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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes to program 
requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice 
and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2015, during any grant 
selection process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not know-
ingly disclose any covered 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. 402. 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 requirement 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. 403. 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 supplement and 
not supplant current programs and operations. 
SEC. 404. 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. 405. 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 Community Service 
established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are author-
ized to receive criminal history record information, consistent 
with Public Law 92–544. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
(‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an 
amount which shall be available within limitations specified by 
that Act, for the fiscal year 2017, $445,000,000: Provided, That 
none of the funds made available 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 qualifica-
tion in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other per-
sonnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of
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CPB: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
to CPB by this Act shall be used to support the Television Future 
Fund or any similar purpose. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Concilia-
tion 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 necessary 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, $45,666,000, including up to $400,000 
to remain available through September 30, 2016 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, including those pro-
vided to foreign governments and international organizations, and 
for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this 
account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for 
education, training, and professional development of the agency 
workforce: Provided 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, $16,751,000. 
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, $227,860,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social 
Security Act, $7,650,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social 
Security Act, $11,749,000, to be transferred to this appropriation
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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. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations 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 agricultural laborers or used in connection 
with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bar-
gaining 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 thereby is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 406. 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 administrative directive or regulation 
that would provide employees any means of voting through any 
electronic means 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 Rail-
way Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the Presi-
dent, $13,227,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, $11,639,000.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, author-
ized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, 
$34,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in 
fiscal year 2014 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 
received exceeds the amount available for payment of vested dual 
benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided 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 Treasury for 
the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 
interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2016, 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 Retirement 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 rail-
road unemployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this 
limitation 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. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized 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 Insurance 
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, $16,400,000.
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SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security 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 Secu-
rity Act, $41,232,978,000, 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: Provided further, That 
not more than $83,000,000 shall be available for research and 
demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social 
Security Act, and remain available through September 30, 2017. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 
payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social 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 
2016, 
$19,200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 
motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, not more than $10,284,945,000 may 
be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity 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, 
$131,000,000 may be used for the costs associated with conducting 
continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 
Security 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 previous proviso for such activities 
but only to reconcile estimated 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 unobli-
gated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end 
of fiscal year 2015 not needed for fiscal year 2015 shall remain 
available until expended to invest in the Social Security Administra-
tion information technology and telecommunications hardware and 
software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-pay-
roll administrative expenses associated solely with this information 
technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate prior to making unobligated balances available under the 
authority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That reimburse-
ment to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for 
official time for employees of the Social Security Administration 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services 
for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or proce-
dures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts
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in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, 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 Security Act and 
for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi-
bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, $1,396,000,000 
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 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, 
and $1,123,000,000 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 conclu-
sion 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. 
In addition, $124,000,000 to be derived from administration 
fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursu-
ant 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 2015 exceed $124,000,000, the amounts shall be 
available in fiscal year 2016 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 expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $28,829,000, together with not to exceed $74,521,000, 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 ‘‘Limita-
tion on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 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 Appropriations 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 Serv-
ices, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances
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of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appro-
priations 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 recognized executive- 
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for 
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video 
presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legisla-
tion before 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 trans-
ferred 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 recipient, related to any activity designed 
to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, 
administrative 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 participation by an agency or 
officer of a State, local or tribal government in policymaking and 
administrative processes within the executive branch of that govern-
ment. 
(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 any proposed, pending, 
or future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, 
including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the 
advocacy or promotion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are author-
ized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respec-
tively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles 
I and III, respectively, for official reception 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 avail-
able 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 representa-
tion expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for 
‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
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 recipi-
ents of Federal research grants, shall clearly state—
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(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program 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 benefits 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 preceding sec-
tion 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, 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 matching 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 sub-
jects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimina-
tion on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, 
pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ includes 
an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, 
a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organiza-
tion, 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 embryos 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)).
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(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human embryo 
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, parthenogenesis, 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 legalization of 
any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules 
of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executive- 
congressional communications. 
(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 determine therapeutic advan-
tage. 
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 capacity as an employer or a health 
care provider), until legislation 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 employment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required 
by that section for the most recent year for which such require-
ment was applicable to such entity. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priation 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 Children’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 obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2015, 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;