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such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for 
costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized 
to retain and use as offsetting collections all funds transferred, 
or previously transferred, from other Government agencies for all 
costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences 
of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this para-
graph, and such funds received from other Government agencies 
shall remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and 
unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available 
for the administration of all open grants until their expiration. 
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of 
suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, $3,458,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting 
collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 
USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 2015, so 
as to result in a fiscal year 2015 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2015, should the total amount of such offsetting collections be 
less than $3,458,000,000 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: 
Provided further, That any amount received in excess of 
$3,458,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 and deposited in the Patent 
and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts 
made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 
further, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with the 
preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office Salaries and Expenses account: Provided 
further, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 
shall be made available in fiscal year 2015 for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 
2015 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference 
between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO 
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) 
of that title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management
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(OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject 
to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present 
value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined 
by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 
and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO 
employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits 
(FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), 
shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 
and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 
Provided further, That any differences between the present value 
factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit letters and 
the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s specific use shall be 
recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s financial statements, 
where applicable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and collected 
by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) 
of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the 
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29): Provided 
further, That within the amounts appropriated, $2,000,000 shall 
be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for 
activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits 
related to the USPTO. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST), $675,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred 
to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 
shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That NIST may provide local transportation for summer 
undergraduate research fellowship program participants. 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, 
$138,100,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$130,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership, and of which $8,100,000 shall be for the Advanced 
Manufacturing Technology Consortia. 
CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 
For construction of new research facilities, including architec-
tural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance 
of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by sections 
13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Act (15 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $50,300,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include 
in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits 
to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget 
(as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National 
Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having
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a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and 
simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include an 
estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for 
each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including 
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; grants, 
contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the 
purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative agree-
ments; and relocation of facilities, $3,202,398,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016, except that funds provided for 
cooperative enforcement shall remain available until September 
30, 2017: Provided, That fees and donations received by the National 
Ocean Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries 
may be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 
with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 
United 
States 
Code: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
in 
addition, 
$116,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled 
‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining 
to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi-
ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, Cooperative 
Research, Annual Stock Assessments, Survey and Monitoring 
Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants, and Fish Information 
Networks: Provided further, That of the $3,333,398,000 provided 
for in direct obligations under this heading $3,202,398,000 is appro-
priated from the general fund, $116,000,000 is provided by transfer, 
and $15,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obligations: 
Provided further, That the total amount available for National 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration 
corporate 
services 
administrative support costs shall not exceed $220,300,000: Pro-
vided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 
for specific activities in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That in 
addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the Retired 
Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plan, and 
for payments for the medical care of retired personnel and their 
dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 
55), such sums as may be necessary. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, $2,179,225,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017, except that funds provided for 
construction of facilities shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the $2,192,225,000 provided for in direct obligations 
under this heading, $2,179,225,000 is appropriated from the general
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fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year 
obligations: Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds pro-
vided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to 
the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justification 
materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of 
the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 
of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration procurement, acquisition or construction project 
having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 
budget justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent 
fiscal years: Provided further, That, within the amounts appro-
priated, $1,302,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’ account for activities associated with carrying out inves-
tigations and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisition 
and construction. 
PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 
For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 
Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016: Provided, That, of the funds provided herein, 
the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Wash-
ington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the 
Federally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast 
(including Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of salmon 
and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endan-
gered, or that are identified by a State as at-risk to be so listed, 
for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty 
fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation 
of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 
to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 
That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and other 
merit principles and shall not be available for marketing activities: 
Provided further, That funds disbursed to States shall be subject 
to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contribu-
tions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 
FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 
For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95– 
372, not to exceed $350,000, to be derived from receipts collected 
pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended. 
FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2015, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 
$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed 
$100,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Mer-
chant Marine Act of 1936.