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savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, 
which would result in a change in existing programs, 
projects or activities as approved by Congress; unless the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are noti-
fied 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds 
by agencies (excluding agencies of the Department of Jus-
tice) funded by this Act and 45 days in advance of such 
reprogramming of funds by agencies of the Department of 
Justice funded by this Act. 
SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a 
court or Federal agency that any person intentionally af-
fixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or 
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold 
in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 
United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any 
contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to author-
ized purchases of promotional items, funds made available 
by this Act shall be used to purchase items that are manu-
factured, produced, or assembled in the United States, its 
territories or possessions.
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(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, Item 
(1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Jus-
tice, the National Science Foundation, and the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a quarterly report on the status of bal-
ances of appropriations at the account level. For unobli-
gated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed 
balances the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation 
from which the balances were derived. For balances that are 
obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall sepa-
rately identify amounts by the year of obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 
(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, the 
department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the max-
imum extent practicable under such accounting system and 
shall identify and describe in each quarterly report the ex-
tent to which such aspect is not fulfilled.
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SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or agen-
cy funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available to such department or agency: 
Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between ap-
propriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 
section is provided in addition to authorities included else-
where in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to 
carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, 
That for the Department of Commerce, this section shall 
also apply to actions taken for the care and protection of 
loan collateral or grant property. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall 
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to-
bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 
foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 
or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 
applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 
same type. 
SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
amounts deposited or available in the Fund established by
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section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98– 
473 (42 U.S.C. 10601) in any fiscal year in excess of 
$3,042,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available from 
the Fund for obligation, $10,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended to the Department of Justice Office of In-
spector General for oversight and auditing purposes. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate 
against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of stu-
dents who participate in programs for which financial as-
sistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or 
legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 512. 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 pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to im-
plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 
procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National
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Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation 
shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are 
appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Con-
gress on the progress of such audits, which may include pre-
liminary findings and a description of areas of particular 
interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and 
every 180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed. 
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 
described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is com-
pleted, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Di-
rector, or President, as appropriate, shall make the results 
of the audit available to the public on the Internet website 
maintained by the Department, Administration, Founda-
tion, or Corporation, respectively. The results shall be made 
available in redacted form to exclude— 
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) sensitive personal information for any indi-
vidual, the public access to which could be used to 
commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 
unlawful purposes. 
(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 
by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state-
ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General,
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the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 
certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 
will be made available through a subcontract or in any 
other manner to another person who has a financial interest 
in the person awarded the grant or contract. 
(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 
section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Office of Government Eth-
ics, determines that a uniform set of rules and requirements, 
substantially similar to the requirements in such sub-
sections, consistently apply under the executive branch eth-
ics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and enti-
ties. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the De-
partments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact 
information system, as defined for security categorization 
in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 
(NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publica-
tion 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal 
Information and Information Systems’’ unless the agency 
has—
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(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 
supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 
strategy for any identified risks; 
(2) determined that the acquisition of such sys-
tem is in the national interest of the United States; 
and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen-
eral. 
(c) During fiscal year 2016— 
(1) the FBI shall develop best practices for sup-
ply chain risk management; and 
(2) the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
and the National Science Foundation shall incor-
porate such practices into their information tech-
nology procurement practices to the maximum extent 
practicable. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or jus-
tify the use of torture by any official or contract employee 
of the United States Government. 
SEC. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
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made available under this Act or any other Act may be 
expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex-
penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United 
States in connection with requiring an export license for 
the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or 
attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 121.1 
of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Traf-
ficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed 
on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 
wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions 
of subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting 
party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export 
license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter re-
quired by law, or from being otherwise eligible under 
the laws of the United States to possess, ship, trans-
port, or export the articles enumerated in subsection 
(a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents and parts for such firearms, other than for
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end use by the Federal Government, or a Provin-
cial or Municipal Government of Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm list-
ed in Category I, other than for end use by the 
Federal Government, or a Provincial or Munic-
ipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Direc-
tors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent 
or temporary export without a license of any unclassified 
articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use 
in Canada or return to the United States, or temporary 
import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use 
in the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian 
citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under 
this section on a temporary basis if the President deter-
mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 
the Government of Canada has implemented or maintained 
inadequate import controls for the articles specified in sub-
section (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles 
has and continues to take place for use in international 
terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another na-
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tion. The President shall terminate the requirements of a 
license when reasons for the temporary requirements have 
ceased. 
SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 
other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 
to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 
officer or employee of the United States to deny any appli-
cation submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and 
qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for 
a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios or relics’’ 
firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi-
lateral trade agreement the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 
States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 
States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 
States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 
letter in contravention of any of the following laws author-
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izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The 
Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 
Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA 
PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act of 2015; and the laws 
amended by these Acts. 
SEC. 521. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-
gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 
Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reasonable 
cause to believe that the total program cost has increased 
by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall imme-
diately inform the respective Secretary, Administrator, or 
Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall 
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall in-
clude in such notice: the date on which such determination 
was made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; 
the action taken and proposed to be taken to control future 
cost growth of the project; changes made in the performance 
or schedule milestones and the degree to which such changes 
have contributed to the increase in total program costs or 
procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or pro-
curement costs; and a statement validating that the project’s
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management structure is adequate to control total project 
or procurement costs. 
SEC. 522. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifi-
cally authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during 
fiscal year 2016 until the enactment of the Intelligence Au-
thorization Act for fiscal year 2016. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to enter into a 
contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award 
a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective con-
tractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency award-
ing the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge 
and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal 
tax returns required during the three years preceding the 
certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense 
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more 
than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any 
unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability re-
mains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of 
an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has 
been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not
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in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous 
administrative or judicial proceeding. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 524. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available to the Department of Com-
merce’s Economic Development Administration, Economic 
Development Assistance Programs, $10,000,000 are re-
scinded, not later than September 30, 2016. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De-
partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re-
scinded, not later than September 30, 2016, from the fol-
lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 
(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $69,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘United States Marshals Service, Federal 
Prisoner Detention’’, $195,974,000; 
(3) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, $80,767,000 from fees collected to de-
fray expenses for the automation of fingerprint iden-
tification and criminal justice information services 
and associated costs; 
(4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 
Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro-
grams’’, $15,000,000;
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(5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $40,000,000; 
(6) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, 
Community 
Oriented 
Policing 
Services’’, 
$10,000,000; and 
(7) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 
$458,000,000. 
(c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 
September 1, 2016, specifying the amount of each rescission 
made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 
travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or 
agency, who are stationed in the United States, at any sin-
gle conference occurring outside the United States unless 
such conference is a law enforcement training or oper-
ational conference for law enforcement personnel and the 
majority of Federal employees in attendance are law en-
forcement personnel stationed outside the United States.
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SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this or any other Act may be used to 
transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or 
within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 
the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 528. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 
described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 
imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 
of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
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(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 529. To the extent practicable, funds made avail-
able in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that 
are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal Energy 
Management Program’’ designation. 
SEC. 530. The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro-
priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in ex-
pired grant accounts and include in its annual performance 
plan and performance and accountability reports the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Details on future action the department, 
agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 
undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 
(2) The method that the department, agency, or 
instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in 
expired grant accounts. 
(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex-
pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 
Treasury of the United States.
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(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the 
total number of expired grant accounts with 
undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 
year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 
and the total finances that have not been obligated to 
a specific project remaining in the accounts. 
SEC. 531. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, 
implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, 
or contract of any kind to participate, collaborate, or co-
ordinate bilaterally in any way with China or any Chinese- 
owned company unless such activities are specifically au-
thorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 
at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 
(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 
(b) shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP has 
certified— 
(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 
technology, data, or other information with national
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security or economic security implications to China 
or a Chinese-owned company; and 
(2) will not involve knowing interactions with 
officials who have been determined by the United 
States to have direct involvement with violations of 
human rights. 
(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to the 
activity in question and shall include a description of the 
purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major participants, 
and its location and timing. 
SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel 
to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the importation 
of any model of shotgun if— 
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to 
the proposed importation are met; and 
(2) no application for the importation of such 
model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had been 
denied by the Attorney General prior to January 1, 
2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not particu-
larly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting 
purposes.
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SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work 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, or other law 
enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 534. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 
National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 
Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 
Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 
of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 
Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute shall 
submit spending plans, signed by the respective department 
or agency head, to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 535. (a) The head of any executive branch depart-
ment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this 
Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector General 
or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector
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General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures re-
lated to each conference held by any such department, agen-
cy, board, commission, or office during fiscal year 2016 for 
which the cost to the United States Government was more 
than $100,000. 
(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 conference; 
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 of-
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fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 
by any executive branch department, agency, board, com-
mission, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 2016 
for which the cost to the United States Government was 
more than $20,000, the head of any such department, agen-
cy, board, commission, or office shall notify the Inspector 
General or senior ethics official for any entity without an 
Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of em-
ployees attending such conference. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this Act may not be used for the purpose of de-
fraying the costs of a banquet or conference that is not di-
rectly and programmatically related to the purpose for 
which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a banquet 
or 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 Act may 
be used for travel and conference activities that are not in 
compliance with Office of Management and Budget Memo-
randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent 
revisions to that memorandum.
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SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of rati-
fication for the Treaty. 
SEC. 537. The head of any executive branch depart-
ment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this 
Act shall require that all contracts within their purview 
that provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisi-
tion outcomes, specifying the terms of cost, schedule, and 
performance. 
SEC. 538. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 
fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be 
below satisfactory performance or for performance that does 
not meet the basic requirements of a contract. 
SEC. 539. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to relinquish the responsibility of the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Information Administra-
tion, during fiscal year 2016, with respect to Internet do-
main name system functions, including responsibility with 
respect to the authoritative root zone file and the Internet 
Assigned Numbers Authority functions. 
(b) Nothwithstanding any other law, subsection (a) of 
this section shall not apply in fiscal year 2017.
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SEC. 540. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency over which that Inspector 
General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s 
access to such records, documents, or other materials, under 
any provision of law, except a provision of law that ex-
pressly refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits 
the Inspector General’s right of access. A department or 
agency covered by this section shall provide its Inspector 
General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector Gen-
eral shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on 
disclosure relevant to the information provided by the estab-
lishment over which that Inspector General has responsibil-
ities under the Inspector General Act of 1978. Each Inspec-
tor General covered by this section shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to com-
ply with this requirement. 
SEC. 541. The Department of Commerce, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National 
Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
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tives and the Senate on any official travel to China by any 
employee of such Department or agency, including the pur-
pose of such travel. 
SEC. 542. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect 
to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Cali-
fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, 
Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mary-
land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, 
Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 
New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, 
Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, 
or with respect to the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puer-
to Rico, to prevent any of them from implementing their 
own laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, 
or cultivation of medical marijuana. 
SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit-
imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of Jus-
tice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’.
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equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 
section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay-
ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $1,682,942,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 
or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 
Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$7,892,327,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na-
tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 
12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 
Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code,
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in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$3,201,890,000. 
TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized 
by law, $32,399,440,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$12,478,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of 
the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made on 
his certificate of necessity for confidential military pur-
poses. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine 
Corps, as authorized by law, $39,600,172,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $15,055,000 can be used for emergencies 
and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval 
or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments
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may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as au-
thorized by law, $5,718,074,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as author-
ized by law, $35,727,457,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$7,699,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 
expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of 
the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be made 
on his certificate of necessity for confidential military pur-
poses. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the operation and maintenance of activities and agencies 
of the Department of Defense (other than the military de-
partments), as authorized by law, $32,105,040,000: Pro-
vided, That not more than $15,000,000 may be used for 
the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized 
under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 can be used for
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emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on 
the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and 
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for 
confidential military purposes: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, not less than 
$35,045,000 shall be made available for the Procurement 
Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, of 
which not less than $3,600,000 shall be available for centers 
defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act may be used to plan or implement the consolida-
tion of a budget or appropriations liaison office of the Office 
of the Secretary of Defense, the office of the Secretary of 
a military department, or the service headquarters of one 
of the Armed Forces into a legislative affairs or legislative 
liaison office: Provided further, That $9,031,000, to remain 
available until expended, is available only for expenses re-
lating to certain classified activities, and may be trans-
ferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to operation 
and maintenance appropriations or research, development, 
test and evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same time period as the appropria-
tions to which transferred: Provided further, That any ceil-
ing on the investment item unit cost of items that may be 
purchased with operation and maintenance funds shall not
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apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided under 
this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided elsewhere in this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the operation and maintenance, including training, organi-
zation, and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of 
facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro-
curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu-
nications, $2,646,911,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the operation and maintenance, including training, organi-
zation, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of 
facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro-
curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu-
nications, $998,481,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the operation and maintenance, including training, organi-
zation, and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; 
repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor
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vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruit-
ing; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and 
communications, $274,526,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the operation and maintenance, including training, organi-
zation, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair 
of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro-
curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu-
nications, $2,980,768,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and admin-
istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 
hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos-
pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures 
and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personnel 
services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses 
(other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army per-
sonnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, 
regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting 
units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regula-
tions when specifically authorized by the Chief, National 
Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army Na-
tional Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair,
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modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 
equipment (including aircraft), $6,595,483,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and admin-
istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 
hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos-
pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures 
and facilities; transportation of things, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air National 
Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modifica-
tion, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, 
including those furnished from stocks under the control of 
agencies of the Department of Defense; travel expenses (other 
than mileage) on the same basis as authorized by law for 
Air National Guard personnel on active Federal duty, for 
Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in 
compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when 
specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bu-
reau, $6,820,569,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED 
FORCES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $14,078,000, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official rep-
resentation purposes.
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $234,829,000, to re-
main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds 
are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 
recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 
and debris of the Department of the Army, or for similar 
purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro-
priation to other appropriations made available to the De-
partment of the Army, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 
appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 
back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 
this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Navy, $300,000,000, to re-
main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such funds
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are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 
recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 
and debris of the Department of the Navy, or for similar 
purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro-
priation to other appropriations made available to the De-
partment of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 
appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 
back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 
this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Air Force, $368,131,000, 
to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 
such funds are required for environmental restoration, re-
duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 
buildings and debris of the Department of the Air Force, 
or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available 
by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
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able to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same purposes and for the same 
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of Defense, $8,232,000, to remain 
available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall, upon determining that such funds are re-
quired for environmental restoration, reduction and recy-
cling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and 
debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes, 
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to 
other appropriations made available to the Department of 
Defense, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
purposes and for the same time period as the appropria-
tions to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a 
determination that all or part of the funds transferred from 
this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro-
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vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to this 
appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer author-
ity provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED 
DEFENSE SITES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $231,217,000, to re-
main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds 
are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 
recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 
and debris at sites formerly used by the Department of De-
fense, transfer the funds made available by this appropria-
tion to other appropriations made available to the Depart-
ment of the Army, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 
appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 
back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 
this Act.
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OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 
Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of De-
fense (consisting of the programs provided under sections 
401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, United 
States Code), $103,266,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017. 
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet 
Union and, with appropriate authorization by the Depart-
ment of Defense and Department of State, to countries out-
side of the former Soviet Union, including assistance pro-
vided by contract or by grants, for facilitating the elimi-
nation and the safe and secure transportation and storage 
of nuclear, chemical and other weapons; for establishing 
programs to prevent the proliferation of weapons, weapons 
components, and weapon-related technology and expertise; 
for programs relating to the training and support of defense 
and military personnel for demilitarization and protection 
of weapons, weapons components, and weapons technology 
and expertise, and for defense and military contacts, 
$358,496,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018.
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TITLE III 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and ac-
cessories therefor; specialized equipment and training de-
vices; expansion of public and private plants, including the 
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro-
curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
$5,866,367,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2018. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and ac-
cessories therefor; specialized equipment and training de-
vices; expansion of public and private plants, including the 
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
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plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro-
curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 
$3,049,542,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2018. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 
by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro-
curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
$651,920,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2018.
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SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi-
tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ-
ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli-
ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 
long lead time components and designs for vessels to be con-
structed or converted in the future; and expansion of public 
and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and 
such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as 
follows: 
Carrier Replacement Program, $1,569,571,000; 
Carrier 
Replacement 
Program 
(AP), 
$862,358,000; 
Virginia Class Submarine, $3,346,370,000; 
Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $1,971,840,000; 
CVN Refueling Overhauls, $637,588,000; 
CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $14,951,000; 
DDG–1000 Program, $433,404,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer, $4,132,650,000; 
Littoral Combat Ship, $1,331,591,000; 
LPD–17, $550,000,000; 
Afloat Forward Staging Base, $635,000,000;
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LHA Replacement (AP), $476,543,000; 
LX(R) (AP), $250,000,000; 
Joint High Speed Vessel, $225,000,000; 
TAO Fleet Oiler, $674,190,000; 
T–ATS(X) Fleet Tug, $75,000,000; 
LCU Replacement, $34,000,000; 
Moored Training Ship (AP), $138,200,000; 
Ship to Shore Connector, $210,630,000; 
Service Craft, $30,014,000; 
LCAC 
Service 
Life 
Extension 
Program, 
$80,738,000; 
YP Craft Maintenance/ROH/SLEP, $21,838,000; 
and 
For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 
first destination transportation, $613,758,000. 
Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro-
grams, $389,305,000. 
In all: $18,704,539,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2020: Provided, That additional 
obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2020, for 
engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such budg-
eted work that must be performed in the final stage of ship 
construction: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided under this heading for the construction or conversion 
of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the
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United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for the 
construction of major components of such vessel: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in 
foreign shipyards. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of 
support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 
for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new 
ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion 
of public and private plants, including the land necessary 
therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
equipment layaway, $6,484,257,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2018. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufac-
ture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 
equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 
thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Gov-
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ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles 
for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including land necessary therefor, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, 
$1,186,812,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2018. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 
specialized ground handling equipment, and training de-
vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior 
to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec-
essary for the foregoing purposes including rents and trans-
portation of things, $15,756,853,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2018.
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MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 
parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment, 
and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, Government-owned equipment and installation 
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisi-
tion of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction pros-
ecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes includ-
ing rents and transportation of things, $2,912,131,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2018. 
SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 
parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equipment, 
and training devices; expansion of public and private 
plants, Government-owned equipment and installation 
thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisi-
tion of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and 
interests therein, may be acquired, and construction pros-
ecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and
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other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes includ-
ing rents and transportation of things, $2,812,159,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2018. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, production, and modi-
fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 
by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc-
tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro-
curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 
machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 
and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 
and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
$1,744,993,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2018. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (in-
cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 
and ground electronic and communication equipment), and 
supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise 
provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and ex-
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pansion of public and private plants, Government-owned 
equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection 
of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to ap-
proval of title; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway, $18,311,882,000, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2018. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments) nec-
essary for procurement, production, and modification of 
equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, 
not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public and pri-
vate plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 
may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior 
to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway, $5,245,443,000, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2018. 
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 
For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production
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Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2078, 2091, 2092, and 2093), 
$76,680,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 
EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 
research, development, test and evaluation, including main-
tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 
and equipment, $7,565,327,000, to remain available for ob-
ligation until September 30, 2017. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 
research, development, test and evaluation, including main-
tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 
and equipment, $18,117,677,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2017: Provided, That funds 
appropriated in this paragraph which are available for the 
V–22 may be used to meet unique operational requirements 
of the Special Operations Forces. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 
research, development, test and evaluation, including main-
tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities
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and equipment, $25,217,148,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2017. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments), nec-
essary for basic and applied scientific research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects as 
may be designated and determined by the Secretary of De-
fense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, 
and operation of facilities and equipment, $18,695,955,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That, of the funds made available in this 
paragraph, $250,000,000 for the Defense Rapid Innovation 
Program shall only be available for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, to include program management and over-
sight, to conduct research, development, test and evaluation 
to include proof of concept demonstration; engineering, test-
ing, and validation; and transition to full-scale production: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may trans-
fer funds provided herein for the Defense Rapid Innovation 
Program to appropriations for research, development, test 
and evaluation to accomplish the purpose provided herein: 
Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addi-
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tion to any other transfer authority available to the Depart-
ment of Defense: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall, not fewer than 30 days prior to making 
transfers from this appropriation, notify the congressional 
defense committees in writing of the details of any such 
transfer. 
