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GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $121,275,000: Pro-
vided, That from the total amount available, the University 
may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program 
as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006 and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 
(‘‘AEFLA’’), $1,720,686,000, of which $929,686,000 shall 
become available on July 1, 2016, and shall remain avail-
able 
through 
September 
30, 
2017, 
and 
of 
which 
$791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2016, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2017: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available for AEFLA, 
$13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities under 
section 242. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and 
part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,198,210,000, which shall 
remain available through September 30, 2017.
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The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2016–2017 shall be $4,860. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 
parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 
1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 
$1,551,854,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2017: Provided, That the Secretary shall, no later than 
March 1, 2016, allocate new student loan borrower accounts 
to eligible student loan servicers on the basis of their per-
formance compared to all loan servicers utilizing estab-
lished common metrics, and on the basis of the capacity 
of each servicer to process new and existing accounts. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the HEA, the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and sec-
tion 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006, $1,982,185,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds made available 
in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 
102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study 
in foreign countries by individuals who are participating
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in advanced foreign language training and international 
studies in areas that are vital to United States national 
security and who plan to apply their language skills and 
knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the 
professions, or international development: Provided further, 
That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up 
to 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national 
outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro-
vided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 
available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title 
IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For 
partial 
support 
of 
Howard 
University, 
$221,821,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for 
a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard Uni-
versity Endowment Act and shall remain available until 
expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the HEA, $435,000.
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HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au-
thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2017: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $302,099,000: Pro-
vided further, That these funds may be used to support 
loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities without regard to the limitations within sec-
tion 344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 
III of the HEA, $334,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess-
ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 
and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, $618,015,000, which shall remain available
935 
through September 30, 2017: Provided, That funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical As-
sistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and 
secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec-
ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop 
such systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of 
the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support 
activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use 
at the local, State, and national levels: Provided further, 
That $157,235,000 shall be for carrying out activities au-
thorized by the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Department of Education Organization Act, including 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $432,000,000, of 
which up to $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
may be for relocation of, and renovation of buildings occu-
pied by, Department staff.
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OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act, $107,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of 
Education Organization Act, $59,256,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order 
to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, 
or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the 
purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to 
carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or 
school system. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall 
be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation 
of any student to a school other than the school which is 
nearest the student’s home, except for a student requiring 
special education, to the school offering such special edu-
cation, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect re-
quirement of transportation of students includes the trans-
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portation of students to carry out a plan involving the reor-
ganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of 
schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of 
grade restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The prohibition 
described in this section does not include the establishment 
of magnet schools. 
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
Department of Education in this Act may be transferred 
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds 
received under this Act, pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, under 
part A of title V of the ESEA.
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SEC. 306. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of 
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2016’’ 
for ‘‘2009’’. 
SEC. 307. The Secretary, in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Institute of Education Sciences, may reserve 
funds under section 9601 of the ESEA (subject to the limi-
tations in subsections (b) and (c) of that section) in order 
to carry out activities authorized under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of subsection (a) of that section with respect to any 
ESEA program funded in this Act and without respect to 
the source of funds for those activities: Provided, That high- 
quality evaluations of ESEA programs shall be prioritized, 
before using funds for any other evaluation activities: Pro-
vided further, That any funds reserved under this section 
shall be available from July 1, 2016 through September 30, 
2017: Provided further, That not later than 10 days prior 
to the initial obligation of funds reserved under this section, 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall sub-
mit an evaluation plan to the Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and 
the House Committees on Appropriations and Education 
and the Workforce which identifies the source and amount 
of funds reserved under this section, the impact on program 
grantees if funds are withheld, the programs to be evaluated
939 
with such funds, how ESEA programs will be regularly 
evaluated, and how findings from evaluations completed 
under this section will be widely disseminated. 
SEC. 308. (a) An institution of higher education that 
maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appro-
priated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2016 
may use the income from that fund to award scholarships 
to 
students, 
subject 
to 
the 
limitation 
in 
section 
331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such 
purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be consid-
ered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject 
to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and 
V of the HEA are reauthorized. 
SEC. 309. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1011c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘2016’’. 
SEC. 310. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1087h(a)) is amended in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
SEC. 311. Section 428(c)(1) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1078(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘95 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘100 percent’’. 
SEC. 312. Notwithstanding section 5(b) of the Every 
Student Succeeds Act, funds provided in this Act for non-
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competitive formula grant programs authorized by the 
ESEA for use during academic year 2016–2017 shall be 
administered in accordance with the ESEA as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of the Every Student 
Succeeds Act. 
SEC. 313. CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAMS.— 
(1) Subsection (d) of section 484 of the HEA is 
amended by replacing (d)(2) with the following: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE CAREER PATHWAY PROGRAM.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘eligible career pathway pro-
gram’ means a program that combines rigorous and 
high-quality education, training, and other services 
that— 
‘‘(A) aligns with the skill needs of industries 
in the economy of the State or regional economy 
involved; 
‘‘(B) prepares an individual to be successful 
in any of a full range of secondary or postsec-
ondary education options, including apprentice-
ships registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 
(commonly known as the ‘National Apprentice-
ship Act’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 
50 et seq.) (referred to individually in this Act 
as an ‘apprenticeship’, except in section 171);
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‘‘(C) includes counseling to support an in-
dividual in achieving the individual’s education 
and career goals; 
‘‘(D) includes, as appropriate, education of-
fered concurrently with and in the same context 
as workforce preparation activities and training 
for a specific occupation or occupational cluster; 
‘‘(E) organizes education, training, and 
other services to meet the particular needs of an 
individual in a manner that accelerates the edu-
cational and career advancement of the indi-
vidual to the extent practicable; 
‘‘(F) enables an individual to attain a sec-
ondary school diploma or its recognized equiva-
lent, and at least 1 recognized postsecondary cre-
dential; and 
‘‘(G) helps an individual enter or advance 
within a specific occupation or occupational 
cluster.’’. 
(2) Subsection (b) of section 401 of the HEA is 
amended by striking the addition to (b)(2)(A)(ii) 
made by subsection 309(b) of division G of Public 
Law 113–235. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2016’’.
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TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled estab-
lished under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 
$6,191,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any cen-
tral nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 
8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform contract 
requirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 
51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com-
mittee shall within 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act enter into a written agreement with any such 
central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 
agreement entered into under the preceding proviso shall 
contain such auditing, oversight, and reporting provisions 
as necessary to implement chapter 85 of title 41, United 
States Code: Provided further, That such agreement shall 
include the elements listed under the heading ‘‘Committee 
For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Dis-
abled—Written Agreement Elements’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That
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after 180 days from the date of enactment of this Act a 
fee may not be charged under section 51–3.5 of title 41, 
Code of Federal Regulations, unless such fee is under the 
terms of the written agreement between the Committee and 
any such central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That 
no less than $750,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Inspector General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. (a) Section 8G of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled,’’ after ‘‘the Board for 
International Broadcasting,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 
through (H) as subparagraphs (E) through 
(I), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) with respect to the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, such term means the Chairman of the
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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘board or commission’’, the 
first place it appears, and inserting ‘‘board, 
chairman of a committee, or commission’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘board or commission’’, the 
second place it appears, and inserting ‘‘board, 
committee, or commission’’. 
