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(c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 
under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 
of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority 
is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage 
public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 
5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 
of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 
national impact or availability or are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 
percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 
excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 
and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 
grant category under section 5 of such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 
improve and support community-based music performance and 
education. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health 
Service shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status 
of balances of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, 
and unobligated funds in each program and activity. 
REPORT ON USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS 
SEC. 416. Not later than 120 days after the date on which 
the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget request is submitted to 
the Congress, the President shall submit a comprehensive report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate describing in detail all Federal agency funding, 
domestic and international, for climate change programs, projects, 
and activities in fiscal years 2015 and 2016, including an accounting 
of funding by agency with each agency identifying climate change 
programs, projects, and activities and associated costs by line item 
as presented in the President’s Budget Appendix, and including 
citations and linkages where practicable to each strategic plan 
that is driving funding within each climate change program, project, 
and activity listed in the report. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may 
be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the 
issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or 
methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated 
with livestock production.
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GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 418. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 
used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision requires 
mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure 
management systems. 
MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 419. (a) Section 8162(m)(3) of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106– 
79) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2016’’. 
(b) For fiscal year 2016, the authority provided by the provisos 
under the heading ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission— 
Capital Construction’’ in division E of Public Law 112–74 shall 
not be in effect. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, 
ammunition components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Sub-
stances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or any other law. 
CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 421. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 112–74 
is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2015,’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2017,’’. 
CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE 
SEC. 422. Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act 
of 1998 (Public Law 105–312; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 423. The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public 
Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing permits issued 
by the Forest Service on any lands not subject to administration 
under section 402 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2016. 
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 424. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a State 
water pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 
1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall 
be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, 
or repair of a public water system or treatment works unless 
all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced 
in the United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products means 
the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or 
unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal 
castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints,
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valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construc-
tion materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category 
of cases in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds 
that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 
States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and 
of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 
United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 
more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under 
this section, the Administrator shall make available to the public 
on an informal basis a copy of the request and information available 
to the Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for 
informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior 
to making a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
make the request and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web site 
of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under international agreements. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the 
funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water 
State Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described 
in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the require-
ments of this section. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 425. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(2) AFFECTED STATE.—The term ‘‘affected State’’ means any 
of the Great Lakes States (as defined in section 118(a)(3) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(a)(3))). 
(3) DISCHARGE.—The term ‘‘discharge’’ means a discharge 
as defined in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1362). 
(4) GREAT
LAKES.—The term ‘‘Great Lakes’’ means any 
of the waters as defined in section 118(a)(3) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(a)(3)). 
(5) TREATMENT WORKS.—The term ‘‘treatment works’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 212 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall work with 
affected States having publicly owned treatment works that 
discharge to the Great Lakes to create public notice require-
ments for a combined sewer overflow discharge to the Great 
Lakes. 
(2) NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS.—The notice requirements 
referred to in paragraph (1) shall provide for— 
(i) the method of the notice;
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(ii) the contents of the notice, in accordance with para-
graph (3); and 
(iii) requirements for public availability of the notice. 
(3) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The contents of the notice under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(i) the dates and times of the applicable discharge; 
(ii) the volume of the discharge; and 
(iii) a description of any public access areas 
impacted by the discharge. 
(B) CONSISTENCY.—The minimum requirements under 
this paragraph shall be consistent for all affected States. 
(4) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator shall 
work with the affected States to include— 
(A) follow-up notice requirements that provide a 
description of— 
(i) each applicable discharge; 
(ii) the cause of the discharge; and 
(iii) plans to prevent a reoccurrence of a combined 
sewer overflow discharge to the Great Lakes consistent 
with section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) or an administrative order or 
consent decree under such Act; and 
(B) annual publication requirements that list each 
treatment works from which the Administrator or the 
affected State receive a follow-up notice. 
(5) TIMING.— 
(A) The notice and publication requirements described 
in this subsection shall be implemented by not later than 
2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) The Administrator of the EPA may extend the 
implementation deadline for individual communities if the 
Administrator determines the community needs additional 
time to comply in order to avoid undue economic hardship. 
(6) STATE ACTION.—Nothing in this subsection prohibits 
an affected State from establishing a State notice requirement 
in the event of a discharge that is more stringent than the 
requirements described in this subsection. 
GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE 
SEC. 426. Section 118(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (7) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Agency a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (referred to 
in this paragraph as the ‘Initiative’) to carry out programs 
and projects for Great Lakes protection and restoration. 
‘‘(B) FOCUS AREAS.—The Initiative shall prioritize pro-
grams and projects carried out in coordination with non- 
Federal partners and programs and projects that address 
priority areas each fiscal year, including— 
‘‘(i) the remediation of toxic substances and areas 
of concern; 
‘‘(ii) the prevention and control of invasive species 
and the impacts of invasive species;
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‘‘(iii) the protection and restoration of nearshore 
health and the prevention and mitigation of nonpoint 
source pollution; 
‘‘(iv) habitat and wildlife protection and restora-
tion, including wetlands restoration and preservation; 
and 
‘‘(v) accountability, monitoring, evaluation, commu-
nication, and partnership activities. 
‘‘(C) PROJECTS.—Under the Initiative, the Agency shall 
collaborate with Federal partners, including the Great 
Lakes Interagency Task Force, to select the best combina-
tion of programs and projects for Great Lakes protection 
and restoration using appropriate principles and criteria, 
including whether a program or project provides— 
‘‘(i) the ability to achieve strategic and measurable 
environmental outcomes that implement the Great 
Lakes Action Plan and the Great Lakes Water Quality 
Agreement; 
‘‘(ii) the feasibility of— 
‘‘(I) prompt implementation; 
‘‘(II) timely achievement of results; and 
‘‘(III) resource leveraging; and 
‘‘(iii) the opportunity to improve interagency and 
inter-organizational coordination and collaboration to 
reduce duplication and streamline efforts. 
‘‘(D) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (G)(ii), 
funds made available to carry out the Initiative shall 
be used to strategically implement— 
‘‘(I) Federal projects; and 
‘‘(II) projects carried out in coordination with 
States, Indian tribes, municipalities, institutions 
of higher education, and other organizations. 
‘‘(ii) TRANSFER
OF
FUNDS.—With amounts made 
available for the Initiative each fiscal year, the 
Administrator may— 
‘‘(I) transfer not more than the total amount 
appropriated under subparagraph (G)(i) for the 
fiscal year to the head of any Federal department 
or agency, with the concurrence of the department 
or agency head, to carry out activities to support 
the Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality 
Agreement; and 
‘‘(II) enter into an interagency agreement with 
the head of any Federal department or agency 
to carry out activities described in subclause (I). 
‘‘(E) SCOPE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Projects shall be carried out 
under the Initiative on multiple levels, including— 
‘‘(I) Great Lakes-wide; and 
‘‘(II) Great Lakes basin-wide. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—No funds made available to 
carry out the Initiative may be used for any water 
infrastructure activity (other than a green infrastruc-
ture project that improves habitat and other ecosystem 
functions in the Great Lakes) for which amounts are 
made available from—
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‘‘(I) a State water pollution control revolving 
fund established under title VI; or 
‘‘(II) a State drinking water revolving loan 
fund established under section 1452 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). 
‘‘(F) ACTIVITIES BY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Each 
relevant Federal department or agency shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable— 
‘‘(i) maintain the base level of funding for the 
Great Lakes activities of that department or agency 
without regard to funding under the Initiative; and 
‘‘(ii) identify new activities and projects to support 
the environmental goals of the Initiative. 
‘‘(G) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this paragraph for fiscal year 2016, 
$300,000,000.’’. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 427. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 
U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SECURITY.—There is author-
ized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), 
$22,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 
4(a)(1), $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2016.’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
DIVISION H—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’), the Second Chance 
Act of 2007, the National Apprenticeship Act, and the Women 
in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act of 1992 
(‘‘WANTO Act’’), $3,335,425,000, plus reimbursements, shall be 
available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 
activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, $2,709,832,000 as follows: 
(A) $815,556,000 for adult employment and training 
activities, of which $103,556,000 shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, and of which 
$712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 
2016 through June 30, 2017;
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(B) $873,416,000 for youth activities, which shall be 
available for the period April 1, 2016 through June 30, 
2017; and 
(C) $1,020,860,000 for dislocated worker employment 
and training activities, of which $160,860,000 shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 
2017, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 
the period October 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017: 
Provided, That pursuant to section 128(a)(1) of the WIOA, 
the amount available to the Governor for statewide workforce 
investment activities shall not exceed 15 percent of the amount 
allotted to the State from each of the appropriations under 
the preceding subparagraphs: Provided further, That the funds 
available for allotment to outlying areas to carry out subtitle 
B of title I of the WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements 
of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act; and 
(2) for national programs, $625,593,000 as follows: 
(A) $220,859,000 for the dislocated workers assistance 
national reserve, of which $20,859,000 shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017, 
and of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017: Provided, 
That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of 
the WIOA may be used to provide assistance to a State 
for statewide or local use in order to address cases where 
there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors 
or across multiple local areas and such workers remain 
dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development 
plan with emerging economic development needs; and train 
such eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That 
funds provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) of 
the WIOA may be used for technical assistance and dem-
onstration projects, respectively, that provide assistance 
to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 168(b) of 
the WIOA, of the funds provided under this subparagraph, 
the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 
funds to provide technical assistance and carry out addi-
tional activities related to the transition to the WIOA: 
Provided further, That, of the funds provided under this 
subparagraph, $19,000,000 shall be made available for 
applications submitted in accordance with section 170 of 
the WIOA for training and employment assistance for 
workers dislocated from coal mines and coal-fired power 
plants; 
(B) $50,000,000 for Native American programs under 
section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; 
(C) $81,896,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including 
$75,885,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 
70 percent shall be for employment and training services), 
$5,517,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which 
not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), 
and $494,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2016 through June
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30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor 
shall take no action limiting the number or proportion 
of eligible participants receiving related assistance services 
or discouraging grantees from providing such services; 
(D) $994,000 for carrying out the WANTO Act, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2016 through 
June 30, 2017; 
(E) $84,534,000 for YouthBuild activities as described 
in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; 
(F) $3,232,000 for technical assistance activities under 
section 168 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; 
(G) $88,078,000 for ex-offender activities, under the 
authority of section 169 of the WIOA and section 212 
of the Second Chance Act of 2007, which shall be available 
for the period April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $20,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional intermediaries 
for activities that prepare young ex-offenders and school 
dropouts for employment, with a priority for projects 
serving high-crime, high-poverty areas; 
(H) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initia-
tive, under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2016 through 
June 30, 2017; and 
(I) $90,000,000 to expand opportunities relating to 
apprenticeship programs registered under the National 
Apprenticeship Act, to be available to the Secretary to 
carry out activities through grants, cooperative agreements, 
contracts and other arrangements, with States and other 
appropriate entities, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including Federal 
administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and 
other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training cen-
ters as authorized by the WIOA, $1,689,155,000, plus reimburse-
ments, as follows: 
(1) $1,581,825,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 
2017; 
(2) $75,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and acquisi-
tion of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2019, and which may 
include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 
of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 
to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational needs 
of such centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies: Pro-
vided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso shall not be available for obligation after June
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30, 2017: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and 
(3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, which 
shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2015 
through September 30, 2016: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be 
used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (referred 
to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $434,371,000, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, and may be 
recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) of 
the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2016 of trade adjustment ben-
efit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of 
chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 
of that Act; and for training, employment and case management 
services, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State 
administrative expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 
2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, 
allowances, training, employment and case management services, 
and related State administration provided pursuant to section 
231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 
and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 
$861,000,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary 
to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for 
any period subsequent to September 15, 2016: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 502 of this division, any part of the appropria-
tion provided under this heading may remain available for obliga-
tion beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities 
of section 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE 
OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $89,066,000, together 
with not to exceed $3,480,812,000 which may be expended from 
the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,725,550,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 
States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 
(including not less than $95,000,000 to conduct in-person 
reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 
insurance improper payment reviews, and to provide reemploy-
ment services and referrals to training as appropriate, for claim-
ants of unemployment insurance for ex-service members under 
5 U.S.C. 8521 et. seq. and for the claimants of regular 
unemployment compensation who are profiled as most likely 
to exhaust their benefits in each State, and $3,000,000 for 
continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity 
Center of Excellence), the administration of unemployment