COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance, the following amounts are made available 
until expended: Provided, That any balances made avail-
able through prior year deobligations shall only be avail-
able in accordance with section 505 of this Act— 
(1) $11,000,000 for anti-methamphetamine-re-
lated activities, which shall be transferred to the 
Drug Enforcement Administration upon enactment 
of this Act; 
(2) $30,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes; 
(3) $52,500,000 (increased by $10,000,000) for 
initiatives to improve police–community relations, as 
described in the report accompanying this Act; 
(4) $41,000,000 (increased by $4,000,000) for 
a grant program for community-based sexual assault 
response reform; 
(5) $68,000,000 for offender reentry programs 
and research, as authorized by the Second Chance 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199), without regard 
to the time limitations specified at section 6(1) of 
such Act; and
(6) $35,000,000 is for regional information 
sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title I 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available in this title for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 
appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 
shall be available to the Attorney General for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 
title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro-
vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu-
tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 
shall be null and void. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 
title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 
facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 
SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-
move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-
mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 
Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-
ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil-
osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 
Prisons. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 
by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
SEC. 206. The Attorney General is authorized to ex-
tend through September 30, 2016, the Personnel Manage-
ment Demonstration Project transferred to the Attorney 
General pursuant to section 1115 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 28 U.S.C. 599B) 
without limitation on the number of employees or the posi-
tions covered. 
SEC. 207. None of the funds made available under 
this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of
transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 
conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 
than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 
such a prisoner. 
SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-
vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec-
tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main-
tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
programs. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds made available under 
this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 
enhanced information technology program having total es-
timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un-
less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re-
view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 
information technology program has appropriate program 
management controls and contractor oversight mecha-
nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 
the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 210. The notification thresholds and procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi-
ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and 
to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this title in previous years. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 
or approve a public-private competition under the Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc-
cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 
work performed by employees of Federal Prison Indus-
tries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 
or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 
or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 
his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 
from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 213. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 
and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 
available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with
respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head-
ings ‘‘Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecu-
tion Programs’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Juvenile Justice Programs’’, and ‘‘Community 
Oriented Policing Services Programs’’— 
(1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to 
the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim-
bursement programs may be used by such Office to 
provide training and technical assistance; and 
(2) funds made available for grant or reim-
bursement programs under such headings, except for 
amounts appropriated specifically for research, eval-
uation, or statistical programs administered by the 
National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Jus-
tice Statistics, may be transferred to and merged 
with funds provided to the National Institute of Jus-
tice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be used 
by them for research, evaluation, or statistical pur-
poses, without regard to the authorizations for such 
grant or reimbursement programs: Provided, That 
the transfer authority in this paragraph is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority contained in this 
Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to 
this subsection shall be subject to the notification
procedures applicable to a reprogramming of funds 
under section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail-
able by this or any other Act. 
SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act, for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, other than for the national instant crimi-
nal background check system established under section 
103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 
U.S.C. 922 note), may be used by a Federal law enforce-
ment officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable fire-
arm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement officer 
knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a drug 
cartel, unless law enforcement personnel of the United 
States continuously monitor or control the firearm at all 
times. 
SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De-
partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 
527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 
year 2016, except up to $40,000,000 may be obligated for
implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan-
cial management system. 
(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal-
ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 
of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 
Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 
shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2016, and 
any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act. 
(c) Any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of ex-
cess
unobligated
balances
available
under
section 
524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code, shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act. 
(d) Of amounts available in the Assets Forfeiture 
Fund in fiscal year 2016, $154,700,000 shall be for pay-
ments associated with joint law enforcement operations as 
authorized by section 524(c)(1)(I) of title 28, United 
States Code, and $20,514,000 shall be for payments asso-
ciated with subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of section 
524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code. 
(e) The Attorney General shall submit a spending 
plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate not later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act detailing the 
planned distribution of Assets Forfeiture Fund joint law 
enforcement operations funding during fiscal year 2016. 
SEC. 217. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under each of the headings ‘‘General Administration—Sal-
aries and Expenses’’, ‘‘United States Marshals Service— 
Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration—Salaries and Expenses’’, and ‘‘Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and 
Expenses’’, $20,000,000 shall not be available for obliga-
tion until the Attorney General demonstrates to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate that all recommendations included in the 
Office of Inspector General of the Department of Justice, 
Evaluation and Inspections Division Report 15–04 enti-
tled ‘‘The Handling of Sexual Harassment and Mis-
conduct Allegations by the Department’s Law Enforce-
ment Components’’, dated March, 2015, have been imple-
mented or are in the process of being implemented. 
(b) The Inspector General of the Department of Jus-
tice shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on 
the status of the Department’s implementation of rec-
ommendations included in the report specified in sub-
section (a). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia, $5,555,000. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $5,237,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017: Provided,That the formulation and de-
velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 
section 30104 of title 51, United States Code) for the 
James
Webb
Space
Telescope
shall
not
exceed 
$8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi-
vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 
30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 
the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de-
velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi-
tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin-
istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 
the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec-
tion 30104: Provided further, That, $140,000,000 shall be 
for a Jupiter Europa mission to assure progress on a mis-
sion which meets the Planetary Science decadal objectives, 
consisting of an orbiter and studies of both a surface ele-
ment as well as sample analysis of plumes emanating from 
the surface: Provided further, That NASA shall use the 
Space Launch System as the launch vehicle for a Jupiter 
Europa mission, plan for a launch no later than 2022,
and include in the fiscal year 2017 budget the 5 year fund-
ing profile necessary to achieve those goals. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $600,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space technology research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 
repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space-
craft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $625,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2017, of which 
$25,000,000 shall be for icy satellites surface technology 
and test beds. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $4,759,300,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That not less 
than $1,096,300,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 
Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,313,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, in-
cluding no less than $1,850,000,000 for launch vehicle de-
velopment, which shall have a lift capability not less than 
130 metric tons and which shall have core elements and 
an enhanced upper stage developed simultaneously: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided for launch 
vehicle development, no less than $50,000,000 shall be for 
enhanced upper stage development: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available for the Space Launch System, 
$410,000,000 shall be for exploration ground systems and 
$53,000,000 shall be for program integration: Provided 
further, That $1,000,000,000 shall be for commercial 
spaceflight activities: Provided further, That $350,000,000 
shall be for exploration research and development. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space operations research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-
craft control and communications activities, including op-
erations, production, and services; maintenance and re-
pair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin-
istrative aircraft, $3,957,300,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 
EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 
education research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $119,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017, of which 
$18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be 
for the National Space Grant College program. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 
technology, exploration, space operations and education 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; mainte-
nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities;
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft, $2,768,600,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
ance and restoration, $425,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That proceeds from 
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 20145(b)(2)(A) of title 51, United 
States Code, such proceeds referred to in the preceding 
proviso shall be available for obligation for fiscal year
2016 in an amount not to exceed $9,470,300: Provided 
further, That each annual budget request shall include an 
annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and pro-
posed use of all funds collected pursuant to section 20145 
of title 51, United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$37,400,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 
available for the same purposes and the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ-
ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 
change of an amount established in that spending plan 
that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 
this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
The unexpired balances of a previous account, for ac-
tivities for which funds are provided in this Act, may be 
transferred to the new account established in this Act that 
provides for such activities. Balances so transferred shall 
be merged with the funds in the newly established account, 
but shall be available under the same terms, conditions 
and period of time as previously appropriated. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $5,983,645,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017, of which not to exceed 
$520,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 
for scientific support services and materials furnished by 
the National Research Centers and other National Science 
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C.
1861
et
seq.),
including
authorized
travel, 
$200,030,000, to remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-
ematics and engineering education and human resources 
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-
ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $866,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 
Homeland
Security
for
security
guard
services; 
$325,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That contracts may be entered into under this 
heading in fiscal year 2016 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided for costs associated with the acquisition, occu-
pancy, and related costs of new headquarters space, not 
more than $27,370,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended.
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $15,160,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National 
Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2016’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights,
including
hire
of
passenger
motor
vehicles, 
$9,200,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 
of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex-
cepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 
Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 
Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 
days: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity 
or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 
of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 
1975a).
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 
1991, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act 
(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend-
ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in-
cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 
Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$364,500,000: Provided, That the Commission is author-
ized to make available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 
Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept 
and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 
Commission.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $84,500,000 (in-
creased by $2,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $300,000,000, of which $266,900,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$5,100,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $19,000,000 is for manage-
ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self- 
help and information technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro 
Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay-
ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-
poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 
the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em-
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. 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. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby.
