Code. 

21 SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 

22 this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re23 quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 

24 or otherwise performing or participating in acquisition at 

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1 131 of title 41, United States Code) of property or services 

2 by the Federal Government to disclose any of the following 

3 information as a condition of submitting the offer or oth4 erwise performing in or participating in such acquisition: 

5 (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 

6 expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse7 ment for an electioneering communication that is 

8 made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 

9 of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 

10 election for Federal office or to a political com11 mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 

12 election for Federal office. 

13 (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 

14 payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 

15 entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 

16 or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 

17 reasonable expectation that the person will use the 

18 funds to make a payment described in paragraph 

19 (1). 

20 (b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 

21 ‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election22 eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 

23 ‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 

24 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 

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1 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 

2 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 

3 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern4 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem5 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com6 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 

7 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

8 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 

9 SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

10 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

11 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

12 2015, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 

13 prevailing rate employee described in section 

14 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

15 (A) during the period from the date of ex16 piration of the limitation imposed by the com17 parable section for previous fiscal years until 

18 the normal effective date of the applicable wage 

19 survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal 

20 year 2015, in an amount that exceeds the rate 

21 payable for the applicable grade and step of the 

22 applicable wage schedule in accordance with 

23 such section; and 

24 (B) during the period consisting of the re25 mainder of fiscal year 2015, in an amount that 


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1 exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjust2 ment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) 

3 by more than the sum of— 

4 (i) the percentage adjustment taking 

5 effect in fiscal year 2015 under section 

6 5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the 

7 rates of pay under the General Schedule; 

8 and 

9 (ii) the difference between the overall 

10 average percentage of the locality-based 

11 comparability payments taking effect in 

12 fiscal year 2015 under section 5304 of 

13 such title (whether by adjustment or other14 wise), and the overall average percentage 

15 of such payments which was effective in 

16 the previous fiscal year under such section. 

17 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 no prevailing rate employee described in subpara19 graph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, 

20 United States Code, and no employee covered by 

21 section 5348 of such title, may be paid during the 

22 periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect at a rate 

23 that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 

24 paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such 

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1 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the 

2 rates payable to an employee who is covered by this 

3 subsection and who is paid from a schedule not in 

4 existence on September 30, 2014, shall be deter5 mined under regulations prescribed by the Office of 

6 Personnel Management. 

7 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 rates of premium pay for employees subject to this 

9 subsection may not be changed from the rates in ef10 fect on September 30, 2014, except to the extent de11 termined by the Office of Personnel Management to 

12 be consistent with the purpose of this subsection. 

13 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to 

14 pay for service performed after September 30, 2014. 

15 (6) For the purpose of administering any provi16 sion of law (including any rule or regulation that 

17 provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or 

18 any other employee benefit) that requires any deduc19 tion or contribution, or that imposes any require20 ment or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary 

21 or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable 

22 after the application of this subsection shall be treat23 ed as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

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1 ployee covered by this subsection at a rate in excess 

2 of the rate that would be payable were this sub3 section not in effect. 

4 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may 

5 provide for exceptions to the limitations imposed by 

6 this subsection if the Office determines that such ex7 ceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or 

8 retention of qualified employees. 

9 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 

10 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 

11 take place in fiscal year 2015 under sections 5344 and 

12 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 

13 (1) not less than the percentage received by em14 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 

15 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 

16 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 

17 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ18 ees at locations where there are no employees whose 

19 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 

20 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 

21 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 

22 United States Code, shall be considered to be located 

23 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 

24 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 

25 States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 


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1 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap2 plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 

3 2014. 

4 SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 

5 pay raise in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding the rate 

6 adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United 

7 States Code, or any other provision of law. 

8 (b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule po9 sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 

10 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive 

11 a pay rate increase in calendar year 2015, notwith12 standing schedule adjustments made under section 5318 

13 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 

14 law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This 

15 subsection applies only to employees who are holding a po16 sition under a political appointment. 

17 (c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may 

18 not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2015, not19 withstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 

20 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, 

21 except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 

22 (d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 

23 5, United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be 

24 received in calendar year 2015 (except as provided in sub25 section (g), (h), or (i)) by— 


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1 (1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu2 tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 

3 IV of the Executive Schedule; or 

4 (2) a limited term appointee or limited emer5 gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 

6 serving under a political appointment and paid a 

7 rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Execu8 tive Schedule. 

9 (e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including 

10 any locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 

11 5, United States Code, or similar authority) at or above 

12 level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a po13 litical appointment may not receive a pay rate increase 

14 in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding any other provi15 sion of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or 

16 (i). This subsection does not apply to employees in the 

17 General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay 

18 system, or to employees appointed under section 3161 of 

19 title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 

20 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 

21 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap22 plied to them. 

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1 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 

2 under applicable law. 

3 (g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Serv4 ice who receives a Presidential appointment and who 

5 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 

6 pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United 

7 States Code, is not subject to this section. 

8 (h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re9 ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 

10 executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen11 ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 

12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 

13 is not subject to this section. 

14 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 

15 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in16 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov17 ered position with higher-level duties and a pre-established 

18 higher level or range of pay, except that any such increase 

19 must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limi20 tations in effect on December 31, 2013. 

21 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

22 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 

23 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 

24 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 

25 pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 


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1 (k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) 

2 through (e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins 

3 in calendar year 2015 but ends in calendar year 2016, 

4 the bar on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases 

5 shall apply through the end of that pay period. 

6 SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de7 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

8 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 

9 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 

10 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 

11 costs and contracting procedures related to each con12 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com13 mission, or office during fiscal year 2015 for which the 

14 cost to the United States Government was more than 

15 $100,000. 

16 (b) Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) 

17 shall include, with respect to each conference described in 

18 subsection (a) held during the applicable period— 

19 (1) a description of the purpose of the con20 ference; 

21 (2) the number of participants attending each 

22 conference; 

23 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the gov24 ernment for the conference, including— 

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1 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

2 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

3 travel to and from the conference; and 

4 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

5 to determine which costs relate to the con6 ference; and 

7 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

8 used, including— 

9 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

10 competitive basis; and 

11 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

12 conducted by the departmental component or 

13 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

14 conference. 

15 (c) Not later than 15 days after the date of a con16 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 

17 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 

18 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2015 for which the 

19 cost to the United States Government was more than 

20 $20,000, the head of any such department, agency, board, 

21 commission, or office shall notify the Inspector General 

22 or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector 

23 General, of the date, location, and number of employees 

24 attending such conference. 


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1 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro2 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 

3 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con4 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 

5 programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

6 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

7 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 

8 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

9 the grant or contract. 

10 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

11 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con12 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 

13 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 

14 dated May 11, 2012. 

15 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 

16 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 

17 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac18 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 

19 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 

20 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 

21 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi22 sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 

23 SEC. 741. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

24 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 


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1 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 

2 VIII. 

3 VIII 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 

5 COLUMBIA 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 

8 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

9 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

10 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

11 the District of Columbia government. 

12 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

13 Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 

14 implementation of any policy including boycott designed 

15 to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 

16 or any State legislature. 

17 SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 

18 under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 

19 Federal and District government agencies, that remain 

20 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, 

21 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

22 United States derived by the collection of fees available 

23 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

24 obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re25 programming of funds which— 


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1 (1) creates new programs; 

2 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi3 bility center; 

4 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi5 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

6 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

7 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

8 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

9 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre10 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

11 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

12 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

13 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which14 ever is less; or 

15 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

16 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi17 bility center, 

18 unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 

19 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Senate. 

21 (b) The District of Columbia government is author22 ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 

23 requests of local funds under this title through November 

24 7, 2015. 


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1 SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

2 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

3 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 

4 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep5 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

6 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

7 (D.C. Law 3–171; sec. 1–123, D.C. Official Code). 

8 SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec9 tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 

10 any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em11 ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 

12 unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 

13 performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 

14 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 

15 does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 

16 residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

17 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

18 Police Department who resides in the District of Co19 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

20 Department; 

21 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi22 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

23 Emergency Medical Services Department who re24 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 


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1 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 

2 Chief; 

3 (3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; 

4 (4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

5 of Columbia; 

6 (5) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex7 aminer, an employee of the Office of the Chief Med8 ical Examiner who resides in the District and is on 

9 call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the 

10 Chief Medical Examiner; 

11 (6) at the discretion of the Director of the 

12 Homeland Security and Emergency Management 

13 Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se14 curity and Emergency Management Agency who re15 sides in the District and is on call 24 hours a day 

16 or is otherwise designated by the Director; and 

17 (7) at the discretion of the Director of the De18 partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 

19 the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 

20 who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 

21 call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the 

22 Director. 

23 SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

24 in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor25 ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 


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1 government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 

2 civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 

3 voting representation in Congress for the District of Co4 lumbia. 

5 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co6 lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 

7 on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi8 cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 

9 SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 

10 this Act may be used for any program of distributing ster11 ile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any 

12 illegal drug. 

13 SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

14 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

15 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

16 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

17 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

18 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep19 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

20 SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

21 in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 

22 rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 

23 associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 

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1 (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de2 rivative for any purpose. 

3 (b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be 

4 used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to 

5 legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 

6 possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 

7 under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 

8 seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec9 reational purposes. 

10 SEC. 810. None of the funds appropriated under this 

11 Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the 

12 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 

13 carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 

14 an act of rape or incest. 

15 SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

17 Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 

18 appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 

19 Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 

20 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 

21 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 

22 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

23 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 

24 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2015 that 

25 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 


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1 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 

2 other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 

3 actual expenditures. 

4 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 

5 which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co6 lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 

7 unanticipated changes in program requirements. 

8 SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi10 cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro11 priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 

12 for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 

13 operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 

14 Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 

15 The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for16 mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern17 ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 

18 of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, Sec. 1– 

19 204.42). 

20 SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 

21 operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co22 lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 

23 once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con24 sistent with the provisions of this Act. 


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1 (b) The District of Columbia government is author2 ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 

3 local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 

4 four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 

5 funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro6 grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 

7 with the provisions of this Act. 

8 (c) The District of Columbia government may not 

9 transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

10 derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 

11 capital projects. 

12 SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 

13 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

14 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 

15 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 

16 SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

17 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob18 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 

19 year 2015 from appropriations of Federal funds made 

20 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2015 in 

21 this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 

22 2016, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 

23 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

25 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 


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1 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 

2 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out3 lined in section 803 of this Act. 

4 SEC. 816. (a) During fiscal year 2016, during a pe5 riod in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 

6 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 

7 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 

8 provided for any project or activity for which local funds 

9 are provided in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Act 

10 of 2015 as submitted to Congress (subject to any modi11 fications enacted by the District of Columbia as of the be12 ginning of the period during which this subsection is in 

13 effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 

14 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 

15 to be available— 

16 (1) during any period in which a District of Co17 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2016 is 

18 in effect; or 

19 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 

20 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 

21 2016. 

22 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro23 vided under the authority and conditions as provided 

24 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 

25 in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 


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1 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 

2 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 

3 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2016 

4 for which this section applies to such project or activity. 

5 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 

6 during any period of fiscal year 2016 if any other provi7 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria8 tions)— 

9 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail10 able, or grants authority for such project or activity 

11 to continue for such period, or 

12 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

13 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 

14 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac15 tivity to continue for such period. 

16 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 

17 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 

18 mandated by other law. 

19 SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

20 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 

21 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

22 of this title or of title IV. 

23 TITLE IX—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 

24 SEC. 901. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

25 be available to pay for an abortion or the administrative 


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1 expenses in connection with a multi-State qualified health 

2 plan offered under a contract under section 1334 of the 

3 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 USC 

4 18054) which provides any benefits or coverage for abor5 tions. 

6 (b) The provision of subsection (a) shall not apply 

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

8 fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result 

9 of an act of rape or incest. 

10 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

11 SEC. 902. The amount by which the applicable alloca12 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec14 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex15 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 

17 General Government Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 380 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5016 

[Report No. 113–508] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for financial services and 

September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. general government for the fiscal year ending 

JULY 2, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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