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Children and Families—Children and Families Services Programs’’ 
in Public Law 113–76 shall not be included in the calculation 
of the ‘‘base grant’’ in fiscal year 2015, as such term is used 
in section 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
9835(a)(7)(A)). 
SEC. 134. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Department 
of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and 
Families—Low Income Home Energy Assistance’’ in division H of 
Public Law 113–76 shall be applied to amounts made available 
by this joint resolution by substituting ‘‘2015’’ for ‘‘2014’’. 
SEC. 135. Amounts provided by this joint resolution for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children 
and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be apportioned 
up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain program oper-
ations at the level provided in fiscal year 2014. 
SEC. 136. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by 
this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services 
Emergency Fund’’, there is appropriated $58,000,000 for an addi-
tional amount for fiscal year 2015, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2015, for expenses necessary to support acceleration 
of countermeasure and product advanced research and development 
pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service Act for 
addressing Ebola. 
SEC. 137. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by 
this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Global Health’’, 
there is appropriated $30,000,000 for an additional amount for 
fiscal year 2015, to remain available until September 30, 2015, 
for expenses necessary to support the responses of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘CDC’’) to the outbreak of Ebola virus in Africa: Provided, 
That such funds shall be available for transfer by the Director 
of the CDC to other accounts of the CDC for such support: Provided 
further, That the Director of the CDC shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 30 days after the date of any transfer under the 
preceding proviso. 
SEC. 138. Amounts made available by this joint resolution 
for ‘‘Department of Education—Rehabilitation Services and Dis-
ability 
Research’’, 
‘‘Department 
of 
Education—Departmental 
Management—Program Administration’’, and ‘‘Department of 
Health and Human Services—Administration for Community 
Living—Aging and Disability Services Programs’’ may be obligated 
in the account and budget structure set forth in section 491 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 3515e). 
SEC. 139. Of the unobligated balance of amounts provided by 
section 108 of Public Law 111–3, $4,549,000,000 is rescinded. 
SEC. 140. Section 113 of division H of Public Law 113–76 
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 
SEC. 141. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are made 
available for accounts in title I of division J of Public Law 113– 
76 at an aggregate rate for operations of $6,558,223,500. 
(b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this joint resolution, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
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the Senate a report delineating the allocation of budget authority 
in subsection (a) by account and project. 
SEC. 142. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administra-
tion—General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’ at a rate for operations of $2,524,254,000. 
SEC. 143. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administra-
tion—Office of Inspector General’’ at a rate for operations of 
$126,411,000. 
SEC. 144. Section 209 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied by substituting the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2014’’. 
SEC. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Broad-
casting Board of Governors—International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the 
President—Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Security Assist-
ance—Department of State—International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Department 
of State—Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, and ‘‘International Security Assistance—Funds Appro-
priated to the President—Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
shall be obligated at a rate for operations as necessary to sustain 
assistance for Ukraine and independent states of the Former Soviet 
Union and Central and Eastern Europe to counter external, regional 
aggression and influence. 
SEC. 146. Section 7081(4) of division K of Public Law 113– 
76 shall be applied to amounts made available by this joint resolu-
tion by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 
SEC. 147. The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 
635 et seq.) shall be applied through June 30, 2015, by substituting 
such date for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ in section 7 of such Act. 
SEC. 148. (a) Section 44302(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2015’’. 
(b) Section 44303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the date specified 
in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2015’’. 
(c) Section 44310(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the date specified 
in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2015’’. 
SEC. 149. (a) The Secretary of Defense is authorized, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, 
including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment, to appro-
priately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition and other appro-
priately vetted Syrian groups and individuals for the following 
purposes: 
(1) Defending the Syrian people from attacks by the Islamic 
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and securing territory 
controlled by the Syrian opposition.
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(2) Protecting the United States, its friends and allies, 
and the Syrian people from the threats posed by terrorists 
in Syria. 
(3) Promoting the conditions for a negotiated settlement 
to end the conflict in Syria. 
(b) Not later than 15 days prior to providing assistance author-
ized under subsection (a) to vetted recipients for the first time— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership of the House of Representatives 
and Senate a report, in unclassified form with a classified 
annex as appropriate, that contains a description of— 
(A) the plan for providing such assistance; 
(B) the requirements and process used to determine 
appropriately vetted recipients; and 
(C) the mechanisms and procedures that will be used 
to monitor and report to the appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership of the House of Representatives 
and Senate on unauthorized end-use of provided training 
and equipment and other violations of relevant law by 
recipients; and 
(2) the President shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and leadership of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate a report, in unclassified form with a classified 
annex as appropriate, that contains a description of how such 
assistance fits within a larger regional strategy. 
(c) The plan required in subsection (b)(1) shall include a descrip-
tion of— 
(1) the goals and objectives of assistance authorized under 
subsection (a); 
(2) the concept of operations, timelines, and types of 
training, equipment, and supplies to be provided; 
(3) the roles and contributions of partner nations; 
(4) the number of United States Armed Forces personnel 
involved; 
(5) any additional military support and sustainment activi-
ties; and 
(6) any other relevant details. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the Secretary of Defense 
submits the report required in subsection (b)(1), and every 90 days 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State, shall provide the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
with a progress report. Such progress report shall include a descrip-
tion of— 
(1) any updates to or changes in the plan, strategy, vetting 
requirements and process, and end-use monitoring mechanisms 
and procedures, as required in subsection (b)(1); 
(2) statistics on green-on-blue attacks and how such attacks 
are being mitigated; 
(3) the groups receiving assistance authorized under sub-
section (a); 
(4) the recruitment, throughput, and retention rates of 
recipients and equipment; 
(5) any misuse or loss of provided training and equipment 
and how such misuse or loss is being mitigated; and
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(6) an assessment of the effectiveness of the assistance 
authorized under subsection (a) as measured against sub-
sections (b) and (c). 
(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall 
apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriately vetted’’ means, with respect 
to elements of the Syrian opposition and other Syrian groups 
and individuals, at a minimum, assessments of such elements, 
groups, and individuals for associations with terrorist groups, 
Shia militias aligned with or supporting the Government of 
Syria, and groups associated with the Government of Iran. 
Such groups include, but are not limited to, the Islamic State 
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Jabhat al Nusrah, Ahrar al 
Sham, other al-Qaeda related groups, and Hezbollah. 
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(f) The Department of Defense may submit a reprogramming 
or transfer request to the congressional defense committees for 
funds made available by section 101(a)(3) of this joint resolution 
and designated in section 114 of this joint resolution to carry 
out activities authorized under this section notwithstanding sections 
102 and 104 of this joint resolution. 
(g) The Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contribu-
tions, including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments to 
carry out activities as authorized by this section which shall be 
credited to appropriations made available by this joint resolution 
for the appropriate operation and maintenance accounts, except 
that any funds so accepted by the Secretary shall not be available 
for obligation until a reprogramming action is submitted to the 
congressional defense committees: Provided, That amounts made 
available by this subsection are designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such amounts 
shall be available only if the President so designates such amounts 
and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
(h) The authority provided in this section shall continue in 
effect through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act 
authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense. 
(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to constitute 
a specific statutory authorization for the introduction of United 
States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations wherein 
hostilities are clearly indicated by the circumstances. 
(j) Nothing in this section supersedes or alters the continuing 
obligations of the President to report to Congress pursuant to 
section 4 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1543) regarding 
the use of United States Armed Forces abroad.
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This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria-
tions Resolution, 2015’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.