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Chairman of the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
shall appoint an Inspector General for the Committee. 
(c) This section, and the amendments made by this sec-
tion, shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 402. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal year quarter, beginning with the first quarter of fiscal 
year 2016, the Committee For Purchase From People Who 
Are Blind or Severely Disabled shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Oversight and Government Reform and Education 
and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, 
and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
945 
resentatives and the Senate, the reports described under the 
heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled—Requested Reports’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 
‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to 
in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $787,929,000, notwithstanding 
sections 
198B(b)(3), 
198S(g), 
501(a)(4)(C), 
and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program 
grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting 
grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer 
reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle; 
(2) $50,000,000 shall be available for expenses to carry out 
section 198K of the 1990 Act; (3) $16,038,000 shall be avail-
able to provide assistance to State commissions on national 
and community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 
Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 
Act; (4) $30,000,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle
946 
E of the 1990 Act; and (5) $3,800,000 shall be available 
for expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 
1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 
198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 
1990 
Act, 
satisfying 
the 
requirements 
in 
section 
122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by the 
local community: Provided further, That not to exceed 20 
percent of funds made available under section 198K of the 
1990 Act may be used for Social Innovation Fund Pilot 
Program-related performance-based awards for Pay for 
Success projects and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2017: Provided further, That, with respect to the 
previous proviso, any funds obligated for such projects shall 
remain available for disbursement until expended, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 1552(a): Provided further, That any 
funds deobligated from projects under section 198K of the 
1990 Act shall immediately be available for activities au-
thorized under section 198K of such Act. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust established 
under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $220,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That CNCS 
may transfer additional funds from the amount provided
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within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under sub-
title C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service 
Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary 
to support the activities of national service participants 
and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans-
ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under 
section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the require-
ment to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 
504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-
thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employ-
ment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $81,737,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$5,250,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 403. CNCS shall make any significant changes 
to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2016, during any grant selection process, an officer 
or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-
ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive 
such information. 
SEC. 404. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 
thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 
match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, 
and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 
2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 405. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 
of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and 
operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle 
B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to
949 
supplement and not supplant current programs and oper-
ations. 
SEC. 406. In addition to the requirements in section 
146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 
the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 
to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 
101 of the Act. 
SEC. 407. For the purpose of carrying out section 
189D of the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 
section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 
section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 
(‘‘NCPA’’); and 
(2) individuals described in such section shall be 
considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Commu-
nity Service established pursuant to section 178 of the 
1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history 
record information, consistent with Public Law 92– 
544. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act 
of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2018,
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$445,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, 
parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government 
officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available 
or used to aid or support any program or activity from 
which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is 
discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national 
origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to 
apply any political test or qualification in selecting, ap-
pointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action 
with respect to officers, agents, and employees of CPB: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to 
CPB by this Act shall be used to support the Television Fu-
ture Fund or any similar purpose. 
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 
upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system, 
$40,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions 
vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses nec-
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essary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; 
and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 
$48,748,000, including up to $400,000 to remain available 
through September 30, 2017, for activities authorized by the 
Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to 
full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other 
conflict resolution services and technical assistance, includ-
ing those provided to foreign governments and international 
organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited 
to and merged with this account, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitra-
tion services shall be available only for education, training, 
and professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Service is authorized 
to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of 
services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of 
any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $17,085,000.
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American 
History and Culture Act, $230,000,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the 
Social Security Act, $7,765,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
Social Security Act, $11,925,000, to be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,250,000.
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$274,224,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agri-
cultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, 
hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units 
composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 
2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in 
section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in 
said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and 
operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways 
when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis 
and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied there-
by is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 408. None of the funds provided by this Act or 
previous Acts making appropriations for the National 
Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-
ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-
ployees any means of voting through any electronic means
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in an election to determine a representative for the purposes 
of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $13,230,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $12,639,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 
authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1974, $29,000,000, which shall include amounts be-
coming available in fiscal year 2016 pursuant to section 
224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addition, an 
amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided 
herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by 
which the product of recipients and the average benefit re-
ceived exceeds the amount available for payment of vested 
dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided
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herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts 
on the first day of each month in the fiscal year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treas-
ury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retire-
ment Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, 
$150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2017, 
which shall be the maximum amount available for payment 
pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 
$111,225,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined 
by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and 
from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insur-
ance administration fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limita-
tion may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted 
service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall 
not change the status under Federal employment laws of 
any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board prior 
to January 1, 2013.
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LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for audit, investigatory and review activities, as au-
thorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $8,437,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement 
accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,400,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Secu-
rity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of Public 
Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Security 
trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant 
to 
section 
201(g)(1) 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act, 
$46,305,733,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $101,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections
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1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2018. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, 
$14,500,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$10,598,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 
201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all 
of the trust funds referred to in such section: Provided, That 
not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Security 
Advisory Board: Provided further, That, $116,000,000 may 
be used for the costs associated with conducting continuing 
disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act and conducting redeterminations of eligibility 
under title XVI of the Social Security Act: Provided further, 
That the Commissioner may allocate additional funds 
under this paragraph above the level specified in the pre-
vious proviso for such activities but only to reconcile esti-
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mated and actual unit costs for conducting such activities 
and after notifying the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 
days in advance of any such reallocation: Provided further, 
That the acquisition of services to conduct and manage rep-
resentative payee reviews shall be made using full and open 
competition 
procedures: 
Provided 
further, 
That, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for necessary expenses for the renovation and modernization 
of the Arthur J. Altmeyer Building: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances of funds provided under this para-
graph at the end of fiscal year 2016 not needed for fiscal 
year 2016 shall remain available until expended to invest 
in the Social Security Administration information tech-
nology and telecommunications hardware and software in-
frastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll 
administrative expenses associated solely with this informa-
tion technology and telecommunications infrastructure: 
Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Security 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate prior to making unobli-
gated balances available under the authority in the previous 
proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement to the trust 
funds under this heading for expenditures for official time 
for employees of the Social Security Administration pursu-
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ant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services 
for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or 
procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall 
be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, 
from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appro-
priated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are 
made. 
In addition, for the costs associated with continuing 
disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act and for the cost associated with conducting rede-
terminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, $1,426,000,000 may be expended, as authorized 
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any 
one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, 
That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the 
terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, 
and $1,153,000,000 is additional new budget authority 
specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: 
Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to 
the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 
on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 
to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 
Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002.
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In addition, $136,000,000 to be derived from adminis-
tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment 
collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security 
Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which shall 
remain available until expended. To the extent that the 
amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 
2016 exceed $136,000,000, the amounts shall be available 
in fiscal year 2017 only to the extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $29,787,000, together with not to exceed 
$75,713,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized 
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the 
total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social
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Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such transfers 
shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
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. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public 
Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal and rec-
ognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic
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communication, radio, television, or video presentation de-
signed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation be-
fore the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla-
tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any 
State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or 
defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative 
action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State 
or local government, except in presentation to the executive 
branch of any State or local government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 
111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any 
grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence the enact-
ment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administra-
tive action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or 
local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships or partici-
pation by an agency or officer of a State, local or tribal 
government in policymaking and administrative processes 
within the executive branch of that government. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or
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any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction 
on any legal consumer product, including its sale or mar-
keting, including but not limited to the advocacy or pro-
motion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 
authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and 
$20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and 
expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official re-
ception and representation expenses; the Director of the 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized 
to make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for 
‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 
Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation 
Board is authorized to make available for official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds 
available for ‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, re-
quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 
describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 
with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds 
included in this Act, including but not limited to State and 
local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, 
shall clearly state—
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(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 
are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any 
abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health bene-
fits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider or 
organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness,
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including a life-endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, 
or private person of State, local, or private funds (other 
than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid match-
ing funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as restricting the ability of any managed care provider 
from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 
locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 
coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s 
contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 
includes an individual physician or other health care pro-
fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a
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health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan. 
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected 
to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed 
for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 
46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human em-
bryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as 
a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, par-
thenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more 
human gametes or human diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legaliza-
tion of any drug or other substance included in schedule 
I of the schedules of controlled substances established under 
section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for nor-
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mal and recognized executive-congressional communica-
tions. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that 
federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to de-
termine therapeutic advantage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard 
under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing 
for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health 
identifier for an individual (except in an individual’s ca-
pacity as an employer or a health care provider), until leg-
islation is enacted specifically approving the standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the 
United States and is subject to the requirement in 38 
U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an annual 
report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employ-
ment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as re-
quired by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such entity.
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SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by paragraph 
(1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Chil-
dren’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made 
the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) 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 new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees;
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(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any ac-
counts 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 in excess of $500,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
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(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to request that a candidate for appoint-
ment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the 
political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or 
the position that the candidate holds with respect to polit-
ical issues not directly related to and necessary for the work 
of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false 
or misleading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 
for fiscal year 2016 that are different than those specified
971 
in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), or the fiscal year 
2016 budget request. 
SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 
and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments exceeding $500,000 in value and awarded by the De-
partment on a non-competitive basis during each quarter 
of fiscal year 2016, but not to include grants awarded on 
a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall in-
clude the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of 
funding, the governmental purpose, including a justifica-
tion for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such 
report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 30 
days after the end of the quarter for which the report is 
submitted. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
based on work performed under a social security account
972 
number that is not the claimant’s number and the perform-
ance of such work under such number has formed the basis 
for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 
208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the 
Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of 
employees of the Social Security Administration to admin-
ister Social Security benefit payments, under any agree-
ment between the United States and Mexico establishing to-
talization arrangements between the social security system 
established by title II of the Social Security Act and the 
social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise 
be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to pur-
chase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection 
of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limitation does not 
apply to the use of funds for elements of a program other 
than making such purchases if the relevant State or local 
health department, in consultation with the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or 
local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at 
risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an
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HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program 
is operating in accordance with State and local law. 
SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available under this 
or any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may 
be provided to the Association of Community Organizations 
for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidi-
aries, allied organizations, or successors. 
SEC. 523. For purposes of carrying out Executive 
Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-
randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 
contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 
conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
sidered independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
included in agency totals.
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SEC. 524. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for adver-
tising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet 
postings, that the communication is printed, published, or 
produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer expense. The 
funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this require-
ment shall be derived from amounts made available to the 
agency for advertising or other communications regarding 
the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 525. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discre-
tionary funds that are made available in this Act to carry 
out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots 
shall— 
(1) be designed to improve outcomes for discon-
nected youth; 
(2) include communities that have recently expe-
rienced civil unrest; and 
(3) involve Federal programs targeted on discon-
nected youth, or designed to prevent youth from dis-
connecting from school or work, that provide edu-
cation, training, employment, and other related social 
services. Such Pilots shall be governed by the provi-
sions of section 526 of division H of Public Law 113– 
76, except that in carrying out such Pilots section 526 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2016’’
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for ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2014’’ in the title of subsection (b) 
and by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2018’’ each place it appears. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to par-
ticipate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being 
carried out pursuant to the authority provided by section 
526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, and section 524 
of division G of Public Law 113–235: Provided, That new 
pilots that are being carried out with discretionary funds 
made available in division G of Public Law 113–235 shall 
include communities that have recently experienced civil 
unrest. 
SEC. 526. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of fiscal 
year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education and the Social Security Adminis-
tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate a quarterly report 
on the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That 
for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, com-
mitted, and obligated but unexpended, the quarterly reports 
shall separately identify the amounts attributable to each 
source year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year
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2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from 
which balances were derived. 
SEC. 527. Section 2812(d)(2) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(d)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the three sentences as sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and in-
denting accordingly; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—An’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘With’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLICATION
TO 
TRAINING PROGRAMS.—With’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘In’’ and inserting ‘‘RESPONSIBILITY
OF 
LABOR SECRETARY.—In’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(D) COMPUTATION OF PAY.—In the event 
of an injury to such an intermittent disaster re-
sponse appointee, the position of the employee 
shall be deemed to be ‘one which would have af-
forded employment for substantially a whole 
year’, for purposes of section 8114(d)(2) of such 
title.
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‘‘(E) CONTINUATION OF PAY.—The weekly 
pay of such an employee shall be deemed to be 
the hourly pay in effect on the date of the injury 
multiplied by 40, for purposes of computing ben-
efits under section 8118 of such title.’’. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 528. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2016 under section 3403 of Public Law 111–148, 
$15,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 529. Amounts deposited or available in the Child 
Enrollment Contingency Fund from appropriations to the 
Fund under section 2104(n)(2)(A)(i) of the Social Security 
Act and the income derived from investment of those funds 
pursuant to 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, shall not be available 
for obligation in this fiscal year. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 530. Of any available amounts appropriated 
under section 108 of Public Law 111–3, as amended, 
$4,678,500,000 are hereby rescinded. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’.
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DIVISION I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; 
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority 
Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Chairmen of the Majority and 
Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 for each Chair-
man; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy 
Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $174,840. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY LEADERS 
For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; 
in all, $28,140. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$179,185,311, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
without regard to the following limitations:
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
$5,255,576. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 
$3,359,424. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$15,142,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
Chairman of each such committee, $1,658,000 for each such 
committee; in all, $3,316,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF 
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $817,402.
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POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such com-
mittee; in all, $3,385,810. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $436,886. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $24,772,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$69,000,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $1,762,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $48,797,499. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,408,500. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,120,000.
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EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE 
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
$7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 
$28,440. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 
by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 
the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 
(Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th 
Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, of which 
$26,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $508,000.
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SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $8,750,000 of which $4,350,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020 and of which $2,500,000 shall re-
main available until expended. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $130,000,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $21,390,270 which shall re-
main available until September 30, 2018. 
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE 
ACCOUNT 
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $390,000,000 of which $19,121,212 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFICIAL 
PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BE 
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE 
FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any amounts appropriated under this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EX-
PENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATORS’ 
OFFICIAL
PERSONNEL
AND
OFFICE
EXPENSE
ACCOUNT’’ 
shall be available for obligation only during the fiscal year 
or fiscal years for which such amounts are made available. 
