‘‘(iii) the use and expenditure of 
funds. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—In carrying out any of 
the functions of the Chairperson under this 
paragraph, the Chairperson shall be governed 
by general policies of the Bureau and by such 
regulatory decisions, findings, and determina-
tions as the Bureau may by law be authorized 
to make. 
‘‘(D) REQUESTS OR ESTIMATES RELATED 
TO APPROPRIATIONS.—Any request or estimate 
for regular, supplemental, or deficiency appro-
priations on behalf of the Bureau, including any 
request for a transfer of funds under section 
1017(a), may not be submitted by the Chair-
person without the prior approval of the Board. 
‘‘(E) VACANCY.—The President may des-
ignate a member of the Board to serve as Act-
ing Chairperson in the event of a vacancy in the 
office of the Chairperson. 
‘‘(5) COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(A) 
CHAIRPERSON.—The 
Chairperson 
shall receive compensation at the rate pre-
scribed for level I of the Executive Schedule 
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under section 5312 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(B) OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.— 
The 4 members of the Board other than the 
Chairperson shall each receive compensation at 
the rate prescribed for level II of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(6) OTHER
EMPLOYMENT
PROHIBITED.—A 
member of the Board may not engage in any other 
business, vocation, or employment.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION ACT OF 
2010.—The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 
2010 (12 U.S.C. 5481 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 1002 (12 U.S.C. 5481)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (10) and in-
serting: 
‘‘(10) BOARD.—The term ‘Board’ means the 
Board of Directors of the Bureau of Consumer Fi-
nancial Protection.’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (29) 
the following: 
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‘‘(30) CHAIRPERSON.—The term ‘Chairperson’ 
means the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of 
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.’’; 
(B) in section 1012 (12 U.S.C. 5492)— 
(i) in subsection (a)(8), by striking 
‘‘appointed and supervised by the Direc-
tor’’ and inserting ‘‘appointed by the 
Board and supervised by the Chairperson’’; 
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Di-
rector’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (c)— 
(I) in paragraph (2)(A), by strik-
ing 
‘‘Director’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Board’’; and 
(II) in paragraph (4), by striking 
‘‘the Director’’ each place that term 
appears and inserting ‘‘any member of 
the Board’’; 
(C) in section 1013 (12 U.S.C. 5493)— 
(i) in subsections (a), (b), (d), and 
(e), by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place that 
term appears and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 
(ii) in subsection (c)— 
(I) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by 
striking ‘‘Director’’ each place that 
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term appears and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 
and 
(II) in paragraph (3)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘Assistant 
Director’’ each place that term 
appears and inserting ‘‘Head of 
Office’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘the Direc-
tor’’ each place that term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘the Board’’; 
(iii) in subsection (g)— 
(I) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 
and 
(II) in paragraph (2)— 
(aa) in the paragraph head-
ing, by striking ‘‘ASSISTANT DI-
RECTOR’’ and inserting ‘‘HEAD 
OF THE OFFICE’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘an assist-
ant director’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Head of the Office of Financial 
Protection for Older Americans’’; 
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(D) in section 1014 (12 U.S.C. 5494), by 
striking ‘‘Director’’ each place that term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 
(E) 
in 
section 
1016(a) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
5496(a)), by striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Chairperson’’; 
(F) in section 1017— 
(i) in subsection (a)— 
(I) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 
(II) in paragraph (4)— 
(aa) in subparagraph (A)— 
(AA) by striking ‘‘Di-
rector shall’’ and inserting 
‘‘Board shall’’; 
(BB) by striking ‘‘Di-
rector,’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Board,’’; and 
(CC) by striking ‘‘Di-
rector in’’ each place that 
term appears and inserting 
‘‘Board in’’; 
(bb) in subparagraph (D), 
by striking ‘‘Director’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Board’’; and 
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(cc) in subparagraph (E), by 
striking ‘‘Director to’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Board to’’; and 
(III) in paragraph (5)(C), by 
striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Chairperson’’; 
(ii) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘Director,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Board,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘Director and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the members of the 
Board and’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Di-
rector’’ each place that term appears and 
inserting ‘‘Board’’; 
(G) in subtitles B (12 U.S.C. 5511 et 
seq.), C (12 U.S.C. 5531 et seq.), and G (12 
U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), by striking ‘‘Director’’ 
each place that term appears and inserting 
‘‘Board’’; 
(H) in section 1061(c)(2)(C)(i) (12 U.S.C. 
5581(c)(2)(C)(i)), by striking ‘‘the Board’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the National Credit Union Adminis-
tration Board’’; and 
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(I) in section 1066(a) (12 U.S.C. 5586(a)), 
by inserting ‘‘first’’ before ‘‘Director’’. 
(2) FINANCIAL STABILITY ACT OF 2010.—Sec-
tion 111(b)(1)(D) of the Financial Stability Act of 
2010 (12 U.S.C. 5321(b)(1)(D)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau’’ and inserting 
‘‘Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Bu-
reau’’. 
(3) MORTGAGE REFORM AND ANTI-PREDATORY 
LENDING ACT.—Section 1447 of the Mortgage Re-
form and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (12 U.S.C. 
1701p–2) is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ each 
place the term appears and inserting ‘‘Board of Di-
rectors’’. 
(4) ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER ACT.—Sec-
tion 920(a)(4)(C) of the Electronic Fund Transfer 
Act (15 U.S.C. 1693o–2(a)(4)(C)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau’’ and inserting 
‘‘Board of Directors of the Bureau’’. 
(5) EXPEDITED
FUNDS
AVAILABILITY
ACT.— 
The Expedited Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C. 
4001 et seq.) is amended by striking ‘‘Director of 
the Bureau’’ each place that term appears and in-
serting ‘‘Board of Directors of the Bureau’’. 
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(6) FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT.—Sec-
tion 2 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
U.S.C. 1812) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Director of the Consumer 
Financial Protection Bureau’’ each place that 
term appears and inserting ‘‘Chairperson of the 
Board of Directors of the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(2), by striking 
‘‘Comptroller 
or 
Director’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Comptroller or Chairperson’’. 
(7) FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAM-
INATION COUNCIL ACT OF 1978.—Section 1004(a)(4) 
of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination 
Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3303(a)(4)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Consumer Fi-
nancial Protection Bureau’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair-
person of the Board of Directors of the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection’’. 
(8) FINANCIAL LITERACY AND EDUCATION IM-
PROVEMENT ACT.—Section 513 of the Financial Lit-
eracy and Education Improvement Act (20 U.S.C. 
9702) is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place 
that term appears and inserting ‘‘Chairperson of the 
Board of Directors’’. 
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(9) HOME
MORTGAGE
DISCLOSURE
ACT
OF 
1975.—Section 307 of the Home Mortgage Disclo-
sure Act of 1975 (12 U.S.C. 2806) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau of Consumer’’ each 
place that term appears and inserting ‘‘Board of Di-
rectors of the Bureau of Consumer’’. 
(10) INTERSTATE LAND SALES FULL DISCLO-
SURE ACT.—The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclo-
sure Act (15 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) 
in 
section 
1402(1) 
(15 
U.S.C. 
1701(1)), by striking ‘‘ ‘Director’ means the Di-
rector’’ and inserting ‘‘ ‘Board’ means the 
Board of Directors’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place that 
term appears and inserting ‘‘Board’’; 
(C) 
in 
section 
1403(c) 
(15 
U.S.C. 
1702(c))— 
(i) by striking ‘‘by him’’ and inserting 
‘‘by the Board’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Board’’; 
(D) in section 1407 (15 U.S.C. 1706)— 
(i) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘he’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Board’’; and 
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(ii) in subsection (e), by striking 
‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the Board’’; 
(E) in section 1411 (15 U.S.C. 1710)— 
(i) in subsection (a)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘his findings’’ and 
inserting ‘‘its finding’’; and 
(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘his 
rec-
ommendation’’ and inserting ‘‘a rec-
ommendation’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking 
‘‘Secretary’s order’’ and inserting ‘‘order of 
the Board’’; 
(F) in section 1415 (15 U.S.C. 1714)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘him’’ each place that 
term appears and inserting ‘‘the Board’’; 
(ii) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘he 
may, in his discretion’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Board may, at the discretion of the 
Board’’; 
(iii) in subsection (b), by striking 
‘‘he’’ each time that term appears and in-
serting ‘‘the Board’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘in his discretion’’ 
each time that term appears and inserting 
‘‘at the discretion of the Board’’; 
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(G) 
in 
section 
1416(a) 
(15 
U.S.C. 
1715(a))— 
(i) by striking ‘‘of the Bureau of Con-
sumer Financial Protection’’ the first time 
that term appears; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘his functions, duties, 
and powers’’ and inserting ‘‘the functions, 
duties, and powers of the Board’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘his administrative 
law judges’’ and inserting ‘‘the administra-
tive law judges of the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘himself’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Board’’; 
(H)(i) in section 1418a(b)(4) (15 U.S.C. 
1717a(b)(4)), by striking ‘‘The Secretary’s de-
termination or order’’ and inserting ‘‘A deter-
mination or order of the Board’’; and 
(ii) in section 1418a(d) (15 U.S.C. 
1717a(d)), by striking ‘‘the Secretary’s deter-
mination or order’’ and inserting ‘‘a determina-
tion or order of the Board’’; 
(I) in section 1419 (15 U.S.C. 1718)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Board’’; 
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States to the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Finan-
cial Protection shall be deemed a reference to the Board 
of Directors of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec-
tion, unless otherwise specified in this Act. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the later 
of— 
(1) October 1, 2017; or 
(2) the date on which not less than 3 persons 
have been confirmed by the Senate to serve as mem-
bers of the Board of Directors of the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or transferred to the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection pursuant to section 1017 of Public law 111- 
203 may be used to regulate pre-dispute arbitration agree-
ments (as described in section 1028 of Public Law 111– 
203) and any regulation finalized by the Bureau to regu-
late pre-dispute arbitration agreements shall have no legal 
force or effect until the requirements regarding pre-dis-
pute arbitration specified in the report accompanying this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection,’’ are fulfilled. 
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-
alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-
cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 
exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $121,300,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the advisory committees in the report accom-
panying this Act under the heading ‘‘Consumer Product 
Safety Commission’’, and of which $1,300,000 shall re-
main available until expended to carry out the program, 
including administrative costs, required by section 1405 
of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act 
(Public Law 110–140; 15 U.S.C. 8004). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT 
SAFETY COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. During fiscal year 2017, none of the 
amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-
ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 
Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 
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Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 
19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 
(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration and the Department of Defense, 
completes a study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
posed by such standard for purposes of reduc-
ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi-
cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll-
overs in the off-road environment, including the 
repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 
compliance with such requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that 
would be prevented if the proposed require-
ments were adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for 
the proposal to provide information on a point- 
of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist-
ance on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used 
by the United States military if the proposed 
requirements were adopted; and 
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(2) a report containing the results of the study 
completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $4,900,000. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-
forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-
cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, $314,844,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $314,844,000 of offsetting col-
lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 
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9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 
retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 
collections are received during fiscal year 2017 so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2017 appropriation estimated 
at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re-
ceived in excess of $314,844,000 in fiscal year 2017 shall 
not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re-
maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 
excess of the amount specified for collection in each such 
year and otherwise becoming available on October 1, 2016, 
shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds 
from the use of a competitive bidding system that may 
be retained and made available for obligation shall not ex-
ceed $106,000,000 for fiscal year 2017: Provided further, 
That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $11,751,000 shall be for the salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Inspector General. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $35,958,000, to be derived from the 
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Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 
FSLIC Resolution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 
$80,540,000, of which $8,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018, for lease expiration and re-
placement lease expenses; and of which not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be available for reception and representation 
expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, $26,631,000, including services au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts 
and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be 
available for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided, That public members of the Federal 
Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and 
per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 
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U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in the 
Government service, and compensation as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non- 
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs 
of carrying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $317,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 
available for use to contract with a person or persons for 
collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 
U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $125,000,000 of off-
setting collections derived from fees collected for 
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-
dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 
18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 
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and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $15,000,000 in offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 
the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 
Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven-
tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 
account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 
in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here-
in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2017, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2017 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$177,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 
used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related 
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activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci-
dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 
and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 
grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe-
guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 
and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur-
chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 
acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con-
version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre-
liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 
otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip-
ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter-
est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 
by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag-
gregate amount of $9,244,808,000, of which— 
(1) $504,918,000 shall remain available until 
expended for construction and acquisition (including 
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 
and construction services) as follows: 
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(A) National Capital Region, FBI Head-
quarters Consolidation, $200,000,000; 
(B) California, Calexico, Calexico West 
Land Port of Entry, $248,213,000; 
(C) District of Columbia, Washington, 
Southeast 
Federal 
Center 
Remediation, 
$7,000,000; 
(D) Pembina, North Dakota, United 
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Ani-
mal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS), $5,749,000; 
(E) Boyers, Pennsylvania, Federal Office 
Building, $31,200,000; and 
(F) Austin, Texas, Internal Revenue Serv-
ice (IRS) Annex Building, $12,756,000: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs 
on new construction and acquisition projects may be 
exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in 
other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of 
the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if 
required, unless advance approval is obtained from 
the Committees on Appropriations of a greater 
amount; 
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(2) $758,790,000 shall remain available until 
expended for repairs and alterations, including asso-
ciated design and construction services, of which— 
(A) $300,000,000 is for Major Repairs and 
Alterations; 
(B) $312,090,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations; and 
(C) $146,700,000 is for Special Emphasis 
Programs, of which— 
(i) $20,000,000 is for Fire and Life 
Safety; 
(ii) $26,700,000 is for Judiciary Cap-
ital Security; 
(iii) $100,000,000 is for Consolidation 
Activities: Provided, That consolidation 
projects result in reduced annual rent paid 
by the tenant agency: Provided further, 
That no consolidation project exceed 
$10,000,000 in costs: Provided further, 
That consolidation projects are approved 
by each of the committees specified in sec-
tion 3307(a) of title 40, United States 
Code: Provided further, That preference is 
given to consolidation projects that achieve 
a utilization rate of 130 usable square feet 
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or less per person for office space: Pro-
vided further, That the obligation of funds 
under this paragraph for consolidation ac-
tivities may not be made until 10 days 
after a proposed spending plan and expla-
nation for each project to be undertaken, 
including estimated savings, has been sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate: 
Provided, That funds made available in this or any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 
be limited to the amount identified for each project, 
except each project in this or any previous Act may 
be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent 
unless advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Pro-
vided further, That additional projects for which 
prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund-
ed under this category only if advance approval is 
obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 
or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may 
be used to fund costs associated with implementing 
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security improvements to buildings necessary to 
meet the minimum standards for security in accord-
ance with current law and in compliance with the re-
programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit-
tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, 
That the difference between the funds appropriated 
and expended on any projects in this or any prior 
Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, 
may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations 
or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 
projects: Provided further, That the amount provided 
in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alter-
ations may be used to pay claims against the Gov-
ernment arising from any projects under the heading 
‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund author-
ized increases in prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,645,000,000 for rental of space to re-
main available until expended; and 
(4) $2,336,100,000 for building operations to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which 
$1,184,790,000 
is 
for 
building 
services, 
and 
$1,151,310,000 is for salaries and expenses: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 5 percent of any appro-
priation made available under this paragraph for 
building operations may be transferred between and 
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merged with such appropriations upon notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, but no such ap-
propriation shall be increased by more than 5 per-
cent by any such transfers: Provided further, That 
section 521 of this title shall not apply with respect 
to funds made available under this heading for 
building operations: Provided further, That the total 
amount of funds made available from this Fund to 
the General Services Administration shall not be 
available for expenses of any construction, repair, al-
teration and acquisition project for which a pro-
spectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not 
been approved, except that necessary funds may be 
expended for each project for required expenses for 
the development of a proposed prospectus: Provided 
further, That funds available in the Federal Build-
ings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs 
when advance approval is obtained from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 
services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) 
and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 
lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 
or other property not in Government ownership or 
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control as may be appropriate to enable the United 
States Secret Service to perform its protective func-
tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 
from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 
That revenues and collections and any other sums 
accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2017, ex-
cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 
in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 
authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the 
Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-
cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac-
tivities associated with the management of real and per-
sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 
Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 
acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 
management, and related technology activities; and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,000,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2018. 
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OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 
utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-
posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man-
agement, and communications; and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $47,966,000, of which $24,569,000 is 
for Real and Personal Property Management and Disposal 
and $23,397,000 is for the Office of the Administrator, 
of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for activities associated with the Civilian Board 
of Contract Appeals and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $9,275,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$65,000,000, of which $2,000,000 is available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 
shall be available for payment for information and detec-
tion of fraud against the Government, including payment 
for recovery of stolen Government property: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for 
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awards to employees of other Federal agencies and private 
citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting 
in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$1,932,000. 
EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential 
Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), $9,500,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities author-
ized by paragraphs (8) and (9) of section 3(a) of the Act: 
Provided, That such amounts may be transferred to the 
‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ 
to reimburse obligations incurred prior to the date of en-
actment of this Act for the purposes provided herein re-
lated to the Presidential election in 2016: Provided further, 
That amounts available under this heading shall be in ad-
dition to any other amounts available for such purposes. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Serv-
ices and Innovative Technologies, including services au-
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thorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for 
necessary expenses in support of interagency projects that 
enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to 
conduct activities electronically, through the development 
and implementation of innovative uses of information 
technology; $55,894,000, to be deposited into the Federal 
Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the previous 
amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry 
out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro-
vided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reim-
bursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall 
be available until expended for necessary expenses of Fed-
eral Citizen Services and other activities that enable the 
Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac-
tivities electronically in the aggregate amount not to ex-
ceed $150,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations, 
revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this 
Fund during fiscal year 2017 in excess of such amount 
shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 
expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That any appropriations provided to the 
Electronic Government Fund that remain unobligated 
may be transferred to the Federal Citizen Services Fund: 
Provided further, That the transfer authorities provided 
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herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided in this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 
made available for fiscal year 2017 for Federal Buildings 
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 
a fiscal year 2018 request for United States Courthouse 
construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
standards for construction as established and approved by 
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 
Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 
5-year construction plan; and (3) includes a standardized 
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courtroom utilization study of each facility to be con-
structed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in consider-
ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 524. From funds made available under the 
heading Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue, claims against the Government of less 
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 
and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 
authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-
gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-
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istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 
ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 
to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 
lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 
not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 
statement to each of such committees and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 
the resolution. 
SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under 
the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judici-
ary Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E- 
Government projects funded under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator of General 
Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation for 
each project to be undertaken to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 527. Strike subsection (d) of section 3173 of 
title 40, United States Code. 
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 
1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $44,786,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, and in addition not to exceed 
$2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 
for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap-
peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 
Systems Protection Board. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
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view and declassification of documents, the activities of 
the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 
and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including 
maintenance, 
repairs, 
and 
cleaning, 
$380,634,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 
Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $4,801,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $6,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 
and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2018, for technical assistance to low-income des-
ignated credit unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 
and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 
2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $16,090,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re-
organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv-
ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 
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by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 
veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; advances 
for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred 
under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, 
as amended; and payment of per diem or subsistence al-
lowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 
require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post 
of duty, $144,867,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$37,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018, for the operation and strengthening of the security 
of OPM legacy and Shell environment IT systems and the 
modernization, migration, and testing of such systems: 
Provided further, That the amount made available by the 
previous proviso may not be obligated until the Director 
of the Office of Personnel Management submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a plan for expenditure of such 
amount, prepared in consultation with the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, the Administrator of 
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the United States Digital Service, and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, that— 
(1) identifies the full scope and cost of the IT 
systems remediation and stabilization project; 
(2) meets the capital planning and investment 
control review requirements established by the Office 
of Management and Budget, including Circular A– 
11, part 7; 
(3) includes a Major IT Business Case under 
the requirements established by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget Exhibit 300; 
(4) complies with the acquisition rules, require-
ments, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage-
ment practices of the Government; 
(5) complies with all Office of Management and 
Budget, Department of Homeland Security and Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology re-
quirements related to securing the agency’s informa-
tion system as described in 44 U.S.C. 3554; and 
(6) is reviewed and commented upon by the In-
spector General of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment, and such comments are submitted to the Di-
rector of the Office of Personnel Management before 
the date of such submission: 
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Provided further, That, not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report that— 
(A) evaluates— 
(i) the steps taken by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to prevent, mitigate, and 
respond to data breaches involving sensitive 
personnel records and information; 
(ii) the Office’s cybersecurity policies and 
procedures in place on the date of enactment of 
this Act, including policies and procedures re-
lating to IT best practices such as data 
encryption, multifactor authentication, and con-
tinuous monitoring; 
(iii) the Office’s oversight of contractors 
providing IT services; and 
(iv) the Office’s compliance with govern-
ment-wide initiatives to improve cybersecurity; 
and 
(B) sets forth improvements that could be made 
to assist the Office of Personnel Management in ad-
dressing cybersecurity challenges: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $391,000 may be made available for 
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strengthening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisi-
tion workforce (as defined by the Office of Federal Pro-
curement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et 
seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, and re-
tention of such workforce and information technology in 
support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for man-
agement solutions to improve acquisition management; 
and in addition $141,611,000 for administrative expenses, 
to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM 
without regard to other statutes, including direct procure-
ment of printed materials, for the retirement and insur-
ance programs: Provided further, That the provisions of 
this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use ap-
plicable trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 
8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 
5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-
penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 
pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 
or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 
That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo-
ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2017, accept dona-
tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 
further, That such donations, including those from prior 
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years, may be used for the development of publicity mate-
rials to provide information about the White House Fel-
lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 
travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-
ries of employees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$5,072,000, and in addition, not to exceed $26,662,000 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
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Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 
1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 
Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12) as amended by Public 
Law 107–304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed 
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 
1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 
witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; $25,735,000. 
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 
435), $16,200,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 603(a) of such Act. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 
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the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $8,297,000. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $1,555,000,000, to remain available until 
expended; of which not less than $14,700,000 shall be for 
the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 
$75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 
the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 
of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for ex-
penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com-
mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 
officials, members of their delegations and staffs to ex-
change views concerning securities matters, such expenses 
to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 
and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees 
in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses such as 
meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) related lodg-
ing or subsistence; of which funding for information tech-
nology initiatives shall be increased over the fiscal year 
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2016 level by not less than $50,000,000; and of which not 
less than $72,049,000 shall be for the Division of Eco-
nomic and Risk Analysis: Provided, That fees and charges 
authorized by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this account 
as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $1,555,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 
available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac-
count: Provided further, That the total amount appro-
priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 
year 2017 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re-
ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2017 ap-
propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
than $0. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 
civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$750 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$22,703,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 
year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 
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the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 
deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-
tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 
Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 
and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $268,000,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 
shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 
lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-
lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 
and certain loan program activities, including fees author-
ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 
received from all such activities shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 
out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Small Business Administration 
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may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 
and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec-
tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 
fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 
be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 
System, to be available until September 30, 2018. 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-
trepreneurial 
and 
small 
business 
development, 
$243,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That $125,000,000 shall be available to 
fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2017 or fiscal 
year 2018 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-
ness Act: Provided further, That $31,000,000 shall be for 
marketing, management, and technical assistance under 
section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 
the 
microloan 
program: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$20,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 
carry out export programs that assist small business con-
cerns authorized under section 1207 of Public Law 111– 
240. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $19,900,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-
bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,320,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $4,338,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 
2017 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 
exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-
cal year 2017 commitments for general business loans au-
thorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 
shall not exceed $28,500,000,000 for a combination of 
amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line 
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of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2017 commitments for loans au-
thorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
696(7)) shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2017 commitments to guarantee 
loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$4,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2017, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by sec-
tion 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a 
principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran-
teed loan programs, $152,726,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries 
and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act, $185,977,000, to be available until ex-
pended, of which $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector 
General of the Small Business Administration for audits 
and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-
grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 
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appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 
which $175,977,000 is for direct administrative expenses 
of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 
program, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 
which $9,000,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 
for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-
penses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 531. (a) None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to collect a guarantee fee under sec-
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tion 7(a)(18) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(18)) with respect to a loan guaranteed under sec-
tion 7(a)(31) of such Act that is made to a small business 
concern (as defined under section 3 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
632)) that is 51 percent or more owned and controlled 
by 1 or more individuals who is a veteran (as defined in 
section 101 of title 38, United States Code) or the spouse 
of a veteran. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit 
the authority of the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration to waive such a guarantee fee or any other 
loan fee with respect to a loan to a small business concern 
described in subsection (a) or any other borrower. 
SEC. 532. Of the unobligated balances available for 
the Certified Development Company Program under sec-
tion 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 
as amended, $55,000,000 are hereby permanently re-
scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be so rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 
States Code, $41,151,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 
Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to 
the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 
any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 
employee of any State or local child support enforcement 
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 
program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 
postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 
small rural and other small post offices: Provided further, 
That the Postal Service shall maintain and comply with 
service standards for First Class Mail and periodicals ef-
fective on July 1, 2012. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $258,000,000, to be derived by 
transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 
authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-
ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$51,300,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
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fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
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SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-
ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2017, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-
gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 
House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 
purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 
creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
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propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 
or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 
agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica-
tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum 
the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation 
with a separate column to display the President’s budget 
request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 
enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec-
tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 
special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 
amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 
for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 
each day after the required date that the report has not 
been submitted to the Congress. 
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SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2017 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2017 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2018, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 
prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
programming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treat-
ment of an organization as described in section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 
Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
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(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 
to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal employees health benefits program which provides 
any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
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SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 
to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 
in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 
commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 
non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 
to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 
or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 
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to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 
person or entity is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 
funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 
by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 
funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 
advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 
case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 
with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
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provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 
Service. 
SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of 
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 
Stat. 849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
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(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 
otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
tained in this Act. 
SEC. 620. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 
complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-
posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-
latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 
Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses for the 
following positions: 
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(1) Director, White House Office of Health Re-
form, or any substantially similar position. 
(2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 
Climate Change, or any substantially similar posi-
tion. 
(3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the 
Treasury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on 
the Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manu-
facturing Policy, or any substantially similar posi-
tion. 
(4) White House Director of Urban Affairs, or 
any substantially similar position. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 
33 of title 44, United States Code. 
SEC. 623. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this section, the agencies specified in sub-
section (b) shall each submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on— 
(1) increasing public participation in the rule-
making process and reducing uncertainty; 
(2) improving coordination with other Federal 
agencies to eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and 
overlapping regulations; and 
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(3) identifying existing regulations that have 
been reviewed and determined to be outmoded, inef-
fective, or excessively burdensome. 
(b) The agencies required to submit a report specified 
in subsection (a) are— 
(1) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; 
(2) the Federal Communications Commission; 
(3) the Federal Trade Commission; and 
(4) the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
SEC. 624. The unobligated balance in the Securities 
and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund established by 
section 991 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111–203) is perma-
nently rescinded. 
SEC. 625. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to study, develop, propose, finalize, issue, or imple-
ment any rule, regulation, or order regarding the disclo-
sure of political contributions to tax exempt organizations, 
or dues paid to trade associations. 
SEC. 626. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used by the Financial Stability 
Oversight Council to make a determination, pursuant to 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 113 of the Financial Sta-
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bility Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5323), with respect to a 
nonbank financial company until— 
(1) the Financial Stability Oversight Council, in 
the notice described in subsection (e)(1) of such sec-
tion, identifies with specificity the risks to the finan-
cial stability of the United States presented by the 
nonbank financial company and explains in sufficient 
detail why regulatory action by the relevant primary 
financial regulatory agency would be insufficient to 
mitigate or prevent such risks; and 
(2) if the nonbank financial company presents 
a plan in a hearing conducted pursuant to sub-
section (e)(2) of such section to modify its business, 
structure, or operations in order to mitigate the 
risks identified in such a notice— 
(A) the Financial Stability Oversight 
Council makes a determination as to whether 
such plan, if implemented, adequately mitigates 
the identified risks; and 
(B) if the Financial Stability Oversight 
Council determines that such plan would ade-
quately mitigate the identified risk, the Coun-
cil— 
(i) approves such plan; and 
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(ii) allows the nonbank financial com-
pany a reasonable period of time to imple-
ment such plan. 
SEC. 627. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 
disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv-
ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-
tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-
tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 
in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 
in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 628. (a) In each of fiscal years 2017 through 
2025, section 628 of division E of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113; 129 Stat. 2469) 
applies to a joint sales agreement regardless of any change 
in the ownership of the stations involved in such agree-
ment. 
(b) In the case of a joint sales agreement to which 
such section applies, while such section is in effect, the 
Federal Communications Commission— 
(1) may not require the termination or modi-
fication of such agreement as a condition of the 
transfer or assignment of a station license or the 
transfer of station ownership or control; and 
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(2) upon request of the transferee or assignee 
of the station license, shall eliminate any such condi-
tion that was imposed after March 31, 2014, and 
permit the licensees of the stations whose adver-
tising was jointly sold pursuant to such agreement 
to enter into a new joint sales agreement on sub-
stantially similar terms and conditions as the prior 
agreement. 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘joint sales agreement’’ 
has the meaning given such term in Note 2(k) to section 
73.3555 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
where a joint sales agreement is part of a broader con-
tract, this section shall be limited to the joint sales agree-
ment portion of such contract. 
SEC. 629. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 
the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 
competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 
that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-
tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 
shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-
oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-
native to Mobility Fund Phase II. 
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SEC. 630. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 
rule (as defined in section 551 of title 5, United States 
Code), or any amendment or repeal of an existing rule, 
that is adopted by vote of the Federal Communications 
Commission after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
unless the Commission publishes the text of such rule, 
amendment, or repeal on the Internet Web site of the 
Commission not later than 21 days before the date on 
which the vote occurs. 
SEC. 631. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to regulate, directly or indirectly, the 
prices, other fees, or data caps and allowances (as such 
terms are described in paragraph 164 of the Report and 
Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order in the 
matter of protecting and promoting the open Internet, 
adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on 
February 26, 2015 (FCC 15–24)) charged or imposed by 
providers of broadband Internet access service (as defined 
in the final rules in Appendix A of such Report and Order 
on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order) for such serv-
ice, regardless of whether such regulation takes the form 
of requirements for future conduct or enforcement regard-
ing past conduct. 
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SEC. 632. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and 
Order in the matter of protecting and promoting the open 
Internet, adopted by the Federal Communications Com-
mission on February 26, 2015 (FCC 15–24), until the 
first date on which there has been a final disposition (in-
cluding the exhaustion of or expiration of the time for any 
appeals) of all of the following civil actions: 
(1) Alamo Broadband Inc. v. Federal Commu-
nications Commission, et al., No. 15-60201, pending 
in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth 
Circuit as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) United States Telecom Assoc. v. Federal 
Communications Commission, et al., No. 15-1063, 
pending in the United States Court of Appeals for 
the District of Columbia Circuit as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(3) CenturyLink v. Federal Communications 
Commission, No. 15-1099, pending in the United 
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
Circuit as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 633. (a) Section 1105(a)(35) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and redesig-
nating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); 
(2) by striking ‘‘homeland security’’ in each in-
stance it appears and inserting ‘‘cybersecurity’’; and 
(3) by amending subparagraph (B) (as redesig-
nated by paragraph (1)) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) Prior to implementing this paragraph, in-
cluding determining what Federal activities or ac-
counts constitute cybersecurity for purposes of budg-
etary classification, the Office of Management and 
Budget shall consult with the Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committees on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Government Affairs of the Senate.’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to budget submissions under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2018 and each sub-
sequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 634. (a) Effective one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, subtitle B of title IV of Public Law 
102—281 is repealed. 
(b) On the day before the date of the repeal under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall trans-
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fer the amounts in the fund described in section 408(a) 
of subtitle A of title IV of such Public Law into the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury. 
SEC. 635. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or 
other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activ-
ity. 
SEC. 636. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to finalize, adopt, implement, admin-
ister, or enforce any proposed rule under section 629 of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 549) before 
the date that is 180 days after the completion of the fol-
lowing process: 
(1) There has been completed a study that— 
(A) evaluates the potential costs and bene-
fits of the proposed rule and the potential costs 
and benefits of other market-based solutions; 
and 
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(B) meets the requirements of subsection 
(b). 
(2) The Federal Communications Commission 
has— 
(A) sought public comment on the study 
described in paragraph (1); 
(B) provided a period of not less than 90 
days for the submission of such comments; and 
(C) addressed the concerns raised in the 
comment cycle under subparagraph (B) in a re-
port adopted by vote of the Commission and 
made publicly available. 
(b) A study meets the requirements of this subsection 
if the study— 
(1) is a peer-reviewed study conducted by an in-
stitution of higher education (as defined in section 
101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001(a))) or an individual in the individual’s 
capacity as a faculty member at such an institution; 
and 
(2) at minimum, analyzes the potential impact 
of the proposed rule on— 
(A) all parties in the video programming 
marketplace, including video programming cre-
ators, programming networks, multichannel 
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video programming distributors, and sub-
scribers of multichannel video programming 
services; 
(B) video programming content diversity; 
(C) intellectual property and content li-
censing; and 
(D) consumer privacy and the legal rem-
edies available to consumers for violations of 
video privacy obligations. 
SEC. 637. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 1017 of Public Law 
111–203 may be used to take any action on the basis of 
an individual being a mortgage originator as defined in 
section 103(cc) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 
1602(cc)) against any individual who is a retailer of manu-
factured homes or its employees, unless such retailer or 
its employees receive compensation or gain for engaging 
in activities described in paragraph (1)(A) of such section 
103(cc) that is in excess of any compensation or gain re-
ceived in a comparable cash transaction. 
SEC. 638. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 1017 of Public Law 
111–203 may be used to enforce the provisions of section 
129 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1639) for 
any transaction that is less than $75,000 and is secured 
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by a dwelling that is personal property or is a transaction 
that does not include the purchase of real property on 
which a dwelling is to be placed if— 
(1) the annual percentage rate at consumma-
tion of the transaction, as determined under section 
103(bb) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 
1602(bb)) does not exceed 10 percentage points; and 
(2) the total points and fees payable in connec-
tion with the transaction, as determined under such 
section 103(bb), do not exceed the greater of 5 per-
cent or $3,000. 
SEC. 639. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, any other Act, or transferred to the Bureau of Con-
sumer Financial Protection pursuant to section 1017 of 
the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 may be 
used to issue or enforce any rule or regulation with respect 
to payday loans (as described under section 1024(a)(1)(E) 
of such Act), vehicle title loans, or other similar loans dur-
ing fiscal year 2017 and the Bureau may not issue or en-
force any such rule or regulation after fiscal year 2017 
until such time as the Bureau has submitted to Congress 
a detailed report, after providing for a public comment pe-
riod of not less than 90 days, that (1) analyzes the impact 
of any such rule or regulation on consumer access to cred-
it, including an analysis of the rule or regulation’s impact 
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on populations that have traditionally had limited access 
to credit; and (2) identifies existing alternative credit 
products that are immediately available to existing users 
of payday loans, vehicle title loans, or other similar loans 
at the same credit risk profiles and at sufficient levels to 
fully replace any anticipated potential reduction in current 
sources of short-term, small-dollar credit as a result of the 
rule or regulation. 
SEC. 640. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act shall be used to implement, promulgate, finalize 
or enforce Executive Order 13673, issued July 31, 2014, 
or to develop any regulation or guidance related thereto, 
until— 
(1) a study is conducted by the Comptroller 
General analyzing the impacts of such order on af-
fected Federal agencies’ missions, impacts on the in-
dustrial base, and including a cost benefit analysis 
of implementation of the such order versus potential 
alternatives; and 
(2) the Secretary of Labor has reviewed the re-
port of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph 
(1) and certified that the benefits of the order out-
weigh any associated costs and will not impede agen-
cy missions. 
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(b) The study to be conducted by the Comptroller 
General shall be publicly available and shall be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate. The elements of the study shall 
include an assessment of— 
(1) the estimated costs to each Federal agency or de-
partment to implement the Executive order, including the 
costs of designating labor compliance advisors and any 
other associated positions or resources needed to support 
the functions of the labor compliance advisors; 
(2) the effects of the Executive order on the indus-
trial base (including the defense industrial base) and in-
cluding input from both the Federal agencies (including 
the Department of Defense) and affected members of the 
industrial base, including how the order would affect the 
ability of mission critical contractors to continue to pro-
vide goods and services to the Federal Government; 
(3) any private sector capabilities that the agency or 
department would risk losing access to if the Executive 
order were implemented as defined in the FAR proposed 
rule (FAR Case 2014–025; Docket No. 2014–0025) and 
any related final rule; 
(4) costs to prime contractors and subcontractors as-
sociated with complying with the proposed rule or any re-
lated final rule, including the costs of having to create new 
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information systems or processes to obtain and manage 
the data required by the Executive order; 
(5) the effect of the Executive order on Federal ac-
quisition competition and the ability to encourage non-tra-
ditional contractors to compete in the Federal market; 
(6) the effect of the Executive order on the ability 
of the Federal Government to meet statutory small busi-
ness prime contracting and subcontracting goals, includ-
ing such goals for minority-owned, women-owned, and 
service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses; 
(7) the total number of violations (as defined in the 
proposed Department of Labor guidance) and the number 
of such violations where a challenge was still pending that 
would trigger disclosure by potential bidders to a Govern-
ment solicitation; 
(8) any delays to the procurement process that will 
result from the implementation of the Executive order; 
(9) alternative approaches to effect the goal of the 
Executive order, including potential improvements to Gov-
ernment information systems, that could provide greater 
transparency into labor law compliance without shifting 
the reporting burden to industry; and 
(10) such other matters as the Comptroller General 
determines relevant. 
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SEC. 641. (1) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be available to pay for an abortion or the admin-
istrative expenses in connection with a multi-State quali-
fied health plan offered under a contract under section 
1334 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(42 U.S.C. 18054) which provides any benefits or coverage 
for abortions. 
(2) The provision of paragraph (1) shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 
fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result 
of an act of rape or incest. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2017 shall obligate 
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
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802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 
agency, or instrumentality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 
States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve-
hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve-
hicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons 
for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That 
these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for 
police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 
5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 
demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 
Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra-
tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 
cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 
to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con-
ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim-
its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 
that is a commercial item and which operates on alter-
native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in 
hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 
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SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 
for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 
the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-
tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-
ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-
jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 
of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-
nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 
of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 
outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 
is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-
ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 
of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 
then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 
allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-
ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 
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being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 
of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub-
mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec-
essary: Provided further, That any payment made to any 
officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this sec-
tion shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided further, That this section shall not apply 
to any person who is an officer or employee of the Govern-
ment of the United States on the date of enactment of 
this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary em-
ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in 
the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of 
emergencies: Provided further, That this section does not 
apply to the employment as wildland firefighters for not 
more than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the 
Department of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service 
pursuant to an agreement with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and services 
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 
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performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 
1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 
of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13693 (March 19, 2015), including any 
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 
the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
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title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 
has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 
United States. 
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SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 
President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 
be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 
or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 
head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 
make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of-
fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 
used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 
directly controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of national security and emer-
gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-
ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 
2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 
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any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 
Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 
individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-
icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-
petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 
States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 
213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 
the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 
instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-
tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-
vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 
the individual to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the Armed Forces de-
tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 
(as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
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direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 
Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 
to the employment of such other officer or employee 
or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 
committee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 
commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 
such other officer or employee, by reason of any 
communication or contact of such other officer or 
employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 
(1). 
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SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 
any employee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
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tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 
infographic, social media, or film presentation designed to 
support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, 
except in presentation to the Congress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 
except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 
or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 
information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mail-
ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 
Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 
authorized by Congress. 
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SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined 
under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined 
under section 102 of such title, the United States 
Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commis-
sion. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 
to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 
system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 
5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 
in the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 
or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 
Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 
costs. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 
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reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government- 
wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 
the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 
rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 
That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
trator of General Services to support Government-wide 
and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 
procurement, and other management innovations, initia-
tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 
reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-
ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-
agement Council for overall management improvement ini-
tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 
management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 
Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 
Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-
tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-
cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-
ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 
not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 
duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 
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Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 
and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide inno-
vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 
the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 
Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during 
fiscal year 2017 shall remain available for obligation 
through September 30, 2018: Provided further, That such 
transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 
days following notification of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 
in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 
the location. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 
studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 
the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 
by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 
the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-
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port describing the budget of and resources connected with 
the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 
200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 
That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 
funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 
funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may 
be used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
ment Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
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lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 
that is a system security action taken by the oper-
ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 
to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 
provided in law. 
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(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 
religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
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(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-
ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 
Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 
anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-
cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 
oversight authorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments 
and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 
under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 
to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 
Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-
plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
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number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 
of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 
or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 
conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author-
ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 
by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 
cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 
any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
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SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 
as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 
or any subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
quired in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2017, for each employee 
who— 
(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 
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(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-
rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 
equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 
the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 
available until expended to the Office of Personnel 
Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 
5, United States Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re-
quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 
or otherwise performing or participating in acquisition at 
any stage of the acquisition process (as defined in section 
131 of title 41, United States Code) of property or services 
by the Federal Government to disclose any of the following 
information as a condition of submitting the offer or oth-
erwise performing in or participating in such acquisition: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 
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of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 
election for Federal office or to a political com-
mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 
election for Federal office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 
entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 
or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 
reasonable expectation that the person will use the 
funds to make a payment described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election-
eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 
‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 
et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 
a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern-
ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem-
ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-
missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 
agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 
Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
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SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2017, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing 
rate 
employee 
described 
in 
section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2017, in an 
amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 
in accordance with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2017, in an amount that exceeds, 
as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 
payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 
sum of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
in fiscal year 2017 under section 5303 of title 
5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
under the General Schedule; and 
(ii) the difference between the overall aver-
age percentage of the locality-based com-
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parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2017 under section 5304 of such title (whether 
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was 
effective in the previous fiscal year under such 
section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 
may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 
be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-
cable to such employee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2016, shall be determined under regulations pre-
scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 
may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2016, except to the extent determined by the Office 
of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-
pose of this subsection. 
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(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 
for service performed after September 30, 2016. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 
basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 
or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-
section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered 
by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-
section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 
necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-
fied employees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 
in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 
take place in fiscal year 2017 under sections 5344 and 
5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
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are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-
ees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 
employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be considered to be located 
in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 
States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-
plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 
2016. 
SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 
pay raise in calendar year 2017, notwithstanding the rate 
adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United 
States Code, or any other provision of law. 
(b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule po-
sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 
by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive 
a pay rate increase in calendar year 2017, notwith-
standing schedule adjustments made under section 5318 
of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 
law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This 
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subsection applies only to employees who are holding a po-
sition under a political appointment. 
(c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may 
not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2017, not-
withstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, 
except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 
(d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 
5, United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be 
received in calendar year 2017 (except as provided in sub-
section (g), (h), or (i)) by— 
(1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 
IV of the Executive Schedule; or 
(2) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
serving under a political appointment and paid a 
rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule. 
(e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including 
any locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 
5, United States Code, or similar authority) at or above 
level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a po-
litical appointment may not receive a pay rate increase 
in calendar year 2017, notwithstanding any other provi-
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sion of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or 
(i). This subsection does not apply to employees in the 
General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay 
system, or to employees appointed under section 3161 of 
title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 
pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 
or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-
plied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-
vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-
ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 
under applicable law. 
(g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Serv-
ice who receives a Presidential appointment and who 
makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 
pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United 
States Code, is not subject to this section. 
(h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re-
ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 
executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen-
ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 
is not subject to this section. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 
employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-
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crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-
ered position with higher-level duties and a pre-established 
higher level or range of pay, except that any such increase 
must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limi-
tations in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 
pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 
pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) 
through (e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins 
in calendar year 2017 but ends in calendar year 2018, 
the bar on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases 
shall apply through the end of that pay period. 
SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 
for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 
costs and contracting procedures related to each con-
ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-
mission, or office during fiscal year 2017 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$100,000. 