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 
or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini-
tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 
a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per-
sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-
fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro-
grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 
functions or activities presently performed by Federal em-
ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac-
tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 
project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 
or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 
from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 
change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds by agencies (excluding
agencies of the Department of Justice) 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 
affixed 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 re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-
thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 
are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 
States, its territories or possessions. 
(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 
Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta-
tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted 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 separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 
submitted 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 
maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys-
tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re-
port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre-
vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re-
ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such department or
agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere 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 available 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 tobacco 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. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 
$2,705,164,000 during fiscal year 2016 from the fund es-
tablished by section 1402 of Public Law 98–473 (42 
U.S.C. 10601).
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi-
nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 
students who participate in programs for which financial 
assistance 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 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided 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 Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na-
tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor-
poration 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 Congress on the progress of such audits, which 
may include preliminary findings and a description of 
areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi-
ating 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 
completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis-
trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 
the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter-
net website maintained by the Department, Administra-
tion, Foundation, 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, 
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 inter-
est 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 consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 
and requirements, substantially similar to the require-
ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 
executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart-
ments, agencies, and entities. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration, or the National 
Science Foundation to acquire or renew a high-impact or 
moderate-impact information system, as defined for secu-
rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
tems’’ unless the agency has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 
inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and
moderate-impact
information
systems
within
the 
Federal Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the FBI and other 
appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap-
propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 
any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 
with the acquisition of such system, including any 
risk associated with such system being produced, 
manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 
identified by the United States Government as pos-
ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 
those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 
the People’s Republic of China. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 
high-impact or moderate-impact information system re-
viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 
of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 
FBI and supply chain risk management experts, a 
mitigation strategy for any identified risks;
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the FBI, that the acquisition of such system 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. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 
justify the use of torture by any official or contract em-
ployee of the United States Government. 
SEC. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or treaty, in fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
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 li-
cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac-
cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 
I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 
(International Trafficking 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 ex-
port license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 
required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 
under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 
transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub-
section (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 end use by the Federal Government, or a 
Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 
listed in Category I, other than for end use by 
the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu-
nicipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Di-
rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-
manent or temporary export without a license of any un-
classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 
end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem-
porary 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 main-
tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 
in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 
articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-
national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an-
other nation. The President shall terminate the require-
ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require-
ments have ceased. 
SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
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-
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; 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 reason-
able cause to believe that the total program cost has in-
creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 
immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis-
trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di-
rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 
and shall include 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 esti-
mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 
statement validating that the project’s management struc-
ture 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 intel-
ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec-
tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
414) during fiscal year 2016 until the enactment of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016.
SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 pro-
spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 
agency awarding 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 certifi-
cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 
for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as-
sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 
offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter-
nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess-
ment 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
National
Technical
Information
Service, 
$10,000,000 are rescinded. 
(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’’, $100,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘United States Marshals Service, Federal 
Prisoner Detention’’, $69,500,000; 
(3) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, $120,000,000 from fines collected to 
defray expenses for the automation of fingerprint 
identification and criminal justice information serv-
ices 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; 
(5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $40,000,000; and 
(6) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-
ties,
Community
Oriented
Policing
Services’’, 
$20,000,000. 
(c) The Department of Justice shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate a report no later than September 
1, 2016, specifying the amount of each rescission made 
pursuant to subsection (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 attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 
the United States unless such conference is a law enforce-
ment training or operational conference for law enforce-
ment personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 
attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed out-
side the United States. 
SEC. 527. 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 
(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 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 indi-
vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de-
tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec-
tive 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 
(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 
available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs 
that are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal En-
ergy 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 
expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform-
ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 
following: 
(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. 
(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 Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, 
promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, pro-
gram, order, or contract of any kind to participate, col-
laborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China 
or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are 
specifically authorized 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 
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 partici-
pants, and its location and timing. 
SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act, for fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, 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 Janu-
ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 
particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 
sporting purposes. 
SEC. 533. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network
unless
such
network
blocks
the
viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law- 
enforcement related activity.
SEC. 534. The Departments of Commerce and Jus-
tice, 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 de-
partment or agency head, to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 535. 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 
ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 536. 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 with respect to Internet domain name system func-
tions, including responsibility with respect to the authori-
tative root zone file and the Internet Assigned Numbers 
Authority functions. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require a person licensed under section
923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 
to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul-
tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 
SEC. 538. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny the Inspectors General of the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, and the National Science Founda-
tion timely access to all records, documents, and other ma-
terials in the custody or possession of the respective de-
partment or agency or to prevent or impede the particular 
Inspector General’s access to such records, documents, 
and other materials, unless in accordance with an express 
limitation of section 6(a) of the Inspector General Act, as 
amended, consistent with the plain language of the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended. The Inspectors General of 
the Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National 
Science Foundation shall report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate within five calendar days any failures to comply with 
this requirement. 
SEC. 539. The Department of Commerce, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na-
tional Science Foundation, and the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy shall provide a monthly report to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate on any official travel to China by 
any employee of such Department or agency, including the 
purpose of such travel. 
SEC. 540. (a) No funds made available in this Act 
may be used to facilitate, permit, license, or promote ex-
ports to the Cuban military or intelligence service or to 
any officer of the Cuban military or intelligence service, 
or an immediate family member thereof. 
(b) This section does not apply to exports of goods 
permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 
Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 
(c) In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Cuban military or intelligence 
service’’ includes, but is not limited to, the Ministry 
of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, and the Min-
istry of the Interior, of Cuba, and any subsidiary of 
either such Ministry; and 
(2)
the
term
‘‘immediate
family
member’’ 
means a spouse, sibling, son, daughter, parent, 
grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or neph-
ew. 
SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be expended during fiscal year 2016 for the shut-
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down of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared As-
tronomy or for the preparation therefor. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 542. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0 
(increased by $1,000,000). 
SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Commerce, the 
Department of Justice, or any other Federal agency to 
lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive 
fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in accord-
ance with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Per-
formance, dated May 24, 2011. 
SEC. 544. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available by this Act for the De-
partment of Justice or the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion may be used to mandate or request that a person 
(as defined in section 101(m) of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(m)) alter the 
product or service of the person to permit the electronic 
surveillance (as defined in section 101(f) of such Act (50 
U.S.C. 1801(f)) of any user of such product or service.
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(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to 
mandates or requests authorized under the Communica-
tions Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.). 
SEC. 545. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to execute a subpoena of tangible things 
pursuant to section 506 of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 876) that does not include the following sen-
tence: ‘‘This subpoena limits the collection of any tangible 
things (including phone numbers dialed, telephone num-
bers of incoming calls, and the duration of calls) to those 
tangible things identified by a term that specifically identi-
fies an individual, account, address, or personal device, 
and that limits, to the greatest extent reasonably prac-
ticable, the scope of the tangible things sought.’’. 
SEC. 546. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enforce section 221 of title 13, United 
States Code, with respect to the survey, conducted by the 
Secretary of Commerce, commonly referred to as the 
‘‘American Community Survey’’. 
SEC. 547. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel of the Department of Justice to negotiate or con-
clude a settlement with the Federal Government that in-
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cludes terms requiring the defendant to donate or con-
tribute funds to an organization or individual. 
SEC. 548. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose or to issue a rule that would 
change the Chief Law Enforcement Officer certificate re-
quirement in a manner that has the same substance as 
the proposed rule published on September 9, 2013 (786 
Fed. Reg. 55014). 
SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Justice in violation 
of— 
(1) the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to 
the United States Constitution; or 
(2) to repeal the guidance provided in the 
memorandum issued by the Attorney General on 
March 31, 2015, and entitled ‘‘Guidance Regarding 
the Use of Asset Forfeiture Authorities in Connec-
tion with Structuring Offenses’’. 
SEC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require, pursuant to section 478.124 
of title 27, or section 25.7 of title 28, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or the Office of Management and Budget 
Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, Race and Ethnic 
Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Re-
porting, that any person disclose the race or ethnicity of
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the person in connection with the transfer of a firearm 
to the person. 
SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to negotiate or enter into a trade agree-
ment that establishes a limit on greenhouse gas emissions 
for the United States. The limitation described in this sec-
tion shall not apply in the case of the administration of 
a tax or tariff. 
SEC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 
or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 
by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 
of its principals— 
(1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren-
dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi-
nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 
to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 
local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 
State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 
offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for-
gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed-
eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property;
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(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer-
ated above in paragraph (1); or 
(3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 
an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil-
ity remains unsatisfied. 
SEC. 553. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to treat any M855 (5.56 mm x 45 mm) 
or SS109 type ammunition as armor piercing ammunition 
for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 554. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement the United States Global 
Climate Research Program’s National Climate Assess-
ment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 
Fifth Assessment Report, the United Nation’s Agenda 21 
sustainable development plan, or the May 2013 Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Im-
pact Analysis under Executive Order No. 12866. 
SEC. 555. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Department of Justice’s clemency 
initiative announced on April 23, 2014, or for Clemency 
Project 2014, or to transfer or temporarily assign employ-
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ees to the Office of the Pardon Attorney for the purpose 
of screening clemency applications. 
SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to enforce— 
(1) Amendment 40 to the Fishery Management 
Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of 
Mexico published in the Federal Register on April 
22, 2015, or any other effort of the same substance; 
or 
(2) Red Snapper Management Measures pub-
lished in the Federal Register on May 1, 2015, or 
any other effort of the same substance that estab-
lishes an annual catch limits or annual catch targets 
for Red Snapper that would result in the commercial 
fishing for Red Snapper in the Federal waters of the 
Gulf of Mexico lasting longer than 5 times the num-
ber of days recreational fishers are allowed to catch 
and retain at least 2 such fish each day in such Fed-
eral waters. 
SEC. 557. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Justice may be used to prevent 
a State from implementing its own State laws that author-
ize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of in-
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dustrial hemp, as defined in section 7606 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 558. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with re-
spect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Florida, 
Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, 
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, 
Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Ten-
nessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and 
Wisconsin, or with respect to either the District of Colum-
bia or Guam, to prevent any of them from implementing 
their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, posses-
sion, or cultivation of medical marijuana. 
SEC. 559. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to compel a person to testify about infor-
mation or sources that the person states in a motion to 
quash the subpoena that he has obtained as a journalist 
or reporter and that he regards as confidential. 
SEC. 560. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to take any action to prevent a State 
from implementing any law that makes it lawful to pos-
sess, distribute, or use cannabidiol or cannabidiol oil.
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SEC. 561. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of Justice to enforce 
the Fair Housing Act in a manner that relies upon an 
allegation of liability under section 100.500 of title 24, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 562. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Advisory entitled 
‘‘Test, Examination and Classification of 7N6 5.45 x 39 
Ammunition’’, dated April 7, 2014. The limitation de-
scribed in this section shall not apply in the case of the 
administration of a tax or tariff. 
SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to operate or disseminate a cell-site simu-
lator or IMSI catcher in the United States except pursu-
ant to a court order that identifies an individual, account, 
address, or personal device. 
SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to prosecute or hold liable any person 
or corporation for a violation of section 2(a) of the Migra-
tory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703(a)). 
SEC. 565. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to carry out the program known as ‘‘Op-
eration Choke Point’’.
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SEC. 566. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to negotiate or finalize a trade agreement 
that includes provisions relating to visas issued under sec-
tion 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)). The limitation described in this 
section shall not apply in the case of the administration 
of a tax or tariff. 
SEC. 567. 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 
Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 
SEC. 568. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to treat ammunition as armor piercing 
for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, 
except for ammunition designed and intended for use in 
a
handgun
(in
accordance
with
U.S.C.
section 
921(a)(17)). 
SEC. 569. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology to consult with the National Security 
Agency or the Central Intelligence Agency to alter cryp-
tographic or computer standards, except to improve infor-
mation security (in accordance with section 20(c)(1)(A) of
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the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act 
(15 U.S.C. 278g–3(c)(1)(A))). 
SEC. 570. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement Executive Order No. 13547 
(75 Fed. Reg. 43023, relating to the stewardship of 
oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes), including the Na-
tional Ocean Policy developed under such Executive order. 
SEC. 571. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to the case State of Texas, 
et al. v. United States of America, et al. (No. B–14–254 
in the United States District Court for the Southern Dis-
trict of Texas and No. 15–40238 in the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit). 
SEC. 572. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Justice—Office of 
Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement As-
sistance’’ may be used in contravention of section 642(a) 
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-
sibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)). 
SEC. 573. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to implement in the California Central 
Valley Recovery Domain any existing recovery plan for 
salmon and steelhead populations listed under the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) as
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threatened species or endangered species if that recovery 
plan does not address predation by non-native species. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for De-
partments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Re-
lated Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2016, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 
including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for 
the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms, 
without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United 
States Code; full medical coverage for dependent members 
of immediate families of employees stationed overseas and 
employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transpor-
tation of employees of the International Trade Administra-
tion between two points abroad, without regard to section 
40118 of title 49, United States Code; employment of citi-
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zens of the United States and aliens by contract for services; 
rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, 
and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; pur-
chase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition 
structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 
of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in 
foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official rep-
resentation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per 
vehicle; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and 
rental of tie lines, $473,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017, of which $10,000,000 is to be derived 
from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade 
Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided 
under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for 
China antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement 
and compliance activities: Provided further, That the provi-
sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply 
in carrying out these activities; and that for the purpose 
of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall in-
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clude payment for assessments for services provided as part 
of these activities. 
OFFICE OF UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consult-
ants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $54,250,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That section 141(a) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(a)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Executive Office of the President’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
partment of Commerce’’: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
including costs associated with the performance of export 
administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of im-
mediate families of employees stationed overseas; employ-
ment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract 
for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner
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authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 
28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign 
countries; not to exceed $13,500 for official representation 
expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers 
under the Export Administration Act of 1979, and as au-
thorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 
Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law 
enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible 
for purchase without regard to any price limitation other-
wise established by law, $106,500,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the provisions of the first 
sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 
out these activities: Provided further, That payments and 
contributions collected and accepted for materials or serv-
ices provided as part of such activities may be retained for 
use in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing 
information to the public with respect to the export admin-
istration and national security activities of the Department 
of Commerce and other export control programs of the 
United States and other governments.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as pro-
vided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for grants au-
thorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), $213,000,000, to 
remain available until expended; of which $10,000,000 shall 
be for grants under such section 27. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
$37,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to 
monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public 
Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In-
novation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), and the Community 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce 
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 
other agreements with public or private organizations, 
$30,000,000.
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ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-
nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 
of Commerce, $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by 
law, $266,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts provided 
herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and 
marketing activities. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-
lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic cen-
suses and programs provided for by law, $862,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, 
from amounts provided herein, funds may be used for pro-
motion, outreach, and marketing activities: Provided fur-
ther, That within the amounts appropriated, $1,551,000 
shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ ac-
count for activities associated with carrying out investiga-
tions and audits related to the Bureau of the Census.
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NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration (NTIA), $38,200,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge 
Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage-
ment, analysis, operations, and related services, and such 
fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for 
costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collec-
tions all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 
other Government agencies for all costs incurred in tele-
communications research, engineering, and related activi-
ties by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of 
NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this 
paragraph, and such funds received from other Government 
agencies shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries 
and unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated
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are available for the administration of all open grants until 
their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including 
defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 
USPTO, $3,272,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections 
of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO 
under any law are received during fiscal year 2016, so as 
to result in a fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during 
fiscal year 2016, should the total amount of such offsetting 
collections be less than $3,272,000,000 this amount shall be 
reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount re-
ceived in excess of $3,272,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and 
deposited in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the Director of USPTO shall submit a spending plan 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate for any amounts made available
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by the preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be 
treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex-
cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that sec-
tion: Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed 
in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be trans-
ferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That 
from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 shall be 
made available in fiscal year 2016 for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal 
year 2016 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to 
pay (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay 
contributed by the USPTO and employees under section 
8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal cost 
percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) as 
provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for 
USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to 
subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present 
value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as deter-
mined by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement 
life insurance and post-retirement health benefits coverage 
for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Em-
ployees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees
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Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 
Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, and shall be 
available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: Pro-
vided further, That any differences between the present 
value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit 
letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s spe-
cific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s 
financial statements, where applicable: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees 
and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO are avail-
able for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) of title 35, 
United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the Leahy- 
Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29): Provided 
further, That within the amounts appropriated, $2,000,000 
shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ ac-
count for activities associated with carrying out investiga-
tions and audits related to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), $684,700,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 
Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for offi-
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cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That NIST may provide local transportation for sum-
mer undergraduate research fellowship program partici-
pants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology serv-
ices, $145,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $130,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing 
Extension Partnership, and of which $15,000,000 shall be 
for the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 
and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-
vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 
U.S.C. 278c–278e), $63,300,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 
include in the budget justification materials that the Sec-
retary submits to Congress in support of the Department 
of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards 
and Technology construction project having a total multi-
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year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and simulta-
neously the budget justification materials shall include an 
estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project 
for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 
vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 
organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pur-
suant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 
$3,242,723,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, except that funds provided for cooperative enforce-
ment shall remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That fees and donations received by the National 
Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanc-
tuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and ex-
penses associated with those activities, notwithstanding sec-
tion 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, 
That in addition, $130,164,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Prod-
ucts and Research Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, 
which shall only be used for fishery activities related to the
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Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, Cooperative Research, 
Annual Stock Assessments, Survey and Monitoring 
Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants, and Fish In-
formation Networks: Provided further, That of the 
$3,390,387,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 
heading, $3,242,723,000 is appropriated from the general 
fund, $130,164,000 is provided by transfer and $17,500,000 
is derived from recoveries of prior year obligations: Pro-
vided further, That the total amount available for National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration corporate services 
administrative support costs shall not exceed $222,523,000: 
Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts des-
ignated for specific activities in the report accompanying 
this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds pro-
vided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject 
to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That in addition, for necessary retired pay 
expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection 
and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the med-
ical care of retired personnel and their dependents under 
the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 55), such sums 
as may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of cap-
ital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of
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the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
$2,079,494,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, except that funds provided for acquisition and con-
struction of vessels and construction of facilities shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the 
$2,092,494,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 
heading, $2,079,494,000 is appropriated from the general 
fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior 
year obligations: Provided further, That any deviation from 
the amounts designated for specific activities in the report 
accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances 
of funds provided under this heading in previous years, 
shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce shall include in budget justification materials that 
the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Depart-
ment of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of 
the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or 
construction project having a total of more than $5,000,000 
and simultaneously the budget justification shall include an 
estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project 
for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, 
That, within the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000 shall
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be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account 
for activities associated with carrying out investigations 
and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisition and 
construction. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration 
of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, of the 
funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce may 
issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, 
Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Federally recog-
nized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (in-
cluding Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of 
salmon and steelhead populations that are listed as threat-
ened or endangered, or that are identified by a State as 
at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations nec-
essary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native 
subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal 
salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be de-
veloped by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 
That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and 
other merit principles and shall not be available for mar-
keting activities: Provided further, That funds disbursed to 
States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds
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or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent 
of the Federal funds. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 
Law 95–372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from re-
ceipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 
until expended. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2016, obligations of direct loans 
may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota 
loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for traditional direct 
loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the management of the De-
partment of Commerce provided for by law, including not 
to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representation, 
$56,000,000: Provided, That within amounts provided, the 
Secretary of Commerce may use up to $2,500,000 to engage 
in activities to provide businesses and communities with 
information about and referrals to relevant Federal, State, 
and local government programs.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $30,596,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 
activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 
1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the 
Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for 
advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the 
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Com-
merce that such payments are in the public interest. 
SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 
this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire 
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 
and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902). 
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
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creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com-
merce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of 
any capital asset (including land, structures and equip-
ment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other 
law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce. 
SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 
of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amend-
ed by section 105 of title I of division B of Public Law 
113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made applicable 
with respect to fiscal year 2016: Provided, That the life 
cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 
$11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geostationary 
Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is 
$10,828,059,000. 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may furnish services (including but not lim-
ited to utilities, telecommunications, and security services) 
necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and im-
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provement of space that persons, firms, or organizations are 
authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Cooperative 
Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy in 
the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other 
buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of 
which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Adminis-
trator of General Services pursuant to the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable 
or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimburse-
ment for services provided under this section or the author-
ity under which the use or occupancy of the space is author-
ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation 
or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 
SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 
prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, 
copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over 
its networks. 
SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 
their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the limits 
of available appropriations, the land, services, equipment, 
personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States, or of any State, local 
government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or posses-
sion, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any for-
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(3) $35,000,000 is for regional information shar-
ing activities, as authorized by part M of title I of 
the 1968 Act; and 
(4) $5,000,000 is for activities to strengthen and 
enhance the practice of forensic sciences, of which 
$4,000,000 is for transfer to the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology to support Scientific Area 
Committees. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 
(‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All 
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 
the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against Women 
and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 
(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking 
and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); 
the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 
Law 110–180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Secu-