Any unexpended balances under such allowances remaining 
after the end of the period of availability shall be returned 
to the Treasury in accordance with the undesignated para-
graph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ 
under chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used for deficit reduction 
(or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such pay-
ments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in 
such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers ap-
propriate). 
AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS 
SEC. 2. Section 1 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 6153) is amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c)(1) The Chaplain of the Senate may, during any 
fiscal year, at the election of the Chaplain of the Senate, 
transfer funds from the appropriation account for salaries 
for the Office of the Chaplain of the Senate to the account, 
within the contingent fund of the Senate, from which ex-
penses are payable for the Office of the Chaplain. 
‘‘(2) The Chaplain of the Senate may, during any fis-
cal year, at the election of the Chaplain of the Senate, trans-
fer funds from the appropriation account for expenses, with-
in the contingent fund of the Senate, for the Office of the 
Chaplain to the account from which salaries are payable 
for the Office of the Chaplain of the Senate.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Office of the Chaplain of the Senate, as the case 
may be,’’ after ‘‘such committee’’ each place it 
appears; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or the 
Chaplain of the Senate, as the case may be,’’ 
after ‘‘the Chairman’’; and
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(4) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘or the Chaplain of the Senate, as the case 
may be,’’ after ‘‘The Chairman of a committee’’. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa-
tives, $1,180,736,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, $6,645,417, 
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 
of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, including $10,000 
for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 
Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major-
ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$1,886,632, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma-
jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,459,639, including $5,000 
for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con-
ference, $1,505,426; Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Pro-
vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re-
main available from January 3, 2016 until January 2, 
2017.
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MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES 
OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$554,317,732. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe-
cial 
and 
select, 
authorized 
by 
House 
resolutions, 
$123,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
2016. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro-
priations, $23,271,004, including studies and examinations 
of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 
such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 
202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 
to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 
performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail-
able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2016. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employ-
ees, as authorized by law, $178,531,768, including: for sala-
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ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the 
positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including 
not more than $25,000 for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 
Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office 
of the Chaplain, $24,980,898; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 
of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 
Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $14,827,120 of 
which $4,784,229 shall remain available until expended; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administra-
tive Officer including not more than $3,000 for official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $117,165,000, of which 
$1,350,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
$4,741,809; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $1,413,450; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, 
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 
$1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$1,974,606; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,119,766; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
House, $8,352,975; for salaries and expenses of the Office
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of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; for other author-
ized employees, $1,142,075. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $278,433,432, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$3,625,236; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 
and other applicable employee benefits, $251,629,425, to re-
main available until March 31, 2017; Business Continuity 
and Disaster Recovery, $16,217,008 of which $5,000,000 
shall remain available until expended; transition activities 
for new members and staff, $2,084,000, to remain available 
until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to 
remain available until expended; Office of Congressional 
Ethics, $1,467,030; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 
gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 
$720,247.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESEN-
TATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT RE-
DUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 101. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ 
shall be available only for fiscal year 2016. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allow-
ances for fiscal year 2016 shall be deposited in the Treasury 
and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal 
budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for 
reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary 
of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin-
istration of the House of Representatives shall have author-
ity to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress. 
DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint
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resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member requests 
a copy. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version 
of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of 
the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to the Congress). 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives to make any payments from any 
Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a 
vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 
amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month. 
LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO HOUSE 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide an aggregate number of more 
than 50 printed copies of any edition of the United States 
Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 
DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the report
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of disbursements for the operations of the House of Rep-
resentatives under section 106 of the House of Representa-
tives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 
U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to the Congress). 
DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy of the Daily 
Calendar of the House of Representatives which is prepared 
by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Congres-
sional Pictorial Directory to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress). 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate.
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JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL 
CEREMONIES OF 2017 
For salaries and expenses associated with conducting 
the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, January 20, 2017, in accordance 
with such program as may be adopted by the joint congres-
sional committee authorized to conduct the inaugural cere-
monies of 2017, $1,250,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate and to remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That funds made available under this head-
ing shall be available for payment, on a direct or reimburs-
able basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 
2016: Provided further, That the compensation of any em-
ployee of the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate who has been designated to perform service with 
respect to the inaugural ceremonies of 2017 shall continue 
to be paid by the Committee on Rules and Administration, 
but the account from which such staff member is paid may 
be reimbursed for the services of the staff member out of 
funds made available under this heading: Provided further, 
That there are authorized to be paid from the appropria-
tions account for ‘‘Expenses of Inquiries and Investiga-
tions’’ of the Senate such sums as may be necessary, without 
fiscal year limitation, for agency contributions related to
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the compensation of employees of the joint congressional 
committee. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi-
cian and his assistants, including: 
(1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the At-
tending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Sen-
ior Medical Officer; 
(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 
medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At-
tending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assist-
ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
ants; and 
(5) $2,692,000 for reimbursement to the Depart-
ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending
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Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to 
the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 
which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses 
are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 
thereof, $3,784,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,400,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government con-
tributions for health, retirement, social security, profes-
sional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $309,000,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 
$30,928,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief 
of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu-
rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup-
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plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 
employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of in-
structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses, $66,000,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap-
itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for 
the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center for fiscal year 2016 shall be paid by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
DEPOSIT OF REIMBURSEMENTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 1001. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2802(a)(1) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 
1905(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘District of Columbia)’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘District of Columbia), and 
from any other source in the case of assistance provided 
in connection with an activity that was not sponsored by 
Congress’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2802(a)(2) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 1905(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘law 
enforcement assistance to any Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment agency (including any agency of the District of 
Columbia)’’ and inserting ‘‘any law enforcement assistance 
for which reimbursement described in paragraph (1) is 
made’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall only apply with respect to any reimbursement 
received before, on, or after the date of the enactment of the 
Act. 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 
as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,959,000, of which 
$450,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017: 
Provided, That not more than $500 may be expended on 
the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 
Compliance in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than
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$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $46,500,000. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all 
necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, op-
eration, and general and administrative support in connec-
tion with facilities and activities under the care of the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; elec-
trical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 
equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses, to be expended as the 
Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or ex-
change, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle, $91,589,000. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $46,737,000, of which 
$22,737,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020.
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CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 
office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $11,880,000, 
of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2020. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $84,221,000, of which 
$26,283,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $174,962,000, 
of which $48,885,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, and of which $62,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the restoration and renovation 
of the Cannon House Office Building. 
In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 
Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 
water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House 
office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 
grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 
and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 
in any of such buildings; heating the Government Pub-
lishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating 
and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme 
Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood 
Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake-
speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re-
imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 
to the credit of this appropriation, $94,722,499, of which 
$17,581,499 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2016. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
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buildings and grounds, $40,689,000, of which $15,746,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, 
the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security oper-
ations, $25,434,000, of which $7,901,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $12,113,000, of which $2,100,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, the 
Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 
as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the National Garden established under section 
307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 
(2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 
of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee.
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CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap-
itol Visitor Center, $20,557,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 
OVER BUDGET 
SEC. 1101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 
incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 
contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 
schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, 
or agency-employed designee, determines that any such de-
viations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven 
scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 
scope of the project and/or program. 
SCRIMS 
SEC. 1102. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 
building facades during restoration or construction projects 
performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 
ACQUISITION OF PARCEL AT FORT MEADE 
SEC. 1103. (a) ACQUISITION.—The Architect of the 
Capitol is authorized to acquire from the Maryland State 
Highway Administration, at no cost to the United States, 
a parcel of real property (including improvements thereon)
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consisting of approximately 7.34 acres located within the 
portion of Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, 
Maryland, that was transferred to the Architect of the Cap-
itol by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to section 122 
of the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 
U.S.C. 141 note). 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The terms and condi-
tions applicable under subsections (b) and (d) of section 122 
of the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 
U.S.C. 141 note) to the property acquired by the Architect 
of the Capitol pursuant to such section shall apply to the 
real property acquired by the Architect pursuant to the au-
thority of this section. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean-
ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of mo-
tion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li-
brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 
other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Con-
1003 
gress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the in-
come of any trust fund held by the Board, $425,971,000, 
of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from 
collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 
2016, and shall remain available until expended, under the 
Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 
150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from col-
lections during fiscal year 2016 and shall remain available 
until expended for the development and maintenance of an 
international legal information database and activities re-
lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 
not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 
under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 
Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for 
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec-
tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That, of 
the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may 
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $8,231,000 
shall remain available until expended for the digital collec-
tions and educational curricula program: Provided further, 
That, of the total amount appropriated, $1,300,000 shall
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remain available until expended for upgrade of the Legisla-
tive Branch Financial Management System. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$58,875,000, of which not more than $30,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2016 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 
any funds derived from collections under such section, in 
excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi-
ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 
more than $5,777,000 shall be derived from collections dur-
ing fiscal year 2016 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 
803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 
the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 
by the amount by which collections are less than 
$35,777,000: Provided further, That not more than 
$100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 
maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in 
the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the pur-
pose of training nationals of developing countries in intel-
lectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That 
not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification
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of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for activities of the 
International Copyright Institute and for copyright delega-
tions, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 
States Code, any amounts made available under this head-
ing which are attributable to royalty fees and payments re-
ceived by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 
119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the costs 
incurred in the administration of the Copyright Royalty 
Judges program, with the exception of the costs of salaries 
and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff 
under section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con-
stitution of the United States of America, $106,945,000: 
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 
any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 
Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con-
gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 
of either the Committee on House Administration of the
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House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
$50,248,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide 
newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents 
at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 1201. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2016, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 
activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$186,015,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 
the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS EMERITUS 
SEC. 1202. (a) DESIGNATION OF JAMES BILLINGTON 
AS LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS EMERITUS.—As an honorary 
designation, James H. Billington, upon leaving service as
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the Librarian of Congress, may be known as the Librarian 
of Congress Emeritus. 
(b) NO APPOINTMENT
TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE; 
AVAILABILITY OF INCIDENTAL SUPPORT.—The honorary 
designation under this section does not constitute an ap-
pointment to a position in the Federal Government under 
title 5, United States Code. Notwithstanding the previous 
sentence, in connection with his activities as Librarian of 
Congress Emeritus, James H. Billington may receive inci-
dental administrative and clerical support through the Li-
brary of Congress. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional informa-
tion and the distribution of congressional information in 
any format; expenses necessary for preparing the semi-
monthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as 
authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States 
Code); publishing of Government publications authorized by 
law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and pub-
lishing, and distribution of Government publications au-
thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re-
cipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi-
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tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 
under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 
section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
Act for printing and binding and related services provided 
to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 
may be expended to print a document, report, or publica-
tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 
such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con-
gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print-
ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex-
pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 
the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re-
volving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of 
title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be
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used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 
a monthly and session basis. 
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE 
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of the 
Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide 
for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, 
other Government agencies, and designated depository and 
international exchange libraries as authorized by law, 
$30,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than 
$2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author-
ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial 
sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2014 and 
2015 to depository and other designated libraries: Provided 
further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub-
lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for car-
rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate.
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GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Publishing Office 
Business Operations Revolving Fund, $6,832,000, to re-
main available until expended, for information technology 
development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 
in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re-
volving Fund: Provided further, That not more than $7,500 
may be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
Government Publishing Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, 
That the business operations revolving fund shall be avail-
able for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger 
motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the 
Director of the Government Publishing Office shall be 
deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the business op-
1011 
erations revolving fund shall be available for temporary or 
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level 
V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: 
Provided further, That activities financed through the busi-
ness operations revolving fund may provide information in 
any format: Provided further, That the business operations 
revolving fund and the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 
Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv-
ices at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 
at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 
in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States
1012 
Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 
901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre-
scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 
rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $531,000,000: 
Provided, That, in addition, $25,450,000 of payments re-
ceived under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other de-
partment or agency which is a member of the National 
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovern-
mental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the 
respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 
non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments 
hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements 
to any appropriation from which costs involved are ini-
tially financed. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DETAILS 
SEC. 1301. (a) PERMITTING DETAILS FROM OTHER 
FEDERAL OFFICES.—Section 731 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
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‘‘(k) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DETAILS.—The activities 
of the Government Accountability Office may, in the reason-
able discretion of the Comptroller General, be carried out 
by receiving details of personnel from other offices of the 
Federal Government on a reimbursable, partially-reimburs-
able, or nonreimbursable basis.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and 
each succeeding fiscal year. 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$5,600,000: Provided, That funds made available to support 
Russian participants shall only be used for those engaging 
in free market development, humanitarian activities, and 
civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the 
central government of Russia. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Development Trust Fund established under section
1014 
116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train-
ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com-
mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 
by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2016 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
of compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
propriated for is different from that specifically established 
by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 
Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various
1015 
items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit-
tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 
hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, under 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 in-
spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 
law. 
COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 
(LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.
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LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 
SEC. 206. For fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with 
the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and im-
prove the landscape features, excluding streets, in Square 
580 up to the beginning of I–395. 
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap-
itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 
tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ-
ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other 
offices of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap-
proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
1017 
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the 
Capitol. 
BATTERY RECHARGING STATIONS FOR PRIVATELY OWNED 
VEHICLES IN PARKING AREAS UNDER THE JURISDIC-
TION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS AT NO NET 
COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
SEC. 209. (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered employee’’ means— 
(1) an employee of the Library of Congress; or 
(2) any other individual who is authorized to 
park in any parking area under the jurisdiction of 
the Library of Congress on the Library of Congress 
buildings and grounds. 
(b) AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 
funds appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol 
under the heading ‘‘Capitol Power Plant’’ under the 
heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ in any 
fiscal year are available to construct, operate, and 
maintain on a reimbursable basis battery recharging 
stations in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the 
Library of Congress on Library of Congress buildings 
and grounds for use by privately owned vehicles used 
by covered employees.
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(2) VENDORS
AUTHORIZED.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Architect of the Capitol may use 
one or more vendors on a commission basis. 
