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(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer-
ated above in paragraph (1); or 
(3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 
an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil-
ity remains unsatisfied. 
SEC. 1210. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay a performance award under sec-
tion 5384 of title 5, United States Code, to any career 
appointee within the Senior Executive Service. 
SEC. 1211. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to propose or finalize a regulatory action 
until January 21, 2017. 
SEC. 1212. None of the funds made available by the 
Act may be used in contravention of, or to implement 
changes to, section 560.516 of title 31, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on June 22, 2016. 
SEC. 1213. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to carry out Operation Choke Point. 
SEC. 1214. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to change Selective Service System reg-
istration requirements in contravention of section 3 of the 
Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802).
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SEC. 1215. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to propose, issue, implement, administer, or enforce 
any requirement that a solicitation of a proxy, consent, 
or authorization to vote a security of an issuer in an elec-
tion of members of the board of directors of the issuer 
be made using a single ballot or card that lists both indi-
viduals nominated by (or on behalf of) the issuer and indi-
viduals nominated by (or on behalf of) other proponents 
and permits the person granting the proxy, consent, or 
authorization to select from among individuals in both 
groups. 
SEC. 1216. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) designate any nonbank financial company 
as ‘‘too big to fail’’; 
(2) designate any nonbank financial company 
as a ‘‘systemically important financial institution’’; 
or 
(3) make a determination that material finan-
cial distress at a nonbank financial company, or the 
nature, scope, size, scale, concentration, inter-
connectedness, or mix of the activities of such com-
pany, could pose a threat to the financial stability of 
the United States.
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SEC. 1217. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 642(a) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)). 
SEC. 1218. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection to implement, administer, or enforce any guid-
ance with respect to indirect auto lending. 
SEC. 1219. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce a 
rule issued pursuant to section 13(p) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934. 
SEC. 1220. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used the Securities and Exchange Commission 
to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce pay ratio dis-
closure rules, including the final rule titled ‘‘Pay Ratio 
Disclosure’’, published Aug. 18, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 
50103). 
SEC. 1221. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Treasury by this Act may be used to issue 
a license pursuant to any Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(OFAC) memo regarding Section 5.1.1 of Annex II to the 
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action of July 14, 2015 
(JCPOA), including the January 16, 2016, OFAC memo 
titled, ‘‘Statement of Licensing Policy For Activities Re-
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lated to the Export Or Re-Export to Iran of Commercial 
Passenger Aircraft and Related Parts and Services’’ and 
any other OFAC memo of the same substance. 
SEC. 1222. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to authorize a transaction by a United 
States financial institution (as defined under section 
561.309 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations) that is 
ordinarily incident to the export or re-export of a commer-
cial passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
SEC. 1223. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay final judgments, awards, com-
promise settlements, or interest and costs specified in the 
judgments to Iran using amounts appropriated under sec-
tion 1304 of title 31, United States Code, or interest from 
amounts appropriated under such section. 
SEC. 1224. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of the Treasury to mod-
ify regulations that prohibit, or impose strict conditions 
on, the opening or maintaining in the United States of 
a correspondent account or a payable-through account by 
a foreign financial institution that the Secretary finds 
knowingly engages in any activity described in subpara-
graphs (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of section 104(c)(2) of 
the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
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Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–195; 22 U.S.C. 
8513(c)(2)). 
SEC. 1225. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection to commence any administrative adjudication 
or civil action under section 1053 of the Consumer Finan-
cial Protection Act of 2010 more than 3 years after the 
date of discovery of the violation to which the adjudication 
or action relates. 
SEC. 1226. None of the funds made available by this 
Act (including title IV and title VIII) may be used to carry 
out the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amend-
ment Act of 2014 (D.C. Law 20–261) or to implement 
any rule or regulation promulgated to carry out such Act. 
SEC. 1227. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Voluntary Remedial Ac-
tions and Guidelines for Voluntary Recall Notices’’ pub-
lished by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the 
Federal Register on November 21, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 
69793). 
SEC. 1228. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or 
codify into regulation, the guidance relating to ‘‘Commis-
sion Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate
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Change’’, affecting parts 211, 231, and 249 of title 17, 
Code of Federal Regulations (as described in Commission 
Release Nos. 33–9106; 34–61469; FR–82). 
SEC. 1229. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used to revise any 
policy or directive relating to hiring preferences for vet-
erans. 
SEC. 1230. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection for a contract for consumer awareness and en-
gagement tools and resources communication. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 7, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5485 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for financial services and 
general government for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.