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the independent activities of the Director, Operational Test 
and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of oper-
ational test and evaluation, including initial operational 
test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in sup-
port of, production decisions; joint operational testing and 
evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection 
therewith, $188,558,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2017. 
TITLE V 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For 
the 
Defense 
Working 
Capital 
Funds, 
$1,738,768,000. 
NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND 
For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects, 
and activities, and for expenses of the National Defense Re-
serve Fleet, as established by section 11 of the Merchant
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Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744), and for the 
necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the 
United States, $474,164,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds provided in this 
paragraph shall be used to award a new contract that pro-
vides for the acquisition of any of the following major com-
ponents unless such components are manufactured in the 
United States: auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for 
all shipboard services; propulsion system components (en-
gines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; 
and spreaders for shipboard cranes: Provided further, That 
the exercise of an option in a contract awarded through the 
obligation of previously appropriated funds shall not be 
considered to be the award of a new contract: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided in this paragraph 
shall be used to award a new contract for the construction, 
acquisition, or conversion of vessels, including procurement 
of critical, long lead time components and designs for vessels 
to be constructed or converted in the future: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of the military department respon-
sible for such procurement may waive the restrictions in 
the first proviso on a case-by-case basis by certifying in 
writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic
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supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition 
must be made in order to acquire capability for national 
security purposes. 
TITLE VI 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 
and health care programs of the Department of Defense as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$32,329,490,000; 
of 
which 
$29,842,167,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed one percent shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2017, and of which up to 
$14,579,612,000 may be available for contracts entered into 
under the TRICARE program; of which $365,390,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2018, 
shall be for procurement; and of which $2,121,933,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2017, 
shall be for research, development, test and evaluation: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
of the amount made available under this heading for re-
search, development, test and evaluation, not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention edu-
cational activities undertaken in connection with United 
States military training, exercises, and humanitarian as-
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sistance activities conducted primarily in African nations: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading for research, development, test and evaluation, not 
less than $943,300,000 shall be made available to the 
United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Com-
mand to carry out the congressionally directed medical re-
search programs. 
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 
the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chem-
ical agents and munitions in accordance with the provi-
sions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Author-
ization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction 
of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 
chemical 
weapon 
stockpile, 
$699,821,000, 
of 
which 
$118,198,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which no less than $50,743,000 shall be for the Chemical 
Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of 
$21,289,000 for activities on military installations and 
$29,454,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
to assist State and local governments; $2,281,000 shall be 
for procurement, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, of which $2,281,000 shall be for the Chemical Stock-
pile Emergency Preparedness Program to assist State and
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local governments; and $579,342,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, shall be for research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation, of which $569,339,000 shall only 
be for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives pro-
gram. 
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 
the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 
available to the Department of Defense for military per-
sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi-
sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper-
ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 
development, test and evaluation, $1,050,598,000, of which 
$716,109,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support; 
$121,589,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction pro-
gram; $192,900,000 shall be for the National Guard 
counter-drug program; and $20,000,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Guard counter-drug schools program: Provided, That 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail-
able for obligation for the same time period and for the 
same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are
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not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority contained elsewhere in this Act. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspec-
tor General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, $312,559,000, of which 
$310,459,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies 
and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval 
or authority of the Inspector General, and payments may 
be made on the Inspector General’s certificate of necessity 
for confidential military purposes; and of which $2,100,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017, shall be for 
research, development, test and evaluation. 
TITLE VII 
RELATED AGENCIES 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND 
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper 
funding level for continuing the operation of the Central
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Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 
$514,000,000. 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community 
Management Account, $505,206,000. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions 
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: 
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess 
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is com-
puted under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United 
States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase 
provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employ-
ees, whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section 
shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service 
national employees serving at United States diplomatic
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missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Provided further, That the 
limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign na-
tional employees of the Department of Defense in the Re-
public of Turkey. 
SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appropria-
tions in this Act which are limited for obligation during 
the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 
months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall 
not apply to obligations for support of active duty training 
of reserve components or summer camp training of the Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management 
and Budget, transfer not to exceed $4,500,000,000 of work-
ing capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds 
made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military functions (except military construction) be-
tween such appropriations or funds or any subdivision 
thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same
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purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropria-
tion or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such au-
thority to transfer may not be used unless for higher pri-
ority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, 
than those for which originally appropriated and in no case 
where the item for which funds are requested has been de-
nied by the Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers 
made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in 
this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in 
this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request 
to the Committees on Appropriations for reprogramming 
of funds, unless for higher priority items, based on unfore-
seen military requirements, than those for which originally 
appropriated and in no case where the item for which re-
programming is requested has been denied by the Congress: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
a 
request 
for 
multiple 
reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this 
section shall be made prior to June 30, 2016: Provided fur-
ther, That transfers among military personnel appropria-
tions shall not be taken into account for purposes of the 
limitation on the amount of funds that may be transferred 
under this section. 
SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro-
grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and
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adjustments to budget activities corresponding to such pro-
grams, projects, and activities) contained in the tables titled 
‘‘Explanation of Project Level Adjustments’’ in the explana-
tory statement regarding this Act, the obligation and ex-
penditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act for those programs, projects, and ac-
tivities for which the amounts appropriated exceed the 
amounts requested are hereby required by law to be carried 
out in the manner provided by such tables to the same ex-
tent as if the tables were included in the text of this Act. 
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described 
in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of ap-
propriations for purposes of section 8005 of this Act: Pro-
vided, That section 8005 shall apply when transfers of the 
amounts described in subsection (a) occur between appro-
priation accounts. 
SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit a report 
to the congressional defense committees to establish the base-
line for application of reprogramming and transfer au-
thorities for fiscal year 2016: Provided, That the report 
shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget request, 
adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to
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enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 
enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appropria-
tion both by budget activity and program, project, 
and activity as detailed in the Budget Appendix; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none of 
the funds provided in this Act shall be available for re-
programming or transfer until the report identified in sub-
section (a) is submitted to the congressional defense commit-
tees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to 
the congressional defense committees that such reprogram-
ming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement: 
Provided, That this subsection shall not apply to transfers 
from the following appropriations accounts: 
(1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’; 
(2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’; 
(3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’; 
(4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense-wide’’; 
and 
(5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used 
Defense Sites’’.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United 
States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as 
are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made 
from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made be-
tween such funds: Provided further, That transfers may be 
made between working capital funds and the ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Defense’’ appropriation and the ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such 
amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, 
with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, 
except that such transfers may not be made unless the Sec-
retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed 
transfer: Provided further, That except in amounts equal 
to the amounts appropriated to working capital funds in 
this Act, no obligations may be made against a working 
capital fund to procure or increase the value of war reserve 
material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has no-
tified the Congress prior to any such obligation. 
SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 
be used to initiate a special access program without prior 
notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres-
sional defense committees.
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SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that em-
ploys economic order quantity procurement in excess of 
$20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes 
an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; 
or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a 
multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity 
procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, un-
less the congressional defense committees have been notified 
at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: 
Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract 
for which the economic order quantity advance procurement 
is not funded at least to the limits of the Government’s li-
ability: Provided further, That no part of any appropria-
tion contained in this Act shall be available to initiate 
multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or compo-
nent thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would 
exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract 
can be terminated without 30-day prior notification to the 
congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the 
execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 
present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 
to an annual procurement: Provided further, That none of
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the funds provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear 
contract executed after the date of the enactment of this Act 
unless in the case of any such contract— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 
Congress a budget request for full funding of units to 
be procured through the contract and, in the case of 
a contract for procurement of aircraft, that includes, 
for any aircraft unit to be procured through the con-
tract for which procurement funds are requested in 
that budget request for production beyond advance 
procurement activities in the fiscal year covered by 
the budget, full funding of procurement of such unit 
in that fiscal year; 
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not 
include consideration of recurring manufacturing 
costs of the contractor associated with the production 
of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract; 
(3) the contract provides that payments to the 
contractor under the contract shall not be made in 
advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 
(4) the contract does not provide for a price ad-
justment based on a failure to award a follow-on con-
tract. 
SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are here-
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by appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United 
States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs 
under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. Such funds 
may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assist-
ance costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant 
to authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 
10, United States Code, and these obligations shall be re-
ported as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United 
States Code: Provided, That funds available for operation 
and maintenance shall be available for providing humani-
tarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams 
in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely 
associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact 
of Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99–239: 
Provided further, That upon a determination by the Sec-
retary of the Army that such action is beneficial for grad-
uate medical education programs conducted at Army med-
ical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army 
may authorize the provision of medical services at such fa-
cilities and transportation to such facilities, on a nonreim-
bursable basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 
Palau, and Guam.
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SEC. 8012. (a) During fiscal year 2016, the civilian 
personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man-
aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the management 
of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not be subject 
to any constraint or limitation (known as an end-strength) 
on the number of such personnel who may be employed on 
the last day of such fiscal year. 
(b) The fiscal year 2017 budget request for the Depart-
ment of Defense as well as all justification material and 
other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2017 De-
partment of Defense budget request shall be prepared and 
submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and (b) of 
this provision were effective with regard to fiscal year 2017. 
(c) As required by section 1107 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113– 
66; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) civilian personnel at the Depart-
ment of Army Science and Technology Reinvention Labora-
tories may not be managed on the basis of the Table of Dis-
tribution and Allowances, and the management of the work-
force strength shall be done in a manner consistent with 
the budget available with respect to such Laboratories. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply 
to military (civilian) technicians. 
SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in-
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fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro-
priation matters pending before the Congress. 
SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be available for the basic pay and allowances of any 
member of the Army participating as a full-time student 
and receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs from the Department of Defense Education Benefits 
Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited 
toward completion of a service commitment: Provided, That 
this section shall not apply to those members who have reen-
listed with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided 
further, That this section applies only to active components 
of the Army. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act 
for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote´ge´ Pro-
gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con-
tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing 
a Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program developmental assistance agree-
ment pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 
10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the authority of 
this provision or any other transfer authority contained in 
this Act.
