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ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $3,831,200,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 
30, 
2017: 
Provided, 
That 
not 
less 
than 
$1,200,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew 
Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than $2,310,000,000 
shall be for the Space Launch System, which shall have a 
lift capability not less than 130 metric tons and which shall 
have an upper stage and other core elements developed si-
multaneously: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available for the Space Launch System, $1,900,000,000 
shall be for launch vehicle development and $410,000,000 
shall be for exploration ground systems: Provided further, 
That the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA) shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, concurrent 
with the annual budget submission, a 5 year budget profile 
and funding projection that adheres to a 70 percent Joint 
Confidence Level (JCL) and is consistent with the Key De-
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cision Point C (KDP–C) for the Space Launch System and 
with the future KDP–C for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew 
Vehicle: Provided further, That funds made available for the 
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Space Launch Sys-
tem are in addition to funds provided for these programs 
under the ‘‘Construction and Environmental Compliance 
and 
Restoration’’ 
heading: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$321,200,000 shall be for exploration research and develop-
ment. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of space operations research and 
development activities, including research, development, op-
erations, support and services; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol and communications activities, including operations, 
production, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 
planning and design; program management; personnel and 
related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance 
and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$4,756,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017.
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EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical edu-
cation research and development activities, including re-
search, development, operations, support, and services; pro-
gram management; personnel and related costs, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $108,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2017, of which 
$18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be 
for the National Space Grant College program. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space tech-
nology, exploration, space operations and education re-
search and development activities, including research, devel-
opment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 
repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft 
control, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and
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5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 
$63,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $2,784,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities in-
cluding repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modifica-
tion of facilities, construction of new facilities and addi-
tions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
ance and restoration, $352,800,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That proceeds from 
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail-
able for obligation for fiscal year 2016 in an amount not 
to exceed $6,905,600: Provided further, That each annual 
budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross re-
ceipts and collections and proposed use of all funds collected 
pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States Code.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$37,400,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2017. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. 
Balances so transferred shall be merged with and available 
for the same purposes and the same time period as the ap-
propriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant 
to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activity 
level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent change