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drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 
with State and local law. 
SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, 
may be provided to the Association of Community Organi-
zations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, 
subsidiaries, allied organizations, or successors. 
SEC. 523. For purposes of carrying out Executive 
Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-
randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 
contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 
conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
sidered independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
included in agency totals. 
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SEC. 524. Federal agencies funded under this Act 
shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 
advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 
Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-
lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex-
pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 
this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 
available to the agency for advertising or other commu-
nications regarding the programs and activities of the 
agency. 
SEC. 525. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 
carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such 
Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 
of division H of Public Law 113–76, except that in car-
rying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2018’’ for ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2014’’ 
in the title of subsection (b) and by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2022’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place 
it appears: Provided, That such pilots shall include com-
munities that have experienced civil unrest. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal 
discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are 
being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by 
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section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 
524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, and section 525 
of division H of Public Law 114–113. 
(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act 
and prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant 
agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such 
authorities. 
SEC. 526. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services and Education and the Social Security 
Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 
quarterly report on the status of balances of appropria-
tions: Provided, That for balances that are unobligated 
and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but unex-
pended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation 
(beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, 
earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or fur-
ther any provision of Public Law 111–148 or title I or 
subtitle B of title II of Public Law 111–152 and the 
amendment made by such provision: Provided, That funds 
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in this Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, 
or further the rate setting process for calendar year 2018 
and fiscal year 2019 for Medicare under title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act: Provided further, That funds in 
this Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, 
or further the final rules for the provisions of (and amend-
ments made by) sections 2501(c), 2501(d), and 2503 of 
Public Law 111–148, as amended by sections 1206(a) and 
1101(c) of Public Law 111–152, insofar as each respective 
rule relates to calendar year 2018. 
SEC. 528. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to conduct or support research using 
human fetal tissue if such tissue is obtained pursuant to 
an induced abortion. 
SEC. 529 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds made available 
by this Act may be made available either directly, through 
a State (including through managed care contracts with 
a State), or through any other means, to a prohibited enti-
ty. 
(b) PROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘prohibited 
entity’’ means an entity, including its affiliates, subsidi-
aries, successors, and clinics— 
(1) that, as of the date of enactment of this 
Act— 
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(A) is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
of such Code; 
(B) is an essential community provider de-
scribed in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act), that is primarily en-
gaged in family planning services, reproductive 
health, and related medical care; and 
(C) performs, or provides any funds to any 
other entity that performs abortions, other than 
an abortion performed— 
(i) in the case of a pregnancy that is 
the result of an act of rape or incest; or 
(ii) in the case where a woman suffers 
from a physical disorder, physical injury, 
or physical illness that would, as certified 
by a physician, place the woman in danger 
of death unless an abortion is performed, 
including a life endangering physical condi-
tion caused by, or arising from, the preg-
nancy itself; and 
(2) for which the total amount of Federal 
grants to such entity, including grants to any affili-
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