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(2) CONTENTS.—Such estimate shall identify savings associ-
ated with the positions reclassified under subsection (b) and 
include, among other factors the Assistant Secretary considers 
appropriate, savings from— 
(A) law enforcement training; 
(B) early retirement benefits; 
(C) law enforcement availability and other premium 
pay; and 
(D) weapons, vehicles, and communications devices. 
SEC. 6. INVESTIGATION OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE MIS-
CONDUCT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, or as soon as practicable, the Assistant Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate— 
(1) materials in the possession or control of the Department 
of Homeland Security associated with the Office of Inspection’s 
review of instances in which Federal Air Marshal Service offi-
cials obtained discounted or free firearms for personal use; 
(2) information on specific actions that will be taken to 
prevent Federal Air Marshal Service officials from using their 
official positions, or exploiting, in any way, the Service’s rela-
tionships with private vendors to obtain discounted or free 
firearms for personal use; and 
(3) information on specific actions that will be taken to 
prevent the Federal Air Marshal Service from misusing Govern-
ment resources. 
SEC. 7. STUDY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date that the Assistant 
Secretary submits the certification to Congress under section 5(a), 
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a study— 
(1) reviewing the employee requirements, responsibilities, 
and benefits of criminal investigators in the TSA Office of 
Inspection with criminal investigators employed at agencies 
adhering to the Office of Personnel Management employee 
classification system; and 
(2) identifying any inconsistencies and costs implications 
for differences between the varying employee requirements, 
responsibilities, and benefits. 
SEC. 8. INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE 
PERSONNEL ISSUES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Inspector General shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a study that— 
(1) reviews the Federal Air Marshal Service’s existing per-
sonnel policies and procedures for identifying misuse of Govern-
ment resources; and
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(2) reviews the administration of the Federal Air Marshal 
Service’s existing code of conduct or integrity policies with 
respect to instances of misconduct. 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable 
corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 
departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 
of Government for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate 
for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts 
for fiscal year 2015 and under the authority and conditions provided 
in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 
specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal 
year 2015, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 
(division A of Public Law 113–235), except section 743 and 
title VIII. 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division B of Public Law 113–235). 
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 
(division C of Public Law 113–235), except title X. 
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division D of Public Law 113– 
235). 
(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2015 (division E of Public Law 113–235). 
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4). 
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division F of Public 
Law 113–235). 
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 
(division G of Public Law 113–235), except title VI. 
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 (divi-
sion H of Public Law 113–235). 
(10) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division I of Public 
Law 113–235). 
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public 
Law 113–235), except title IX. 
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division K of 
Public Law 113–235). 
(13) Section 11 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235). 
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) is hereby 
reduced by 0.2108 percent. 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 
Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not 
funded for production in fiscal year 2015 or prior years; (2) the 
increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year
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2015 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of 
any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 
subprogram within a program element, and for any investment 
items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an 
appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program 
element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not avail-
able during fiscal year 2015. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 
procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 
unless specifically appropriated later. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 
to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursu-
ant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 
or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 
not available during fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred 
for any project or activity during the period for which funds or 
authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016, appropriations 
and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this 
Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 
(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any project 
or activity provided for in this Act; (2) the enactment into law 
of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016 without 
any provision for such project or activity; or (3) December 11, 
2015. 
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be 
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without 
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of appor-
tionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, 
but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other 
provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropria-
tions at the beginning of fiscal year 2016 because of distributions 
of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 
be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded 
by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the 
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall 
be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activi-
ties.
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SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2015, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 
program levels under current law, under the authority and condi-
tions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2015, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory pay-
ments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 
after October 2015 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 
in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 
available for such payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 
agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 
with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015, except 
that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 
until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated 
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 
Act that was previously designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster 
relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 
(b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this Act shall not apply 
to— 
(1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of this section; 
or 
(2) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference 
to the second paragraph under the heading ‘‘Social Security 
Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’ in 
division G of Public Law 113–235; or 
(3) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference 
to the paragraph under the heading ‘‘Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services—Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control 
Account’’ in division G of Public Law 113–235. 
(c) Section 6 of Public Law 113–235 shall apply to amounts 
designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism. 
SEC. 115. During the period covered by this Act, discretionary 
amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2016 that were provided in 
advance by appropriations Acts shall be available in the amounts 
provided in such Acts, reduced by the percentage in section 101(b). 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food Programs—Food