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Calendar No. 411 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2437 

[Report No. 113–181] 

Making appropriations for Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 

Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2015, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 5, 2014 

Ms. MIKULSKI, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Departments of Commerce and 

Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 

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

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for De5 partments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Re6 lated Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

7 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses for international trade activi6 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

7 to carry out activities associated with facilitating, attract8 ing, and retaining business investment in the United 

9 States, and for engaging in trade promotional activities 

10 abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative 

11 agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of 

12 United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 

13 3703 of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage 

14 for dependent members of immediate families of employees 

15 stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted over16 seas; travel and transportation of employees of the Inter17 national Trade Administration between two points abroad, 

18 without regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States 

19 Code; employment of citizens of the United States and 

20 aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad for 

21 periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 

22 repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of tem23 porary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; 

24 payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the 

25 first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States 
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1 Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to 

2 exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses 

3 abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official 

4 use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining 

5 insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

6 $480,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2016, of which $10,000,000 is to be derived from fees to 

8 be retained and used by the International Trade Adminis9 tration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 

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

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

12 antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 

13 compliance activities: Provided further, That the provisions 

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

15 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

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

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

18 of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mu19 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall 

20 include payment for assessments for services provided as 

21 part of these activities. 

22 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

23 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

24 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

25 national security activities of the Department of Com-
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1 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

2 export administration field activities both domestically and 

3 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

4 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em5 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

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

7 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

8 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 

9 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi10 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa11 tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 

12 1979, and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 

13 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 

14 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi15 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi16 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi17 tation otherwise established by law, $105,549,000, to re18 main available until expended: Provided, That the provi19 sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec20 tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex21 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 

22 apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, 

23 That payments and contributions collected and accepted 

24 for materials or services provided as part of such activities 

25 may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activi-
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1 ties, and for providing information to the public with re2 spect to the export administration and national security 

3 activities of the Department of Commerce and other ex4 port control programs of the United States and other gov5 ernments. 

6 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

7 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

8 For grants for economic development assistance as 

9 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

10 Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for the 

11 cost of loan guarantees and grants authorized by section 

12 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

13 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), $235,000,000, to remain available 

14 until expended, of which $20,000,000 shall be for regional 

15 innovation programs and loan guarantees under section 27 

16 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 

17 1980: Provided, That $40,000,000 shall be derived from 

18 prior year unobligated balances from funds, or recoveries 

19 of funds, previously appropriated for Economic Develop20 ment Assistance Programs: Provided further, That the 

21 costs for loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 

22 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con23 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

24 these funds for loan guarantees under such section 27 are 

25 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
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1 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $70,000,000: Pro2 vided further, That, notwithstanding paragraph (7) of sec3 tion 27(d) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 

4 Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722(d)(7)), amounts made avail5 able in prior appropriations Acts for guaranteeing loans 

6 for science park infrastructure under such section shall 

7 be available to the Secretary of Commerce to guarantee 

8 such loans after September 30, 2014. 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of administering the eco11 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

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

13 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

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

15 Trade Act of 1974, and the Community Emergency 

16 Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

17 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

18 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

19 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com20 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

21 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con22 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi23 zations, $28,286,000. 
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1 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco4 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

5 of Commerce, $106,000,000, to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2016. 

7 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana10 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by 

11 law, $252,200,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro12 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

13 and marketing activities. 

14 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

15 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana16 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic cen17 suses and programs provided for by law, $896,744,000, 

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

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

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

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

23 General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 

24 out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the 

25 Census. 
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1 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

5 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad6 ministration (NTIA), $48,500,000, to remain available 

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

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

12 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

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

16 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

17 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

18 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

19 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

20 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

21 Government agencies shall remain available until ex22 pended. 
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1 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

2 AND CONSTRUCTION

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

6 grants until their expiration. 

7 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

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

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

15 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

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

18 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

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

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

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

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

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

25 $3,458,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 and deposited in the 
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1 Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 

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

5 and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 

6 preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 

7 as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

8 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

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

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

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

15 made available in fiscal year 2015 for official reception 

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

20 of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 

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

22 the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 

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

25 basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chap-
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1 ter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the other2 wise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for 

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

4 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

5 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

6 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

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

8 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

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

10 available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 

11 Provided further, That any differences between the present 

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

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

14 specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on 

15 USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 

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

17 all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO 

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

19 of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 

20 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 

21 112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts ap22 propriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 

23 of Inspector General’’ account for activities associated 

24 with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 

25 USPTO. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

2 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

4 Standards and Technology (NIST), $685,000,000, to re5 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

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

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

8 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

9 further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 

10 summer undergraduate research fellowship program par11 ticipants. 

12 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

13 For necessary expenses for industrial technology 

14 services, $156,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, of which $141,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 

16 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 

17 $15,000,000 shall be for the Advanced Manufacturing 

18 Technology Consortia. 

19 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

20 For construction of new research facilities, including 

21 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

22 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro23 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech24 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

25 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
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1 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $59,000,000, to remain available until 

2 expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 

3 include in the budget justification materials that the Sec4 retary submits to Congress in support of the Department 

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

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

7 Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Stand8 ards and Technology construction project having a total 

9 multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and si10 multaneously the budget justification materials shall in11 clude an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each 

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

13 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

18 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

19 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

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

21 organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 

22 pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of fa23 cilities, $3,228,964,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2016, except that funds provided for coopera25 tive enforcement shall remain available until September 
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1 30, 2017: Provided, That fees and donations received by 

2 the National Ocean Service for the management of na3 tional marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for 

4 the salaries and expenses associated with those activities, 

5 notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 

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

7 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Pro8 mote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Per9 taining to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used 

10 for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy 

11 Grant Program, Cooperative Research, Annual Stock As12 sessments, Survey and Monitoring Projects, Interjurisdic13 tional Fisheries Grants, and Fish Information Networks: 

14 Provided further, That of the $3,359,964,000 provided for 

15 in direct obligations under this heading $3,228,964,000 

16 is appropriated from the general fund, $116,000,000 is 

17 provided by transfer, and $15,000,000 is derived from re18 coveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 

19 the total amount available for National Oceanic and At20 mospheric Administration corporate services administra21 tive support costs shall not exceed $226,800,000: Provided 

22 further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 

23 for specific activities in the report accompanying this bill, 

24 or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

25 this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the pro-
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1 cedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided fur2 ther, That in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses 

3 under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and 

4 Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical 

5 care of retired personnel and their dependents under the 

6 Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums 

7 as may be necessary. 

8 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

9 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

10 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

11 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

12 $2,131,686,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2017, except that funds provided for construction of facili14 ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

15 of the $2,144,686,000 provided for in direct obligations 

16 under this heading, $2,131,686,000 is appropriated from 

17 the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recov18 eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 

19 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi20 ties in the report accompanying this bill, or any use of 

21 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

24 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus25 tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 
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1 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 

2 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

3 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

4 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

5 procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 

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

7 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg8 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

9 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, within 

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

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

12 associated with carrying out investigations and audits re13 lated to satellite procurement, acquisition and construc14 tion. 

15 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

16 For necessary expenses associated with the restora17 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re18 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That, 

19 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 

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

21 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Feder22 ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 

23 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con24 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 

25 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 
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1 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu2 lations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights 

3 or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific 

4 coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 

5 to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided 

6 further, That all funds shall be allocated based on sci7 entific and other merit principles and shall not be available 

8 for marketing activities: Provided further, That funds dis9 bursed to States shall be subject to a matching require10 ment of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 

11 least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

12 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

13 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

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

15 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

16 until expended. 

17 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

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

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

21 Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi22 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

23 Act of 1936. 
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1 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

4 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

5 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa6 tion, $56,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary may use 

7 space provided by State, local, and other governmental en8 tities, non-profit entities, or other businesses on a reim9 bursable or non-reimbursable basis to engage in activities 

10 that provide businesses and communities with informa11 tion, advice, and referrals to Department of Commerce 

12 programs. 

13 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

14 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod15 ernization of Department of Commerce facilities, 

16 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

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

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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

23 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart24 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

25 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 
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1 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 

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

3 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

4 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

5 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

6 public interest. 

7 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria8 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

9 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

10 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

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

12 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

13 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

14 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria15 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De16 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be17 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

18 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans19 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

20 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec21 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga22 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce23 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

24 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap25 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 
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1 or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 

2 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

3 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

4 of Commerce. 

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

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

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

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

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

10 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2015: Provided, That 

11 the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 

12 $11,323,400,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geo13 stationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series 

14 Program is $10,829,500,000. 

15 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

17 limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security serv18 ices) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 

19 improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 

20 are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera21 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 

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

23 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec24 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

25 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 
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1 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 

2 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts re3 ceived as reimbursement for services provided under this 

4 section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 

5 of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be cred6 ited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 

7 costs of such services. 

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

9 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog10 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac11 tivity over its networks. 

12 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

13 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

14 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim15 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip16 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

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

18 local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 

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

20 any foreign government or international organization, for 

21 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

22 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos23 pheric Administration. 

24 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv25 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 
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1 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 

2 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

3 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

4 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus5 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig6 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

7 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re8 producing, and delivering such report or document. 

9 SEC. 109. In order to carry out the responsibilities 

10 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

11 (NOAA), the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) 

12 enter into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use 

13 on a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, 

14 personnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and 

15 expend funds made available on a consensual basis from: 

16 a Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local gov17 ernment, tribal government, territory, or possession or any 

18 subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 

19 permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 

20 this section shall be deposited as offsetting collections 

21 under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

22 Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ 

23 and shall remain available until expended for such pur24 pose: Provided further, That all offsetting collections with-
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1 in this section and their corresponding uses are subject 

2 to section 505 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 110. The Secretary of Commerce may waive the 

4 requirement for bonds under 40 U.S.C. 3131 with respect 

5 to contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of 

6 vessels, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to pay7 ment or title, when the contract is made under the Coast 

8 and Geodetic Survey Act of 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.). 

9 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com10 merce Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

11 TITLE II 

12 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

13 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

16 Department of Justice, $115,000,000, of which not to ex17 ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart18 ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex19 pended. 

20 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

21 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech22 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

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

24 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

25 transfer up to $35,400,000 to this account, from funds 
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1 available to the Department of Justice for information 

2 technology, for enterprise-wide information technology ini3 tiatives: Provided further, That the transfer authority in 

4 the preceding proviso is in addition to any other transfer 

5 authority contained in this Act. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For expenses necessary for the administration of par9 don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi10 ties, $351,072,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived 

11 by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Re12 view fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations 

13 Fee’’ account: Provided, That of the amount provided: 

14 (1) not to exceed $10,000,000 is for the Execu15 tive Office of Immigration Review for courthouse op16 erations, language services, and automated system 

17 requirements and shall remain available until ex18 pended; 

19 (2) $10,024,000 is for the Executive Office for 

20 Immigration Review Legal Orientation Program; 

21 and 

22 (3) $5,824,000 is for the Executive Office for 

23 Immigration Review to develop, implement, and 

24 evaluate a pilot program to provide counsel for unac25 companied alien children: Provided, That such pilot 
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1 program shall be carried out in consultation with the 

2 Department of Health and Human Services, the De3 partment of Homeland Security and relevant non4 governmental organizations and experts. 

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General, $88,577,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to 

8 meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 

9 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

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

13 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

15 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

16 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ17 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi18 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

19 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

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

21 in the District of Columbia, $915,000,000, of which not 

22 to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support contracts 

23 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

24 the amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues 

25 payments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available 
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1 until expended: Provided further, That of the total amount 

2 appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to 

3 INTERPOL Washington for official reception and rep4 resentation expenses: Provided further, That notwith5 standing section 205 of this Act, upon a determination 

6 by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances re7 quire additional funding for litigation activities of the Civil 

8 Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts 

9 to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from 

10 available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the 

11 Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond 

12 to such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer 

13 pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a re14 programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

15 be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli16 ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro17 vided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums 

18 as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil Rights 

19 Division for salaries and expenses associated with the elec20 tion monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting 

21 Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973f) and to reimburse 

22 the Office of Personnel Management for such salaries and 

23 expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 

24 under this heading for the election monitoring program, 

25 $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended. 
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1 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De2 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

3 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

4 not to exceed $7,833,000, to be appropriated from the 

5 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

7 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti8 trust and kindred laws, $162,246,000, to remain available 

9 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 

11 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve12 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

13 of collection (and estimated to be $100,000,000 in fiscal 

14 year 2015), shall be retained and used for necessary ex15 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

16 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap17 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

18 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2015, 

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

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

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

22 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

23 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop24 erative agreements, $1,950,000,000: Provided, That of the 

25 total amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be 
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1 available for official reception and representation ex2 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 shall 

3 remain available until expended. 

4 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

5 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

6 Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain avail7 able until expended and to be derived from the United 

8 States Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, notwith9 standing any other provision of law, deposits to the Fund 

10 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

11 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not12 withstanding any other provision of law, $225,908,000 of 

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

14 28, United States Code, shall be retained and used for 

15 necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 

16 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

17 herein appropriated from the Fund shall be reduced as 

18 such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 

19 2015, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropria20 tion from the Fund estimated at $0. 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

22 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

23 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

24 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 
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1 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

2 States Code, $2,326,000. 

3 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

4 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

5 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

6 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad7 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 

8 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

9 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

10 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur11 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 

12 witness security caravans; and not to exceed $11,000,000 

13 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up14 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se15 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 

16 the identities and locations of protected witnesses. 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

18 SERVICE

19 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

20 Service, $12,972,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec21 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

22 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

23 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac24 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

25 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re-
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1 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur2 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

3 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur4 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

5 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

6 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex7 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

8 forth in that section. 

9 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

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

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

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

13 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 

14 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar17 shals Service, $1,185,000,000, of which not to exceed 

18 $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep19 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

20 remain available until expended. 

21 CONSTRUCTION

22 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti23 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

24 holding and related support, $9,800,000, to remain avail25 able until expended. 
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1 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

2 For necessary expenses related to United States pris3 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

4 as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 

5 Code, $1,595,307,000, to remain available until expended: 

6 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid7 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce8 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 

9 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

10 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

11 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: 

12 Provided further, That any unobligated balances available 

13 from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘General Ad14 ministration, Detention Trustee’’ shall be transferred to 

15 and merged with the appropriation under this heading. 

16 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

19 the National Security Division, $91,800,000, of which not 

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

21 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not22 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina23 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

24 require additional funding for the activities of the National 

25 Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 
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1 amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 

2 the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as 

3 may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro4 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 

5 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

6 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

7 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

8 set forth in that section. 

9 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

10 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

11 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves12 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

13 most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 

14 laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in15 clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 

16 law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 

17 prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 

18 trafficking, $505,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re19 main available until expended: Provided, That any 

20 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 

21 may be used under authorities available to the organiza22 tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 
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1 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In4 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

5 crimes against the United States, $8,291,233,000, of 

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

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

8 shall be available for official reception and representation 

9 expenses. 

10 CONSTRUCTION

11 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip12 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

13 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili14 ties and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

15 law; conversion, modification and extension of Federally16 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

17 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 

18 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

19 $93,982,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad23 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un24 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

25 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex-
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1 penses for conducting drug education and training pro2 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici3 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

4 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

5 $2,018,000,000; of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

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

7 shall be available for official reception and representation 

8 expenses. 

9 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

10 EXPLOSIVES

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To13 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

14 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse15 ment, including training in connection with the training 

16 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

17 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as18 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

19 or without reimbursement, $1,201,004,000, of which not 

20 to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep21 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 

22 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 

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

24 not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex25 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
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1 herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica2 tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 

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

4 further, That such funds shall be available to investigate 

5 and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief 

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

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

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

9 to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu10 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to 

11 other agencies or Departments. 

12 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

16 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

17 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

18 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

19 related issues to foreign governments, $6,804,000,000: 

20 Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 

21 Health Resources and Services Administration such 

22 amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by 

23 that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Fed24 eral penal and correctional institutions: Provided further, 

25 That the Director of the Federal Prison System, where 
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1 necessary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or 

2 fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the 

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

4 Prison System, furnish health services to individuals com5 mitted to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Pro6 vided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available 

7 for official reception and representation expenses: Pro8 vided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall re9 main available for necessary operations until September 

10 30, 2016: Provided further, That, of the amounts provided 

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

12 remain available until expended to make payments in ad13 vance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, 

14 and other expenses: Provided further, That the Director 

15 of the Federal Prison System may accept donated prop16 erty and services relating to the operation of the prison 

17 card program from a not-for-profit entity which has oper18 ated such program in the past, notwithstanding the fact 

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

20 contracts to the Federal Prison System relating to the op21 eration of pre-release services, halfway houses, or other 

22 custodial facilities. 

23 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

24 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 

25 new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re-
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1 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

2 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

3 thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 

4 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili5 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ6 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

7 force account, $105,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended, of which not less than $91,000,000 shall be avail9 able only for modernization, maintenance and repair, and 

10 of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to 

11 construct areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That 

12 labor of United States prisoners may be used for work 

13 performed under this appropriation. 

14 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

15 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here16 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

17 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

18 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit19 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

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

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

22 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 
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1 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

2 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

4 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

5 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

6 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com7 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

8 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys9 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

10 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account11 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

12 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

13 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui14 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

15 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

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

17 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

18 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

19 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

20 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

21 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

22 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio23 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

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

25 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and 
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1 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

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

3 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu4 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

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

6 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

7 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 

8 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

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

10 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

12 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

13 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and for related vic14 tims services, $430,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended: Provided, That except as otherwise provided by 

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

17 this heading may be used for expenses related to evalua18 tion, training, and technical assistance: Provided further, 

19 That of the amount provided— 

20 (1) $195,000,000 is for grants to combat vio21 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

22 1968 Act; 

23 (2) $26,000,000 is for transitional housing as24 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat-
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1 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

2 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

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

4 Justice for research and evaluation of violence 

5 against women and related issues addressed by 

6 grant programs of the Office on Violence Against 

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

8 Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by the 

9 Office of Justice Programs; 

10 (4) $10,000,000 is for a grant program to pro11 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 

12 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

13 assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 

14 youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 

15 men and youth in preventing such violence; and as16 sistance to middle and high school students through 

17 education and other services related to such violence: 

18 Provided, That unobligated balances available for 

19 the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 

20 41303 and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its 

21 amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 

22 this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of 

23 the total amount available for this grant program 

24 shall be available for grants under the program au25 thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 
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1 further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 

2 section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

3 program; 

4 (5) $50,000,000 is for grants to encourage ar5 rest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 

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

7 initiative; 

8 (6) $30,000,000 is for sexual assault victims 

9 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

10 1994 Act; 

11 (7) $33,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

12 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 

13 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

14 (8) $12,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

15 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

16 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

17 (9) $42,500,000 is for legal assistance for vic18 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

19 (10) $4,500,000 is for enhanced training and 

20 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

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

22 1994 Act; 

23 (11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support fami24 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

25 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 
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1 balances available for the programs authorized by 

2 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

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

4 Act, shall be available for this program; 

5 (12) $6,000,000 is for education and training 

6 to end violence against and abuse of women with 

7 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

8 2000 Act; 

9 (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource 

10 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

11 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

12 the 1994 Act; 

13 (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 

14 violence against Indian women, including as author15 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

16 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval17 uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of18 fice of Justice Programs; and 

19 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

20 that provides training and technical assistance on 

21 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

22 and Alaska Native women. 
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1 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

2 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

3 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

4 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

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

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

7 Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s As8 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 

9 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil10 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice 

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

12 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza13 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 

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

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

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

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

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

19 the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 

20 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security 

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

22 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

23 Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza24 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 
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1 and other programs, $115,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended, of which— 

3 (1) $42,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

4 programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 

5 C of title I of the 1968 Act; 

6 (2) $38,000,000 is for research, development, 

7 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au8 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 

9 subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act; 

10 (3) $30,000,000 is for regional information 

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

12 of the 1968 Act; and 

13 (4) $5,000,000 is for activities to strengthen 

14 and enhance the practice of forensic sciences, of 

15 which $4,000,000 is for transfer to the National In16 stitute of Standards and Technology to support sci17 entific working groups. 

18 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

19 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

20 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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

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

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

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

25 Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 
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1 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

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

3 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

5 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

6 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic7 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

8 (Public Law 106–386); the NICS Improvement Amend9 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle D of 

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

11 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 

12 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources 

13 and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 

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

15 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treat16 ment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improve17 ment Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence 

18 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

19 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and other programs, 

20 $1,149,500,000, to remain available until expended as fol21 lows— 

22 (1) $376,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo23 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

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

25 (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules 
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1 for Puerto Rico under section 505(g) of title I of the 

2 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), 

3 of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, 

4 $1,000,000 is for a program to improve State and 

5 local law enforcement intelligence capabilities includ6 ing antiterrorism training and training to ensure 

7 that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, 

8 and privacy interests are protected throughout the 

9 intelligence process, $2,000,000 is for a State, local, 

10 and tribal assistance help desk and diagnostic center 

11 program, $15,000,000 is for a Preventing Violence 

12 Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and 

13 Survivability Initiative (VALOR), $10,000,000 is for 

14 an initiative to support evidence-based policing, 

15 $5,000,000 is for an initiative to enhance prosecu16 torial decision-making; and $3,000,000 is for com17 petitive grants to distribute firearm safety materials 

18 and gun locks; 

19 (2) $150,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

20 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

21 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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

23 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

24 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 
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1 detainees housed in State and local detention facili2 ties; 

3 (3) $10,000,000 for competitive grants to im4 prove the functioning of the criminal justice system, 

5 to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to as6 sist victims of crime (other than compensation); 

7 (4) $15,000,000 for victim services programs 

8 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

9 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, for programs au10 thorized under Public Law 109–164, or programs 

11 authorized under Public Law 113–4; 

12 (5) $41,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized 

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

14 (6) $9,000,000 for mental health courts and 

15 adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 

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

17 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 

18 Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement 

19 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 

20 (7) $12,000,000 for grants for Residential Sub21 stance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as au22 thorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 

23 (8) $2,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Im24 provement Grant Program, as authorized by section 
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1 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 

2 wrongful conviction review; 

3 (9) $15,000,000 for economic, high technology 

4 and Internet crime prevention grants, including as 

5 authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110–403, 

6 of which not more than $2,500,000 is for intellectual 

7 property enforcement grants, including as authorized 

8 by section 401 of Public Law 110–403; 

9 (10) $2,000,000 for a student loan repayment 

10 assistance program pursuant to section 952 of Pub11 lic Law 110–315; 

12 (11) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 

13 assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 

14 and related activities; 

15 (12) $8,000,000 for an initiative relating to 

16 children exposed to violence; 

17 (13) $17,000,000 for an Edward Byrne Memo18 rial criminal justice innovation program; 

19 (14) $23,000,000 for the matching grant pro20 gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 

21 by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, 

22 That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the Na23 tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s Of24 fice of Law Enforcement Standards for research, 

25 testing and evaluation programs; 
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1 (15) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 

2 Public Website; 

3 (16) $8,500,000 for competitive and evidence4 based programs to reduce gun crime and gang vio5 lence; 

6 (17) $58,500,000 for grants to States to up7 grade criminal and mental health records in the Na8 tional Instant Criminal Background Check System, 

9 of which no less than $12,000,000 shall be for 

10 grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im11 provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 

12 110–180); 

13 (18) $12,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic 

14 Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 

15 I of the 1968 Act; 

16 (19) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and foren17 sic programs and activities, of which— 

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

19 and capacity enhancement program and for 

20 other local, State, and Federal forensic activi21 ties, including the purposes authorized under 

22 section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi23 nation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) (the 

24 Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program): 

25 Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made 
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1 available under this paragraph may be used for 

2 the purposes described in the DNA Training 

3 and Education for Law Enforcement, Correc4 tional Personnel, and Court Officers program 

5 (Public Law 108–405, section 303); 

6 (B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes de7 scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic8 tion DNA Testing Program (Public Law 108– 

9 405, section 412); and 

10 (C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo11 rensic Exam Program grants, including as au12 thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 

13 (20) $41,000,000 for a grant program for com14 munity-based sexual assault response reform; 

15 (21) $6,000,000 for the court-appointed special 

16 advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of 

17 the 1990 Act; 

18 (22) $70,000,000 for offender reentry programs 

19 and research, as authorized by the Second Chance 

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

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

22 such Act, of which not to exceed $7,000,000 is for 

23 a program to improve State, local, and tribal proba24 tion or parole supervision efforts and strategies, and 

25 $5,000,000 is for Children of Incarcerated Parents 
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1 Demonstrations to enhance and maintain parental 

2 and family relationships for incarcerated parents as 

3 a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy: Provided, 

4 That up to $15,000,000 of funds made available in 

5 this paragraph may be used for performance-based 

6 awards for Pay for Success projects, of which up to 

7 $10,000,000 shall be for Pay for Success programs 

8 implementing the Permanent Supportive Housing 

9 Model; 

10 (23) $5,000,000 for a veterans treatment 

11 courts program; 

12 (24) $7,000,000 for a program to monitor pre13 scription drugs and scheduled listed chemical prod14 ucts; 

15 (25) $2,000,000 to operate a National Center 

16 for Campus Public Safety; 

17 (26) $22,000,000 for a justice reinvestment ini18 tiative, for activities related to criminal justice re19 form and recidivism reduction; 

20 (27) $4,000,000 for additional replication sites 

21 employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation 

22 with Enforcement model implementing swift and cer23 tain sanctions in probation, and for a research 

24 project on the effectiveness of the model; 
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1 (28) $12,500,000 for the Office of Victims of 

2 Crime for supplemental victims’ services and other 

3 victim-related programs and initiatives, including re4 search and statistics, and for tribal assistance for 

5 victims of violence; and 

6 (29) $75,000,000 for the Comprehensive School 

7 Safety Initiative, described in the explanatory state8 ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

9 division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That 

10 section 213 of this Act shall not apply with respect 

11 to the amount made available in this paragraph: 

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

13 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

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

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

16 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub17 lic sector safety service. 

18 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

19 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

20 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 

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

22 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

23 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and De24 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

25 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 
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1 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 

2 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil3 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims 

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

5 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 

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

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

8 Law 110–401); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza9 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 

10 and other juvenile justice programs, $257,500,000, to re11 main available until expended as follows— 

12 (1) $61,500,000 for programs authorized by 

13 section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and 

14 technical assistance to assist small, nonprofit organi15 zations with the Federal grants process: Provided, 

16 That of the amounts provided under this paragraph, 

17 $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 

18 grant program to support emergency planning 

19 among State, local and tribal juvenile justice resi20 dential facilities; 

21 (2) $53,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

22 (3) $37,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as 

23 authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, 

24 pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 
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1 (A) $5,000,000 shall be for the Tribal 

2 Youth Program; 

3 (B) $3,000,000 shall be for gang and 

4 youth violence education, prevention and inter5 vention, and related activities; 

6 (C) $1,000,000 shall be for programs and 

7 activities to enforce State laws prohibiting the 

8 sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the pur9 chase or consumption of alcoholic beverages by 

10 minors, for prevention and reduction of con11 sumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and 

12 for technical assistance and training; and 

13 (D) $8,000,000 shall be for competitive 

14 grants to police and juvenile justice authorities 

15 in communities that have been awarded Depart16 ment of Education School Climate Trans17 formation Grants to collaborate on use of evi18 dence-based positive behavior strategies to in19 crease school safety and reduce juvenile arrests; 

20 (4) $19,000,000 for programs authorized by 

21 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

22 (5) $11,000,000 for community-based violence 

23 prevention initiatives, including for public health ap24 proaches to reducing shootings and violence; 
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1 (6) $68,000,000 for missing and exploited chil2 dren programs, including as authorized by sections 

3 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that sec4 tion 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children 

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

6 for purposes of this Act); 

7 (7) $1,500,000 for child abuse training pro8 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

9 authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; 

10 (8) $1,000,000 for grants and technical assist11 ance in support of the National Forum on Youth Vi12 olence Prevention; 

13 (9) $500,000 for an Internet site providing in14 formation and resources on children of incarcerated 

15 parents; 

16 (10) $2,000,000 for competitive grants focusing 

17 on girls in the juvenile justice system; and 

18 (11) $3,000,000 for a program to improve juve19 nile indigent defense: 

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

21 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi22 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author23 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 

24 the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (6) 

25 may be used for training and technical assistance: Pro-
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1 vided further, That the previous two provisos shall not 

2 apply to grants and projects authorized by sections 261 

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

4 children programs. 

5 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

6 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

7 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

8 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in9 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail10 able until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments au11 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu12 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

13 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not14 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina15 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

16 require additional funding for such disability and edu17 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

18 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail19 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

20 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

21 further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous pro22 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

23 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

24 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

25 set forth in that section. 
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1 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

2 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

3 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con4 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

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

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

7 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

9 $224,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That any balances made available through prior 

11 year deobligations shall only be available in accordance 

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

13 amount provided under this heading— 

14 (1) $7,000,000 is for anti-methamphetamine-re15 lated activities, which shall be transferred to the 

16 Drug Enforcement Administration upon enactment 

17 of this Act; 

18 (2) $16,500,000 is for improving tribal law en19 forcement, including hiring, equipment, training, and 

20 anti-methamphetamine activities; 

21 (3) $180,500,000 is for grants under section 

22 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) 

23 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 

24 enforcement officers under part Q of such title not25 withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro-
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1 vided, That, notwithstanding subsection (g) of the 

2 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd), the Federal share of 

3 the costs of a project funded by such grants may not 

4 exceed 75 percent unless the Director of the Office 

5 of Community Oriented Policing Services waives, 

6 wholly or in part, the requirement of a non-Federal 

7 contribution to the costs of a project: Provided fur8 ther, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such 

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

10 rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not 

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

12 Community Oriented Policing Services grants a 

13 waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That 

14 within the amounts appropriated, $16,500,000 shall 

15 be transferred to the Tribal Resources Grant Pro16 gram: Provided further, That of the amounts appro17 priated under this paragraph, $7,500,000 is for 

18 community policing development activities in fur19 therance of the purposes in section 1701: Provided 

20 further, That within the amounts appropriated under 

21 this paragraph, $5,000,000 is for the collaborative 

22 reform model of technical assistance in furtherance 

23 of the purposes in section 1701; 

24 (4) $10,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

25 State law enforcement agencies in States with high 
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1 seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth2 amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei3 zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

4 paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 

5 to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 

6 precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet7 amine traffickers; and 

8 (5) $10,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

9 statewide law enforcement agencies in states with 

10 high rates of primary treatment admissions for her11 oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 

12 shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 

13 or investigate illicit activities, including activities re14 lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis15 tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 

16 and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 

17 collaboration. 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

19 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

20 available in this title for official reception and representa21 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

22 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

23 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re24 ception and representation expenses. 
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1 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 

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

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

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

5 That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional 

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

7 null and void. 

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

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

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

11 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re12 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris13 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in14 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

15 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin16 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil17 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

18 Prisons. 

19 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria20 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De21 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be22 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex23 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

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

25 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
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1 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

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

4 SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to ex5 tend through September 30, 2014, the Personnel Manage6 ment Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney 

7 General pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Secu8 rity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 28 U.S.C. 599B) 

9 without limitation on the number of employees or the posi10 tions covered. 

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

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

13 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

14 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

15 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

16 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

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

18 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

19 such a prisoner. 

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

21 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele22 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec23 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

24 purposes. 
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1 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main2 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

3 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

4 programs. 

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

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

7 enhanced information technology program having total es8 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un9 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re10 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

11 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 

12 information technology program has appropriate program 

13 management controls and contractor oversight mecha14 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

15 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

16 SEC. 210. The notification thresholds and procedures 

17 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi18 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

19 in this Act and in the accompanying report, and to any 

20 use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this 

21 title in previous years. 

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

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

24 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

25 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc-
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1 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

2 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

3 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

4 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

6 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

7 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

8 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

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

10 United States Code. 

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

12 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

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

14 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head15 ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 

16 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus17 tice Programs’’— 

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

19 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim20 bursement programs may be used by such Office to 

21 provide training and technical assistance; 

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

23 grant or reimbursement programs under such head24 ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 

25 research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis-
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1 tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 

2 Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 

3 and merged with funds provided to the National In4 stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis5 tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 

6 statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza7 tions for such grant or reimbursement programs; 

8 and 

9 (3) up to 5 percent of funds made available for 

10 grant or reimbursement programs: (1) under the 

11 heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assist12 ance’’; or (2) under the headings ‘‘Research, Evalua13 tion, and Statistics’’ and ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro14 grams’’, to be transferred to and merged with funds 

15 made available under the heading ‘‘State and Local 

16 Law Enforcement Assistance’’, shall be available for 

17 tribal criminal justice assistance without regard to 

18 the authorizations for such grant or reimbursement 

19 programs. 

20 SEC. 214. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 

21 Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard22 ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap23 propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 

24 for fiscal years 2012 through 2015 for the following pro25 grams, waive the following requirements: 
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1 (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 

2 and local reentry demonstration projects under part 

3 FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

4 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(g)(1)), 

5 the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 

6 part. 

7 (2) For State, Tribal, and local reentry courts 

8 under part FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (42 

9 U.S.C. 3797w–2(e)(1) and (2)), the requirements 

10 under section 2978(e)(1) and (2) of such part. 

11 (3) For the prosecution drug treatment alter12 natives to prison program under part CC of title I 

13 of such Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797q–3), the re14 quirements under section 2904 of such part. 

15 (4) For grants to protect inmates and safe16 guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 

17 Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 

18 15605(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 

19 such Act. 

20 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

22 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 

23 U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail24 able by this or any other Act. 
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1 SEC. 216. None of the funds made available under 

2 this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back3 ground check system established under section 103 of the 

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

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

6 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi7 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus8 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un9 less law enforcement personnel of the United States con10 tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

11 SEC. 217. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

12 to deny the Inspector General of the Department of Jus13 tice timely access to all records, documents, and other ma14 terials in the custody or possession of the Department or 

15 to prevent or impede the Inspector General’s access to 

16 such records, documents and other materials, unless in ac17 cordance with an express limitation of section 6(a) of the 

18 Inspector General Act, as amended, consistent with the 

19 plain language of the Inspector General Act, as amended. 

20 The Department of Justice shall report to the Committee 

21 on Appropriations within five calendar days any failures 

22 to comply with this requirement. 

23 SEC. 218. Section 8(e) of Public Law 108–79 (42 

24 U.S.C. 15607(e)) shall not apply to funds appropriated 

25 to or administered by the Office on Violence Against 
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1 Women, to subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 

2 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and to sec3 tion 221 of the Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 

4 of 1974, including funds appropriated in previous appro5 priations acts that remain available for obligation. 

6 SEC. 219. Discretionary funds that are made avail7 able in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may 

8 be used to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots 

9 authorized under section 526 of division H of Public Law 

10 113–76. 

11 SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit13 imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 

14 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 

15 Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 

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

17 Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

18 TITLE III 

19 SCIENCE 

20 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

22 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na23 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

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

25 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
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1 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 

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

3 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum4 bia, $5,555,000. 

5 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

6 SCIENCE

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

8 in the conduct and support of science research and devel9 opment activities, including research, development, oper10 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa11 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

12 and communications activities; program management; per13 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

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

15 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

17 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

18 aircraft, $5,200,000,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That the formulation and de20 velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 

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

22 James Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed 

23 $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi24 vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 

25 30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 
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1 the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de2 velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi3 tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin4 istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 

5 the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec6 tion 30104. 

7 AERONAUTICS

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

9 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

10 development activities, including research, development, 

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

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

15 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

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

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

19 administrative aircraft, $551,100,000, to remain available 

20 until September 30, 2016. 

21 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

23 in the conduct and support of space research and tech24 nology development activities, including research, develop25 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 
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1 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space2 craft control, and communications activities; program 

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

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

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

8 mission and administrative aircraft, $580,200,000, to re9 main available until September 30, 2016. 

10 EXPLORATION

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

12 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

13 development activities, including research, development, 

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

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

18 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

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

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

22 administrative aircraft, $4,367,700,000, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not less 

24 than $1,200,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 

25 Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 
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1 $2,051,300,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, 

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

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

4 elements developed simultaneously: Provided further, That 

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

6 $1,700,000,000 shall be for launch vehicle development 

7 and $351,300,000 shall be for exploration ground sys8 tems: Provided further, That hereafter NASA shall provide 

9 for the Space Launch System and Orion Multi-Purpose 

10 Crew Vehicle, concurrent with the annual budget submis11 sion, 5 year budget profiles and projections that adhere 

12 to the 70 percent Joint Confidence Level [JCL]: Provided 

13 further, That any JCL approved by the NASA Adminis14 trator that is less than 70 percent for the Space Launch 

15 System and Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle shall be 

16 justified and documented, and that the NASA Adminis17 trator shall still provide concurrently with the annual 

18 budget submission the full cost estimates for both pro19 grams to achieve a 70 percent JCL: Provided further, That 

20 in no case shall the JCL of the Space Launch System or 

21 the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle be less than the 

22 guidance outlined in NASA Procedural Requirements 

23 7120.5E: Provided further, That funds made available for 

24 the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Space Launch 

25 System are in addition to funds provided for these pro-
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1 grams under the ‘‘Construction and Environmental Com2 pliance and Restoration’’ heading: Provided further, That 

3 $805,000,000 shall be for commercial spaceflight activi4 ties: Provided further, That $311,400,000 shall be for ex5 ploration research and development. 

6 SPACE OPERATIONS

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

8 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

9 and development activities, including research, develop10 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space11 craft control and communications activities, including op12 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re13 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 

14 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow15 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

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

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

18 charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin19 istrative aircraft, $3,830,800,000, to remain available 

20 until September 30, 2016. 

21 EDUCATION

22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

23 in carrying out aerospace and aeronautical education re24 search and development activities, including research, de25 velopment, operations, support, and services; program 
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1 management; personnel and related costs, including uni2 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

3 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex4 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

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

6 mission and administrative aircraft, $108,000,000, to re7 main available until September 30, 2016, of which 

8 $18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 

9 Stimulate Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be 

10 for the National Space Grant College program. 

11 CROSS AGENCY SUPPORT

12 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

13 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, explo14 ration, space operations and education research and devel15 opment activities, including research, development, oper16 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa17 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

18 and communications activities; program management; per19 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

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

21 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

22 of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for of23 ficial reception and representation expenses; and purchase, 

24 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
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1 administrative aircraft, $2,778,600,000, to remain avail2 able until September 30, 2016. 

3 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

4 RESTORATION

5 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

6 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi7 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad8 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

9 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

10 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli11 ance and restoration, $446,100,000, to remain available 

12 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That proceeds from 

13 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

14 period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 

15 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

16 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail17 able for obligation for fiscal year 2015 in an amount not 

18 to exceed $9,584,100: Provided further, That each annual 

19 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 

20 receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col21 lected pursuant to section 315 of the National Aeronautics 

22 and Space Act of 1958 (51 U.S.C. 20145). 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

25 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
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1 $37,500,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2016. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 Funds for announced prizes otherwise authorized 

5 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

6 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

7 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

8 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero9 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

10 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap11 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

12 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans13 fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 

14 available for the same purposes and the same time period 

15 as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 

16 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram17 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

18 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

19 procedures set forth in that section. 

20 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro21 vided by NASA at the theme, program, project, and activ22 ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 

23 change of an amount established in that spending plan 

24 that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 

25 this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec-
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1 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga2 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce3 dures set forth in that section. 

4 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

5 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

6 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

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

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

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

10 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

11 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air12 craft; and authorized travel; $5,838,690,000, to remain 

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

14 $520,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

15 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse16 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

17 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

18 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

19 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

20 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

21 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

22 to this appropriation: Provided further, That not less than 

23 $159,690,000 shall be available for activities authorized 

24 by section 7002(c)(2)(A)(iv) of Public Law 110–69. 
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1 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

2 CONSTRUCTION

3 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc4 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

5 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu6 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

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

8 $200,760,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

10 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math11 ematics and engineering education and human resources 

12 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

13 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ14 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

15 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con16 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $889,750,000, 

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

18 That not less than $60,890,000 shall be available for ac19 tivities authorized by section 7030 of Public Law 110– 

20 69. 

21 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

22 For agency operations and award management nec23 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

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

25 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
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1 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

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

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

4 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

5 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

6 $307,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 

7 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

8 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 

9 heading in fiscal year 2014 for maintenance and operation 

10 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

11 the next fiscal year. 

12 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

13 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala14 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

16 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec17 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car18 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

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

20 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 

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

22 and representation expenses. 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

25 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
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1 1978, $14,430,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail2 able until September 30, 2016. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

5 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

6 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be7 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

8 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans9 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

10 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

11 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com12 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria14 tions Act, 2015’’. 

15 TITLE IV 

16 RELATED AGENCIES 

17 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

20 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

21 $9,400,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro22 priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 

23 of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex24 cepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 

25 Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 
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1 appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 

2 Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 

3 exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 

4 days: Provided further, That none of the funds appro5 priated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity 

6 or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 

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

8 1975a). 

9 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

12 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

13 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em14 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 

15 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 

16 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 

17 1991, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act 

18 (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend19 ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 

20 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in21 cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

22 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 

23 authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 

24 Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 

25 $30,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
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1 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

2 $365,000,000: Provided, That the Commission is author3 ized to make available for official reception and represen4 tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 

5 Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 

6 to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 

7 or reorganization until such time as the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 

10 with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of 

11 this Act: Provided further, That the Chair is authorized 

12 to accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the 

13 work of the Commission. 

14 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

17 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

18 and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

19 United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 

20 reception and representation expenses, $85,000,000, to re21 main available until expended. 

22 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

23 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

24 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

25 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
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1 Act of 1974, $400,000,000, of which $367,000,000 is for 

2 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

3 $4,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

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

5 additional audits of recipients; $19,000,000 is for manage6 ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self7 help and information technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro 

8 Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay9 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor10 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

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

12 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em13 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

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

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

16 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

17 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora18 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 

19 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

20 considered an agency of the United States Government. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

22 CORPORATION

23 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

24 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur25 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
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1 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 

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

3 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

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

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

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

7 2015, respectively. 

8 Section 504 of the Departments of Commerce, Jus9 tice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap10 propriations Act, 1996 (as contained in Public Law 104– 

11 134) is amended: 

12 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

13 paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘)’’ the following: 

14 ‘‘that uses Federal funds (or funds from any source 

15 with regard to paragraphs (7), (14) and (15)) in a 

16 manner’’; 

17 (2) by striking subsection (d); and 

18 (3) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

19 subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 

20 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

25 $3,431,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

2 REPRESENTATIVE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

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

7 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

8 United States Code, $55,000,000, of which $1,000,000 

9 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not 

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

11 and representation expenses. 

12 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

15 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 

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

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

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

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

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

22 an agency of the United States Government. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

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

5 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

6 not authorized by the Congress. 

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

8 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

9 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

10 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

11 under this Act for any consulting service through procure12 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

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

14 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

15 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

16 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

17 issued pursuant to existing law. 

18 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica19 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

20 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica21 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

22 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af23 fected thereby. 

24 SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 

25 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
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1 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli2 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from 

3 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

4 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

5 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

6 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini7 tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 

8 a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per9 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 

10 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of11 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro12 grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

13 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em14 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac15 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

16 less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 

17 project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 

18 or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 

19 from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 

20 change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap21 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com22 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

23 of such reprogramming of funds. 

24 SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 

25 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
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1 affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 

2 or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 

3 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 

4 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re5 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

6 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen7 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

8 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula9 tions. 

10 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au11 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

12 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 

13 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

14 States, its territories or possessions. 

15 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 

16 given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 

17 Item (1)(f)(3). 

18 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 

19 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na20 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta23 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 

24 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com25 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 
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1 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

2 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 

3 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

4 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

5 obligation. 

6 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 

7 submitted within 30 days of the end of the first quarter 

8 of fiscal year 2015, and subsequent reports shall be sub9 mitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter there10 after. 

11 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 

12 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

13 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 

14 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

15 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys16 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re17 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

18 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 

19 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre20 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re21 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

22 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

23 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be24 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

25 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
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1 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

2 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

3 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

4 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

6 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

7 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 

8 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

9 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 

10 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

11 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

12 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

13 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

14 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

15 products of the same type. 

16 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab18 lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 

19 Law 98–473 (42 U.S.C. 10601) in any fiscal year in ex20 cess of $775,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 

21 until the following fiscal year. 

22 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 

23 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi24 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

25 students who participate in programs for which financial 
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1 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

2 or legal guardians of such students. 

3 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in5 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

6 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro7 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

8 SEC. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to im9 plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 

10 procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 

11 SEC. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart12 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na13 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na14 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor15 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

16 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 

17 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

18 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 

19 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

20 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi21 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

22 any such audit is completed. 

23 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

24 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 

25 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis-
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1 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

2 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter3 net website maintained by the Department, Administra4 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

5 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

6 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

7 title 5, United States Code; and 

8 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi9 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

10 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

11 unlawful purposes. 

12 (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

13 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state14 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

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

16 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

17 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

18 other manner to another person who has a financial inter19 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

20 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 

21 this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 

22 which the Director of the Office of Management and 

23 Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 

24 Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 

25 and requirements, substantially similar to the require-
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1 ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 

2 executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart3 ments, agencies, and entities. 

4 SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available under this Act may be used by the 

6 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer7 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

8 Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact information 

9 system, as defined for security categorization in the Na10 tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) 

11 Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 

12 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal 

13 Information and Information Systems’’ unless the agency 

14 has— 

15 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor16 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

17 to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact infor18 mation systems within the Federal Government and 

19 against international standards and guidelines, in20 cluding those developed by NIST; 

21 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre22 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

23 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 

24 of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 
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1 (3) developed, in consultation with NIST and 

2 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 

3 strategy for any identified risks. 

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

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

6 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em7 ployee of the United States Government. 

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

9 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 

11 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in12 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 

13 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

14 United States in connection with requiring an export li15 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac16 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

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

18 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

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

20 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

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

22 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

23 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex24 port license— 
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1 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

2 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

3 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

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

5 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub6 section (a); and 

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

8 of— 

9 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo10 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

11 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

12 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

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

14 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

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

16 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu17 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

18 (C) articles for export from Canada to an19 other foreign destination. 

20 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di21 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per22 manent or temporary export without a license of any un23 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

24 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem25 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 
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1 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

2 Canadian citizen. 

3 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

4 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter5 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

6 the Government of Canada has implemented or main7 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

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

9 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter10 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an11 other nation. The President shall terminate the require12 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require13 ments have ceased. 

14 SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

16 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 

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

18 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 

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

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

21 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 

22 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori23 gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
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1 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi3 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

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

5 States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

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

7 States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

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

9 States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

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

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

12 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author13 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

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

15 Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 

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

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

18 SEC. 521. If at any time during any quarter, the pro19 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

20 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero21 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

22 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason23 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in24 creased by 10 percent, the program manager shall imme25 diately inform the respective Secretary, Administrator, or 
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1 Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall 

2 notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropria3 tions within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall 

4 include in such notice: the date on which such determina5 tion was made; a statement of the reasons for such in6 creases; the action taken and proposed to be taken to con7 trol future cost growth of the project; changes made in 

8 the performance or schedule milestones and the degree to 

9 which such changes have contributed to the increase in 

10 total program costs or procurement costs; new estimates 

11 of the total project or procurement costs; and a statement 

12 validating that the project’s management structure is ade13 quate to control total project or procurement costs. 

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

15 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel16 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

17 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec18 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

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

20 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 

21 SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

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

24 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro25 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 
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1 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

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

3 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

4 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

5 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

6 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi7 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

8 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as9 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

10 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter11 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess12 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

13 judicial proceeding. 

14 (RESCISSIONS)

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

16 for ‘‘Department of Commerce, Departmental Manage17 ment, Franchise Fund’’, $2,906,000 are hereby rescinded. 

18 (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De19 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re20 scinded, not later than September 30, 2015, from the fol21 lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 

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

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

24 $193,000,000; 
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1 (3) ‘‘United States Marshals Service, Federal 

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

3 (4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi4 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

5 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro6 grams’’, $12,200,000; 

7 (5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi8 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $59,000,000; and 

9 (6) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi10 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

11 $26,000,000. 

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

13 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent14 atives and the Senate a report no later than September 

15 1, 2015, specifying the amount of each rescission made 

16 pursuant to subsection (b). 

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

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

19 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

20 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 

21 and no funds may be used for premium travel consistent 

22 with these sections unless the agency or department has 

23 filed its premium travel report with the General Services 

24 Administration for the previous 3 fiscal years. 
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1 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend3 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart4 ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 

5 the United States unless such conference is a law enforce6 ment training or operational conference for law enforce7 ment personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 

8 attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed out9 side the United States. 

10 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available in this Act may be used in a manner 

12 that is inconsistent with the principal negotiating objective 

13 of the United States with respect to trade remedy laws 

14 to preserve the ability of the United States— 

15 (1) to enforce vigorously its trade laws, includ16 ing antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard 

17 laws; 

18 (2) to avoid agreements that— 

19 (A) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

20 and international disciplines on unfair trade, es21 pecially dumping and subsidies; or 

22 (B) lessen the effectiveness of domestic 

23 and international safeguard provisions, in order 

24 to ensure that United States workers, agricul25 tural producers, and firms can compete fully on 
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1 fair terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal 

2 trade concessions; and 

3 (3) to address and remedy market distortions 

4 that lead to dumping and subsidization, including 

5 overcapacity, cartelization, and market-access bar6 riers. 

7 SEC. 528. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer, 

9 release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within 

10 the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid 

11 Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

12 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

13 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

14 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

15 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

16 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

17 SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth18 erwise made available in this Act may be used to con19 struct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, 

20 its territories, or possessions to house any individual de21 scribed in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 

22 imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 

23 of the Department of Defense. 
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1 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

2 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

3 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

4 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

5 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

6 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

7 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

8 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

9 and 

10 (2) is— 

11 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

12 control of the Department of Defense; or 

13 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

14 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

15 SEC. 530. To the extent practicable, funds made 

16 available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs 

17 that are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal En18 ergy Management Program’’ designation. 

19 SEC. 531. The Director of the Office of Management 

20 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in21 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro22 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

23 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform24 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

25 following: 
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1 (1) Details on future action the department, 

2 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

3 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

4 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

5 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

6 in expired grant accounts. 

7 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex8 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

9 Treasury of the United States. 

10 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

11 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

12 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

13 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

14 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

15 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

16 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per18 sonnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the 

19 importation of any model of shotgun if— 

20 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

21 the proposed importation are met; and 

22 (2) no application for the importation of such 

23 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 

24 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu25 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 
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1 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

2 sporting purposes. 

3 SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

5 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

6 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

7 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

8 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

9 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi10 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

11 SEC. 534. The Departments of Commerce and Jus12 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

13 and the National Science Foundation shall submit spend14 ing plans, signed by the respective department or agency 

15 head, to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

16 of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 

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

20 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

21 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor22 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

23 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

24 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un25 less a Federal agency has considered suspension or debar-
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1 ment of the corporation and has made a determination 

2 that this further action is not necessary to protect the in3 terests of the Government. 

4 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 

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

6 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

7 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor8 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

9 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

10 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

11 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree12 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

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

14 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

15 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter16 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro17 tect the interests of the Government. 

18 SEC. 537. All agencies and departments funded under 

19 this Act shall send to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the House of Representatives and the Senate at the 

21 end of the fiscal year a report containing a complete inven22 tory of the total number of vehicles owned, permanently 

23 retired, and purchased during fiscal year 2015 as well as 

24 the total cost of the vehicle fleet, including maintenance, 

25 fuel, storage, purchasing, and leasing. 
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1 SEC. 538. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of 

3 an officer or employee of the Federal government, includ4 ing the President, the Vice President, a member of Con5 gress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commissioner 

6 to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency (as 

7 defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), 

8 or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 

9 SEC. 539. (a) The head of any Executive branch de10 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

11 this Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector Gen12 eral or senior ethics official for any entity without an In13 spector General, regarding the costs and contracting pro14 cedures related to each conference held by any such de15 partment, agency, board, commission, or office during fis16 cal year 2015 for which the cost to the United States Gov17 ernment was more than $100,000. 

18 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con19 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica20 ble period— 

21 (1) a description of its purpose; 

22 (2) the number of participants attending; 

23 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

24 United States Government, including— 

25 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
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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) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

16 by any Executive branch department, agency, board, com17 mission, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 

18 2015 for which the cost to the United States Government 

19 was more than $20,000, the head of any such department, 

20 agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the In21 spector General or senior ethics official for any entity 

22 without an Inspector General, of the date, location, and 

23 number of employees attending such conference. 

24 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro25 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
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1 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a banquet 

2 or conference that is not directly and programmatically 

3 related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was 

4 awarded, such as a banquet or conference held in connec5 tion with planning, training, assessment, review, or other 

6 routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant 

7 or contract. 

8 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

9 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con10 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 

11 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 

12 dated May 11, 2012. 

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

14 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

Calendar No. 411 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2437 

[Report No. 113–181] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Departments of Com2015, and for other purposes. Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, merce and Justice, and Science, and Related 

JUNE 5, 2014 

Read twice and placed on the calendar