bankruptcy proceeding, reduced by an 
amount for administrative costs of such as-
sociation.’. 
‘‘(c) PRESERVATION OF PAYMENTS TO STATES AND IN-
DIAN TRIBES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 402(i)(3) of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
(30 U.S.C. 1232(i)(3)) is amended— 
‘‘(1) by striking ‘so that’ and inserting ‘under 
paragraph (1) so that’; 
‘‘(2) by striking ‘each transfer’ in clause (i) and 
inserting ‘each such transfer’; and 
‘‘(3) by striking ‘this subsection’ in clause (iii) 
and inserting ‘paragraph (1)’. 
‘‘(d) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.— 
‘‘(1) 
STATUTORY
PAYGO
SCORECARDS.—The 
budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered on 
either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to sec-
tion 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
2010. 
‘‘(2) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-
etary effects of this section shall not be entered on any 
PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 
201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress). 
‘‘(3) 
CLASSIFICATION
OF
BUDGETARY
EF-
FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget
Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explana-
tory statement of the committee of conference accom-
panying Conference Report 105-217 and section 
250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of 
this section shall not be estimated— 
‘‘(A) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 
and 
‘‘(B) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of 
section 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
2010 as being included in an appropriation Act. 
‘‘SEC. 168. Notwithstanding section 111, the fourth 
proviso under the heading ‘Department of Labor—Office of 
Workers’ Compensation Programs—Special Benefits’ shall 
be applied by substituting ‘$66,675,000’ for ‘$62,170,000’, 
‘$22,740,000’ 
for 
‘$21,140,000’, 
‘$16,866,000’ 
for 
‘$16,668,000’ and ‘$4,101,000’ for ‘$1,394,000’. 
‘‘SEC. 169. Section 458(a)(4) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘2017’ for ‘2016’. 
‘‘SEC. 170. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) may transfer 
up to $300,000,000 from the Fund established by section 
223 of the Department of Health and Human Services Ap-
propriations Act, 2008 (42 U.S.C. 3514a) to ‘Department 
of Health and Human Services—Administration for Chil-
dren and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’ only 
for activities authorized under section 462 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279) and section 235 of the 
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reau-
thorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232): Provided, That 
such funds transferred shall not be available for obligation 
prior to February 1, 2017. 
‘‘(b) In addition to amounts provided by subsection 
(a), if after March 1, 2017, and before the date specified 
in section 106(3), the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, determines that the per-
centage increase in the cumulative number of cases trans-
ferred to the custody of the Secretary pursuant to such sec-
tions 462 and 235 for the current fiscal year over the num-
ber transferred through the comparable date in the previous 
fiscal year exceeds 40 percent, an amount not to exceed 
$200,000,000 may be made available to ‘Department of 
Health and Human Services—Administration for Children 
and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’ only for 
activities authorized under such sections 462 and 235. 
‘‘(c) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified at least
15 days in advance of any funds being made available 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) Of the unobligated balances available in the Fund 
established by section 223 of the Department of Health and 
Human Services Appropriations Act, 2008 (42 U.S.C. 
3514a), $100,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
‘‘SEC. 171. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, within 10 days of the enactment of this section, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall transfer 
funds appropriated for fiscal year 2017 under section 4002 
of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 300u–11) to the accounts 
specified, in the amounts specified, and for the activities 
specified in subsection (a) of section 221 of division H of 
Public Law 114–113, except that the Secretary shall adjust 
the amounts transferred to the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention under this section to result in a total 
amount transferred to such agency under this section that 
is $1,000,000 less than the total amount transferred to such 
agency under such section 221: Provided, That subsections 
(b) and (c) of such section 221 shall apply to amounts 
transferred under this section. 
‘‘SEC. 172. The fifth proviso under the heading ‘Social 
Security Administration—Limitation on Administrative 
Expenses’ in division H of Public Law 114–113 shall be 
applied during the period covered by this Act by sub-
stituting ‘shall be used for activities to address the hearing 
backlog within the Office of Disability Adjudication and 
Review’ for ‘shall be for necessary expenses for the renova-
tion and modernization of the Arthur J. Altmeyer Build-
ing’. 
‘‘SEC. 173. Activities authorized under part A of title 
IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except 
for activities authorized in section 403(b)) shall continue 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act in 
the manner authorized for fiscal year 2016, and out of any 
money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for such purpose. 
‘‘SEC. 174. The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices may use discretionary amounts appropriated in this 
Act for the Department of Health and Human Services to 
carry out section 399V–6 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g–17). 
‘‘SEC. 175. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) 
(relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Con-
gress) during fiscal year 2017. 
‘‘SEC. 176. TRANSFER
OF O’NEILL BUILDING
TO 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—(a) TRANSFER.—Effective
upon the expiration of the 180-day period that begins on 
the date of the enactment of this section— 
‘‘(1) the building described in subsection (e) shall 
become an office building of the House of Representa-
tives; 
‘‘(2) the Administrator of General Services shall 
transfer custody, control, and administrative jurisdic-
tion over the building to the Architect of the Capitol; 
and 
‘‘(3) the Architect of the Capitol shall exercise 
custody, control, and administrative jurisdiction over 
the building subject to the direction of the House Of-
fice Building Commission. 
‘‘(b) TREATMENT AS HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING AND 
PART OF CAPITOL GROUNDS.—Upon the transfer of cus-
tody, control, and administrative jurisdiction under sub-
section (a), the building and grounds described in sub-
section (e) shall be treated as a House Office Building and 
as part of the United States Capitol Grounds for purposes 
of all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the House 
Office Buildings and the Capitol Grounds, including— 
‘‘(1) chapter 51 of title 40, United States Code 
(relating to the administration of the United States 
Capitol Buildings and Grounds); and
‘‘(2) section 9 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to de-
fine the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, 
to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes’, 
approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961) (relating to 
the authority of the United States Capitol Police to 
police the United States Capitol Buildings and 
Grounds). 
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY OF ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL TO 
ENTER INTO LEASES
AND OTHER AGREEMENTS WITH 
FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS
AND AGENCIES
FOR USE
OF 
BUILDING.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—The Architect of 
the Capitol is authorized to enter into leases and 
other agreements with departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government for the use of the building de-
scribed in subsection (e) (or portions thereof), subject 
to the approval of the House Office Building Commis-
sion. 
‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS.—Pursuant to a 
lease or other agreement entered into between the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol and a department or agency of 
the Federal Government under the authority described 
in paragraph (1), the Architect of the Capitol is au-
thorized to collect payments from such department or 
agency and such department or agency is authorized
‘‘(3) USE OF FUND.—Amounts in the Fund shall 
be available to the Architect of the Capitol for the 
maintenance, care, and operation of the House office 
buildings, and may be used to reimburse the United 
States Capitol Police, the House of Representatives, or 
any other office of the legislative branch which pro-
vides goods or services for the maintenance, care, and 
operation of the building and grounds described in 
subsection (e), in such amounts as may be appro-
priated under law. 
‘‘(4) NOTIFICATION TO COMMITTEE ON APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—Upon making any obligation or expend-
iture of any amount in the Fund, the Architect of the 
Capitol shall notify the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives of the amount and 
purpose of the obligation or expenditure. 
‘‘(5) CONTINUING
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.— 
Amounts in the Fund are available without regard to 
fiscal year limitation. 
‘‘(e) DESCRIPTION OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) DESCRIPTION.—The building and grounds 
described in this subsection is the Federal building lo-
cated in the District of Columbia which is commonly 
known as the ‘Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Federal Build-
ing’, and which is more particularly described as fol-
lows: Square 579, Lot 827, at 200 C Street Southwest, 
bounded by C Street Southwest on the north, by 2nd 
Street Southwest on the east, by D Street Southwest 
on the south, and by 3rd Street Southwest on the 
west, and by all that area contiguous to and sur-
rounding Square 579 from the property line thereof 
to the west curb of 3rd Street Southwest, the north 
curb of C Street Southwest, the east curb of 2nd 
Street Southwest, and the south curb of D Street 
Southwest. 
‘‘(2) RETENTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.—The Mayor of the District of 
Columbia will retain responsibility for the mainte-
nance and improvement of those portions of the 
streets which are situated between the curb lines of the 
streets referenced in paragraph (1). 
‘‘SEC. 177. (a) During the 115th Congress— 
‘‘(1) amounts made available for the Office of the 
Secretary of the Conference of the Minority of the 
Senate shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant Minority Leader of the Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the duties and authorities of the Secretary 
of the Conference of the Minority of the Senate under 
section 3 of title I of division H of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 6154), section
101 of chapter VIII of title I of the Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 6156), or any other 
provision of law shall be duties and authorities of the 
Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate. 
‘‘(b) For purposes of any individual employed by the 
Office of the Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate during 
the 115th Congress— 
‘‘(1) section 506(e) of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 6314(e)) shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘Assistant Minority Leader’ for 
‘Secretary of the Conference of the Minority’; 
‘‘(2) section 207(e)(9)(M) of title 18, United 
States Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘Assist-
ant Minority Leader’ for ‘secretary of the Conference 
of the Minority’; and 
‘‘(3) subsection (b) of the first section of S. Res. 
458 (98th Congress) shall be applied by substituting 
‘Assistant Minority Leader’ for ‘Secretary of the Con-
ference of the Minority’. 
‘‘(c) For purposes of any individual employed by the 
Office of the Assistant Minority Leader of the Senate during 
the 115th Congress, with respect to any practice that occurs 
during that Congress, section 220(e)(2)(C) of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1351(e)(2)(C)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘the Office of the Assistant
Minority Leader of the Senate’ for ‘the Office of the Sec-
retary of the Conference of the Minority of the Senate’. 
‘‘(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to have 
any effect on the continuation of any procedure or action 
initiated under the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) or section 207 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
‘‘SEC. 178. Section 21(d) of Senate Resolution 64 of 
the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 1st session (agreed 
to on March 5, 2013) is amended by striking ‘December 
31, 2016’ and inserting ‘December 31, 2018’. 
‘‘SEC. 179. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN 
LEGISLATION.— 
‘‘(a) QUALIFYING LEGISLATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘qualifying legislation’ means a Senate bill 
or joint resolution— 
‘‘(1) that is introduced in the Senate during the 
30-calendar day period beginning on the date on 
which Congress convenes the First Session of the 
115th Congress; 
‘‘(2) the title of which is as follows: ‘To provide 
for an exception to a limitation against appointment 
of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years 
of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned 
officer of the Armed Forces.’; and
‘‘(3) the matter after the enacting or resolving 
clause of which is as follows: 
‘‘ ‘SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION AGAINST AP-
POINTMENT OF PERSONS AS SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE WITHIN SEVEN YEARS OF RELIEF 
FROM ACTIVE DUTY AS REGULAR COMMIS-
SIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
‘‘ ‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the second sen-
tence of section 113(a) of title 10, United States Code, the 
first person appointed, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, as Secretary of Defense after the date of the 
enactment of this Act may be a person who is, on the date 
of appointment, within seven years after relief, but not 
within three years after relief, from active duty as a com-
missioned officer of a regular component of the Armed 
Forces. 
‘‘ ‘(b) LIMITED EXCEPTION.—This section applies only 
to the first person appointed as Secretary of Defense as de-
scribed in subsection (a) after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and to no other person.’. 
‘‘(b) INTRODUCTION.—During the 30-calendar day pe-
riod described in subsection (a)(1), qualifying legislation 
may be introduced in the Senate by the Majority Leader 
(or the Majority Leader’s designee), the Minority Leader 
(or the Minority Leader’s designee), the Chairman of the
Committee on Armed Services, or the Ranking Minority 
Member of the Committee on Armed Services. 
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(1) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—Qualifying legis-
lation introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services. 
‘‘(2) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the Com-
mittee on Armed Services has not reported the quali-
fying legislation within 5 session days after the date 
of referral of the legislation, the Committee shall be 
discharged from further consideration of the legisla-
tion, and the qualifying legislation shall be placed on 
the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(3) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.—Not-
withstanding Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, it is in order at any time after the Committee 
on Armed Serves reports the qualifying legislation to 
the Senate or has been discharged from its consider-
ation (even though a previous motion to the same ef-
fect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the 
consideration of the qualifying legislation, and all 
points of order against the qualifying legislation (and 
against consideration of the qualifying legislation) 
are waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. 
The motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A
motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a 
motion to proceed to the consideration of the quali-
fying legislation is agreed to, the qualifying legisla-
tion shall remain the unfinished business until dis-
posed of. 
‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration 
of 
the 
qualifying legislation, and all debate, debatable mo-
tions, and appeals in connection therewith, shall be 
limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be di-
vided equally between, and controlled by, the Majority 
Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. A 
motion to further limit debate is in order and not de-
batable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, 
or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
business, or a motion to recommit the qualifying leg-
islation is not in order. 
‘‘(5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 
shall occur immediately following the conclusion of 
the debate on the qualifying legislation and a single 
quorum call at the conclusion of the debate, if re-
quested in accordance with the rules of the Senate. 
Passage of the qualifying legislation shall require an 
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 
chosen and sworn.
‘‘(6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
application of the rules of the Senate, as the case may 
be, to the procedure relating to qualifying legislation 
shall be decided without debate. 
‘‘(7) CONSIDERATION OF VETO MESSAGES.—Con-
sideration in the Senate of any veto message with re-
spect to the qualifying legislation, including all de-
bate, debatable motions, and appeals in connection 
therewith, shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally 
divided between, and controlled by, the Majority 
Leader and the Minority Leader or their designees. 
‘‘(d) RULES OF THE SENATE.—This section is en-
acted— 
‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and as such is deemed a part of the rules 
of the Senate, but applicable only with respect to the 
procedure to be followed in the Senate in the case of 
qualifying legislation described in subsection (a), and 
supersedes other rules only to the extent that this sec-
tion is inconsistent with such rules; and 
‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of the Senate to change the rules (so far as relat-
ing to the procedure of the Senate) at any time, in
the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 
case of any other rule of the Senate. 
‘‘SEC. 180. Section 133 of division L, title I of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114–113, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘ ‘(a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce the requirement for 
two off-duty periods from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. under 
paragraph 395.3(c) or the restriction on use of more than 
one restart during a 168-hour period under paragraph 
395.3(d) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and those 
provisions shall have no force or effect upon submission of 
the final report issued by the Secretary of Transportation, 
as required by section 133 of division K of Public Law 113– 
235, unless the Secretary and the Inspector General of the 
Department of Transportation each review and determine 
that the final report. 
‘‘ ‘(1) meets the statutory requirements set forth 
in such section; and 
‘‘ ‘(2) establishes that commercial motor vehicle 
drivers who operated under the restart provisions in 
operational effect between July 1, 2013, and the day 
before the date of enactment of such Public Law dem-
onstrated statistically significant improvement in all
outcomes related to safety, operator fatigue, driver 
health and longevity, and work schedules, in compari-
son to commercial motor vehicle drivers who operated 
under the restart provisions in operational effect on 
June 30, 2013. 
‘‘ ‘(b) If the Secretary and the Inspector General do 
not each make the findings outlined in subsection (a) of 
this section with respect to the final report, hereafter, the 
34-hour restart rule in operational effect on June 30, 2013 
shall be restored to full force and effect on the date that 
the Secretary submits the final report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, and funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act or any other Act shall be available to imple-
ment, administer, or enforce the rule.’. 
‘‘SEC. 181. (a) Funds made available by section 101 
for ‘Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration—Operations’ may be apportioned up to the 
rate for operations necessary to avoid disruption of con-
tinuing projects or activities funded by this appropriation. 
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter pre-
ceding the first proviso under the heading ‘Department of 
Transportation—Federal Aviation Administration—Fa-
cilities and Equipment’ in division L of Public Law 114–
113 shall be applied by substituting ‘$479,412,000’ for 
‘$470,049,000’ and ‘$2,375,588,000’ for ‘$2,384,951,000’. 
‘‘SEC. 182. (a) Amounts available under section 101 
for ‘Department of Transportation—Maritime Administra-
tion—Operations and Training’ for facilities maintenance 
and repair, equipment, and capital improvements at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy, and any avail-
able prior year balances for the Student Incentive Program 
at State Maritime Academies may, either in whole or part, 
be used for costs associated with the midshipmen Sea Year 
training program of the Academy without regard to any 
limitations on reprogramming or transfer under division 
L of Public Law 114–113 or otherwise applicable under a 
provision of this Act. 
‘‘(b) The matter under the heading ‘Department of 
Transportation—Maritime 
Administration—Operations 
and Training’ in division L of Public Law 114–113 is 
amended by striking the third proviso (relating to an Acad-
emy spending plan). 
‘‘SEC. 183. Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Public 
and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’ 
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to renew grants for rental assistance and administrative 
costs that were provided pursuant to the third through tenth
provisos of paragraph (5) under such heading in title II 
of division K of Public Law 113–235 (128 Stat. 2732). 
‘‘SEC. 184. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if not later than 10 days after the end of the Second 
Session of the 114th Congress, the Office of Management 
and Budget (‘OMB’) determines that the total of enacted 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 subject to the discre-
tionary spending limits in section 251(c) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, exclud-
ing any appropriations that would result in adjustments 
under section 251(b)(2) of such Act, does not exceed the sum 
of the unadjusted discretionary spending limits for fiscal 
year 2017 in section 251(c)(4) of such Act and provides 
written notification of that determination, then the final 
sequestration report for fiscal year 2017 under section 
254(f)(1) of such Act and any order for fiscal year 2017 
under section 254(f)(5) of such Act shall be issued, for the 
Congressional Budget Office, 10 days after the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this Act and, for OMB, 15 days after 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act: Provided, 
That the written notification required by this section shall 
include the total dollar amount and estimated uniform per-
centage that would be required to eliminate a breach within 
a category if OMB were to issue such final sequestration
report and order pursuant to the timetable in section 254(a) 
of such Act. 
‘‘SEC. 185. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 
by section 101 for the ‘Emergency Watershed Protection 
Program’, there is appropriated $103,140,000 for an addi-
tional amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available 
until expended, and for the ‘Emergency Conservation Pro-
gram’, there is appropriated $102,978,524 for an additional 
amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That all amounts made available by this 
section are designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘SEC. 186. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 
by section 101, there is appropriated $74,700,000 for an 
additional amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available 
until expended, for ‘National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration—Construction and Environmental Compli-
ance and Restoration’ for repairs at National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration facilities damaged by Hurricane 
Matthew: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 
by section 101, there is appropriated $54,827,000 for ‘Corps 
of 
Engineers-Civil—Construction’ 
for 
an 
additional 
amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary expenses to address emergency situa-
tions at Corps of Engineers projects, and to rehabilitate and 
repair damages to Corps of Engineers projects, caused by 
natural disasters: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 
That beginning not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this section, the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works shall provide monthly reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of 
these funds. 
‘‘SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 
by section 101, there is appropriated $290,708,000 for 
‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Mississippi River and Tribu-
taries’ for an additional amount for fiscal year 2017, to
remain available until expended, for necessary expenses to 
dredge navigation projects in response to, and repair dam-
ages to Corps of Engineers projects caused by, natural dis-
asters: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That begin-
ning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this section, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works shall provide monthly reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these 
funds. 
‘‘SEC. 189. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 
by section 101, there is appropriated $259,574,000 for 
‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Operation and Maintenance’ for 
an additional amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain avail-
able until expended, for necessary expenses to dredge navi-
gation projects in response to, and repair damages to Corps 
of Engineers projects caused by, natural disasters: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985: Provided further, That beginning not later than
60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the As-
sistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide 
monthly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allo-
cation and obligation of these funds. 
‘‘SEC. 190. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise provided 
by section 101, there is appropriated $419,891,000 for 
‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of Au-
gust 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for an additional amount 
for fiscal year 2017, to remain available until expended, 
for necessary expenses to prepare for flood, hurricane and 
other natural disasters and support emergency operations, 
repairs, and other activities in response to such disasters 
as authorized by law: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 
That beginning not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this section, the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works shall provide monthly reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of 
these funds.
‘‘SEC. 191. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, and in addition to any amount otherwise provided 
by section 101 for the ‘Emergency Relief Program’, as au-
thorized by section 125 of title 23, United States Code, there 
is appropriated $1,004,017,000 for fiscal year 2017, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘SEC. 192. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, and in addition to the amount otherwise pro-
vided by section 101 for ‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development—Community Planning and Develop-
ment—Community Development Fund’, there is appro-
priated $1,808,976,000 for an additional amount for fiscal 
year 2017, to remain available until expended, that is iden-
tical to the additional appropriation for fiscal year 2016 
in section 145(a) of this Act (except that ‘enactment of this 
Act’ shall be treated as referring to enactment of this sec-
tion, and except for the last proviso under such subsection), 
and with respect to which the same authority and condi-
tions shall be in effect: Provided, That of the amount made 
available by this subsection, $1,416,000,000 is designated 
by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $392,976,000 is designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
‘‘(b) Of the amounts made available by subsection (a) 
and designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, up to 
$3,000,000 may be transferred, in aggregate, to ‘Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development—Program Office 
Salaries and Expenses—Community Planning and Devel-
opment’ for necessary costs, including information tech-
nology costs, of administering and overseeing the obligation 
and expenditure of amounts in section 145 and all amounts 
in this section. 
‘‘SEC. 193. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided 
by section 101, an additional amount for fiscal year 2017 
of $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, is pro-
vided for ‘Department of Health and Human Services— 
Food and Drug Administration-FDA Innovation Account’ 
(in this section referred to as the ‘Account’): Provided, That 
such amounts are appropriated pursuant to section 
1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act, are to be derived 
from amounts transferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of
such Act, are for the necessary expenses to carry out the 
purposes described under section 1002(b)(4) of such Act, 
and may be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs to the appropriation for ‘Department of Health and 
Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Sala-
ries and Expenses’ solely for the purposes provided in such 
Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the 
Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 
such amounts may be transferred back to the Account: Pro-
vided further, That this transfer authority is in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
‘‘SEC. 194. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided 
by section 101, an additional amount for fiscal year 2017 
of $352,000,000, to remain available until expended, is pro-
vided for ‘Department of Health and Human Services— 
National Institutes of Health—NIH Innovation Account’ 
(in this section referred to as the ‘Account’): Provided, That 
such amounts are appropriated pursuant to section 
1001(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act, are to be derived 
from amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of 
such Act, are for the necessary expenses to carry out the 
purposes described in section 1001(b)(4) of such Act and 
in the amounts provided for fiscal year 2017 in such section
1001(b)(4), and may be transferred by the Director of the 
National Institutes of Health to other accounts of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health solely for the purposes provided 
in such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination 
by the Director that funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 
such amounts may be transferred back to the Account: Pro-
vided further, That this transfer authority is in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
‘‘SEC. 195. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided 
by section 101, an additional amount for fiscal year 2017 
of $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, is pro-
vided for ‘Department of Health and Human Services— 
Office of the Secretary—Account For the State Response to 
the Opioid Abuse Crisis’ (in this section referred to as the 
‘Account’): Provided, That such amounts are appropriated 
pursuant to section 1003(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures 
Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under sec-
tion 1003(b)(2)(A) of such Act, are for the necessary ex-
penses to carry out the purposes described under section 
1003(c) of such Act, and may be transferred by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services to other accounts of 
the Department solely for the purposes provided in such Act: 
Provided further, That upon a determination by the Sec-
retary that funds transferred pursuant to the previous pro-
viso are not necessary for the purposes provided, such 
amounts may be transferred back to the Account: Provided 
further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law. 
‘‘SEC. 196. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, in addition to the amount otherwise provided 
by section 101 for ‘Environmental Protection Agency— 
State and Tribal Assistance Grants’, there is appropriated 
$100,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2017, 
to remain available until expended, for making capitaliza-
tion grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds 
under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act pursu-
ant to section 2201 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016. 
‘‘(b) The last proviso of paragraph (1) under the head-
ing ‘Environmental Protection Agency—State and Tribal 
Assistance Grants’ in division G of Public Law 114–113 
shall be applied to amounts made available by this section 
by substituting for ‘only where such debt was incurred on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act’ the following: 
‘where such debt was incurred on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior 
to the date of enactment if the State, with concurrence from 
the Administrator, determines that such funds could be used 
to help address a threat to public health from heightened
exposure to lead in drinking water or if a Federal or State 
emergency declaration has been issued due to a threat to 
public health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-
ipal drinking water supply before the date of enactment of 
this Act: Provided further, That in a State in which such 
an emergency declaration has been issued, the State may 
use more than 20 percent of the funds made available under 
this title to the State for Drinking Water State Revolving 
Fund capitalization grants to provide additional subsidy 
to eligible recipients’. 
‘‘SEC. 197. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this Act, there is provided for ‘Environmental Protection 
Agency—Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 
Program Account’ for the cost of direct loans and for the 
cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infra-
structure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 
3901 et seq.), $20,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: 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 these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations 
for the principal amount of direct loans, including capital-
ized interest, and total loan principal, including capital-
ized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $2,073,000,000.
‘‘(b) In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursu-
ant to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3908 and 
3909) shall be credited to the appropriation made by this 
section to remain available until expended. 
‘‘(c) Of the amounts provided under subsection (a), not 
to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for administrative expenses 
to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, not-
withstanding section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Fi-
nance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3912). 
‘‘SEC. 198. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to the amount otherwise provided by 
section 101 for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Envi-
ronmental Health’, for carrying out section 2203 of the 
Water and Waste Act of 2016, there is appropriated 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 
of which $17,500,000 shall be for carrying out section 
2203(b) of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 and $2,500,000 
shall be for carrying out section 2203(c) of the Water and 
Waste Act of 2016: Provided, That such funds may be made 
available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, for carrying out such sections of the Water and 
Waste Act of 2016. 
‘‘SEC. 199. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to the amount otherwise provided by 
section 101 for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Envi-
ronmental Health’, for carrying out section 2204(a) of the 
Water and Waste Act of 2016, there is appropriated 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 
for childhood lead poisoning prevention programs author-
ized under section 317A of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 247b–1). 
‘‘SEC. 200. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to the amount otherwise provided by 
section 101 for ‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Health Resources and Services Administration—Ma-
ternal and Child Health’, for carrying out section 2204(b) 
of the Water and Waste Act of 2016, there is appropriated 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 
for the Healthy Start Initiative authorized under section 
330H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c– 
8). 
‘‘SEC. 201. (a) Of any available amounts appropriated 
under 
section 
301(b)(3) 
of 
Public 
Law 
114–10,
$170,000,000 is rescinded immediately upon enactment of 
this section. 
‘‘(b) In the Senate, the budgetary effects of this section 
shall not count for purposes of the amount in section 
3103(b)(3) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2016 (S. Con. Res. 11) when determining points 
of order pursuant to section 3103(b)(1) of that section of 
that concurrent resolution.’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Further Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
DIVISION B—SECURITY ASSIST-
ANCE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2017 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Army’’, $196,964,000, of which $94,034,000 is to support 
counter-terrorism operations and $102,930,000 is to sup-
port the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, That
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Navy’’, $10,484,000, of which $7,354,000 is to support 
counter-terrorism operations and $3,130,000 is to support 
the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Marine Corps’’, $5,840,000, to support counter-terrorism 
operations: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Air Force’’, $51,830,000, of which $37,640,000 is to support 
counter-terrorism operations and $14,190,000 is to support
the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Army’’, $3,173,679,000, of which $2,734,952,000 is 
to support counter-terrorism operations and $438,727,000 
is to support the European Reassurance Initiative: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Navy’’, $97,881,000, of which $95,531,000 is to sup-
port counter-terrorism operations and $2,350,000 is to sup-
port the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$180,546,000, 
of 
which 
$168,446,000 is to support counter-terrorism operations 
and $12,100,000 is to support the European Reassurance 
Initiative: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force’’, $428,046,000, of which $382,496,000 is 
to support counter-terrorism operations and $45,550,000 is 
to support the European Reassurance Initiative: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Defense-Wide’’, $446,283,000, of which $412,959,000 
is to support counter-terrorism operations and $33,324,000 
is to support the European Reassurance Initiative: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip 
Fund’’, $289,500,000, to support counter-terrorism oper-
ations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
PROCUREMENT 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 
Army’’, $229,100,000, to support counter-terrorism oper-
ations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Army’’, $72,000,000, to support counter-terrorism oper-
ations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Air Force’’, $201,563,000, to support counter-ter-
rorism operations: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $83,900,000, to support counter-terrorism oper-
ations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $137,884,000, to support counter-terrorism op-
erations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 
EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $78,700,000, to support 
counter-terrorism operations: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $3,000,000, to 
support counter-terrorism operations: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Joint Improvised Ex-
plosive Device Defeat Fund’’, $87,800,000, to support