(3) APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Archi-
tect of the Capitol may construct or direct the con-
struction of battery recharging stations described 
under paragraph (1) after— 
(A) submission of written notice detailing 
the numbers and locations of the battery re-
charging stations to the Joint Committee on the 
Library; and 
(B) approval by that Committee. 
(c) FEES AND CHARGES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Architect of the Capitol shall charge fees or charges 
for electricity provided to covered employees sufficient 
to cover the costs to the Architect of the Capitol to 
carry out this section, including costs to any vendors 
or other costs associated with maintaining the battery 
charging stations. 
(2) APPROVAL OF FEES OR CHARGES.—The Ar-
chitect of the Capitol may establish and adjust fees or 
charges under paragraph (1) after— 
(A) submission of written notice detailing 
the amount of the fee or charge to be established
1019 
or adjusted to the Joint Committee on the Li-
brary; and 
(B) approval by that Committee. 
(d) DEPOSIT AND AVAILABILITY OF FEES, CHARGES, 
AND COMMISSIONS.—Any fees, charges, or commissions col-
lected by the Architect of the Capitol under this section shall 
be— 
(1) deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the 
appropriations account described under subsection 
(b); and 
(2) available for obligation without further ap-
propriation during the fiscal year collected. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the end of each fiscal year, the Architect of the Capitol 
shall submit a report on the financial administration 
and cost recovery of activities under this section with 
respect to that fiscal year to the Joint Committee on 
the Library and the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate. 
(2) AVOIDING SUBSIDY.— 
(A) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 3 
years after the date of enactment of this Act and 
every 3 years thereafter, the Architect of the Cap-
itol shall submit a report to the Joint Committee
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on the Library determining whether covered em-
ployees using battery charging stations as au-
thorized by this section are receiving a subsidy 
from the taxpayers. 
(B) MODIFICATION OF RATES AND FEES.— 
If a determination is made under subparagraph 
(A) that a subsidy is being received, the Architect 
of the Capitol shall submit a plan to the Joint 
Committee on the Library on how to update the 
program to ensure no subsidy is being received. 
If the Joint Committee does not act on the plan 
within 60 days, the Architect of the Capitol shall 
take appropriate steps to increase rates or fees to 
ensure reimbursement for the cost of the program 
consistent with an appropriate schedule for am-
ortization, to be charged to those using the charg-
ing stations. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
SELF-CERTIFICATION OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL 
SYSTEMS FOR SENIOR-LEVEL EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 210. (a) SELF-CERTIFICATION BY LIBRARIAN OF 
CONGRESS, ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL, AND DIRECTOR 
OF GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE.—Section 5307(d) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘this title 
or section 332(f), 603, or 604 of title 28’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘this title, section 332(f), 603, or 604 of title 28, 
or section 108 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5)(A) Notwithstanding any provision of para-
graph (3), any regulations, certifications, or other 
measures necessary to carry out this subsection— 
‘‘(i) with respect to employees of the Li-
brary of Congress shall be the responsibility of 
the Librarian of Congress; 
‘‘(ii) with respect to employees of the Office 
of the Architect of the Capitol shall be the re-
sponsibility of the Architect of the Capitol; and 
‘‘(iii) with respect to employees of the Gov-
ernment Publishing Office shall be the responsi-
bility of the Director of the Government Pub-
lishing Office. 
‘‘(B) The regulations under this paragraph shall 
be consistent with those promulgated under para-
graph (3).’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
DIVISION 
J—MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2016 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $663,245,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of this 
amount, not to exceed $109,245,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 
and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 
Secretary of the Army determines that additional obliga-
1023 
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 
Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 
personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 
appropriation, $1,669,239,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of this amount, not 
to exceed $91,649,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading may be obligated for the Townsend 
Bombing Range Expansion, Phase 2, until the Secretary 
of the Navy enters into an agreement with local stakeholders 
that addresses the disposition and management of the tim-
ber and forest resources in the proposed areas of expansion.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $1,389,185,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of this 
amount, not to exceed $89,164,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 
Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 
for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 
and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$2,242,867,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 
as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De-
fense available for military construction or family housing
1025 
as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not to 
exceed $175,404,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad-
ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available by this title 
to construct fiscal year 2016 Special Operations Command 
military construction projects, not to exceed 75 percent shall 
be available until the Commander of the Special Operations 
Command has complied with the certification and reporting 
requirements in the last proviso under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense—Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’ in 
title I of H.R. 2029, as passed by the House of Representa-
tives on April 30, 2015. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
1026 
tion Acts, $197,237,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $20,337,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Army 
National Guard determines that additional obligations are 
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$138,738,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to 
exceed $5,104,000 shall be available for study, planning, de-
sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Director of the Air National Guard deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea-
sons therefor.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $113,595,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,318,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and en-
gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 
the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 
are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$36,078,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 
Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$2,208,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional
1028 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $65,021,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $13,400,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and en-
gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 
the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili-
ties and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de-
fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by
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section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $135,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$108,695,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper-
ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $375,611,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au-
thorized by law, $16,541,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt
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payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 
$353,036,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$160,498,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$331,232,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
and minor construction, as authorized by law, $58,668,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense
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Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 
note), $266,334,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex-
ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex-
cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con-
struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 
title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there-
in are certified as important to the national defense by the 
Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the 
United States for which specific appropriations have not 
been made. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements
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in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the 
Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer-
ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination 
of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by 
the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen-
eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 
(4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to 
be in the public interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 
preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 
except housing for which funds have been made available 
in annual Acts making appropriations for military con-
struction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo-
cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 
opportunity to compete for such steel procurement.
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SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 
during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop-
erty taxes in any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects 
to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 
Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United 
States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 
host nation firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
title for military construction in the United States terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 
used to award any contract estimated by the Government 
to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That 
this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 
which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 
States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon-
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sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con-
tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub-
mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ-
ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 
of any proposed military exercise involving United States 
personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex-
pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur-
rent session of Congress. 
SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 
subsequent claims, if any. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds made available to a military department or de-
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fense agency for the construction of military projects may 
be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 
or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any 
time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 
year for which funds for such project were made available, 
if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from 
funds available for military construction projects; and (2) 
do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 
plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in-
creased pursuant to law. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 
pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined 
by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the 
Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 
Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De-
partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im-
provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc-
tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con-
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struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That 
appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail-
able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 
10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of 
acquiring and improving military family housing, military 
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with 
the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 
U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 
merged with and be available for the same purposes and 
for the same time period as the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available in this title for operation and mainte-
nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of
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funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 
units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 
That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu-
ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag 
officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 
pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall 
be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 
associated with environmental remediation that could not 
be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis-
sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 
or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 
2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 
in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur-
suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria-
tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military construction and family housing operation and 
maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 
upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 
necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 122. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of the Army to relocate a unit in the Army 
that— 
(1) performs a testing mission or function that 
is not performed by any other unit in the Army and 
is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 
Code; and 
(2) is located at a military installation at which 
the total number of civilian employees of the Depart-
1039 
ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel em-
ployed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of mem-
bers of the regular and reserve components of the 
Army assigned to the installation. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional defense 
committees that in proposing the relocation of the unit of 
the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regulation 
5–10 relating to the policy, procedures, and responsibilities 
for Army stationing actions. 
SEC. 123. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this 
title may be transferred among projects and activities with-
in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 
guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 
Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 
of February 2009, as in effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 
and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme-
tery.
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(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 125. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ and ‘‘Family Housing Con-
struction, Army’’, from prior appropriation Acts (other 
than appropriations designated by law as being for contin-
gency operations directly related to the global war on ter-
rorism or as an emergency requirement), $86,420,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, from prior appropria-
tion Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 
being for contingency operations directly related to the glob-
al war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
$46,400,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 127. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, from prior appro-
priation Acts (other than appropriations designated by law 
as being for contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
$134,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 128. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army’’, $34,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such funds may
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only be obligated to carry out construction projects identi-
fied in the Department of the Army’s Unfunded Priority 
List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to Congress: Provided 
further, That such funding is for projects as authorized in 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016: Provided further, That, not later than 30 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this section. 
SEC. 129. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $34,500,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
such funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
projects identified in the Department of the Navy’s Un-
funded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016: Provided further, 
That such funding is for projects as authorized in the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016: Pro-
vided further, That, not later than 30 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 130. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army National Guard’’, $51,300,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That
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such funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
projects identified in the Department of the Army’s Un-
funded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to Con-
gress: Provided further, That such funding is for projects 
as authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016: Provided further, That, not later than 
30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Army shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this section. 
SEC. 131. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army Reserve’’, $34,200,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such 
funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
projects identified in the Department of the Army’s Un-
funded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to Con-
gress: Provided further, That such funding is for projects 
as authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016: Provided further, That, not later than 
30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Army shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this section. 
SEC. 132. Notwithstanding section 124, for an addi-
tional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ in this
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title, $30,000,000 is provided for advances to the Federal 
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 
for construction of access roads as authorized by section 210 
of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 133. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air Force’’, $21,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such funds may 
only be obligated to carry out construction projects identi-
fied in the Department of the Air Force’s Unfunded Pri-
ority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to Congress: Pro-
vided further, That such funding is for projects as author-
ized in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this section. 
SEC. 134. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air National Guard’’, $6,100,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such 
funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
projects identified in the Department of the Air Force’s Un-
funded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to Con-
gress: Provided further, That such funding is for projects 
as authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act for
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Fiscal Year 2016: Provided further, That not later than 30 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds pro-
vided under this section. 
SEC. 135. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
gressional defense committees’’ means the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 136. Of the unobligated balances made available 
in prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in sec-
tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 
Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other than ap-
propriations designated by law as being for contingency op-
erations directly related to the global war on terrorism or 
as an emergency requirement), $105,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded. 
SEC. 137. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, $10,400,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such
1045 
funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
projects identified in the Department of the Air Force’s Un-
funded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to Con-
gress: Provided further, That such funding is for projects 
as authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016: Provided further, That not later than 30 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds pro-
vided under this section. 
SEC. 138. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relo-
cate any element of a United States Air Force Rapid Engi-
neer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron En-
gineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United States until 
the Secretary of the Air Force (1) completes an analysis 
and comparison of the cost and infrastructure investment 
required to consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squad-
ron outside of the United States versus within the United 
States; (2) provides to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress (‘‘the Committees’’) a report de-
tailing the findings of the cost analysis; and (3) certifies 
in writing to the Committees that the preferred site for the 
consolidation or relocation yields the greatest savings for
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the Air Force: Provided, That the term ‘‘United States’’ in 
this section does not include any territory or possession of 
the United States. 
SEC. 139. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or transfer of the 
United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be-
half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina-
tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 
51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 
15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 
burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for 
Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad-
justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 
due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 
the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 
authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 
chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States
1047 
Code, $162,948,673,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $86,083,128,000 shall become available on 
October 1, 2016: Provided, That not to exceed $15,562,000 
of the amount made available for fiscal year 2016 and 
$16,021,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 
2017 under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 
and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for necessary ex-
penses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, 
and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding source 
for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and 
Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums 
as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, 
shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to 
augment the funding of individual medical facilities for 
nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 
21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 
title 38, United States Code, $30,654,185,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $16,340,828,000 shall be-
come available on October 1, 2016: Provided, That expenses 
for rehabilitation program services and assistance which the 
Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of
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section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 
under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, 
shall be charged to this account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 
Code, $169,080,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $91,920,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2016. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized 
by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, 
United States Code: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That, during fiscal year 2016, within the resources 
available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 
direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 
loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $164,558,000.
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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $31,000, as authorized by 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$2,952,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $367,000, which may 
be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 
title 38, United States Code, $1,134,000. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet-
erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under
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the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 
supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv-
ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 
hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes 
as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States 
Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as au-
thorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 
loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 
and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and 
hospital care and medical services authorized by section 
1787 of title 38, United States Code; $2,369,158,000, which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 
this heading that became available on October 1, 2015; and, 
in addition, $51,673,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
become available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, of the 
amount made available on October 1, 2016, under this 
heading, $1,400,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall establish a priority for the provision of medical treat-
ment for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, 
lower income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
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of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi-
sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment pri-
ority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription 
drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to en-
rolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based 
on requirements established by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That the implementation of the program described in 
the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That, of 
the amount made available on October 1, 2016, under this 
heading, not less than $1,500,000,000 shall be available for 
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) clinical treatments, including 
clinical treatments with modern medications that have sig-
nificantly higher cure rates than older medications, are 
easier to prescribe, and have fewer and milder side effects: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under 
this heading for medical supplies and equipment are avail-
able for the acquisition of gender appropriate prosthetics. 
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
1052 
ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 
and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 
for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 
as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 
U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $6,524,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
shall become available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, of the 
amount made available on October 1, 2016, under this 
heading, $100,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan-
ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 
and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil-
ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 
charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 
or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro-
vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 
employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities;
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and for laundry services; $105,132,000, which shall be in 
addition to funds previously appropriated under this head-
ing that became available on October 1, 2015; and, in addi-
tion, $5,074,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 
available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, of the amount 
made available on October 1, 2016, under this heading, 
$250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as author-
ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$630,735,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appro-
priated under this heading are available for gender appro-
priate prosthetic research and toxic exposure research. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or
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improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na-
tional Cemetery Administration, $271,220,000, of which 
not to exceed $26,600,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad-
ministrative expenses in support of Department-wide cap-
ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 
or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, $336,659,000, 
of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet-
erans Appeals, $109,884,000, of which not to exceed 
$10,788,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017.