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(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 
United States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor 
travel to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used 
to determine which costs relate to the con-
ference; and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or 
office in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 
head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 
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official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 
date, location, and number of employees attending a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2017 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 
programmatically related to the purpose for which the 
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 
in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 
or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 
the grant or contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 
of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 
dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 
memorandum. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
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tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 
a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 
enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 
is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-
sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 741. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 
such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 
internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-
iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-
tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 
to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-
ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-
ceive such information. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 
Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 
information. 
SEC. 742. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-
ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
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ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 
the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 
with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 
the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 
existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-
fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 
reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any 
law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste 
of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and spe-
cific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other 
whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, 
obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by 
controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are 
incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: 
Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of 
this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that 
is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 
of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other 
than an employee or officer of the United States Govern-
ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular 
activity for which such document is to be used. Such form 
or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person 
will not disclose any classified information received in the 
course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do 
so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure 
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forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo-
sures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an execu-
tive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essen-
tial to reporting a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 
implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 
if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 
that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-
tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 
substantially similar language to that required in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 
aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 
has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 
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and has made a determination that this further action is 
not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act may be used to— 
(a) implement, administer, carry out, modify, revise, 
or enforce Executive Order 13690, entitled ‘‘Establishing 
a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Proc-
ess for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder 
Input’’ (issued January 30, 2015), until such time as each 
affected agency–— 
(1) publically releases and submits to the ap-
propriate Congressional committees an implementa-
tion plan that identifies all specific agency respon-
sibilities and program changes, including an assess-
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ment of the near term and long term costs and ben-
efits of the responsibilities and changes identified in 
such plan and 
(2) seeks public comment on any regulation, 
policy, or guidance to implement Executive Order 
13690 for not less than 180 days and holds at least 
one public hearing; or 
(b) implement Executive Order 13690 in a manner 
that modifies the non-grant components of the National 
Flood Insurance Program under the National Flood In-
surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4011 et seq.); or 
(c) apply Executive Order 13690 or the Federal 
Flood Risk Management Standard by any component of 
the Department of Defense, including the Army Corps of 
Engineers in a way that changes the ‘‘floodplain’’ consid-
ered when determining whether or not to issue a permit 
under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) or section 10 of the Act of March 
3, 1899 (chapter 425, 30 Stat. 1151; 33 U.S.C. 403). 
SEC. 746. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 
than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 
VIII. 
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements or judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed 
to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 
or any State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 
Federal and District government agencies, that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2017, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
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(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 
requests of local funds under this title through November 
7, 2017. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
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for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 
any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 
unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 
performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 
residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 
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the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 
call 24 hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex-
aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 
Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 
of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the 
Homeland Security and Emergency Management 
Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se-
curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor-
ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 
government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 
civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 
voting representation in Congress for the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 
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on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-
cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used for any program of distributing ster-
ile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any 
illegal drug. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 
rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 
associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 
schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de-
rivative. 
(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 
by any officer or employee of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation 
to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with 
the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I sub-
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stance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for 
recreational purposes. 
SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or ex-
penditure by any officer or employee of the District of Co-
lumbia government shall be expended for any abortion ex-
cept where the life of the mother would be endangered if 
the fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is 
the result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 
funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 
District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2017 that 
is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 
that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 
other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 
actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 
which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
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lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 
unanticipated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 
for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for-
mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern-
ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 
204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 
operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 
once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 
local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 
four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 
funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro-
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grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 
with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 
other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 
year 2017 from appropriations of Federal funds made 
available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2017 in 
this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 
2018, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 
Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 
such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 
made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
lined in section 803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2018, during a 
period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 
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resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 
provided for any project or activity for which local funds 
are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-
ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-
bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 
subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 
of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 
which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2018 
which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-
lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 
of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
ment for fiscal year 2018 for purposes of section 446 of 
the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-204.46, 
D.C. Official Code). 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2018 is 
in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2018. 
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(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided 
under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 
in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2018 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2018 if any other provi-
sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
tions)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 817. (a) Effective with respect to fiscal year 
2013 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Local Budget 
Autonomy Amendment Act of 2012 (D.C. Law 19–321) 
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is hereby repealed, and any provision of law amended or 
repealed by such Act shall be restored or revived as if such 
Act had not been enacted into law. 
(b)(1) Section 450 of the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act (sec. 1–204.50, D.C. Official Code) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
General Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—The General Fund’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION
OF FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS 
PROCESS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed as cre-
ating a continuing appropriation of the General Fund de-
scribed in subsection (a). All funds provided for the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall be appropriated on an annual fiscal 
year basis through the Federal appropriations process. 
For each fiscal year, the District shall be subject to all 
applicable requirements of subchapter III of chapter 13 
and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘Anti-Deficiency Act’), the 
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, and all other require-
ments and restrictions applicable to appropriations for 
such fiscal year.’’. 
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(2) Section 603(a) of such Act (sec. 1–206.03(a), 
D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘existing’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and in-
serting the following: ‘‘, or as authorizing the Dis-
trict of Columbia to make any such change.’’. 
(3) The amendments made by this subsection shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act. 
SEC. 818. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 
title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV. 
TITLE IX 
SOAR REAUTHORIZATION ACT 
SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN TITLE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 
‘‘Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthoriza-
tion Act’’ or the ‘‘SOAR Reauthorization Act’’. 
(b) REFERENCES IN TITLE.—Except as otherwise ex-
pressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment is 
expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a sec-
tion or other provision, the reference shall be considered 
to be made to that section or other provision of the Schol-
arships for Opportunity and Results Act (division C of 
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Public Law 112–10; sec. 38–1853.01 et seq., D.C. Official 
Code). 
SEC. 902. REPEAL. 
Section 817 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2016 (Public Law 114–113) is repealed, and any provision 
of law amended or repealed by such section is restored 
or revived as if such section had not been enacted into 
law. 
SEC. 903. PURPOSES. 
Section 3003 (sec. 38–1853.03, D.C. Official Code) 
is amended by striking ‘‘particularly parents’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘, with’’ and inserting ‘‘particularly par-
ents of students who attend an elementary school or sec-
ondary school identified as one of the lowest-performing 
schools under the District of Columbia’s accountability 
system, with’’. 
SEC. 904. PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF LIMITS ON TYPES 
OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN 
THE PROGRAM. 
Section 3004(a) (sec. 38–1853.04(a), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF LIMITS ON 
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE PRO-
GRAM.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
program under this division, the Secretary may 
not limit the number of eligible students receiv-
ing scholarships under section 3007(a), and 
may not prevent otherwise eligible students 
from participating in the program under this 
division, based on any of the following: 
‘‘(i) The type of school the student 
previously attended. 
‘‘(ii) Whether or not the student pre-
viously received a scholarship or partici-
pated in the program, including whether 
an eligible student was awarded a scholar-
ship in any previous year but has not used 
the scholarship, regardless of the number 
of years of nonuse. 
‘‘(iii) Whether or not the student was 
a member of the control group used by the 
Institute of Education Sciences to carry 
out previous evaluations of the program 
under section 3009. 
‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in subparagraph (A) may be construed to waive 
the requirement under section 3005(b)(1)(B) 
that the eligible entity carrying out the program 
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under this Act must carry out a random selec-
tion process, which gives weight to the priorities 
described in section 3006, if more eligible stu-
dents seek admission in the program than the 
program can accommodate.’’. 
SEC. 905. REQUIRING ELIGIBLE ENTITIES TO UTILIZE IN-
TERNAL FISCAL AND QUALITY CONTROLS. 
Section 3005(b)(1) (sec. 38–1853.05(b)(1), D.C. Of-
ficial Code) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘, except 
that a participating school may not be required to 
submit to more than 1 site visit per school year’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (K) and 
(L) as subparagraphs (L) and (M), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(K) how the entity will ensure the finan-
cial viability of participating schools in which 
85 percent or more of the total number of stu-
dents enrolled at the school are participating el-
igible students that receive and use an oppor-
tunity scholarship;’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (L), as redesignated by 
paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(N) how the eligible entity will ensure 
that it— 
‘‘(i) utilizes internal fiscal and quality 
controls; and 
‘‘(ii) complies with applicable financial 
reporting requirements and the require-
ments of this division; and’’. 
SEC. 906. CLARIFICATION OF PRIORITIES FOR AWARDING 
SCHOLARSHIPS TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. 
Section 3006(1) (sec. 38–1853.06(1), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘attended’’ 
and all that follows through the semicolon and in-
serting ‘‘attended an elementary school or secondary 
school identified as one of the lowest-performing 
schools under the District of Columbia’s account-
ability system; and’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(4) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated by 
paragraph (3), by striking the semicolon at the end 
and inserting ‘‘or whether such students have, in the 
past, attended a private school;’’. 
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SEC. 907. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICI-
PATING SCHOOLS AND ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
(a) CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS; COMPLIANCE 
WITH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 3007(a)(4) 
(sec. 38–1853.07(a)(4), D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(F) ensures that, with respect to core 
subject matter, participating students are 
taught by a teacher who has a baccalaureate 
degree or equivalent degree, whether such de-
gree was awarded in or outside of the United 
States;’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) conducts criminal background checks 
on school employees who have direct and unsu-
pervised interaction with students; and 
‘‘(H) complies with all requests for data 
and information regarding the reporting re-
quirements described in section 3010.’’. 
(b) ACCREDITATION.—Section 3007(a) (sec. 38– 
1853.07(a), D.C. Official Code), as amended by subsection 
(a), is further amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 
(2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(5)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—None of the funds 
provided under this division for opportunity 
scholarships may be used by a participating eli-
gible student to enroll in a participating private 
school unless the school— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a school that is a 
participating school as of the date of en-
actment of the SOAR Reauthorization 
Act— 
‘‘(I) is fully accredited by an ac-
crediting body described in any of 
subparagraphs (A) through (G) of 
section 2202(16) of the District of 
Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 
(Public 
Law 
104–134; 
sec. 
38– 
1802.02(16)(A)–(G), 
D.C. 
Official 
Code); or 
‘‘(II) if such participating school 
does not meet the requirements of 
subclause (I)— 
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‘‘(aa) not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of 
the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2016 (Public Law 114– 
113), the school is pursuing full 
accreditation by an accrediting 
body described in subclause (I); 
and 
‘‘(bb) is fully accredited by 
such an accrediting body not 
later than 5 years after the date 
on which that school began the 
process of pursuing full accredi-
tation in accordance with item 
(aa); and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a school that is not 
a participating school as of the date of en-
actment of the SOAR Reauthorization Act, 
is fully accredited by an accrediting body 
described in clause (i)(I) before becoming a 
participating school under this division. 
‘‘(B) REPORTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—Not 
later than 5 years after the date of enactment 
of the SOAR Reauthorization Act, each partici-
pating school shall submit to the eligible entity 
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a certification that the school has been fully ac-
credited in accordance with subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) ASSISTING STUDENTS IN ENROLLING 
IN OTHER SCHOOLS.—If a participating school 
fails to meet the requirements of this para-
graph, the eligible entity shall assist the parents 
of the participating eligible students who attend 
the school in identifying, applying to, and en-
rolling in another participating school under 
this division. 
‘‘(6) TREATMENT OF STUDENTS AWARDED A 
SCHOLARSHIP IN A PREVIOUS YEAR.—An eligible en-
tity shall treat a participating eligible student who 
was awarded an opportunity scholarship in any pre-
vious year and who has not used the scholarship as 
a renewal student and not as a new applicant, with-
out regard as to— 
‘‘(A) whether the eligible student has used 
the scholarship; and 
‘‘(B) the year in which the scholarship was 
previously awarded.’’. 
(c) REQUIRING USE OF FUNDS REMAINING UNOBLI-
GATED FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3007 (sec. 38– 
1853.07, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REQUIRING USE OF FUNDS REMAINING UNOB-
LIGATED FROM PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To the extent that any 
funds appropriated for the opportunity scholarship 
program under this division for any fiscal year re-
main available for subsequent fiscal years under sec-
tion 3014(c), the Secretary shall make such funds 
available to eligible entities receiving grants under 
section 3004(a) for the uses described in paragraph 
(2)— 
‘‘(A) in the case of any remaining funds 
that were appropriated before the date of enact-
ment of the SOAR Reauthorization Act, begin-
ning on the date of enactment of such Act; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of any remaining funds 
appropriated on or after the date of enactment 
of such Act, by the first day of the first subse-
quent fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—If an eligible entity to 
which the Secretary provided additional funds under 
paragraph (1) elects to use such funds during a fis-
cal year, the eligible entity shall use— 
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‘‘(A) not less than 95 percent of such addi-
tional funds to provide additional scholarships 
for eligible students under section 3007(a), or 
to increase the amount of the scholarships, dur-
ing such year; and 
‘‘(B) not more than a total of 5 percent of 
such additional funds for administrative ex-
penses, parental assistance, or tutoring, as de-
scribed in subsections (b) and (c), during such 
year. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Any amounts made avail-
able for administrative expenses, parental assistance, 
or tutoring under paragraph (2)(B) shall be in addi-
tion to any other amounts made available for such 
purposes in accordance with subsections (b) and 
(c).’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of en-
actment of this title. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
AND PARENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 3007 (sec. 38– 
1853.07, D.C. Official Code), as amended by this section, 
is further amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and in-
serting the following: 
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‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
AND PARENTAL 
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall make $2,000,000 of 
the amount made available under section 3014(a)(1) for 
each fiscal year available to eligible entities receiving a 
grant under section 3004(a) to cover the following ex-
penses: 
‘‘(1) The administrative expenses of carrying 
out its program under this division during the year, 
including— 
‘‘(A) determining the eligibility of students 
to participate; 
‘‘(B) selecting the eligible students to re-
ceive scholarships; 
‘‘(C) determining the amount of the schol-
arships and issuing the scholarships to eligible 
students; 
‘‘(D) compiling and maintaining financial 
and programmatic records; 
‘‘(E) conducting site visits as described in 
section 3005(b)(1)(I); and 
‘‘(F)(i) conducting a study, including a 
survey of participating parents, on any barriers 
for participating eligible students in gaining ad-
mission to, or attending, the participating 
school that is their first choice; and 
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‘‘(ii) not later than the end of the first full 
fiscal year after the date of enactment of the 
SOAR Reauthorization Act, submitting a report 
to Congress that contains the results of such 
study. 
‘‘(2) The expenses of educating parents about 
the eligible entity’s program under this division, and 
assisting parents through the application process 
under this division, including— 
‘‘(A) providing information about the pro-
gram and the participating schools to parents 
of eligible students, including information on 
supplemental financial aid that may be available 
at participating schools; 
‘‘(B) providing funds to assist parents of 
students in meeting expenses that might other-
wise preclude the participation of eligible stu-
dents in the program; and 
‘‘(C) streamlining the application process 
for parents.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d), and sub-
section (e) (as added by subsection (c)(1)), as sub-
sections (c) and (d), respectively. 
(e) CLARIFICATION OF USE OF FUNDS FOR STU-
DENT ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE.—Section 3007(c) (sec. 38– 
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1853.07(c), D.C. Official Code), as redesignated by sub-
section (d)(2), is amended by striking ‘‘previously at-
tended’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘previously attended an elementary school 
or secondary school identified as one of the lowest-per-
forming schools under the District of Columbia’s account-
ability system.’’. 
SEC. 908. PROGRAM EVALUATION. 
(a) REVISION OF EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND 
REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3009(a) (sec. 38– 
1853.09(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) DUTIES
OF
THE
SECRETARY
AND
THE 
MAYOR.—The Secretary and the Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall— 
‘‘(A) jointly enter into an agreement with 
the Institute of Education Sciences of the De-
partment of Education to evaluate annually the 
opportunity scholarship program under this di-
vision; 
‘‘(B) jointly enter into an agreement to 
monitor and evaluate the use of funds author-
ized and appropriated for the District of Co-
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lumbia public schools and the District of Co-
lumbia public charter schools under this divi-
sion; and 
‘‘(C) make the evaluations described in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) public in accord-
ance with subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary, through a grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement, shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that the evaluation under 
paragraph (1)(A)— 
‘‘(i) is conducted using an acceptable 
quasi-experimental research design for de-
termining the effectiveness of the oppor-
tunity scholarship program under this divi-
sion that does not use a control study 
group consisting of students who applied 
for but did not receive opportunity scholar-
ships; and 
‘‘(ii) addresses the issues described in 
paragraph (4); and 
‘‘(B) disseminate information on the im-
pact of the program— 
‘‘(i) in increasing academic achieve-
ment and educational attainment of par-
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ticipating eligible students who use an op-
portunity scholarship; and 
‘‘(ii) on students and schools in the 
District of Columbia. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES
OF
THE
INSTITUTE
OF
EDU-
CATION
SCIENCES.—The Institute of Education 
Sciences of the Department of Education shall— 
‘‘(A) assess participating eligible students 
who use an opportunity scholarship in each of 
grades 3 through 8, as well as one of the grades 
at the high school level, by supervising the ad-
ministration of the same reading and mathe-
matics assessment used by the District of Co-
lumbia public schools to comply with section 
1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)); 
‘‘(B) measure the academic achievement of 
all participating eligible students who use an 
opportunity scholarship in the grades described 
in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(C) work with eligible entities receiving a 
grant under this division to ensure that the par-
ents of each student who is a participating eli-
gible student that uses an opportunity scholar-
ship agrees to permit their child to participate 
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in the evaluations and assessments carried out 
by the Institute of Education Sciences under 
this subsection. 
‘‘(4) ISSUES TO BE EVALUATED.—The issues to 
be evaluated under paragraph (1)(A) shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(A) A comparison of the academic 
achievement of participating eligible students 
who use an opportunity scholarship on the 
measurements described in paragraph (3)(B) to 
the academic achievement of a comparison 
group of students with similar backgrounds in 
the District of Columbia public schools. 
‘‘(B) The success of the program under 
this division in expanding choice options for 
parents of participating eligible students and 
increasing the satisfaction of such parents and 
students with their choice. 
‘‘(C) The reasons parents of participating 
eligible students choose for their children to 
participate in the program, including important 
characteristics for selecting schools. 
‘‘(D) A comparison of the retention rates, 
high school graduation rates, college enrollment 
rates, college persistence rates, and college 
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graduation rates of participating eligible stu-
dents who use an opportunity scholarship with 
the rates of students in the comparison group 
described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(E) A comparison of the college enroll-
ment rates, college persistence rates, and col-
lege graduation rates of students who partici-
pated in the program in 2004, 2005, 2011, 
2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 as the result of 
winning the Opportunity Scholarship Program 
lottery with such enrollment, persistence, and 
graduation rates for students who entered but 
did not win such lottery in those years and who, 
as a result, served as the control group for pre-
vious evaluations of the program under this di-
vision. Nothing in this subparagraph may be 
construed to waive section 3004(a)(3)(A)(iii) 
with respect to any such student. 
‘‘(F) A comparison of the safety of the 
schools attended by participating eligible stu-
dents who use an opportunity scholarship and 
the schools in the District of Columbia attended 
by students in the comparison group described 
in subparagraph (A), based on the perceptions 
of the students and parents. 
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‘‘(G) An assessment of student academic 
achievement at participating schools in which 
85 percent of the total number of students en-
rolled at the school are participating eligible 
students who receive and use an opportunity 
scholarship. 
‘‘(H) Such other issues with respect to 
participating eligible students who use an op-
portunity scholarship as the Secretary considers 
appropriate for inclusion in the evaluation, such 
as the impact of the program on public elemen-
tary schools and secondary schools in the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITING DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL 
INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any disclosure of per-
sonally identifiable information obtained under 
this division shall be in compliance with section 
444 of the General Education Provisions Act 
(commonly known as the ‘Family Educational 
Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’) (20 U.S.C. 
1232g). 
‘‘(B) STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS.—With respect to any student who is 
not attending a public elementary school or sec-
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ondary school, personally identifiable informa-
tion obtained under this division shall only be 
disclosed to— 
‘‘(i) individuals carrying out the eval-
uation described in paragraph (1)(A) for 
such student; 
‘‘(ii) the group of individuals pro-
viding information for carrying out the 
evaluation of such student; and 
‘‘(iii) the parents of such student.’’. 
(2) TRANSITION OF EVALUATION.— 
(A) TERMINATION OF PREVIOUS EVALUA-
TIONS.—The Secretary of Education shall— 
(i) terminate the evaluations con-
ducted under section 3009(a) of the Schol-
arships for Opportunity and Results Act 
(sec. 38–1853.09(a), D.C. Official Code), 
as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this title, after obtaining 
data for the 2016–2017 school year; and 
(ii) submit any reports required for 
the 2016–2017 school year or preceding 
years with respect to the evaluations in ac-
cordance with section 3009(b) of such Act. 
(B) NEW EVALUATIONS.— 
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(i) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning 
with respect to the 2017–2018 school year, 
the Secretary shall conduct new evalua-
tions in accordance with the provisions of 
section 3009(a) of the Scholarships for Op-
portunity and Results Act (sec. 38– 
1853.09(a), D.C. Official Code), as amend-
ed by this title. 
(ii) MOST RECENT EVALUATION.—As 
a component of the new evaluations de-
scribed in clause (i), the Secretary shall 
continue to monitor and evaluate the stu-
dents who were evaluated in the most re-
cent evaluation under such section prior to 
the date of enactment of this title, includ-
ing by monitoring and evaluating the test 
scores and other information of such stu-
dents. 
(b) DUTY OF MAYOR TO ENSURE INSTITUTE HAS 
ALL INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT EVALUA-
TIONS.—Section 3011(a)(1) (sec. 38–1853.11(a)(1), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT 
EVALUATIONS.—Ensure that all District of Colum-
bia public schools and District of Columbia public 
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charter schools make available to the Institute of 
Education Sciences of the Department of Education 
all of the information the Institute requires to carry 
out the assessments and perform the evaluations re-
quired under section 3009(a).’’. 
SEC. 909. FUNDING FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
(a) MANDATORY WITHHOLDING
OF FUNDS
FOR 
FAILURE
TO
COMPLY
WITH
CONDITIONS.—Section 
3011(b) (sec. 38–1853.11(b), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If, after reasonable notice and 
an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary determines 
that the Mayor has failed to comply with any of the re-
quirements of subsection (a), the Secretary may withhold 
from the Mayor, in whole or in part— 
‘‘(1) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated under section 3014(a)(2), if the failure to 
comply relates to the District of Columbia public 
schools; 
‘‘(2) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated under section 3014(a)(3), if the failure to 
comply relates to the District of Columbia public 
charter schools; or 
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‘‘(3) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated under both paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
section 3014(a), if the failure relates to both the 
District of Columbia public schools and the District 
of Columbia public charter schools.’’. 
(b) RULES FOR USE OF FUNDS PROVIDED FOR SUP-
PORT
OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—Section 3011 
(sec. 38–1853.11, D.C. Official Code), as amended by sec-
tion 7(b) and section 8(a), is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) SPECIFIC RULES REGARDING FUNDS PROVIDED 
FOR SUPPORT OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—The fol-
lowing rules shall apply with respect to the funds provided 
under this division for the support of District of Columbia 
public charter schools: 
‘‘(1) The Secretary may direct the funds pro-
vided for any fiscal year, or any portion thereof, to 
the Office of the State Superintendent of Education 
of the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(2) The Office of the State Superintendent of 
Education of the District of Columbia may transfer 
the funds to subgrantees that are— 
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‘‘(A) specific District of Columbia public 
charter schools or networks of such schools; or 
‘‘(B) District of Columbia-based nonprofit 
organizations with experience in successfully 
providing support or assistance to District of 
Columbia public charter schools or networks of 
such schools. 
‘‘(3) The funds provided under this division for 
the support of District of Columbia public charter 
schools shall be available to any District of Columbia 
public charter school in good standing with the Dis-
trict of Columbia Charter School Board, and the Of-
fice of the State Superintendent of Education of the 
District of Columbia and the District of Columbia 
Charter School Board may not restrict the avail-
ability of such funds to certain types of schools on 
the basis of the school’s location, governing body, or 
the school’s facilities.’’. 
SEC. 910. REVISION OF CURRENT MEMORANDUM OF UN-
DERSTANDING. 
Not later than the beginning of the 2017–2018 school 
year, the Secretary of Education and the Mayor of the 
District of Columbia shall revise the memorandum of un-
derstanding which is in effect under section 3012(d) of 
the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act as of 
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the day before the date of the enactment of this title to 
address the following: 
(1) The amendments made by this title. 
(2) The need to ensure that participating 
schools under the Scholarships for Opportunity and 
Results Act meet fire code standards and maintain 
certificates of occupancy. 
(3) The need to ensure that District of Colum-
bia public schools and District of Columbia public 
charter schools meet the requirements under such 
Act to comply with all reasonable requests for infor-
mation necessary to carry out the evaluations re-
quired under section 3009(a) of such Act. 
SEC. 911. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3013 (sec. 38–1853.13, D.C. Official Code) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(10) as paragraphs (2) through (11), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1), the following: 
‘‘(1) CORE SUBJECT MATTER.—The term ‘core 
subject matter’ means— 
‘‘(A) mathematics; 
‘‘(B) science; and 
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‘‘(C) English, reading, or language arts.’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), as redesignated by 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘household with a’’ be-
fore ‘‘student’’. 
SEC. 912. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3014 (sec. 38–1853.14, 
D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and for each 
of the 4 succeeding fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2021’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 
subsection (a)(1), including amounts appropriated and 
available under such subsection before the date of enact-
ment of the SOAR Reauthorization Act, shall remain 
available until expended.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a)(2) shall take effect on the date of enact-
ment of this title. 
SEC. 913. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made 
by this title shall apply with respect to school year 2017– 
2018 and each succeeding school year. 
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TITLE X 
SEC SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATE ACT 
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘SEC Small Business 
Advocate Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 1002. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF THE ADVOCATE 
FOR SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL FORMATION 
AND SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL FORMATION 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) OFFICE OF THE ADVOCATE FOR SMALL BUSI-
NESS CAPITAL FORMATION.—Section 4 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78d) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) OFFICE OF THE ADVOCATE FOR SMALL BUSI-
NESS CAPITAL FORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) OFFICE
ESTABLISHED.—There is estab-
lished within the Commission the Office of the Advo-
cate for Small Business Capital Formation (here-
after in this subsection referred to as the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(2) ADVOCATE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL 
FORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of the Of-
fice shall be the Advocate for Small Business 
Capital Formation, who shall— 
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