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SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be avail-
able for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and 
its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor 
and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under unless 
the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured in the 
United States from components which are substantially 
manufactured in the United States: Provided, That for the 
purpose of this section, the term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall in-
clude cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing of chain 
and welding (including the forging and shot blasting proc-
ess): Provided further, That for the purpose of this section 
substantially all of the components of anchor and mooring 
chain shall be considered to be produced or manufactured 
in the United States if the aggregate cost of the components 
produced or manufactured in the United States exceeds the 
aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured 
outside the United States: Provided further, That when ade-
quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Sec-
retary of the service responsible for the procurement may 
waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying 
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that such 
an acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability 
for national security purposes.
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SEC. 8017. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Working 
Capital Fund, Army’’, $145,000,000 shall be available to 
maintain competitive rates at the arsenals. 
SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of 
M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber 
rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or to demili-
tarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition 
components that are not otherwise prohibited from commer-
cial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammuni-
tion or ammunition components are certified by the Sec-
retary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or unsafe 
for further use. 
SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds appro-
priated or made available in this Act shall be used during 
a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an organiza-
tion, unit, activity or function of the Department of Defense 
into or within the National Capital Region: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a 
case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congres-
sional defense committees that such a relocation is required 
in the best interest of the Government. 
SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act, 
$15,000,000 shall be available for incentive payments au-
thorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974
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(25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor or a 
subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract award 
to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in section 1544 
of title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned 
and controlled by an individual or individuals defined 
under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code, shall 
be considered a contractor for the purposes of being allowed 
additional compensation under section 504 of the Indian 
Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) whenever the 
prime contract or subcontract amount is over $500,000 and 
involves the expenditure of funds appropriated by an Act 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense with 
respect to any fiscal year: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 1906 of title 41, United States Code, this 
section shall be applicable to any Department of Defense 
acquisition of supplies or services, including any contract 
and any subcontract at any tier for acquisition of commer-
cial items produced or manufactured, in whole or in part, 
by any subcontractor or supplier defined in section 1544 
of title 25, United States Code, or a small business owned 
and controlled by an individual or individuals defined 
under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States Code. 
SEC. 8021. Funds appropriated by this Act for the De-
fense Media Activity shall not be used for any national or 
international political or psychological activities.
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SEC. 8022. During the current fiscal year, the Depart-
ment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not 
to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 
2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of 
receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Ku-
wait, under that section: Provided, That, upon receipt, such 
contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be cred-
ited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obli-
gations. 
SEC. 8023. (a) Of the funds made available in this 
Act, not less than $39,500,000 shall be available for the 
Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 
(1) $27,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 
Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 
readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 
reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $10,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 
Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim-
bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 
counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 
local government agencies.
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SEC. 8024. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act are available to establish a new Department of Defense 
(department) federally funded research and development 
center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate 
entity administrated by an organization managing another 
FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation con-
sisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other non-
profit entities. 
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over-
seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com-
mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no 
paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except when acting 
in a technical advisory capacity, may be compensated for 
his or her services as a member of such entity, or as a paid 
consultant by more than one FFRDC in a fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That a member of any such entity referred to pre-
viously in this subsection shall be allowed travel expenses 
and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel 
Regulations, when engaged in the performance of member-
ship duties. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds available to the department from any source 
during fiscal year 2016 may be used by a defense FFRDC, 
through a fee or other payment mechanism, for construction 
of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for projects
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funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract 
overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to in-
clude employee participation in community service and/or 
development: Provided, That up to 1 percent of funds pro-
vided in this Act for support of defense FFRDCs may be 
used for planning and design of scientific or engineering 
facilities: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall notify the congressional defense committees 15 days 
in advance of exercising the authority in the previous pro-
viso. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
funds available to the department during fiscal year 2016, 
not more than 5,750 staff years of technical effort (staff 
years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That, 
of the specific amount referred to previously in this sub-
section, not more than 1,125 staff years may be funded for 
the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further, 
That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded 
in the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Mili-
tary Intelligence Program (MIP). 
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission 
of the department’s fiscal year 2017 budget request, submit 
a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of 
technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC dur-
ing that fiscal year and the associated budget estimates.
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(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is 
hereby reduced by $65,000,000. 
SEC. 8025. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, 
or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned facil-
ity or property under the control of the Department of De-
fense which were not melted and rolled in the United States 
or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions 
shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, 
American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or 
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of 
carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the military department responsible for the 
procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 
basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet 
Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and 
that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 
capability for national security purposes: Provided further, 
That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which 
are in being as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8026. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
gressional defense committees’’ means the Armed Services
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Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Serv-
ices Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the 
Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 8027. During the current fiscal year, the Depart-
ment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot main-
tenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well 
as the production of components and other Defense-related 
articles, through competition between Department of De-
fense depot maintenance activities and private firms: Pro-
vided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military 
department or Defense Agency concerned, with power of del-
egation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable 
estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and 
private bids: Provided further, That Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions 
conducted under this section. 
SEC. 8028. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after con-
sultation with the United States Trade Representative, de-
termines that a foreign country which is party to an agree-
ment described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of 
the agreement by discriminating against certain types of 
products produced in the United States that are covered by 
the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the
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Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with 
respect to such types of products produced in that foreign 
country. 
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 
reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under-
standing, between the United States and a foreign country 
pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec-
tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 
in that country. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con-
gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense pur-
chases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2016. Such report 
shall separately indicate the dollar value of items for which 
the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agree-
ment described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement 
Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any international 
agreement to which the United States is a party. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy Amer-
ican Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, amounts 
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 
Facility Investment Recovery Account established by section 
2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 
1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall be
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available until expended for the payments specified by sec-
tion 2921(c)(2) of that Act. 
SEC. 8030. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 
cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 
tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, 
South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Wash-
ington relocatable military housing units located at Grand 
Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Moun-
tain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and 
Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the needs of the 
Air Force. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no 
cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub-
section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 
that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walk-
ing Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located in 
the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, 
Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any such 
conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the housing 
units shall be removed within a reasonable period of time, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re-
solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for hous-
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ing units under subsection (a) before submitting requests 
to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (b). 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any 
recognized Indian tribe included on the current list pub-
lished by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 
of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Pub-
lic Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a–1). 
SEC. 8031. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions which are available to the Department of Defense for 
operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items 
having an investment item unit cost of not more than 
$250,000. 
SEC. 8032. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in 
accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 
Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 2006; or 
(2) close, downgrade from host to extension cen-
ter, or place on probation a Senior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps program in accordance with the in-
formation paper of the Department of the Army titled 
‘‘Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 
(SROTC) Program Review and Criteria’’, dated Jan-
uary 27, 2014.
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SEC. 8033. The Secretary of Defense shall issue regula-
tions to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related 
products in military resale outlets in the United States, its 
territories and possessions at a price below the most com-
petitive price in the local community: Provided, That such 
regulations shall direct that the prices of tobacco or tobacco- 
related products in overseas military retail outlets shall be 
within the range of prices established for military retail 
system stores located in the United States. 
SEC. 8034. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 
of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 
of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the pur-
chase of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring 
a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during 
the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to cus-
tomers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable to 
the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund dur-
ing fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an invest-
ment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal 
year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense 
for procurement. 
(b) The fiscal year 2017 budget request for the Depart-
ment of Defense as well as all justification material and 
other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2017 De-
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partment of Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted 
to the Congress on the basis that any equipment which was 
classified as an end item and funded in a procurement ap-
propriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in 
a proposed fiscal year 2017 procurement appropriation and 
not in the supply management business area or any other 
area or category of the Department of Defense Working 
Capital Funds. 
SEC. 8035. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall re-
main available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 
except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contin-
gencies, which shall remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That funds appropriated, transferred, or 
otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Cen-
tral Services Working Capital Fund during this or any 
prior or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That any funds appropriated 
or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency for ad-
vanced research and development acquisition, for agent op-
erations, and for covert action programs authorized by the 
President under section 503 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017.
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SEC. 8036. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available in this Act for the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency may be used for the design, development, and 
deployment of General Defense Intelligence Program intel-
ligence communications and intelligence information sys-
tems for the Services, the Unified and Specified Commands, 
and the component commands. 
SEC. 8037. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall be 
made available only for the mitigation of environmental 
impacts, including training and technical assistance to 
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in-
formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de-
veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 
to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re-
sulting from Department of Defense activities. 
SEC. 8038. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of 
Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies 
with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this subsection, 
the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 
41, United States Code. 
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person 
has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing
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a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product sold in 
or shipped to the United States that is not made in Amer-
ica, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance with sec-
tion 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether the per-
son should be debarred from contracting with the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased 
with appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense 
of the Congress that any entity of the Department of De-
fense, in expending the appropriation, purchase only Amer-
ican-made equipment and products, provided that Amer-
ican-made equipment and products are cost-competitive, 
quality competitive, and available in a timely fashion. 
SEC. 8039. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
and hereafter shall be available for a contract for studies, 
analysis, or consulting services entered into without com-
petition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the 
head of the activity responsible for the procurement deter-
mines— 
(1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, 
only one source is found fully qualified to perform the 
proposed work; 
(2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an 
unsolicited proposal which offers significant scientific 
or technological promise, represents the product of
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original thinking, and was submitted in confidence 
by one source; or 
(3) the purpose of the contract is to take advan-
tage of unique and significant industrial accomplish-
ment by a specific concern, or to insure that a new 
product or idea of a specific concern is given finan-
cial support: Provided, That this limitation shall not 
apply to contracts in an amount of less than $25,000, 
contracts related to improvements of equipment that 
is in development or production, or contracts as to 
which a civilian official of the Department of Defense, 
who has been confirmed by the Senate, determines 
that the award of such contract is in the interest of 
the national defense. 
SEC. 8040. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 
and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used— 
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or 
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the 
Armed Forces or civilian employee of the department 
who is transferred or reassigned from a headquarters 
activity if the member or employee’s place of duty re-
mains at the location of that headquarters. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military 
department may waive the limitations in subsection (a),
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on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and cer-
tifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate that the granting of the 
waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the finan-
cial requirements of the department. 
(c) This section does not apply to— 
(1) field operating agencies funded within the 
National Intelligence Program; 
(2) an Army field operating agency established 
to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of impro-
vised explosive devices, and, as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Army, other similar threats; 
(3) an Army field operating agency established 
to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of biomet-
ric activities and to integrate common biometric tech-
nologies throughout the Department of Defense; or 
(4) an Air Force field operating agency estab-
lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 
Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart-
ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 
SEC. 8041. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance 
an activity or function of the Department of Defense that, 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, is per-
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formed by Department of Defense civilian employees un-
less— 
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a pub-
lic-private competition that includes a most efficient 
and cost effective organization plan developed by such 
activity or function; 
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines 
that, over all performance periods stated in the solici-
tation of offers for performance of the activity or 
function, the cost of performance of the activity or 
function by a contractor would be less costly to the 
Department of Defense by an amount that equals or 
exceeds the lesser of— 
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi-
zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 
of that activity or function by Federal employ-
ees; or 
(B) $10,000,000; and 
(3) the contractor does not receive an advantage 
for a proposal that would reduce costs for the Depart-
ment of Defense by— 
(A) not making an employer-sponsored 
health insurance plan available to the workers 
who are to be employed in the performance of 
that activity or function under the contract; or
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(B) offering to such workers an employer- 
sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 
employer to contribute less towards the premium 
or subscription share than the amount that is 
paid by the Department of Defense for health 
benefits for civilian employees under chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to 
subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) 
of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and notwith-
standing any administrative regulation, requirement, or 
policy to the contrary shall have full authority to enter into 
a contract for the performance of any commercial or indus-
trial type function of the Department of Defense that— 
(A) is included on the procurement list estab-
lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner- 
O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 
Code); 
(B) is planned to be converted to performance by 
a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a 
qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi-
capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 
(C) is planned to be converted to performance by 
a qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership 
by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the
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Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian Orga-
nization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or 
contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 
2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 
Department of Defense under the authority provided by this 
section shall be credited toward any competitive or out-
sourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be estab-
lished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to 
be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance with, 
subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United States 
Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial ac-
tivities. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 8042. Of the funds appropriated in Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 
in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 
be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to the
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Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
‘‘Cooperative Threat Reduction Account’’, 2014/ 
2016, $15,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2014/2016, 
$9,295,000; 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2014/2016, 
$40,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Navy’’, 
2014/2016, 
$53,415,000; 
‘‘Weapons 
Procurement, 
Navy’’, 
2014/2016, 
$888,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/2016, 
$2,300,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force’’, 2014/ 
2016, $6,300,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/2016, 
$90,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2015/2017, 
$25,000,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 
Vehicles, Army’’, 2015/2017, $7,500,000; 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2015/2017, 
$30,000,000;
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‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, 
Navy’’, 
2015/2017, 
$11,702,000; 
‘‘Weapons 
Procurement, 
Navy’’, 
2015/2017, 
$15,422,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, 2015/2017, $8,906,000; 
‘‘Procurement, 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
2015/2017, 
$66,477,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2015/2017, 
$199,046,000; 
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2015/2017, 
$212,000,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2015/2017, 
$17,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Army’’, 2015/2016, $9,299,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Navy’’, 2015/2016, $228,387,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Air Force’’, 2015/2016, $718,500,000; and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Defense-Wide’’, 2015/2016, $2,500,000. 
SEC. 8043. None of the funds available in this Act may 
be used to reduce the authorized positions for military tech-
nicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air Na-
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tional Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the 
purpose of applying any administratively imposed civilian 
personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military techni-
cians (dual status), unless such reductions are a direct re-
sult of a reduction in military force structure. 
SEC. 8044. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. 
SEC. 8045. Funds appropriated in this Act for oper-
ation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Com-
batant Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available 
for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses 
which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations 
for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the 
National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or coun-
terintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 
Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the ac-
tivities and programs included within the National Intel-
ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 
Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 
from established Reserve and National Guard personnel and 
training procedures. 
SEC. 8046. (a) None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdic-
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tion or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any 
other department or agency of the United States except as 
specifically provided in an appropriations law. 
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 
counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de-
partment or agency of the United States except as specifi-
cally provided in an appropriations law. 
SEC. 8047. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings 
other than those produced by a domestic source and of do-
mestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of the military 
department responsible for such procurement may waive 
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writ-
ing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic 
supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 
requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition 
must be made in order to acquire capability for national 
security purposes: Provided further, That this restriction 
shall not apply to the purchase of ‘‘commercial items’’, as 
defined by section 103 of title 41, United States Code, except 
that the restriction shall apply to ball or roller bearings 
purchased as end items.
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SEC. 8048. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle service competi-
tive procurements may be used unless the competitive pro-
curements are open for award to all certified providers of 
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle-class systems: Pro-
vided, That the award shall be made to the provider that 
offers the best value to the government: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, award 
may be made to a launch service provider competing with 
any certified launch vehicle in its inventory regardless of 
the country of origin of the rocket engine that will be used 
on its launch vehicle, in order to ensure robust competition 
and continued assured access to space. 
SEC. 8049. In addition to the amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 
$44,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 
Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the Sec-
retary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest, 
the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts specified 
as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organizations 
and $24,000,000 to the Red Cross. 
SEC. 8050. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured 
in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense cer-
tifies to the congressional defense committees that such an
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acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for 
national security purposes that is not available from 
United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8051. Notwithstanding any other provision in 
this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 
and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set- 
asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 
projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the 
extramural budget. 
SEC. 8052. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended to pay a contractor under a contract with the De-
partment of Defense for costs of any amount paid by the 
contractor to an employee when— 
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in ex-
cess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to the 
employee; and 
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs asso-
ciated with a business combination. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, no more 
than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ 
may be transferred to appropriations available for the pay 
of military personnel, to be merged with, and to be available
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for the same time period as the appropriations to which 
transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in con-
nection with support and services for eligible organizations 
and activities outside the Department of Defense pursuant 
to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8054. During the current fiscal year, in the case 
of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense 
for which the period of availability for obligation has ex-
pired or which has closed under the provisions of section 
1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a nega-
tive unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation or 
an adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any cur-
rent appropriation account for the same purpose as the ex-
pired or closed account if— 
(1) the obligation would have been properly 
chargeable (except as to amount) to the expired or 
closed account before the end of the period of avail-
ability or closing of that account; 
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly 
chargeable to any current appropriation account of 
the Department of Defense; and 
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obliga-
tion is not chargeable to a current appropriation of 
the Department of Defense under the provisions of sec-
tion 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Authorization
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Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 101–510, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, That in 
the case of an expired account, if subsequent review 
or investigation discloses that there was not in fact a 
negative unliquidated or unexpended balance in the 
account, any charge to a current account under the 
authority of this section shall be reversed and re-
corded against the expired account: Provided further, 
That the total amount charged to a current appro-
priation under this section may not exceed an 
amount equal to 1 percent of the total appropriation 
for that account. 
SEC. 8055. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit 
the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learn-
ing Project by any person or entity on a space-available, 
reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such 
use on a case-by-case basis. 
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 
credited to funds available for the National Guard Distance 
Learning Project and be available to defray the costs associ-
ated with the use of equipment of the project under that 
subsection. Such funds shall be available for such purposes 
without fiscal year limitation.
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SEC. 8056. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be obligated to modify command and 
control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command oper-
ational and administrative control of United States Navy 
forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That the com-
mand and control relationships which existed on October 
1, 2004, shall remain in force unless changes are specifically 
authorized in a subsequent Act: Provided further, That this 
section does not apply to administrative control of Navy 
Air and Missile Defense Command. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8057. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
wide’’, $25,000,000 shall be for continued implementation 
and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ Coun-
sel Program: Provided, That the funds are made available 
for transfer to the Department of the Army, the Department 
of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force: Provided 
further, That funds transferred shall be merged with and 
available for the same purposes and for the same time pe-
riod as the appropriations to which the funds are trans-
ferred: Provided further, That this transfer authority is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided in this 
Act.
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SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated in title IV 
of this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery 
to military forces for operational training, operational use 
or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restriction 
does not apply to end-items used in development, proto-
typing, and test activities preceding and leading to accept-
ance for operational use: Provided further, That this restric-
tion does not apply to programs funded within the National 
Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis 
by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate that 
it is in the national security interest to do so. 
SEC. 8059. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 
case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country 
each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 
foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 
that the application of the limitation with respect to that 
country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into 
between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, 
or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the pro-
curement of defense items entered into under section 2531 
of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not 
discriminate against the same or similar defense items pro-
duced in the United States for that country.
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(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) options for the procurement of items that are 
exercised after such date under contracts that are en-
tered into before such date if the option prices are ad-
justed for any reason other than the application of a 
waiver granted under subsection (a). 
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re-
garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear-
ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 
section XI (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States and products classified under 
headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 
7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 
through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404. 
SEC. 8060. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to consoli-
date or relocate any element of a United States Air Force 
Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair 
Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United 
States until the Secretary of the Air Force— 
(1) completes an analysis and comparison of the 
cost and infrastructure investment required to con-
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solidate or relocate a RED HORSE squadron outside 
of the United States versus within the United States; 
(2) provides to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report detailing the findings of the cost anal-
ysis; and 
(3) certifies in writing to the congressional de-
fense committees that the preferred site for the consoli-
dation or relocation yields the greatest savings for the 
Air Force: 
Provided, That the term ‘‘United States’’ in this section 
does not include any territory or possession of the United 
States. 
SEC. 8061. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or other Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended for the 
purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to military 
family housing units of the Department of Defense, includ-
ing areas in such military family housing units that may 
be used for the purpose of conducting official Department 
of Defense business. 
SEC. 8062. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ 
for any new start advanced concept technology demonstra-
tion project or joint capability demonstration project may
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only be obligated 45 days after a report, including a de-
scription of the project, the planned acquisition and transi-
tion strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has 
been provided in writing to the congressional defense com-
mittees: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the 
congressional defense committees that it is in the national 
interest to do so. 
SEC. 8063. The Secretary of Defense shall continue to 
provide a classified quarterly report to the House and Sen-
ate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees on Defense 
on certain matters as directed in the classified annex ac-
companying this Act. 
SEC. 8064. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 
10, United States Code, a Reserve who is a member of the 
National Guard serving on full-time National Guard duty 
under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, may 
perform duties in support of the ground-based elements of 
the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 
SEC. 8065. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammuni-
tion held by the Department of Defense that has a center- 
fire cartridge and a United States military nomenclature 
designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor piercing (AP)’’, 
‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or ‘‘armor-piercing in-
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cendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to an entity performing 
demilitarization services for the Department of Defense 
under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to 
the satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor 
piercing projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of 
reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) used to manu-
facture ammunition pursuant to a contract with the De-
partment of Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for 
export pursuant to a License for Permanent Export of Un-
classified Military Articles issued by the Department of 
State. 
SEC. 8066. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his des-
ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider-
ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 
of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 
personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 
any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 
United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fraternal 
nonprofit organization as may be approved by the Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, on a case- 
by-case basis. 
SEC. 8067. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds 
activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt
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beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale 
(including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink) on 
a military installation located in the United States unless 
such malt beverages and wine are procured within that 
State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within 
the District of Columbia, in which the military installation 
is located: Provided, That, in a case in which the military 
installation is located in more than one State, purchases 
may be made in any State in which the installation is lo-
cated: Provided further, That such local procurement re-
quirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all 
alcoholic beverages only for military installations in States 
which are not contiguous with another State: Provided fur-
ther, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt bev-
erages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia 
shall be procured from the most competitive source, price 
and other factors considered. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$76,611,750 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such funds 
to other activities of the Federal Government: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter
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into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real 
property, construction, personal services, and operations re-
lated to projects carrying out the purposes of this section: 
Provided further, That contracts entered into under the au-
thority of this section may provide for such indemnification 
as the Secretary determines to be necessary: Provided fur-
ther, That projects authorized by this section shall comply 
with applicable Federal, State, and local law to the max-
imum extent consistent with the national security, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 8069. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod-
ify— 
(1) the appropriations account structure for the 
National Intelligence Program budget, including 
through the creation of a new appropriation or new 
appropriation account; 
(2) how the National Intelligence Program budg-
et request is presented in the unclassified P–1, R–1, 
and O–1 documents supporting the Department of 
Defense budget request; 
(3) the process by which the National Intelligence 
Program appropriations are apportioned to the exe-
cuting agencies; or
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(4) the process by which the National Intelligence 
Program appropriations are allotted, obligated and 
disbursed. 
(b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to prohibit 
the merger of programs or changes to the National Intel-
ligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure Center 
level, provided such change is otherwise in accordance with 
paragraphs (a)(1)–(3). 
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec-
retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 
achieving auditable financial statements and improving fis-
cal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for al-
ternative financial management processes. Such study shall 
include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assessment 
to ensure that none of the alternative processes will ad-
versely affect counterintelligence. 
(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals defined 
under subsection (c), the Director of National Intelligence 
and the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af-
fected agencies; 
(2) receive certification from all affected agencies 
attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 
achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 
will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and
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(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all nec-
essary certifications under paragraph (2), present the 
proposed alternatives and certifications to the con-
gressional defense and intelligence committees. 
(e) This section shall not be construed to alter or affect 
the application of section 1633 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 to the amounts made 
available by this Act. 
SEC. 8070. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere 
in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the De-
partment of Defense, to remain available for obligation 
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, that upon the determination of the Sec-
retary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest, 
these funds shall be available only for a grant to the Fisher 
House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction and fur-
nishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of 
military family members when confronted with the illness 
or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8071. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and ‘‘Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, 
$487,595,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: 
Provided, That of this amount, $55,000,000 shall be for the
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Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel 
for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to 
counter short-range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.-Israel 
Iron 
Dome 
Procurement 
Agreement, 
as 
amended; 
$286,526,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile 
Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise missile de-
fense research and development under the SRBMD pro-
gram, of which $150,000,000 shall be for production activi-
ties of SRBMD missiles in the United States and in Israel 
to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent with each 
nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, of which not 
more than $90,000,000, subject to previously established 
transfer procedures, may be obligated or expended until es-
tablishment of a U.S.-Israeli production agreement for 
SRBMD; $89,550,000 shall be for an upper-tier component 
to the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture, of which not 
more than $15,000,000, subject to previously established 
transfer procedures, may be obligated or expended until es-
tablishment of a U.S.-Israeli production agreement; and 
$56,519,000 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement 
Program including development of a long range, ground 
and airborne, detection suite: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this provision for production of mis-
siles and missile components may be transferred to appro-
priations available for the procurement of weapons and
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equipment, to be merged with and to be available for the 
same time period and the same purposes as the appropria-
tion to which transferred: Provided further, That the trans-
fer authority provided under this provision is in addition 
to any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 
$389,305,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, 
to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, 
That upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy 
shall transfer funds to the following appropriations in the 
amounts specified: Provided further, That the amounts 
transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred 
to: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2008/2016: Carrier Replacement Pro-
gram $123,760,000; 
(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2009/2016: LPD–17 Amphibious 
Transport Dock Program $22,860,000; 
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2012/2016: CVN Refueling Overhauls 
Program $20,029,000;
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(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, 
Navy’’, 
2012/2016: 
DDG–51 
Destroyer 
$75,014,000; 
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2012/2016: Littoral Combat Ship 
$82,674,000; 
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2012/2016: LPD–17 Amphibious 
Transport Dock Program $38,733,000; 
(7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2012/2016: Joint High Speed Vessel 
$22,597,000; and 
(8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2013/2016: Joint High Speed Vessel 
$3,638,000. 
SEC. 8073. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the 
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2016 
until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016. 
SEC. 8074. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that creates or initiates a new pro-
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gram, project, or activity unless such program, project, or 
activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest of 
national security and only after written prior notification 
to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8075. The budget of the President for fiscal year 
2017 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, shall include separate budget 
justification documents for costs of United States Armed 
Forces’ participation in contingency operations for the 
Military Personnel accounts, the Operation and Mainte-
nance accounts, the Procurement accounts, and the Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation accounts: Pro-
vided, That these documents shall include a description of 
the funding requested for each contingency operation, for 
each military service, to include all Active and Reserve 
components, and for each appropriations account: Provided 
further, That these documents shall include estimated costs 
for each element of expense or object class, a reconciliation 
of increases and decreases for each contingency operation, 
and programmatic data including, but not limited to, troop 
strength for each Active and Reserve component, and esti-
mates of the major weapons systems deployed in support 
of each contingency: Provided further, That these documents 
shall include budget exhibits OP–5 and OP–32 (as defined 
in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regu-
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lation) for all contingency operations for the budget year 
and the two preceding fiscal years. 
SEC. 8076. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
for research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or 
deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile de-
fense system. 
SEC. 8077. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign exchange 
rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby 
reduced by $1,500,789,000. 
SEC. 8078. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the lev-
els funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force shall 
allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to per-
form other missions in support of national defense require-
ments during the non-hurricane season. 
SEC. 8079. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for integration of foreign intelligence informa-
tion unless the information has been lawfully collected and 
processed during the conduct of authorized foreign intel-
ligence activities: Provided, That information pertaining to 
United States persons shall only be handled in accordance
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with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the 
United States Constitution as implemented through Execu-
tive Order No. 12333. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8080. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 
funds from any available Department of the Navy appro-
priation to any available Navy ship construction appro-
priation for the purpose of liquidating necessary changes 
resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate adjust-
ments for any ship construction program appropriated in 
law: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not to ex-
ceed $20,000,000 under the authority provided by this sec-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary may not transfer 
any funds until 30 days after the proposed transfer has been 
reported to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, unless a response from 
the Committees is received sooner: Provided further, That 
any funds transferred pursuant to this section shall retain 
the same period of availability as when originally appro-
priated: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
vided by this section is in addition to any other transfer 
authority contained elsewhere in this Act. 
SEC. 8081. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to transfer research and development, ac-
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quisition, or other program authority relating to current 
tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from the Army. 
(b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and oper-
ational control of the MQ–1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial 
Vehicle (UAV) in order to support the Secretary of Defense 
in matters relating to the employment of unmanned aerial 
vehicles. 
SEC. 8082. Up to $15,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Regional 
Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the Pacific 
Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation activi-
ties such as humanitarian assistance, and payment of in-
cremental and personnel costs of training and exercising 
with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds made 
available for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding 
any other funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, 
security assistance or combined exercise expenses: Provided 
further, That funds may not be obligated to provide assist-
ance to any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited 
from receiving such type of assistance under any other pro-
vision of law. 
SEC. 8083. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for programs of the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall remain available for obligation beyond the cur-
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rent fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for research 
and technology, which shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017. 
SEC. 8084. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 
made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 
Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 
purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship-
building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 
prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 
to the total amount of the appropriation. 
SEC. 8085. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel-
ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 
2016: Provided, That the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate 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 appropria-
tion by Expenditure Center and project; and
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(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re-
programming or transfer until the report identified in sub-
section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 
committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence cer-
tifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees 
that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an 
emergency requirement. 
SEC. 8086. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to eliminate, restructure, or realign Army 
Contracting Command–New Jersey or make dispropor-
tionate personnel reductions at any Army Contracting 
Command–New Jersey sites without 30-day prior notifica-
tion to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8087. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to retire, divest, realign, or transfer RQ– 
4B Global Hawk aircraft, or to disestablish or convert units 
associated with such aircraft. 
SEC. 8088. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 1206 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), or peace-
keeping operations for the countries designated annually to
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be in violation of the standards of the Child Soldiers Pre-
vention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 
2370c–1) may be used to support any military training 
or operation that includes child soldiers, as defined by the 
Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assist-
ance is otherwise permitted under section 404 of the Child 
Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8089. Of the funds appropriated in the Intel-
ligence Community Management Account for the Program 
Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, 
$20,000,000 is available for transfer by the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence to other departments and agencies for 
purposes of Government-wide information sharing activi-
ties: Provided, That funds transferred under this provision 
are to be merged with and available for the same purposes 
and time period as the appropriation to which transferred: 
Provided further, That the Office of Management and Budg-
et must approve any transfers made under this provision. 
SEC. 8090. (a) None of the funds provided for the Na-
tional Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropria-
tions Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in accord-
ance with section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that—
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(1) creates a new start effort; 
(2) terminates a program with appropriated 
funding of $10,000,000 or more; 
(3) transfers funding into or out of the National 
Intelligence Program; or 
(4) transfers funding between appropriations, 
unless the congressional intelligence committees are 
notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 
of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 
urgent national security requirements. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with sec-
tion 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 
decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex accom-
panying the Act unless the congressional intelligence com-
mittees are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogram-
ming of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 
urgent national security requirements. 
SEC. 8091. The Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit to Congress each year, at or about the time that 
the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that year 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a fu-
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ture-years intelligence program (including associated an-
nexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed 
appropriations included in that budget. Any such future- 
years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal year with 
respect to which the budget is submitted and at least the 
four succeeding fiscal years. 
SEC. 8092. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
gressional intelligence committees’’ means the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent-
atives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, 
the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives, and the Sub-
committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 8093. The Department of Defense shall continue 
to report incremental contingency operations costs for Oper-
ation Inherent Resolve, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, and 
any named successor operations, on a monthly basis and 
any other operation designated and identified by the Sec-
retary of Defense for the purposes of section 127a of title 
10, United States Code, on a semi-annual basis in the Cost 
of War Execution Report as prescribed in the Department 
of Defense Financial Management Regulation Department 
of Defense Instruction 7000.14, Volume 12, Chapter 23 
‘‘Contingency Operations’’, Annex 1, dated September 2005.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8094. During the current fiscal year, not to ex-
ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in 
title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by the mili-
tary department concerned to its central fund established 
for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8095. Funds appropriated by this Act for oper-
ation and maintenance may be available for the purpose 
of making remittances and transfer to the Defense Acquisi-
tion Workforce Development Fund in accordance with sec-
tion 1705 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8096. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 
available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 
(c), post on the public Web site of that agency any report 
required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 
that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information.
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(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days. 
SEC. 8097. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be expended for any 
Federal contract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, un-
less the contractor agrees not to— 
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its em-
ployees or independent contractors that requires, as a 
condition of employment, that the employee or inde-
pendent contractor agree to resolve through arbitra-
tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 
assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 
intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im-
prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten-
tion; or 
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of 
an existing agreement with an employee or inde-
pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 
or independent contractor resolve through arbitration 
any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 
assault or harassment, including assault and battery,
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intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im-
prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten-
tion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be expended for any Federal con-
tract unless the contractor certifies that it requires each cov-
ered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and not to 
take any action to enforce any provision of, any agreement 
as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), 
with respect to any employee or independent contractor per-
forming work related to such subcontract. For purposes of 
this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcontractor’’ is an entity that 
has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract sub-
ject to subsection (a). 
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 
respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with 
employees or independent contractors that may not be en-
forced in a court of the United States. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 
subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 
subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per-
sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 
harm to national security interests of the United States, 
and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not
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longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina-
tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the waiv-
er and for the contract or subcontract term selected, and 
shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver 
and the reasons each such alternative would not avoid harm 
to national security interests of the United States. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and simulta-
neously make public, any determination under this sub-
section not less than 15 business days before the contract 
or subcontract addressed in the determination may be 
awarded. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8098. From within the funds appropriated for 
operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 
in this Act, up to $121,000,000, shall be available for trans-
fer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund in ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 1704 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law 
111–84: Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the 
facility operations funded are operations of the integrated 
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, con-
sisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Cen-
ter, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting fa-
cilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility
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as described by section 706 of Public Law 110–417: Pro-
vided further, That additional funds may be transferred 
from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for 
the Defense Health Program to the Joint Department of De-
fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec-
retary of Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8099. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy and 
light armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel 
or for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 
per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limitations ap-
plicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles. 
SEC. 8100. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 
used by the Department of Defense or a component thereof 
in contravention of the provisions of section 130h of title 
10, United States Code (as added by section 1671 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016). 
SEC. 8101. The Secretary of Defense shall report quar-
terly the numbers of civilian personnel end strength by ap-
propriation account for each and every appropriation ac-
count used to finance Federal civilian personnel salaries to
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the congressional defense committees within 15 days after 
the end of each fiscal quarter. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8102. Upon a determination by the Director of 
National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 
the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to 
exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made available in this 
Act for the National Intelligence Program: Provided, That 
such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher 
priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence require-
ments, than those for which originally appropriated and 
in no case where the item for which funds are requested 
has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That a 
request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using author-
ity provided in this section shall be made prior to June 
30, 2016. 
SEC. 8103. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
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(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 
United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8104. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 
described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 
imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 
of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 8105. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer
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any individual detained at United States Naval Station 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 
individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 
or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec-
tions 1033 and 1034 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016. 
SEC. 8106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Reso-
lution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8107. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub-
lic Service Development Trust Fund established under sec-
tion 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 
SEC. 8108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Defense or any other 
Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles, 
for any executive fleet, or for any agency’s fleet inventory, 
except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum-Fed-
eral Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 
SEC. 8109. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer
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of the Department of Defense, to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guar-
antee 
to 
Rosoboronexport 
or 
any 
subsidiary 
of 
Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation 
in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, 
determines that it is in the vital national security interest 
of the United States to do so, and certifies in writing to 
the congressional defense committees that, to the best of the 
Secretary’s knowledge: 
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of le-
thal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 
existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern-
ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 
(2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation 
have withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed 
forces present on military bases subject to agreements 
in force between the Government of the Russian Fed-
eration and the Government of Ukraine; and 
(3) Agents of the Russian Federation have ceased 
taking active measures to destabilize the control of the 
Government of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine.
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(c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense 
shall 
conduct 
a 
review 
of 
any 
action 
involving 
Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the Sec-
retary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not later 
than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver is issued 
by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector General shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report con-
taining the results of the review conducted with respect to 
such waiver. 
SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for the purchase or manufacture of a flag 
of the United States unless such flags are treated as covered 
items under section 2533a(b) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 8111. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the Department of Defense, amounts may be made avail-
able, under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense 
may prescribe, to local military commanders appointed by 
the Secretary, or by an officer or employee designated by 
the Secretary, to provide at their discretion ex gratia pay-
ments in amounts consistent with subsection (d) of this sec-
tion for damage, personal injury, or death that is incident 
to combat operations of the Armed Forces in a foreign coun-
try.
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(b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be 
provided only if— 
(1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is 
determined by the local military commander to be 
friendly to the United States; 
(2) a claim for damages would not be compen-
sable under chapter 163 of title 10, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Claims 
Act’’); and 
(3) the property damage, personal injury, or 
death was not caused by action by an enemy. 
(c) NATURE OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments provided 
under a program under subsection (a) shall not be consid-
ered an admission or acknowledgement of any legal obliga-
tion to compensate for any damage, personal injury, or 
death. 
(d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary of De-
fense determines a program under subsection (a) to be ap-
propriate in a particular setting, the amounts of payments, 
if any, to be provided to civilians determined to have suf-
fered harm incident to combat operations of the Armed 
Forces under the program should be determined pursuant 
to regulations prescribed by the Secretary and based on an 
assessment, which should include such factors as cultural 
appropriateness and prevailing economic conditions.
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(e) LEGAL ADVICE.—Local military commanders shall 
receive legal advice before making ex gratia payments under 
this subsection. The legal advisor, under regulations of the 
Department of Defense, shall advise on whether an ex gratia 
payment is proper under this section and applicable De-
partment of Defense regulations. 
(f) WRITTEN RECORD.—A written record of any ex 
gratia payment offered or denied shall be kept by the local 
commander and on a timely basis submitted to the appro-
priate office in the Department of Defense as determined 
by the Secretary of Defense. 
(g) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall report to 
the congressional defense committees on an annual basis the 
efficacy of the ex gratia payment program including the 
number of types of cases considered, amounts offered, the 
response from ex gratia payment recipients, and any rec-
ommended modifications to the program. 
SEC. 8112. None of the funds available in this Act to 
the Department of Defense, other than appropriations made 
for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades or main-
tenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to 
reduce the number of deployed and non-deployed strategic 
delivery vehicles and launchers below the levels set forth in 
the report submitted to Congress in accordance with section
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1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012. 
SEC. 8113. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 
awards on a public Web site in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8114. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to realign forces at Lajes Air Force Base, 
Azores, Portugal, until the Secretary of Defense certifies to 
the congressional defense committees that the Secretary of 
Defense has determined, based on an analysis of operational 
requirements, that Lajes Air Force Base is not an optimal 
location for the Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex. 
SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to fund the performance of a flight dem-
onstration team at a location outside of the United States: 
Provided, That this prohibition applies only if a perform-
ance of a flight demonstration team at a location within 
the United States was canceled during the current fiscal 
year due to insufficient funding. 
SEC. 8116. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States per-
son; or
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(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 
such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 
United States Code) of any electronic communication 
of a United States person from a provider of elec-
tronic communication services to the public pursuant 
to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8117. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere 
in this Act for basic allowance for housing for military per-
sonnel, including active duty, reserve and National Guard 
personnel, $300,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the De-
partment of Defense and made available for transfer only 
to military personnel accounts: Provided, That the transfer 
authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
SEC. 8118. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of rati-
fication for the Treaty. 
SEC. 8119. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 
approves or implements the transfer of administrative re-
sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program,
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project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 
of another Federal agency not financed by this Act without 
the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly 
provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions 
of Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the De-
partment of Defense. 
SEC. 8120. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven-
tion of section 1054 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016, regarding transfer of AH–64 
Apache helicopters from the Army National Guard to reg-
ular Army. 
SEC. 8121. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated for activities authorized under section 
1208 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 112–81; 125 
Stat. 1621) to initiate support for, or expand support to, 
foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individuals unless 
the congressional defense committees are notified in accord-
ance with the direction contained in the classified annex 
accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days before initi-
ating such support: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available in this Act may be used under section 1208 for 
any activity that is not in support of an ongoing military
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operation being conducted by United States Special Oper-
ations Forces to combat terrorism: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibitions in this 
section if the Secretary determines that such waiver is re-
quired by extraordinary circumstances and, by not later 
than 72 hours after making such waiver, notifies the con-
gressional defense committees of such waiver. 
SEC. 8122. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), includ-
ing for the introduction of United States armed forces into 
hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where imminent 
involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the cir-
cumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters 
while equipped for combat, in contravention of the congres-
sional consultation and reporting requirements of sections 
3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 
SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in stor-
age or on backup aircraft inventory status, or prepare to 
divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage or on backup air-
craft inventory status, any A–10 aircraft, or to disestablish 
any units of the active or reserve component associated with 
such aircraft.
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SEC. 8124. Of the funds provided for ‘‘Research, Devel-
opment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ in this Act, 
not less than $2,800,000 shall be used to support the De-
partment’s activities related to the implementation of the 
Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (Public Law 
113–101; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) and to support the imple-
mentation of a uniform procurement instrument identifier 
as described in subpart 4.16 of Title 48, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to include changes in business processes, work-
force, or information technology. 
SEC. 8125. None of the funds provided in this Act for 
the T–AO(X) program shall be used to award a new con-
tract that provides for the acquisition of the following com-
ponents unless those components are manufactured in the 
United States: Auxiliary equipment (including pumps) for 
shipboard services; propulsion equipment (including en-
gines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; 
and spreaders for shipboard cranes: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the military department responsible for such pro-
curement may waive these restrictions on a case-by-case 
basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet 
Department of Defense requirements on a timely and cost 
competitive basis and that such an acquisition must be
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made in order to acquire capability for national security 
purposes. 
SEC. 8126. The amounts appropriated in title II of 
this Act are hereby reduced by $389,000,000 to reflect excess 
cash balances in Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds, as follows: 
(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$138,000,000; 
(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force’’, $251,000,000. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 8127. Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Defense, the following funds are permanently 
rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
specified amounts to reflect excess cash balances in Depart-
ment of Defense Working Capital Funds: Provided, That 
no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
From ‘‘Defense Working Capital Fund, Defense, 
X’’, $1,037,000,000.
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SEC. 8128. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, to reflect savings due to lower than anticipated 
fuel costs, the total amount appropriated in title II of this 
Act is hereby reduced by $2,576,000,000. 
SEC. 8129. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to divest or retire, or to prepare to divest 
or retire, KC–10 aircraft. 
SEC. 8130. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in stor-
age or on backup aircraft inventory status, or prepare to 
divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage or on backup air-
craft inventory status, any EC–130H aircraft. 
SEC. 8131. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex-
penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 
of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 
topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 
by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 and 
Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclosure 3, 
14a and 14b). 
SEC. 8132. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new or 
additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round.
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TITLE IX 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL 
WAR ON TERRORISM 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Army’’, $1,846,356,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Navy’’, $251,011,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Marine Corps’’, $171,079,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Air Force’’, $726,126,000: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 
Army’’, $24,462,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 
Navy’’, $12,693,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Ma-
rine Corps’’, $3,393,000: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
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ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Air 
Force’’, $18,710,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per-
sonnel, Army’’, $166,015,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per-
sonnel, Air Force’’, $2,828,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army’’, $14,994,833,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Navy’’, $7,169,611,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Marine Corps’’, $1,372,534,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force’’, $11,128,813,000: Provided, That such
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amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide’’, $5,665,633,000: Provided, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$1,160,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 
nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ-
ing access, provided to United States military and stability 
operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State 
of Iraq and the Levant: Provided further, That such reim-
bursement payments may be made in such amounts as the 
Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
of State, and in consultation with the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, may determine, based on docu-
mentation determined by the Secretary of Defense to ade-
quately account for the support provided, and such deter-
mination is final and conclusive upon the accounting offi-
cers of the United States, and 15 days following notification 
to the appropriate congressional committees: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds may be used for the purpose of pro-
viding specialized training and procuring supplies and spe-
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cialized equipment and providing such supplies and loan-
ing such equipment on a non-reimbursable basis to coali-
tion forces supporting United States military and stability 
operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State 
of Iraq and the Levant, and 15 days following notification 
to the appropriate congressional committees: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds may be used to support the Govern-
ments of Jordan and Lebanon, in such amounts as the Sec-
retary of Defense may determine, to enhance the ability of 
the armed forces of Jordan to increase or sustain security 
along its borders and the ability of the armed forces of Leb-
anon to increase or sustain security along its borders, upon 
15 days prior written notification to the congressional de-
fense committees outlining the amounts intended to be pro-
vided and the nature of the expenses incurred: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, up to 
$30,000,000 shall be for Operation Observant Compass: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall pro-
vide quarterly reports to the congressional defense commit-
tees on the use of funds provided in this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army Reserve’’, $99,559,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Navy Reserve’’, $31,643,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, $3,455,000: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force Reserve’’, $58,106,000: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas
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Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army National Guard’’, $135,845,000: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air National Guard’’, $19,900,000: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the ‘‘Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund’’, 
$1,100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That such funds shall be available to pro-
vide support and assistance to foreign security forces or 
other groups or individuals to conduct, support, or facilitate 
counterterrorism and crisis response activities: Provided
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further, That the Secretary of Defense shall transfer the 
funds provided herein to other appropriations provided for 
in this Act to be merged with and to be available for the 
same purposes and subject to the same authorities and for 
the same time period as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority under 
this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That the 
funds available under this heading are available for trans-
fer only to the extent that the Secretary of Defense submits 
a prior approval reprogramming request to the congres-
sional defense committees: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall comply with the appropriate vetting 
standards and procedures established in division C of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act 
of 2015 (Public Law 113–235) for any recipient of training, 
equipment, or other assistance: Provided further, That the 
amount provided under this heading is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND 
For the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 
$3,652,257,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2017: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 
Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, for the purpose of allowing the Commander, Com-
bined Security Transition Command—Afghanistan, or the 
Secretary’s designee, to provide assistance, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State, to the security forces of Af-
ghanistan, including the provision of equipment, supplies, 
services, training, facility and infrastructure repair, ren-
ovation, construction, and funding: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense may obligate and expend funds 
made available to the Department of Defense in this title 
for additional costs associated with existing projects pre-
viously funded with amounts provided under the heading 
‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’ in prior Acts: Provided 
further, That such costs shall be limited to contract changes 
resulting from inflation, market fluctuation, rate adjust-
ments, and other necessary contract actions to complete ex-
isting projects, and associated supervision and administra-
tion costs and costs for design during construction: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may not use more than 
$50,000,000 under the authority provided in this section: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify in advance 
such contract changes and adjustments in annual reports 
to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 
That the authority to provide assistance under this heading
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is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance 
to foreign nations: Provided further, That contributions of 
funds for the purposes provided herein from any person, 
foreign government, or international organization may be 
credited to this Fund, to remain available until expended, 
and used for such purposes: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense com-
mittees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation 
of any contribution, delineating the sources and amounts 
of the funds received and the specific use of such contribu-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 
not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating from this appro-
priation account, notify the congressional defense commit-
tees in writing of the details of any such obligation: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the 
congressional defense committees of any proposed new 
projects or transfer of funds between budget sub-activity 
groups in excess of $20,000,000: Provided further, That the 
United States may accept equipment procured using funds 
provided under this heading in this or prior Acts that was 
transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan and re-
turned by such forces to the United States: Provided further, 
That equipment procured using funds provided under this 
heading in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to 
the security forces of Afghanistan or transferred to the secu-
342 
rity forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces to 
the United States, may be treated as stocks of the Depart-
ment of Defense upon written notification to the congres-
sional defense committees: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be for recruitment and retention of 
women in the Afghanistan National Security Forces, and 
the recruitment and training of female security personnel: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 
For the ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’, $715,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 
That such funds shall be available to the Secretary of De-
fense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to pro-
vide assistance, including training; equipment; logistics 
support, supplies, and services; stipends; infrastructure re-
pair, renovation, and sustainment, to military and other 
security forces of or associated with the Government of Iraq, 
including Kurdish and tribal security forces or other local 
security forces, with a national security mission, to counter 
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Provided further,
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That the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that prior to pro-
viding assistance to elements of any forces such elements 
are appropriately vetted, including at a minimum, assess-
ing such elements for associations with terrorist groups or 
groups associated with the Government of Iran; and receiv-
ing commitments from such elements to promote respect for 
human rights and the rule of law: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contribu-
tions, including assistance in-kind, from foreign govern-
ments, including the Government of Iraq, and other entities, 
to carry out assistance authorized under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That contributions of funds for the purposes 
provided herein from any foreign government or other enti-
ties, may be credited to this Fund, to remain available until 
expended, and used for such purposes: Provided further, 
That not more than 25 percent of the funds appropriated 
under this heading may be obligated or expended until not 
fewer than 15 days after: (1) the Secretary of Defense sub-
mits a report to the appropriate congressional committees, 
describing the plan for the provision of such training and 
assistance and the forces designated to receive such assist-
ance; and (2) the President submits a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees on how assistance provided 
under this heading supports a larger regional strategy: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided under this head-
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ing, not more than 60 percent may be obligated or expended 
until not fewer than 15 days after the date on which the 
Secretary of Defense certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that an amount equal to not less than 
40 percent of the amount provided under this heading has 
been contributed by other countries and entities for the pur-
poses for which funds are provided under this heading, of 
which at least 50 percent shall have been contributed or pro-
vided by the Government of Iraq: Provided further, That 
the limitation in the preceding proviso shall not apply if 
the Secretary of Defense determines, in writing, that the 
national security objectives of the United States will be 
compromised by the application of the limitation to such 
assistance, and notifies the appropriate congressional com-
mittees not less than 15 days in advance of the exemption 
taking effect, including a justification for the Secretary’s 
determination and a description of the assistance to be ex-
empted from the application of such limitation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive a provi-
sion of law relating to the acquisition of items and support 
services or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines 
such provisions of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or oth-
erwise limit the provision of such assistance and a notice 
of and justification for such waiver is submitted to the ap-
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propriate congressional committees: Provided further, That 
the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ under this 
heading means the ‘‘congressional defense committees’’, the 
Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives: Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading are des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 
Army’’, $161,987,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 
Army’’, $37,260,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War
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on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT 
VEHICLES, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weap-
ons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $486,630,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Army’’, $222,040,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Army’’, $1,175,596,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
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al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 
Navy’’, $210,990,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $117,966,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Navy’’, $12,186,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War
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on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine 
Corps’’, $56,934,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $128,900,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $289,142,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii)
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of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Air Force’’, $228,874,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $3,477,001,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense- 
Wide’’, $173,918,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the