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GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen-
eral Services Administration for security guard services, 
and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 
cost of overseas employee mail, $2,707,734,000: Provided, 
That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 
paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 
38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 
(1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable 
and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) 
to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 
charged to this account: Provided further, That, of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$160,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
mental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital
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asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ-
ing management and related contractual costs of said ac-
quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper-
ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $4,133,363,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
$1,115,757,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
which not to exceed $34,800,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That 
$2,512,863,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed $175,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That 
$504,743,000 shall be for information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available for information tech-
nology systems development, modernization, and enhance-
ment may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a certifi-
cation of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated 
and expended for each development project: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available for salaries and ex-
penses, operations and maintenance, and information tech-
nology systems development, modernization, and enhance-
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ment may be transferred among the three subaccounts after 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the au-
thority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor-
mation Technology Systems’’ account for development, mod-
ernization, and enhancement may be transferred among 
projects or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That 
no project may be increased or decreased by more than 
$1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to 
make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a 
response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, 
That funds under this heading may be used by the Inter-
agency Program Office through the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to define data standards, code sets, and value sets 
used to enable interoperability: Provided further, That, of 
the funds made available for information technology sys-
tems development, modernization, and enhancement for 
VistA Evolution, not more than 25 percent may be obligated 
or expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress, and such Committees approve, a report that describes: 
(1) the status of and changes to the VistA Evolution pro-
gram plan dated March 24, 2014 (hereinafter referred to
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as the ‘‘Plan’’), the VistA 4 product roadmap dated Feb-
ruary 26, 2015 (‘‘Roadmap’’), and the VistA 4 Incremental 
Life Cycle Cost Estimate, dated October 26, 2014; (2) any 
changes to the scope or functionality of projects within the 
VistA Evolution program as established in the Plan; (3) 
actual program costs incurred to date; (4) progress in meet-
ing the schedule milestones that have been established in the 
Plan; (5) a Project Management Accountability System 
(PMAS) Dashboard Progress report that identifies each 
VistA Evolution project being tracked through PMAS, what 
functionality it is intended to provide, and what evaluation 
scores it has received throughout development; (6) the defi-
nition being used for interoperability between the electronic 
health record systems of the Department of Defense and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, the metrics to measure the 
extent of interoperability, the milestones and timeline asso-
ciated with achieving interoperability, and the baseline 
measurements associated with interoperability; (7) progress 
toward developing and implementing all components and 
levels of interoperability, including semantic interoper-
ability; (8) the change management tools in place to facili-
tate the implementation of VistA Evolution and interoper-
ability; and (9) any changes to the governance structure 
for the VistA Evolution program and its chain of decision-
making authority: Provided further, That the funds made
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available under this heading for information technology 
systems development, modernization, and enhancement, 
shall be for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under 
this heading in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), $136,766,000, of which not to exceed $12,676,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec-
tural and engineering services, construction management 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as-
sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 
drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
where the estimated cost of a project is more than the
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amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United 
States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail-
able 
in 
a 
previous 
major 
project 
appropriation, 
$1,243,800,000, of which $1,163,800,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020, and of which 
$80,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That except for advance planning activities, includ-
ing needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 
investments, and other capital asset management related 
activities, including portfolio development and management 
activities, and investment strategy studies funded through 
the advance planning fund and the planning and design 
activities funded through the design fund, including needs 
assessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
ments, and salaries and associated costs of the resident engi-
neers who oversee those capital investments funded through 
this account, and funds provided for the purchase of land 
for the National Cemetery Administration through the land 
acquisition line item, none of the funds made available 
under this heading shall be used for any project which has 
not been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading for fiscal year 2016, for each approved project shall 
be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction docu-
ments contract by September 30, 2016; and (2) by the
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awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2017: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall promptly submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a written report on any ap-
proved major construction project for which obligations are 
not incurred within the time limitations established above: 
Provided further, That, of the amount made available under 
this heading, $649,000,000 for Veterans Health Administra-
tion major construction projects shall not be available until 
the Department of Veterans Affairs— 
(1) enters into an agreement with an appro-
priate non-Department of Veterans Affairs Federal 
entity to serve as the design and/or construction agent 
for any Veterans Health Administration major con-
struction project with a Total Estimated Cost of 
$100,000,000 or above by providing full project man-
agement services, including management of the project 
design, 
acquisition, 
construction, 
and 
contract 
changes, consistent with section 502 of Public Law 
114–58; and 
(2) certifies in writing that such an agreement 
is executed and intended to minimize or prevent sub-
sequent major construction project cost overruns and 
provides a copy of the agreement entered into and
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any required supplementary information to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 
may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi-
neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 
the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 
storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi-
tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 
project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec-
tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
$406,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 
made available for any project where the estimated cost is 
equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section: 
Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department
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which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 
any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 
measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss 
by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE 
FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 
to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 
title 38, United States Code, $120,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 
States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2016 for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro-
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priations: Provided, That, before a transfer may take place, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this or any other 
Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may be 
transferred among the accounts: Provided, That any trans-
fers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Support 
and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the total 
amount appropriated to the account in this or any other 
Act may take place subject to notification from the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose 
of the transfer: Provided further, That any transfers be-
tween the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding 
the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place 
only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided fur-
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ther, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ 
account may take place only after the Secretary requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress the authority to make the transfer and an ap-
proval is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal-
aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 
and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 
purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
(except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet-
erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 
7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 
of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made
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to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such rates as may be 
fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail-
able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 
to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 
3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 
they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pen-
sions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 
Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the United States Government Life 
Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech-
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nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2016 that are available for divi-
dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac-
tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 
further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur-
ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu-
mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 
only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis-
tration for fiscal year 2016 which is properly allocable to 
the provision of each such insurance program and to the 
provision of any total disability income insurance included 
in that insurance program. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 
proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 
that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en-
hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 
year in which the proceeds are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management
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of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Em-
ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under 
section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 
provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 
to exceed $43,700,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage-
ment and $3,400,000 for the Office of Employment Dis-
crimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That pay-
ments may be made in advance for services to be furnished 
based on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts 
received shall be credited to the ‘‘General Administration’’ 
and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by 
the office that provided the service. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 211. Of the amounts made available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for the 
Office of Rural Health under the heading ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’, including any advance appropriation for fiscal year 
2016 provided in prior appropriation Acts, up to 
$20,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Grants for Construction 
of State Extended Care Facilities’’. 
SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 
or medical services provided to any person under chapter 
17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con-
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nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 
title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 
current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 
for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 
the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 
debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 
care or services from any person who does not make such 
disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 
so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 
year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 
year in which amounts are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac-
tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 
site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve-
ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’.
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SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup-
plies, and equipment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 
other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 215. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, to remain available until expended for the pur-
poses of that account. 
SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 
into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations 
which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with 
the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations serving rural Alaska which have entered into 
contracts with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 
Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act, to pro-
vide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental 
care. The Secretary shall require participating veterans and 
facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regula-
tions, as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alas-
ka’’ shall mean those lands sited within the external bound-
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aries of the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 
7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and those lands 
within the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 
7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are not within 
the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage, the Fair-
banks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough 
or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 
to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 
transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available 
until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 
Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks from 
conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans 
within their respective Networks. 
SEC. 219. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a report on the financial status of the Department
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of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: Provided, 
That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction 
contained in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act) in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quarterly Report’’, under 
the heading ‘‘General Administration’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Bene-
fits Administration’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘Na-
tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 
2016 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such transfers 
may not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase 
in the total amount made available by this Act for the ‘‘In-
formation Technology Systems’’ account: Provided further, 
That, before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 
the transfer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 
is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation,