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items having an investment unit cost of not more than $250,000: 
Provided, That, upon determination by the Secretary of Defense 
that such action is necessary to meet the operational requirements 
of a Commander of a Combatant Command engaged in contingency 
operations overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 
having an investment item unit cost of not more than $500,000. 
SEC. 9011. From funds made available to the Department of 
Defense in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte-
nance, Air Force’’, up to $140,000,000 may be used by the Secretary 
of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to support 
United States Government transition activities in Iraq by funding 
the operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation 
in Iraq and security assistance teams, including life support, 
transportation and personal security, and facilities renovation and 
construction, and site closeout activities prior to returning sites 
to the Government of Iraq: Provided, That to the extent authorized 
under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, 
the operations and activities that may be carried out by the Office 
of Security Cooperation in Iraq may, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State, include non-operational training activities in 
support of Iraqi Minister of Defense and Counter Terrorism Service 
personnel in an institutional environment to address capability 
gaps, integrate processes relating to intelligence, air sovereignty, 
combined arms, logistics and maintenance, and to manage and 
integrate defense-related institutions: Provided further, That not 
later than 30 days following the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of State shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a plan for transitioning any such training 
activities that they determine are needed after the end of fiscal 
year 2015, to existing or new contracts for the sale of defense 
articles or defense services consistent with the provisions of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.): Provided further, 
That not less than 15 days before making funds available pursuant 
to the authority provided in this section, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a written 
notice containing a detailed justification and timeline for the oper-
ations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq 
at each site where such operations and activities will be conducted 
during fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 9012. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for payments under section 1233 of 
Public Law 110–181 for reimbursement to the Government of Paki-
stan may be made available unless the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, certifies to the congres-
sional defense committees that the Government of Pakistan is— 
(1) cooperating with the United States in counterterrorism 
efforts against the Haqqani Network, the Quetta Shura Taliban, 
Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other 
domestic and foreign terrorist organizations, including taking 
steps to end support for such groups and prevent them from 
basing and operating in Pakistan and carrying out cross border 
attacks into neighboring countries; 
(2) not supporting terrorist activities against United States 
or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and Pakistan’s military and 
intelligence agencies are not intervening extra-judicially into 
political and judicial processes in Pakistan;
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(3) dismantling improvised explosive device (IED) networks 
and interdicting precursor chemicals used in the manufacture 
of IEDs; 
(4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-related material 
and expertise; 
(5) implementing policies to protect judicial independence 
and due process of law; 
(6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United States 
visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts and assistance pro-
grams in Pakistan; and 
(7) 
providing 
humanitarian 
organizations 
access 
to 
detainees, internally displaced persons, and other Pakistani 
civilians affected by the conflict. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, may waive the restriction in paragraph (a) on a case- 
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congressional defense 
committees that it is in the national security interest to do so: 
Provided, That if the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, exercises such waiver authority, the Secre-
taries shall report to the congressional defense committees on both 
the justification for the waiver and on the requirements of this 
section that the Government of Pakistan was not able to meet: 
Provided further, That such report may be submitted in classified 
form if necessary. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 9013. Of the funds appropriated in Department of Defense 
Appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 
the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 
Provided, That such amounts are 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, as amended: 
‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2013/2015, $8,200,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2014/2016, $464,000,000; 
and 
‘‘Afghanistan 
Security 
Forces 
Fund’’, 
2014/2015, 
$764,380,000. 
SEC. 9014. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used with respect to Syria in contravention of the War Powers 
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), including for the introduction 
of United States armed or military forces into hostilities in Syria, 
into situations in Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities 
is clearly indicated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, 
airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in contravention 
of the congressional consultation and reporting requirements of 
sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 1543). 
SEC. 9015. In addition to the amounts appropriated in this 
Act, $250,000,000 is hereby appropriated, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, to conduct surface and subsurface clearance 
of unexploded ordnance at closed training ranges used by the Armed 
Forces of the United States in Afghanistan: Provided, That such 
funds shall be available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, 
That such ranges shall not have been transferred to the Islamic 
Republic of Afghanistan for use by its armed forces: Provided fur-
ther, That within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
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of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees 
a written plan to mitigate the threat of unexploded ordnance at 
such ranges, including a detailed spend plan: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall provide the congressional 
defense committees written progress reports every 180 days after 
the submission of the initial plan, until such funds are fully 
expended: Provided further, 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. 
SEC. 9016. The Secretary of Defense is authorized, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, including 
training, equipment, supplies, sustainment and stipends, to appro-
priately vetted elements of the Syrian opposition and other appro-
priately vetted Syrian groups or individuals for the following pur-
poses: defending the Syrian people from attacks by the Islamic 
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and securing territory controlled 
by the Syrian opposition; protecting the United States, its friends 
and allies, and the Syrian people from the threats posed by terror-
ists in Syria; and promoting the conditions for a negotiated settle-
ment to end the conflict in Syria: Provided, That up to $500,000,000 
of funds appropriated for the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund 
may be used for activities authorized by this section: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may accept and retain contributions, 
including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments to carry 
out activities as authorized by this section and shall be credited 
to the appropriate appropriations accounts, except that any funds 
so accepted by the Secretary shall not be available for obligation 
until a reprogramming action is submitted to the congressional 
defense committees: Provided further, That the President and the 
Secretary of Defense shall comply with the reporting requirements 
in section 149(b)(1), (b)(2), (c), and (d) of the Continuing Appropria-
tions Resolution, 2015 (Public Law 113–164): Provided further, That 
the term ‘‘appropriately vetted’’ as used in this section shall be 
construed to mean, at a minimum, assessments of possible recipi-
ents for associations with terrorist groups including the Islamic 
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Jabhat al Nusrah, Ahrar 
al Sham, other al-Qaeda related groups, Hezbollah, or Shia militias 
supporting the Governments of Syria or Iran; and for commitment 
to the rule of law and a peaceful and democratic Syria: Provided 
further, That none of the funds used pursuant to this authority 
shall be used for the procurement or transfer of man portable 
air defense systems: Provided further, That nothing in this section 
shall be construed to constitute a specific statutory authorization 
for the introduction of the United States Armed Forces into hos-
tilities or into situations wherein hostilities are clearly indicated 
by the circumstances, in accordance with section 8(a)(1) of the 
War Powers Resolution: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able by this section are designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the authority to provide 
assistance under this section shall terminate on September 30, 
2015. 
SEC. 9017. None of the funds in this Act may be made available 
for the transfer of additional C–130 cargo aircraft to the Afghanistan 
National Security Forces or the Afghanistan Air Force until the
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Department of Defense provides a report to the congressional 
defense committees of the Afghanistan Air Force’s medium airlift 
requirements. The report should identify Afghanistan’s ability to 
utilize and maintain existing medium lift aircraft in the inventory 
and the best alternative platform, if necessary, to provide additional 
support to the Afghanistan Air Force’s current medium airlift 
capacity. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9018. In addition to amounts appropriated in title II 
or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, $1,000,000,000 
is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense and made 
available for transfer to the operation and maintenance accounts 
of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (including National 
Guard and reserve) for purposes of improving military readiness: 
Provided, That the transfer authority provided under this provision 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere 
in this Act: Provided further, 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. 
TITLE X 
EBOLA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS 
PROCUREMENT 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 
$17,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, for 
expenses related to the Ebola outbreak: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $95,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016, for expenses related to developing tech-
nologies that are relevant to the Ebola outbreak: 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. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2015’’.
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DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief 
of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of 
the Army pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage 
reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and 
related efforts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the collec-
tion and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic eco-
system restoration, and related needs; for surveys and detailed 
studies, and plans and specifications of proposed river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to construc-
tion; for restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous inves-
tigations, and, when authorized by law, surveys and detailed 
studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior to construc-
tion, $122,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary may initiate up to, but not more than, 10 
new study starts during fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That 
the new study starts will consist of seven studies where the majority 
of the benefits are derived from navigation transportation savings 
or from flood and storm damage reduction and three studies where 
the majority of the benefits are derived from environmental restora-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 
the new starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan has been 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic eco-
system restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for 
conducting detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such 
projects (including those involving participation by States, local 
governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for 
selection by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to 
construction); $1,639,489,000, to remain available until expended; 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share 
of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material Dis-
posal Facilities program shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund as authorized by Public Law 104–303; and of 
which such sums as are necessary to cover one-half of the costs
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of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland 
waterways projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways 
Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for in law: 
Provided, That the Secretary may initiate up to, but not more 
than, four new construction starts during fiscal year 2015: Provided 
further, That the new construction starts will consist of three 
projects where the majority of the benefits are derived from naviga-
tion transportation savings or from flood and storm damage reduc-
tion and one project where the majority of the benefits are derived 
from environmental restoration: Provided further, That for new 
construction projects, project cost sharing agreements shall be 
executed as soon as practicable but no later than August 31, 2015: 
Provided further, That no allocation for a new start shall be consid-
ered final and no work allowance shall be made until the Secretary 
provides to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate an out-year funding scenario dem-
onstrating the affordability of the selected new start and the impacts 
on other projects: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 
deviate from the new starts proposed in the work plan, once the 
plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects 
and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below 
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $302,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which such sums as are nec-
essary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and mainte-
nance costs for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and 
care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by 
law; providing security for infrastructure owned or operated by 
the Corps, including administrative buildings and laboratories; 
maintaining harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, 
or other public agency that serve essential navigation needs of 
general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying and charting 
northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing 
and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to naviga-
tion, $2,908,511,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible 
operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, 
and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund; of which such sums as become available from 
the special account for the Corps of Engineers established by the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived 
from that account for resource protection, research, interpretation, 
and maintenance activities related to resource protection in the 
areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and of which such 
sums as become available from fees collected under section 217 
of Public Law 104–303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation 
and maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for 
which such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent
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of the total amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 
projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not be allo-
cated to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of the 
fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for use 
by the Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as 
the Chief of Engineers determines to be necessary and appropriate, 
and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the fourth 
quarter any remaining funds which have not been used for emer-
gency activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts pro-
vided for the programs, projects, or activities. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining 
to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $200,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites 
in the United States resulting from work performed as part of 
the Nation’s early atomic energy program, $101,500,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary 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, $28,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 
administration of the civil works program in the headquarters 
of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the Division Engineers; 
and for costs of management and operation of the Humphreys 
Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute for Water 
Resources, the United States Army Engineer Research and Develop-
ment Center, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers 
Finance Center allocable to the civil works program, $178,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which not to 
exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and representation 
purposes and only during the current fiscal year: Provided, That 
no part of any other appropriation provided in title I of this Act 
shall be available to fund the civil works activities of the Office 
of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive direction 
and management activities of the division offices: Provided further, 
That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 
may be used to fund the supervision and general administration 
of emergency operations, repairs, and other activities in response 
to any flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), $3,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I of this 
Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
or entities funded in title I of this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that: 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
for a different purpose, unless prior approval is received from 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; 
(5) augments or reduces existing programs, projects, or 
activities in excess of the amounts contained in paragraphs 
6 through 10, unless prior approval is received from the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations; 
(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over $100,000, re-
programming of 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit 
of $150,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: Provided, 
That for a base level less than $100,000, the reprogramming 
limit is $25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 
be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that 
did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and 
concomitant administrative expenses; 
(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over $2,000,000, re-
programming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit 
of $3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: Provided, 
That for a base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 
limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 may 
be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, changed condi-
tions, or real estate deficiency judgments: Provided further, 
That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 
study or activity that did not receive an appropriation for 
existing obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 
(8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlimited reprogram-
ming authority is granted for the Corps to be able to respond 
to emergencies: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers shall 
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
of these emergency actions as soon thereafter as practicable: 
Provided further, That for a base level over $1,000,000, re-
programming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit 
of $5,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: Provided 
further, That for a base level less than $1,000,000, the re-
programming limit is $150,000: Provided further, That $150,000 
may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 
that did not receive an appropriation; 
(9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.—The reprogram-
ming guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply
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to the Investigations, Construction, and Operation and Mainte-
nance portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account 
respectively; and 
(10) FORMERLY
UTILIZED
SITES
REMEDIAL
ACTION
PRO-
GRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of 
the receiving project is permitted. 
(b) DE MINIMIS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case should a re-
programming for less than $50,000 be submitted to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Subsection (a)(1) shall 
not apply to any project or activity funded under the continuing 
authorities program. 
(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations to establish the baseline 
for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year which shall include: 
(1) A table for each appropriation with a separate column 
to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 
by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
applicable, and the fiscal year enacted level; and 
(2) A delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
by object class and program, project and activity as detailed 
in the budget appendix for the respective appropriations; and 
(3) An identification of items of special congressional 
interest. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to award or modify any contract that commits funds beyond 
the amounts appropriated for that program, project, or activity 
that remain unobligated, except that such amounts may include 
any funds that have been made available through reprogramming 
pursuant to section 101. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army may transfer to the 
Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service may 
accept and expend, up to $4,700,000 of funds provided in this 
title under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ to mitigate 
for fisheries lost due to Corps of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 104. Subsection (a)(6) of section 511 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 3301 note; 110 Stat. 3761– 
3762; 113 Stat. 375–376; 121 Stat. 1203) is amended by striking 
‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$43,400,000’’. 
SEC. 105. The Secretary shall allocate funds made available 
in this Act solely in accordance with the provisions of this Act 
and the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), including the deter-
mination and designation of new starts. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to continue the study conducted by the Army Corps of 
Engineers pursuant to section 5018(a)(1) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114). 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used within the borders of the State of Louisiana by the Mis-
sissippi Valley Division or the Southwestern Division of the Army 
Corps of Engineers or any district of the Corps within such divisions 
to implement or enforce the mitigation methodology, referred to 
as the ‘‘Modified Charleston Method’’.
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SEC. 108. (a) Of the funds made available in prior appropria-
tions Acts for water resources efforts under the headings ‘‘Corps 
of Engineers—Civil, Department of the Army’’ that remain unobli-
gated as of the date of enactment of this Act, including amounts 
specified in law for particular projects, programs, or activities, 
$28,000,000 is rescinded. 
(b) None of the funds under subsection (a) may be rescinded 
from amounts that the Congress designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act making appropriations for Energy and Water Develop-
ment for any fiscal year may be used by the Corps of Engineers 
during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, to develop, adopt, 
implement, administer, or enforce any change to the regulations 
in effect on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definitions of the 
terms ‘‘fill material’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’ for the purposes 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 110. The limited reevaluation report initiated in fiscal 
year 2012 for the Mobile Harbor, Alabama navigation project shall 
include evaluation of the full depth of the project as authorized 
under section 201 of Public Law 99–662 (110 Stat. 4090) at the 
same non-Federal share of the cost as in the design agreement 
executed on August 14, 2012. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to require a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill 
material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1251, et seq.) for the activities identified in subparagraphs (A) 
and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A),(C)). 
SEC. 112. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the 
U.S. Department of the Army shall withdraw the interpretive rule, 
‘‘U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department 
of the Army Interpretive Rule Regarding the Applicability of the 
Clean Water Act Section 404(f)(1)(A),’’ signed on March 25, 2014. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah 
Project Completion Act, $9,874,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be deposited into the Utah 
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the 
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $1,300,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2016, for necessary expenses 
incurred in carrying out related responsibilities of the Secretary 
of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2015, of the 
amount made available to the Commission under this Act or any 
other Act, the Commission may use an amount not to exceed 
$1,500,000 for administrative expenses.
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BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to execute 
authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation: 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of water and 
related natural resources and for related activities, including the 
operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of reclamation and other 
facilities, participation in fulfilling related Federal responsibilities 
to Native Americans, and related grants to, and cooperative and 
other agreements with, State and local governments, federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes, and others, $978,131,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $25,000 shall be available for transfer 
to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $6,840,000 shall 
be available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin Develop-
ment Fund; of which such amounts as may be necessary may 
be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That 
such transfers may be increased or decreased within the overall 
appropriation under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
total appropriated, the amount for program activities that can be 
financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation 
special fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived 
from that Fund or account: Provided further, That funds contributed 
under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes 
for which the funds were contributed: Provided further, That funds 
advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account 
and are available until expended for the same purposes as the 
sums appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That of 
the amounts provided herein, funds may be used for high-priority 
projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706. 
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat restora-
tion, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central Valley 
Project Improvement Act, $56,995,000, to be derived from such 
sums as may be collected in the Central Valley Project Restoration 
Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public 
Law 102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the 
full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration payments 
authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this heading 
may be used for the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream 
purposes if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 
by a court adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water Supply, 
Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, consistent with
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plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $37,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which such amounts as 
may be necessary to carry out such activities may be transferred 
to appropriate accounts of other participating Federal agencies to 
carry out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appropriated 
herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs of CALFED 
Program 
management: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
CALFED 
implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner with 
clear performance measures demonstrating concurrent progress in 
achieving the goals and objectives of the Program. 
POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of policy, administration, and related 
functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, 
and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, $58,500,000, to be 
derived from the Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as 
provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other 
appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or functions 
budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$500,000 is hereby rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available 
for purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles, which 
are for replacement only. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II of this 
Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided by previous 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in title II 
of this Act for Water and Related Resources that remain available 
for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate; 
(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or activity 
for which funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior 
approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate; 
(5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits, unless 
prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
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(A) 15 percent for any program, project or activity 
for which $2,000,000 or more is available at the beginning 
of the fiscal year; or 
(B) $300,000 for any program, project or activity for 
which less than $2,000,000 is available at the beginning 
of the fiscal year; 
(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the Facilities 
Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category or the 
Resources Management and Development category to any pro-
gram, project, or activity in the other category, unless prior 
approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate; or 
(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal obligations 
of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than $5,000,000 to provide 
adequate funds for settled contractor claims, increased con-
tractor earnings due to accelerated rates of operations, and 
real estate deficiency judgments, unless prior approval is 
received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds 
within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation 
category. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term transfer means any 
movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity. 
(d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quar-
terly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives 
and 
the 
Senate 
detailing 
all 
the 
funds 
reprogrammed between programs, projects, activities, or categories 
of funding. The first quarterly report shall be submitted not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to determine the final 
point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit 
until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State 
of California of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality 
standards of the State of California as approved by the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any 
detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 
(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 
and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall 
be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable or 
nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the 
‘‘Cleanup 
Program—Alternative 
Repayment 
Plan’’ 
and 
the 
‘‘SJVDP—Alternative Repayment Plan’’ described in the report enti-
tled ‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 
and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, pre-
pared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. 
Any future obligations of funds by the United States relating to, 
or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for the San 
Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries 
of such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 
SEC. 203. Section 9504(e) of the Secure Water Act of 2009 
(42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘$200,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$300,000,000’’. 
SEC. 204. Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) is amended by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’.
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SEC. 205. Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed Bay- 
Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended by section 
210 of Public Law 111–85, is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
SEC. 206. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior may 
fund or participate in pilot projects to increase Colorado River 
System water in Lake Mead and the initial units of Colorado 
River Storage Project reservoirs, as authorized by the first section 
of the Act of April 11, 1956 (43 U.S.C. 620), to address the effects 
of historic drought conditions. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Pilot projects under this section are 
authorized to be funded through— 
(1) grants by the Secretary to public entities that use 
water from the Colorado River Basin for municipal purposes 
for projects that are implemented by 1 or more non-Federal 
entities; or 
(2) grants or other appropriate financial agreements to 
provide additional funds for renewing or implementing water 
conservation agreements that are in existence on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) Funds in the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund estab-
lished by section 5 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act 
(43 U.S.C. 620d) and the Lower Colorado River Basin Develop-
ment Fund established by section 403 of the Colorado River 
Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C. 1543) shall not be used to carry 
out this section; and 
(2) the authority to fund these pilot projects through grants 
shall terminate on September 30, 2018. 
(d) REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than September 
30, 2018, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report evaluating the effectiveness of 
the pilot projects described in subsection (a) and a recommendation 
to Congress whether the activities undertaken by the pilot projects 
should be continued. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for energy efficiency and renewable energy 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition 
or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $1,936,999,858, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That $160,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2016, for program direction: 
Provided further, That, of the amount provided under this heading,
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the Secretary may transfer up to $45,000,000 to the Defense Produc-
tion Act Fund for activities of the Department of Energy pursuant 
to the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061, et 
seq.): Provided further, That $13,064,858 from unobligated balances 
available from prior year appropriations provided under this 
heading is hereby rescinded, of which $145,204 is from Public 
Law 111–8 and $696,654 is from Public Law 111–85: Provided 
further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for electricity delivery and energy reli-
ability activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$147,306,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$27,606,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, for pro-
gram direction. 
NUCLEAR ENERGY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for nuclear energy activities in carrying 
out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation 
of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $913,500,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That, of the amount made available under 
this heading, $80,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2016, for program direction including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $10,000: Provided further, That, 
of the funds made available under this heading in prior years, 
$80,000,000 of unobligated balances is hereby rescinded, including 
up to $18,000,000 from funds provided for program direction activi-
ties: Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
fossil energy research and development activities, under the 
authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public 
Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, including defea-
sible and equitable interests in any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting 
inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning the
H. R. 83—185 
extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances with-
out objectionable social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 
and 1603), $571,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $119,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2016, for program direction. 
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out 
naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $19,950,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior 
years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve 
activities. 
ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND 
For necessary expenses in fulfilling the final payment under 
the Settlement Agreement entered into by the United States and 
the State of California on October 11, 1996, as authorized by section 
3415 of Public Law 104–106, $15,579,815, for payment to the State 
of California for the State Teachers’ Retirement Fund, of which 
$15,579,815 shall be derived from the Elk Hills School Lands Fund. 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and program 
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $200,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Northeast 
Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management 
activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $7,600,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the unobligated balances from prior year appro-
priations available under this heading, $6,000,000 is hereby 
rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
the 
activities 
of 
the 
Energy 
Information 
Administration, 
$117,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other expenses necessary for non-defense environmental cleanup
H. R. 83—186 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition 
or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $246,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funding made 
available under this heading may be made available for 15–D– 
410 Fort St. Vrain Facility Improvements Project. 
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING 
FUND 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
uranium enrichment facility decontamination and decommissioning, 
remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, and title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992, $625,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment 
Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available 
until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be available in accord-
ance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. 
SCIENCE 
For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 
other expenses necessary for science activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 
real property or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 17 passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, including two buses, 
$5,071,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$183,700,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, for pro-
gram direction: Provided further, That no funding may be made 
available for United States cash contributions to the International 
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project until its governing 
Council implements the recommendations of the Third Biennial 
International Organization Management Assessment Report: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Energy may waive this require-
ment upon submission to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a determination that 
the Council is making satisfactory progress towards implementation 
of such recommendations. 
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
the activities authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES 
Act (Public Law 110–69), as amended, $280,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $28,000,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2016, for program direction. 
TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
Such sums as are derived from amounts received from bor-
rowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be collected in accord-
ance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided, That, for necessary administrative expenses to carry out
H. R. 83—187 
this Loan Guarantee program, $42,000,000 is appropriated, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 
$25,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section 1702(h) of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited as offsetting collec-
tions to this account to cover administrative expenses and shall 
remain available until expended, so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2015 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 
more than $17,000,000: Provided further, That fees collected under 
section 1702(h) in excess of the amount appropriated for administra-
tive expenses shall not be available until appropriated: Provided 
further, That the Department of Energy shall not subordinate any 
loan obligation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed 
Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations in violation of 
section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations. 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING LOAN 
PROGRAM 
For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary 
in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing 
Loan Program, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016. 
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
under this heading, $6,600,000 is hereby permanently rescinded: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy nec-
essary for departmental administration in carrying out the purposes 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), $245,142,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official 
reception and representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus 
such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the 
estimated amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding the 
provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Pro-
vided, That such increases in cost of work are offset by revenue 
increases of the same or greater amount: Provided further, That 
moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous revenues 
estimated to total $119,171,000 in fiscal year 2015 may be retained 
and used for operating expenses within this account, as authorized 
by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions 
of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than $125,971,000: 
Provided further, That $31,181,000 is for Energy Policy and Systems 
Analysis: Provided further, That of the funds made available for
H. R. 83—188 
Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, the Secretary may obligate 
only $26,000,000 until the report required under section 315(f) 
of this Act has been submitted to Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $40,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense 
weapons activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and 
the purchase of not to exceed 4 passenger vehicles, $8,231,770,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That $97,118,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2016, for program direction: 
Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations available under this heading, $45,113,000 is hereby 
rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other incidental expenses necessary for defense nuclear non-
proliferation activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 
$1,641,369,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
funds provided by this Act for Project 99–D–143, Mixed Oxide 
Fuel Fabrication Facility, and by prior Acts that remain unobligated 
for such Project, may be made available only for construction and 
program support activities for such Project: Provided further, That 
of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available 
under this heading, $24,731,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided fur-
ther, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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NAVAL REACTORS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reac-
tors activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition (by purchase, 
condemnation, construction, or otherwise) of real property, plant, 
and 
capital 
equipment, 
facilities, 
and 
facility 
expansion, 
$1,238,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$41,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, for pro-
gram direction: Provided further, That $4,500,000 from unobligated 
balances available from prior year appropriations provided under 
this heading is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts 
may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for Federal Salaries and Expenses (pre-
viously the Office of the Administrator) in the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, $370,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016, including official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $12,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental 
cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 
the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and 
the purchase of not to exceed one sport utility vehicle, one heavy 
duty truck, two ambulances, and one ladder fire truck for replace-
ment only, $5,010,830,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $280,784,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2016, for program direction: Provided further, That $10,830,000 
from unobligated balances available from prior year appropriations 
provided under this heading is hereby rescinded: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEFENSE URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 
DECOMMISSIONING 
For an additional amount for atomic energy of defense environ-
mental cleanup activities for Department of Energy contributions 
for uranium enrichment decontamination and decommissioning
H. R. 83—190 
activities, $463,000,000, to be deposited into the Defense Environ-
mental Cleanup account which shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium 
Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund’’. 
OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 
other expenses, necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense 
activities, and classified activities, in carrying out the purposes 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc-
tion, or expansion, $754,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $249,378,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016, for program direction. 
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATION 
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 
Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are approved for the 
Black Canyon Trout Hatchery and, in addition, for official reception 
and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: 
Provided, That during fiscal year 2015, no new direct loan obliga-
tions may be made. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy, 
including transmission wheeling and ancillary services, pursuant 
to section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), 
as applied to the southeastern power area, $7,220,000, including 
official reception and representation expenses in an amount not 
to exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944, up to $7,220,000 collected by the Southeastern 
Power Administration from the sale of power and related services 
shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collec-
tions, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of 
funding the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Administra-
tion: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual 
expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $0: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $73,579,000 collected by the South-
eastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall 
be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power 
and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes 
of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred 
(excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses).
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy, 
for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations 
and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses, 
including official reception and representation expenses in an 
amount not to exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the Southwestern 
Power Administration, $46,240,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and sec-
tion 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to 
$34,840,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration 
from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 
this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual 
expenses of the Southwestern Power Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall 
be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated 
at not more than $11,400,000: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $53,000,000 collected by the South-
western Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall 
be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power 
and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That, for purposes 
of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred 
(excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 
302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and 
other related activities including conservation and renewable 
resources programs as authorized, $304,402,000, including official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, to remain available until expended, of which $296,321,000 
shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation 
Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 
of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 
1 of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 
392a), up to $211,030,000 collected by the Western Area Power 
Administration from the sale of power and related services shall 
be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 
the annual expenses of the Western Area Power Administration: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual 
expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $93,372,000, of which $85,291,000 is 
derived from the Reclamation Fund: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $260,510,000 collected by the 
Western Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 
Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover
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purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this 
account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended 
for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures: Provided further, That, for purposes of this appropria-
tion, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recov-
ered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase 
power and wheeling expenses). 
FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUND 
For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydro-
electric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $4,727,000, 
to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the 
Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of the 
Western Area Power Administration, as provided in section 2 of 
the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwith-
standing the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 
to $4,499,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration 
from the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and 
Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as discretionary 
offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the 
sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric 
facilities of these Dams and associated Western Area Power 
Administration activities: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 
are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2015 appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual 
expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the 
same year that they are incurred: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2015, the Administrator of the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration may accept up to $802,000 in funds contributed by United 
States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit 
into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, 
and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which contrib-
uted in like manner as if said sums had been specifically appro-
priated for such purpose: Provided further, That any such funds 
shall be available without further appropriation and without fiscal 
year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United States 
Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for 
the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 
replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these Dams 
in accordance with agreements reached between the Administrator, 
Commissioner, and the power customers. 
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 
$3,000, $304,389,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the amount appropriated herein, not more than $5,400,000 
may be made available for salaries, travel, and other support costs
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for the offices of the Commissioners: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, not to exceed $304,389,000 
of revenues from fees and annual charges, and other services and 
collections in fiscal year 2015 shall be retained and used for nec-
essary expenses in this account, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received during 
fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropria-
tion from the general fund estimated at not more than $0. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority made avail-
able by this title for the Department of Energy shall be used 
to initiate or resume any program, project, or activity or to prepare 
or initiate Requests For Proposals or similar arrangements 
(including Requests for Quotations, Requests for Information, and 
Funding Opportunity Announcements) for a program, project, or 
activity if the program, project, or activity has not been funded 
by Congress. 
(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds made 
available in this title may be used to— 
(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary grant award 
totaling $1,000,000 or more; 
(B) make a discretionary contract award or Other Trans-
action Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, including a con-
tract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation; 
(C) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, 
or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) or 
(B); or 
(D) announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, 
award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph 
(A) or (B). 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report detailing 
each grant allocation or discretionary grant award totaling less 
than $1,000,000 provided during the previous quarter. 
(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the report 
required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient of the award, 
the amount of the award, the fiscal year for which the funds 
for the award were appropriated, the account and program, project, 
or activity from which the funds are being drawn, the title of 
the award, and a brief description of the activity for which the 
award is made. 
(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect to any 
program, project, or activity that uses budget authority made avail-
able in this title under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy 
Programs’’, enter into a multiyear contract, award a multiyear 
grant, or enter into a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 
(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is funded 
for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time 
of award; or
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(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement includes 
a clause conditioning the Federal Government’s obligation on 
the availability of future year budget authority and the Sec-
retary notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate at least 3 days in advance. 
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), the 
amounts made available by this title shall be expended as author-
ized by law for the programs, projects, and activities specified 
in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table 
included under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 
reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and the Depart-
ment shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days prior to the 
use of any proposed reprogramming which would cause any pro-
gram, project, or activity funding level to increase or decrease 
by more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during 
the time period covered by this Act. 
(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
that— 
(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, or 
activity; 
(2) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
Act; or 
(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a specific 
program, project, or activity by this Act. 
(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any requirement 
or restriction in this section that applies to the use of funds made 
available for the Department of Energy if compliance with such 
requirement or restriction would pose a substantial risk to human 
health, the environment, welfare, or national security. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 
not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which a 
requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. Such 
notice shall include an explanation of the substantial risk under 
paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 
SEC. 302. The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 
provided for activities in this Act may be available to the same 
appropriation accounts for such activities established pursuant to 
this title. Available balances may be merged with funds in the 
applicable established accounts and thereafter may be accounted 
for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted. 
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or 
made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 
for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2015 until the enactment of 
the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be used for the construction of facilities classified as high-hazard
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nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 unless independent over-
sight is conducted by the Office of Independent Enterprise Assess-
ments to ensure the project is in compliance with nuclear safety 
requirements. 
SEC. 305. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical decision-3 under 
Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or any successive depart-
mental guidance, for construction projects where the total project 
cost exceeds $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost esti-
mate has been developed for the project for that critical decision. 
SEC. 306. (a) SECRETARIAL DETERMINATIONS.—In this fiscal 
year, and in each subsequent fiscal year, any determination 
(including a determination made prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act) by the Secretary of Energy under section 3112(d)(2)(B) 
of the USEC Privatization Act (110 Stat. 1321–335), as amended, 
shall be valid for not more than 2 calendar years subsequent 
to such determination. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—In this fiscal year, and in 
each subsequent fiscal year, not less than 30 days prior to the 
provision of uranium in any form the Secretary of Energy shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate of the following— 
(1) the provisions of law (including regulations) authorizing 
the provision of uranium; 
(2) the amount of uranium to be provided; 
(3) an estimate by the Secretary of Energy of the gross 
fair market value of the uranium on the expected date of 
the provision of the uranium; 
(4) the expected date of the provision of the uranium; 
(5) the recipient of the uranium; 
(6) the value the Secretary of Energy expects to receive 
in exchange for the uranium, including any adjustments to 
the gross fair market value of the uranium; and 
(7) whether the uranium to be provided is encumbered 
by any restriction on use under an international agreement 
or otherwise. 
SEC. 307. Notwithstanding section 301(c) of this Act, none 
of the funds made available under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Energy—Energy Programs—Science’’ may be used for a multiyear 
contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or Other Transaction Agree-
ment of $1,000,000 or less unless the contract, grant, cooperative 
agreement, or Other Transaction Agreement is funded for the full 
period of performance as anticipated at the time of award. 
SEC. 308. In fiscal year 2015 and subsequent fiscal years, 
the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees (as defined in U.S.C. 101(a)(16)) a report, on each 
major warhead refurbishment program that reaches the Phase 6.3 
milestone, that provides an analysis of alternatives. Such report 
shall include— 
(1) a full description of alternatives considered prior to 
the award of Phase 6.3; 
(2) a comparison of the costs and benefits of each of those 
alternatives, to include an analysis of trade-offs among cost, 
schedule, and performance objectives against each alternative 
considered; 
(3) identification of the cost and risk of critical technology 
elements associated with each alternative, including technology
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maturity, integration risk, manufacturing feasibility, and dem-
onstration needs; 
(4) identification of the cost and risk of additional capital 
asset and infrastructure capabilities required to support produc-
tion and certification of each alternative; 
(5) a comparative analysis of the risks, costs, and sched-
uling needs for any military requirement intended to enhance 
warhead safety, security, or maintainability, including any 
requirement to consolidate and/or integrate warhead systems 
or mods as compared to at least one other feasible refurbish-
ment alternative the Nuclear Weapons Council considers appro-
priate; and 
(6) a life-cycle cost estimate for the alternative selected 
that details the overall cost, scope, and schedule planning 
assumptions. 
SEC. 309. (a) Unobligated balances available from prior year 
appropriations are hereby rescinded from the following accounts 
of the Department of Energy in the specified amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Energy Programs—Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy’’, $9,740,000. 
(2) ‘‘Energy Programs—Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability’’, $331,000. 
(3) ‘‘Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, $121,000. 
(4) ‘‘Energy Programs—Fossil Energy Research and 
Development’’, $10,413,000. 
(5) ‘‘Energy Programs—Science’’, $3,262,000. 
(6) 
‘‘Energy 
Programs—Advanced 
Research 
Projects 
Agency—Energy’’, $18,000. 
(7) ‘‘Energy Programs—Departmental Administration’’, 
$928,000. 
(8) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear 
Security Administration—Weapons Activities’’, $6,298,000. 
(9) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear 
Security Administration—Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’, 
$1,390,000. 
(10) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear 
Security Administration—Naval Reactors’’, $160,000. 
(11) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—National Nuclear 
Security 
Administration—Office 
of 
the 
Administrator’’, 
$413,000. 
(12) ‘‘Environmental and Other Defense Activities—Defense 
Environmental Cleanup’’, $9,983,000. 
(13) ‘‘Environmental and Other Defense Activities—Other 
Defense Activities’’, $551,000. 
(14) ‘‘Power Marketing Administrations—Construction, 
Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area 
Power Administration’’, $1,632,000. 
(b) No amounts may be rescinded by this section from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 310. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’ 
may be made available to enter into new contracts with, or new 
agreements for Federal assistance to, the Russian Federation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition in sub-
section (a) if the Secretary determines that such activity is in
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the national security interests of the United States. This waiver 
authority may not be delegated. 
(c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effective until 
15 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, in classified form if necessary, a report on the justifica-
tion for the waiver. 
SEC. 311. Of the funds authorized by the Secretary of Energy 
for laboratory directed research and development, no individual 
program, project, or activity funded by this or any subsequent 
Act making appropriations for Energy and Water Development 
for any fiscal year may be charged more than the statutory max-
imum authorized for such activities: Provided, That this section 
shall take effect not earlier than October 1, 2015. 
SEC. 312. (a) DOMESTIC URANIUM ENRICHMENT.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this or any other Act or that may be available 
to the Department of Energy may be used for the construction 
of centrifuges for the production of enriched uranium for national 
security needs in fiscal year 2015. 
(b) The Department shall provide a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than April 30, 2015 that includes: 
(1) an accounting of the current and future availability 
of low-enriched uranium, highly-enriched uranium, and tritium 
to meet defense needs; and 
(2) a cost-benefit analysis of each of the options available 
to supply enriched uranium for defense purposes, including 
a preliminary cost and schedule estimate to build a national 
security train. 
SEC. 313. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used— 
(1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) of title 10, 
Code of Federal Regulations; or 
(2) to implement or enforce the standards established by 
the tables contained in section 325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect 
to BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent 
reflector lamps, and ER incandescent reflector lamps. 
SEC. 314. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of section 3112(d)(2)(B) of the USEC 
Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10(d)(2)(B)) and all public notice 
and comment requirements under chapter 6 of title 5, United States 
Code, that are applicable to carrying out such section. 
SEC. 315. (a) NOTIFICATION OF STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
DRAWDOWN.—None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any prior Act, or funds made available in the SPR Petroleum 
Account, may be used to conduct a drawdown (including a test 
drawdown) and sale or exchange of petroleum products from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless the Secretary of Energy pro-
vides notice, in accordance with subsection (b), of such exchange, 
or drawdown (including a test drawdown) to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(b)(1) CONTENT
OF
NOTIFICATION.—The notification required 
under subsection (a) shall include at a minimum— 
(A) The justification for the drawdown or exchange, 
including—
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(i) a specific description of any obligation under 
international energy agreements; and 
(ii) in the case of a test drawdown, the specific 
aspects of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be tested; 
(B) the provisions of law (including regulations) author-
izing the drawdown or exchange; 
(C) the number of barrels of petroleum products pro-
posed to be withdrawn or exchanged; 
(D) the location of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
site or sites from which the petroleum products are pro-
posed to be withdrawn; 
(E) a good faith estimate of the expected proceeds 
from the sale of the petroleum products; 
(F) an estimate of the total inventories of petroleum 
products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after the 
anticipated drawdown; 
(G) a detailed plan for disposition of the proceeds after 
deposit into the SPR Petroleum Account; and 
(H) a plan for refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 
including whether the acquisition will be of the same or 
a different petroleum product. 
(2) TIMING OF NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall provide 
the notification required under subsection (a)— 
(A) in the case of an exchange or a drawdown, as 
soon as practicable after the exchange or drawdown has 
occurred; and 
(B) in the case of a test drawdown, not later than 
30 days prior to a test drawdown. 
(c) POST-SALE NOTIFICATION.—In addition to reporting require-
ments under other provisions of law, the Secretary shall, upon 
the execution of all contract awards associated with a competitive 
sale of petroleum products, notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the actual value 
of the proceeds from the sale. 
(d)(1) NEW REGIONAL RESERVES.—The Secretary may not estab-
lish any new regional petroleum product reserve— 
(A) unless funding for the proposed regional petroleum 
product reserve is explicitly requested in advance in an 
annual budget submission and approved by the Congress 
in an appropriations Act; or 
(B) until 90 days after notification of, and approval 
by, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. 
(2) The budget request or notification shall include— 
(A) the justification for the new reserve; 
(B) a cost estimate for the establishment, operation, 
and maintenance of the reserve, including funding sources; 
(C) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, 
including the conditions upon which the products may be 
released; 
(D) the location of the reserve; and 
(E) the estimate of the total inventory of the reserve. 
(e) REPORT ON REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.—Not later than 
180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a detailed plan for operation of the refined
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petroleum products reserve, including funding sources and the 
conditions upon which refined petroleum products may be released. 
(f) REPORT ON STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE EXPANSION.— 
(1) The Secretary, through the Office of Energy Policy and Systems 
Analysis, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 180 
days after enactment of this Act the report required in Public 
Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 617) regarding the expansion of the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve. 
(2) The report required in paragraph (1) shall include an 
analysis of the impacts of Northeast Regional Refined Petro-
leum Product Reserve on the domestic petroleum market. 
TITLE IV 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized 
by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, notwith-
standing 40 U.S.C. 14704, and for necessary expenses for the Fed-
eral Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional 
Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the administrative 
expenses of the Commission, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $90,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 100–456, section 
1441, $28,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 
DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary of the Delta Regional Authority and 
to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional 
Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 
382M, and 382N of said Act, $12,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
DENALI COMMISSION 
For expenses of the Denali Commission including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment as 
necessary and other expenses, $10,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 
306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, That funds 
shall be available for construction projects in an amount not to 
exceed 80 percent of total project cost for distressed communities, 
as defined by section 307 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 
(division C, title III, Public Law 105–277), as amended by section
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701 of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A– 
280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed 
communities. 
NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary of the Northern Border Regional 
Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V 
of title 40, United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall be available 
for administrative expenses, notwithstanding section 15751(b) of 
title 40, United States Code. 
SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses of the Southeast Crescent Regional 
Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V 
of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission in carrying out 
the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $1,003,233,000, including official rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $25,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, 
not more than $7,500,000 may be made available for salaries, 
travel, and other support costs for the Office of the Commission, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which, notwith-
standing section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure shall only 
be approved by a majority vote of the Commission: Provided further, 
That the Commission may reprogram, not earlier than 30 days 
after notification of and approval by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, up to an 
additional $2,000,000 for salaries, travel, and other support costs 
of the Office of the Commission: Provided further, That revenues 
from licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 
collections estimated at $885,375,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall be 
retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 
account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received during 
fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropria-
tion estimated at not more than $117,858,000: Provided further, 
That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 
shall be for university research and development in areas relevant 
to their respective organization’s mission, and $5,000,000 shall be 
for a Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Program that will 
support multiyear projects that do not align with programmatic 
missions but are critical to maintaining the discipline of nuclear 
science and engineering.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$12,071,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: Pro-
vided, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and 
other services and collections estimated at $10,099,000 in fiscal 
year 2015 shall be retained and be available until September 30, 
2016, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwith-
standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2015 so as 
to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $1,972,000: Provided further, That, of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, $850,000 shall be for Inspector 
General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 
which shall not be available from fee revenues: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in this fiscal 
year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission is authorized to exercise the same 
authorities with respect to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
Board, as determined by the Inspector General of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, as the Inspector General exercises under 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) with respect 
to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 
NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review 
Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–203, section 5051, 
$3,400,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
shall notify the other members of the Commission, the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Represent-
atives, and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate, not later than 1 day after the Chairman begins per-
forming functions under the authority of section 3 of Reorganization 
Plan No. 1 of 1980, or after a member of the Commission who 
is delegated emergency functions under subsection (b) of that section 
begins performing those functions. Such notification shall include 
an explanation of the circumstances warranting the exercise of 
such authority. The Chairman shall report to the Committees, 
not less frequently than once each week, on the actions taken 
by the Chairman, or a delegated member of the Commission, under 
such authority, until the authority is relinquished. The Chairman 
shall notify the Committees not later than 1 day after such 
authority is relinquished. The Chairman shall submit the report 
required by section 3(d) of the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1980 
to the Committees not later than 1 day after it was submitted 
to the Commission. This section shall be in effect in fiscal year 
2015 and each subsequent fiscal year.
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SEC. 402. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall comply 
with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its Internal Commis-
sion Procedures when responding to Congressional requests for 
information. 
SEC. 403. (a) SECURING RADIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.—No later 
than 2 years from enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission (NRC) shall provide a report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
that evaluates the effectiveness of the requirements of 10 CFR 
Part 37 and determines whether such requirements are adequate 
to protect high-risk radiological material. Such evaluation shall 
consider inspection results and event reports from the first two 
years of implementation of the requirements in 10 CFR Part 37 
for NRC licensees. 
(b) No later than 2 years after the completion of the NRC 
evaluation required in subsection (a), the Government Account-
ability Office, with assistance from an independent group of security 
experts, shall provide a report to Congress on the effectiveness 
of the requirements of 10 CFR Part 37 for NRC and Agreement 
State licensees and recommendations to further strengthen radio-
logical security. 
SEC. 404. For this fiscal year, and each fiscal year hereafter, 
each independent agency receiving funding under this title shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a Congressional Budget Justification 
and a detailed annual report. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 
action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 
Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title III 
of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant 
to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided in this Act 
or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal year, transfer 
authority referenced in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States Government may provide goods or serv-
ices to another department, agency, or instrumentality. 
(b) None of the funds made available for any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may 
be transferred to accounts funded in title III of this Act, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided 
in this Act or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal year, 
transfer authority referenced in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide 
goods or services to another department, agency, or instrumentality.
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(c) The head of any relevant department or agency funded 
in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate a semiannual report detailing the transfer authorities, 
except for any authority whereby a department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government may provide goods 
or services to another department, agency, or instrumentality, used 
in the previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 
shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes for which 
they were transferred, and shall not replace or modify existing 
notification requirements for each authority. 
SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 12898 of February 
11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in 
Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water Develop-
ment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
DIVISION E—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL 
GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including 
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and 
improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for 
the performance of official business; executive direction program 
activities; international affairs and economic policy activities; 
domestic finance and tax policy activities; and Treasury-wide 
management policies and programs activities, $210,000,000: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official reception and 
representation expenses; 
(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate; and 
(3) not to exceed $24,200,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016, for— 
(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and 
Internal Control Program; 
(B) information technology modernization require-
ments; 
(C) in an amount not less than $9,500,000, the audit, 
oversight, and administration of the Gulf Coast Restoration 
Trust Fund; and 
(D) in an amount not to exceed $3,400,000, the develop-
ment and implementation of programs within the Office 
of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance Policy, 
including entering into cooperative agreements.
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OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial system against 
illicit use and to combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, 
weapons of mass destruction proliferators, money launderers, drug 
kingpins, and other national security threats, $112,500,000: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated under this heading: (1) 
not to exceed $27,000,000 is available for administrative expenses; 
and (2) $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 
is available for secure space requirements: Provided further, That 
the unobligated balances of prior year appropriations made avail-
able for terrorism and financial intelligence activities under the 
heading ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Departmental Offices—Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ shall be transferred to, and merged with, this 
account. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data processing 
equipment, software, and services and for repairs and renovations 
to buildings owned by the Department of the Treasury, $2,725,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That these 
funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary 
to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, 
and other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be used to support or supplement 
‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Rev-
enue Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$35,351,000, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; of which 
not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of which up 
to $2,800,000 shall be for audits and investigations conducted pursu-
ant to section 1608 of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, 
Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast 
States Act of 2012 (33 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to 
exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses.
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TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, including purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 
for Tax Administration; $158,210,000, of which $5,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016; of which not to exceed 
$6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; of which 
not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administration; and 
of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF 
PROGRAM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Emergency Economic 
Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–343), $34,234,000. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 
training expenses of non-Federal and foreign government personnel 
to attend meetings and training concerned with domestic and for-
eign financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial 
regulation; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 
$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for 
assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without 
reimbursement, $112,000,000, of which not to exceed $34,335,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017. 
TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$769,000,000 are rescinded. 
BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of the 
Fiscal Service, $348,184,000; of which not to exceed $4,210,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017, is for information 
systems modernization initiatives; and of which $5,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses.
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In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and personnel expenses 
for financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 
1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $100,000,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 for 
cooperative research and development programs for laboratory serv-
ices; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and local agen-
cies with or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be for the costs 
of criminal enforcement activities and special law enforcement 
agents for targeting tobacco smuggling and other criminal diversion 
activities. 
UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the 
United States Mint is provided funding through the United States 
Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the produc-
tion of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, 
including both operating expenses and capital investments: Pro-
vided, That the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations 
incurred during fiscal year 2015 under such section 5136 for circu-
lating coinage and protective service capital investments of the 
United States Mint shall not exceed $20,000,000. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
To carry out the Riegle Community Development and Regu-
latory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I of Public 
Law 103–325), including services authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to 
exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for EX–3, 
$230,500,000. Of the amount appropriated under this heading— 
(1) not less than $152,400,000, notwithstanding section 
108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard 
to Small and/or Emerging Community Development Financial 
Institutions Assistance awards, is available until September 
30, 2016, for financial assistance and technical assistance under 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1), respectively, 
of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of 
which up to $3,102,500 may be used for the cost of direct 
loans: Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 
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 obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$25,000,000;
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(2) not less than $15,000,000, notwithstanding section 
108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)), is available 
until September 30, 2016, for financial assistance, technical 
assistance, training and outreach programs designed to benefit 
Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native 
communities and provided primarily through qualified commu-
nity development lender organizations with experience and 
expertise in community development banking and lending in 
Indian country, Native American organizations, tribes and 
tribal organizations, and other suitable providers; 
(3) not less than $18,000,000 is available until September 
30, 2016, for the Bank Enterprise Award program; 
(4) not less than $22,000,000, notwithstanding subsections 
(d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 
4707(d) and (e)), is available until September 30, 2016, for 
a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide financial assist-
ance, technical assistance, training, and outreach to community 
development financial institutions for the purpose of offering 
affordable financing and technical assistance to expand the 
availability of healthy food options in distressed communities; 
(5) up to $23,100,000 is available until September 30, 2015, 
for administrative expenses, including administration of CDFI 
fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, 
of which up to $1,000,000 is for capacity building to expand 
CDFI investments in underserved areas, and up to $300,000 
is for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
program; and 
(6) during fiscal year 2015, none of the funds available 
under this heading are available for the cost, as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of commit-
ments to guarantee bonds and notes under section 114A of 
the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That commit-
ments to guarantee bonds and notes under such section 114A 
shall not exceed $750,000,000: Provided further, That such 
section 114A shall remain in effect until September 30, 2015. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
TAXPAYER SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and edu-
cation, filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, and 
other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 
may be determined by the Commissioner, $2,156,554,000, of which 
not less than $7,000,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the 
Elderly Program, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be avail-
able for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, and of which not less 
than $12,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 
shall be available for a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assist-
ance matching grants program for tax return preparation assist-
ance, of which not less than $206,000,000 shall be available for 
operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate 
Service, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for identity theft casework.
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ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of the 
Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed taxes, to 
provide legal and litigation support, to conduct criminal investiga-
tions, to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of internal 
revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase and hire 
passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may 
be determined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of which not 
less than $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 
Enforcement program. 
OPERATIONS SUPPORT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 
support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent 
payments; facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; 
headquarters and other IRS-wide administration activities; research 
and statistics of income; telecommunications; information tech-
nology development, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and 
security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates 
as may be determined by the Commissioner; $3,638,446,000, of 
which not to exceed $315,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016; of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017, for research; of which not 
less than $1,850,000 shall be for the Internal Revenue Service 
Oversight Board; of which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses: Provided, That not later 
than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue 
Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller 
General of the United States detailing the cost and schedule 
performance for its major information technology investments, 
including the purpose and life-cycle stages of the investments; the 
reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such 
investments and strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using 
to mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental milestones 
to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter: Provided 
further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its 
budget justification for fiscal year 2016, a summary of cost and 
schedule performance information for its major information tech-
nology systems. 
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service’s busi-
ness systems modernization program, $290,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017, for the capital asset acquisition 
of information technology systems, including management and 
related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including related 
Internal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs associ-
ated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That 
not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal 
Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and 
the Comptroller General of the United States detailing the cost
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and schedule performance for CADE 2 and Modernized e-File 
information technology investments, including the purposes and 
life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost and 
schedule variances; the risks of such investments and the strategies 
the Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such risks; and 
the expected developmental milestones to be achieved and costs 
to be incurred in the next quarter. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be trans-
ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon 
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain an 
employee training program, which shall include the following topics: 
taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, cross-cultural 
relations, ethics, and the impartial application of tax law. 
SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 
enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the confiden-
tiality of taxpayer information and protect taxpayers against 
identity theft. 
SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facili-
ties and increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1– 
800 help line service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall con-
tinue to make improvements to the Internal Revenue Service 1– 
800 help line service a priority and allocate resources necessary 
to enhance the response time to taxpayer communications, particu-
larly with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available to the Internal 
Revenue Service by this Act may be used to make a video unless 
the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board determines in advance that 
making the video is appropriate, taking into account the cost, topic, 
tone, and purpose of the video. 
SEC. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a notice 
of confirmation of any address change relating to an employer 
making employment tax payments, and such notice shall be sent 
to both the employer’s former and new address and an officer 
or employee of the Internal Revenue Service shall give special 
consideration to an offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has 
been the victim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens 
of the United States for exercising any right guaranteed under 
the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target groups for regu-
latory scrutiny based on their ideological beliefs. 
SEC. 109. None of funds made available by this Act to the 
Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or expended on con-
ferences that do not adhere to the procedures, verification processes, 
documentation requirements, and policies issued by the Chief 
Financial Officer, Human Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared 
Services as a result of the recommendations in the report published
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on May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small Business/ 
Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, California’’ (Ref-
erence Number 2013–10–037). 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used in contravention of section 6103 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality and disclosure of returns 
and return information). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, 
repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor 
vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles 
without regard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles 
purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering 
into contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their dependents 
serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109. 
SEC. 112. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
this title made available under the headings ‘‘Departmental 
Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Spe-
cial Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, 
‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal 
Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may 
be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer under 
this section may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 
more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be trans-
ferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s 
appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 
appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or other-
wise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau 
of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal 
Reserve note. 
SEC. 115. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds 
from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries and Expenses’’ 
to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of 
debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed 
to such salaries and expenses account from debt collections received 
in the Debt Collection Fund. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used by the United 
States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the House Committee on Financial
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Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act or source to the Department 
of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the 
United States Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to 
consolidate any or all functions of the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing and the United States Mint without the explicit approval 
of the House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
SEC. 118. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the 
Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed 
to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 
504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during 
fiscal year 2015 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 
SEC. 119. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available from 
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial Revolving Fund 
for necessary official reception and representation expenses. 
SEC. 120. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a Capital 
Investment Plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives not later than 30 days following 
the submission of the annual budget submitted by the President: 
Provided, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital 
investment spending from all accounts within the Department of 
the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department-wide 
Systems and Capital Investment Programs account, Treasury Fran-
chise Fund account, and the Treasury Forfeiture Fund account: 
Provided further, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include 
expenditures occurring in previous fiscal years for each capital 
investment project that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 121. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of each 
quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial 
Research shall submit reports on their activities to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. 
(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) the obligations made during the previous quarter by 
object class, office, and activity; 
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of the fiscal 
year by object class, office, and activity; 
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within each office 
during the previous quarter; 
(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents within 
each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and 
performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in sub-
section (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Finan-
cial Research shall make officials available to testify on the contents 
of the reports required under subsection (a).
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SEC. 122. Within 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an itemized report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate on the amount of total funds charged to 
each office by the Franchise Fund including the amount charged 
for each service provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, 
a detailed description of the services, a detailed explanation of 
how each charge for each service is calculated, and a description 
of the role customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund. 
SEC. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the appropriate agencies, departments, bureaus, and commissions 
that have expertise in terrorism and complex financial instruments, 
shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on Finan-
cial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on economic 
warfare and financial terrorism. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Treasury 
Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS 
APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized 
by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as author-
ized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted 
for as provided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted 
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses, to be available for 
allocation within the Executive Office of the President; and for 
necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, 
$55,000,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at the White 
House, $12,700,000, to be expended and accounted for as provided 
by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at 
the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That 
all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence 
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclu-
sive authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring 
a reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal 
to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 
require the national committee of the political party of the President 
to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political events 
sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written 
notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing such amount 
within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that such amount 
is collected within 30 days after the submission of such notice: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that 
is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the 
interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt 
on a United States Government claim under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Pro-
vided further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and 
any accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the 
Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the 
reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence during 
the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such 
expenses, the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable 
official and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists 
of reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such 
amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the report: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall maintain a 
system for the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 
within the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 
classification of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Pro-
vided further, That no provision of this paragraph may be construed 
to exempt the Executive Residence from any other applicable 
requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive 
Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 105(d), 
$625,000, to remain available until expended, for required mainte-
nance, resolution of safety and health issues, and continued 
preventative maintenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers 
in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 
(15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,184,000.
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council and 
the Homeland Security Council, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,600,000. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $111,300,000, of which 
not to exceed $12,006,000 shall remain available until expended 
for continued modernization of the information technology infra-
structure within the Executive Office of the President. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 
Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, and to prepare and 
submit the budget of the United States Government, in accordance 
with section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, $91,750,000, 
of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official represen-
tation expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be 
used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders 
or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available for the 
Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended 
for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, 
except for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and 
Budget, before the Committees on Appropriations or their sub-
committees: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the 
Office of Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining 
if water resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief 
of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army are in 
compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements 
relevant to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro-
vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget shall 
have not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary policy 
reviews of water resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers 
has reported: Provided further, That the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing 
and appropriating committees when the 60-day review is initiated: 
Provided further, That if water resource reports have not been 
transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating 
committees within 15 days after the end of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget review period based on the notification from
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the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management and 
Budget concurrence with the report and act accordingly. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
469); not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 
of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, 
or public organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, 
$22,647,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, 
administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public and 
private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding 
or facilitating the work of the Office. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy’s 
High 
Intensity 
Drug 
Trafficking 
Areas 
Program, 
$245,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, for 
drug control activities consistent with the approved strategy for 
each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
(‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred 
to State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 
be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: 
Provided, That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal 
agencies and departments in amounts determined by the Director 
of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which up to 
$2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and associated activi-
ties: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of 
Public Law 106–58, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fiscal 
year 2013 may be used for any other approved activities of that 
HIDTA, subject to reprogramming requirements: Provided further, 
That each HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2014, shall be 
funded at not less than the fiscal year 2014 base level, unless 
the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate justification for changes 
to those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and published 
Office of National Drug Control Policy performance measures of 
effectiveness: Provided further, That the Director shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the initial allocation of fiscal 
year 2015 funding among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after 
enactment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned 
uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consultation 
with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That upon a determination that all 
or part of the funds so transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein and upon notification
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to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to 
this appropriation. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For other drug control activities authorized by the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109–469), $107,150,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available as follows: $93,500,000 for the Drug-Free 
Communities Program, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available 
as directed by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by 
Public Law 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); $1,400,000 for drug 
court training and technical assistance; $9,000,000 for anti-doping 
activities; $2,000,000 for the United States membership dues to 
the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 shall be made avail-
able as directed by section 1105 of Public Law 109–469: Provided, 
That amounts made available under this heading may be trans-
ferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry out 
such activities. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, secu-
rity, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the 
current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, $800,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of integrated, effi-
cient, secure, and effective uses of information technology in the 
Federal Government, $20,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget may transfer these funds to one or more other agencies 
to carry out projects to meet these purposes: Provided further, 
That the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit quarterly reports not later than 45 days after the end 
of each quarter to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate and the Government Account-
ability Office identifying the savings achieved by the Office of 
Management and Budget’s government-wide information technology 
reform efforts: Provided further, That such reports shall include 
savings identified by fiscal year, agency, and appropriation. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide 
assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned 
functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
106, including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106,
H. R. 83—217 
which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,211,000. 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to the 
extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice 
President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed 
$90,000 pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $299,000: Provided, That 
advances, repayments, or transfers from this appropriation may 
be made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 
out such activities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 
PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act under the 
headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Residence at the White 
House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Eco-
nomic Advisers’’, ‘‘National Security Council and Homeland Security 
Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the 
President’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other 
officer as the President may designate in writing), may, with 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent 
of any such appropriation to any other such appropriation, to be 
merged with and available for the same time and for the same 
purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, That 
the amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by more 
than 50 percent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount 
shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ 
or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ without the approval 
of the Vice President. 
SEC. 202. Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
section, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on the costs of implementing 
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(Public Law 111–203). Such report shall include— 
(1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary obligations 
of funds through fiscal year 2017, by Federal agency and by 
fiscal year, including— 
(A) the estimated obligations by cost inputs such as 
rent, information technology, contracts, and personnel; 
(B) the methodology and data sources used to calculate 
such estimated obligations; and 
(C) the specific section of such Act that requires the 
obligation of funds; and
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(2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 2017 from 
assessments, user fees, and other fees by the Federal agency 
making the collections, by fiscal year, including— 
(A) the methodology and data sources used to calculate 
such estimated collections; and 
(B) the specific section of such Act that authorizes 
the collection of funds. 
SEC. 203. (a) During fiscal year 2015, any Executive order 
issued by the President shall be accompanied by a statement from 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on the budg-
etary impact, including costs, benefits, and revenues, of the Execu-
tive order. 
(b) Any such statement shall include— 
(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary impact of such 
order on the Federal Government; 
(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary obligations 
and outlays, listed by Federal agency, for each year in the 
5-fiscal year period beginning in fiscal year 2015; and 
(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Government 
over the 5-fiscal year period beginning in fiscal year 2015. 
(c) If an Executive order is issued during fiscal year 2015 
due to a national emergency, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 
(a) not later than 15 days after the date that the Executive order 
is issued. 
SEC. 204. The Director of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and prior to the initial 
obligation of more than 20 percent of the funds appropriated in 
any account under the heading ‘‘Office of National Drug Control 
Policy’’, a detailed narrative and financial plan on the proposed 
uses of all funds under the account by program, project, and activity: 
Provided, That the reports required by this section shall be updated 
and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations every 6 months 
and shall include information detailing how the estimates and 
assumptions contained in previous reports have changed: Provided 
further, That any new projects and changes in funding of ongoing 
projects shall be subject to the prior approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
this Act made available to the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy may be transferred between appropriated programs upon 
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-
priation by more than 3 percent. 
SEC. 206. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of any appropriations in 
this Act made available to the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy may be reprogrammed within a program, project, or activity 
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 207. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Data-Driven 
Innovation’’ in division E of Public Law 113–76 is amended by 
striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the President 
Appropriations Act, 2015’’.
H. R. 83—219 
TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, 
as required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to 
be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $74,967,000, of 
which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of the chief justice and 
associate justices of the court. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the 
Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon 
the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, $11,640,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary 
expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $30,212,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and 
judges of the court. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, services, 
and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$17,807,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and 
judges of the court. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL 
SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees 
of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, 
necessary expenses of the courts, and the purchase, rental, repair, 
and cleaning of uniforms for Probation and Pretrial Services Office 
staff, as authorized by law, $4,846,818,000 (including the purchase
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of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 
shall remain available until expended for space alteration projects 
and for furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration 
and construction projects; and of which not to exceed $10,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2016, for the Integrated 
Workplace Initiative: Provided, That the amount provided for the 
Integrated Workplace Initiative shall not be available for obligation 
until the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts submits a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate showing that the 
estimated cost savings resulting from the Initiative will exceed 
the estimated amounts obligated for the Initiative. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary under current law for the salaries of circuit and district 
judges (including judges of the territorial courts of the United 
States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and judges retired from 
office or from regular active service. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal 
Claims associated with processing cases under the National Child-
hood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–660), not to exceed 
$5,423,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensa-
tion Trust Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the com-
pensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed 
to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A and 3599, and for 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons fur-
nishing investigative, expert, and other services for such representa-
tions as authorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with 
the maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of 
expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal 
cases where the defendant has waived representation by counsel; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protection 
of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain 
judicial 
civil 
forfeiture 
proceedings; 
the 
compensation 
and 
reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 
under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and general 
administrative expenses, $1,016,499,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized 
by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed 
in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal 
Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), 
$52,191,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily 
equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332.
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COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident 
to the provision of protective guard services for United States 
courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, 
and the procurement, installation, and maintenance of security 
systems and equipment for United States courthouses and other 
facilities housing Federal court operations, including building 
ingress-egress control, inspection of mail and packages, directed 
security patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 
by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as 
authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access 
to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), $513,975,000, of which not 
to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to 
be expended directly or transferred to the United States Marshals 
Service, which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 
Facility Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 
agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts and the Attorney General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle 
as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, $84,399,000, of which not to 
exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as 
authorized by Public Law 90–219, $26,959,000; of which $1,800,000 
shall remain available through September 30, 2016, to provide 
education and training to Federal court personnel; and of which 
not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $16,894,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception 
and representation expenses.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 
which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available 
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act 
may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
priation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 
Judicial Services, Defender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and 
Commissioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this 
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 
604 and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in section 608. 
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District 
Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference 
of the United States: Provided, That such available funds shall 
not exceed $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of 
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity 
as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 304. Section 3314(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘executive’’ each place it 
appears. 
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the United States Marshals 
Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its Director may 
designate in consultation with the Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, 
the security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department 
of Homeland Security to provide, except for the services specified 
in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security services 
at these courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts shall reimburse the United States 
Marshals Service rather than the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act 
of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended 
in the matter following paragraph (12)— 
(1) in the second sentence (relating to the District of 
Kansas), by striking ‘‘23 years and 6 months’’ and inserting 
‘‘24 years and 6 months’’; and 
(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District of Hawaii), 
by striking ‘‘20 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘21 years 
and 6 months’’. 
(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and 
Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 
115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second 
sentence (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 
‘‘21 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘22 years and 6 months’’.
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(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department of Justice 
Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 
133 note), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘12 years’’ and inserting 
‘‘13 years’’; 
(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central District 
of California), by striking ‘‘11 years and 6 months’’ and inserting 
‘‘12 years and 6 months’’; and 
(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western district 
of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘11 
years’’. 
SEC. 307. Section 84(b) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘Bakersfield,’’ after 
‘‘shall be held at’’. 
SEC. 308. Section 3155 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by deleting the words ‘‘and the 
Director’’; and 
(2) in the first sentence, by inserting at the end ‘‘and 
shall ensure that case file, statistical, and other information 
concerning the work of pretrial services is provided to the 
Director’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropriations Act, 
2015’’. 
TITLE IV 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be 
deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to 
be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident 
tuition support, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such funds, including any interest accrued thereon, 
may be used on behalf of eligible District of Columbia residents 
to pay an amount based upon the difference between in-State and 
out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher education, or 
to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 
higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of such funds 
may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic merit, 
the income and need of eligible students and such other factors 
as may be authorized: Provided further, That the District of 
Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the 
Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal 
funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent 
appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, 
and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the account shall be under the control of the District of 
Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 
for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Pro-
gram: Provided further, That the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer shall provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
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for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made 
and the purpose therefor. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS 
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined 
by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation 
with the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, 
$12,500,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of 
providing public safety at events related to the presence of the 
National Capital in the District of Columbia, including support 
requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service in 
carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to 
respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in 
the District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, 
$245,110,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals, $13,622,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is 
for official reception and representation expenses; for the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia, $116,443,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; 
for the District of Columbia Court System, $71,155,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation 
expenses; and $43,890,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016, for capital improvements for District of Columbia court-
house facilities: Provided, That funds made available for capital 
improvements shall be expended consistent with the District of 
Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condition assess-
ment: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quar-
terly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 
expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries 
and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 
30 days after providing written notice to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 
District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than 
$6,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading among the 
items and entities funded under this heading: Provided further, 
That the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District 
of Columbia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially 
similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 
of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District of 
Columbia Courts. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA COURTS 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and section 
11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided 
under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments 
for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of 
title 16, D.C. Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements
H. R. 83—225 
to provide guardian ad litem representation, training, technical 
assistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve 
the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments for 
counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chapter 3 of title 
16, D.C. Official Code, and payments authorized under section 
21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to services provided under 
the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and 
Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $49,890,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds provided under this 
heading shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial 
Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall 
be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget 
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for expenses of other Federal agencies. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER 
SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized by the National 
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 
1997, $234,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 is for official 
reception and representation expenses related to Community Super-
vision and Pretrial Services Agency programs, of which not to 
exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the 
implementation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which $173,155,000 
shall be for necessary expenses of Community Supervision and 
Sex Offender Registration, to include expenses relating to the super-
vision of adults subject to protection orders or the provision of 
services for or related to such persons, of which up to $9,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017, for the relocation 
of offender supervision field offices; and of which $60,845,000 shall 
be available to the Pretrial Services Agency: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 
shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds 
appropriated for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: 
Provided further, That amounts under this heading may be used 
for programmatic incentives for offenders and defendants success-
fully meeting terms of supervision: Provided further, That the 
Director is authorized to accept and use gifts in the form of in- 
kind contributions of the following: space and hospitality to support 
offender and defendant programs; equipment, supplies, and voca-
tional training services necessary to sustain, educate, and train 
offenders and defendants, including their dependent children; and 
programmatic incentives for offenders and defendants meeting 
terms of supervision: Provided further, That the Director shall 
keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of 
any gift under the previous proviso, and shall make such records 
available for audit and public inspection: Provided further, That 
the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Director is 
authorized to accept and use reimbursement from the District of 
Columbia Government for space and services provided on a cost 
reimbursable basis.
H. R. 83—226 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER 
SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 
of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service, as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and 
Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, $41,231,000, of which 
$1,150,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017, is for 
relocation of satellite offices: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget 
and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appro-
priated for salaries and expenses of Federal agencies: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United 
States Code, and in addition to the authority provided by the 
District of Columbia Code Section 2–1607(b), upon approval of 
the Board of Trustees, the District of Columbia Public Defender 
Service may accept and use voluntary and uncompensated services 
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the District 
of Columbia Public Defender Service: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding District of Columbia Code section 2–1603(d), for the 
purpose of any action brought against the Board of the Trustees 
of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, the trustees 
shall be deemed to be employees of the Public Defender Service. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND 
SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water 
and Sewer Authority, $14,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to continue implementation of the Combined Sewer Over-
flow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That the District of Columbia Water 
and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING 
COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating 
Council, $1,900,000, to remain available until expended, to support 
initiatives related to the coordination of Federal and local criminal 
justice resources in the District of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 
For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 
30, 2016, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, 
$295,000, and for the Judicial Nomination Commission, $270,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement program 
in the District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for payments authorized under the Scholarship for Oppor-
tunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, 
That within funds provided for opportunity scholarships $3,000,000 
shall be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 
3007(d) and 3009 of the Act.
H. R. 83—227 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National 
Guard, $435,000, to remain available until expended for the Major 
General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard 
Retention and College Access Program. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the 
testing of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals with, 
human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syn-
drome in the District of Columbia, $5,000,000. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Columbia for 
the current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the District 
of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs and activities set forth 
under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds Summary of 
Expenses’’ and at the rate set forth under such heading, as included 
in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request Act of 2014 submitted 
to the Congress by the District of Columbia as amended as of 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except as provided in section 450A 
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, 
D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 
and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act, 
the total amount appropriated in this Act for operating expenses 
for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2015 under this heading 
shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal Year 2015 
Budget Request Act of 2014 submitted to Congress by the District 
of Columbia as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act 
or the sum of the total revenues of the District of Columbia for 
such fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 
may be increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 
expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or capital needs: 
Provided further, That such increases shall be approved by enact-
ment of local District law and shall comply with all reserve require-
ments contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that 
the District of Columbia meets these requirements, including the 
apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations 
and funds made available to the District during fiscal year 2015, 
except that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for 
operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other 
obligations issued for capital projects. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Appropria-
tions Act, 2015’’.
H. R. 83—228 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of 
the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., $3,100,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016, of which not to 
exceed $1,000 is for official reception and representation expenses. 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to 
include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $250,000,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 
for the expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 
Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory offi-
cials, of which not less than $50,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016, shall be for the purchase of information tech-
nology and of which not less than $2,620,000 shall be for the 
Office of the Inspector General: Provided, That not to exceed 
$10,000,000 of the amounts provided herein may be moved between 
the amount for salaries and expenses and the amount for the 
purchase of information technology subject to reprogramming proce-
dures under section 608 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal awards to recognize 
non-Federal officials’ contributions to Commission activities, and 
not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $123,000,000. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $10,000,000, of which $1,900,000 
shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and
H. R. 83—229 
Technology for election reform activities authorized under the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; not to exceed 
$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase 
and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $339,844,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of which not less than $300,000 
shall be available for consultation with federally recognized Indian 
tribes, Alaska Native villages, and entities related to Hawaiian 
Home Lands: Provided further, That $339,844,000 of offsetting 
collections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 
of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall 
be reduced as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropriation 
estimated at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections 
received in excess of $339,844,000 in fiscal year 2015 shall not 
be available for obligation: Provided further, That remaining offset-
ting collections from prior years collected in excess of the amount 
specified for collection in each such year and otherwise becoming 
available on October 1, 2014, shall not be available for obligation: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), pro-
ceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that may be 
retained and made available for obligation shall not exceed 
$106,000,000 for fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated under this heading, not less than $11,090,000 
shall be for the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. Section 302 of the Universal Service Antideficiency 
Temporary Suspension Act is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2015’’, each place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 
amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal service 
support payments to implement the February 27, 2004 recommenda-
tions of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service 
regarding single connection or primary line restrictions on universal 
service support payments. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
H. R. 83—230 
$34,568,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund or, 
only when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971, $67,500,000, of which not 
to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and representation 
expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal 
Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts 
and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including 
official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, $25,548,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per 
diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) 
for persons employed intermittently in the Government service, 
and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management relations 
conferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs of car-
rying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $293,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 
available for use to contract with a person or persons for collection 
services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $100,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees col-
lected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino 
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless 
of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, not to exceed $14,000,000 
in offsetting collections derived from fees sufficient to implement 
and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 
Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act 
(15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this account, and 
be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation:
H. R. 83—231 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 
during fiscal year 2015, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$179,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able to the Federal Trade Commission may be used to implement 
subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections depos-
ited into the Fund shall be available for necessary expenses of 
real property management and related activities not otherwise pro-
vided for, including operation, maintenance, and protection of feder-
ally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District 
of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving governmental 
agencies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, allocation 
and transfer of space; contractual services incident to cleaning 
or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally 
owned buildings including grounds, approaches and appurtenances; 
care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demoli-
tion, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, 
condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of 
options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension 
of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 
projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings 
(including equipment for such buildings); and payment of principal, 
interest, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 
by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate 
amount of $9,238,310,000, of which— 
(1) $509,670,000 shall remain available until expended for 
construction and acquisition (including funds for sites and 
expenses, and associated design and construction services) of 
additional projects at— 
(A) California, Calexico, Calexico West Land Port of 
Entry, $98,062,000; 
(B) California, San Diego, San Ysidro Land Port of 
Entry, $216,828,000; 
(C) District of Columbia, Washington, DHS Consolida-
tion at St. Elizabeths, $144,000,000; 
(D) National Capital Region, Civilian Cyber Campus, 
$35,000,000; and 
(E) New York, Glenville, Scotia Depot, $15,780,000: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new 
construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded to the extent 
that savings are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 
10 percent of the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus,
H. R. 83—232 
if required, unless advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of a greater amount; 
(2) $818,160,000 shall remain available until expended for 
repairs and alterations, including associated design and 
construction services, of which— 
(A) $306,894,000 is for Major Repairs and Alterations; 
(B) $390,266,000 is for Basic Repairs and Alterations; 
and 
(C) $121,000,000 is for Special Emphasis Programs, 
of which— 
(i) $5,000,000 is for Energy and Water Retrofit 
and Conservation Measures; 
(ii) $26,000,000 is for Fire and Life Safety; 
(iii) $20,000,000 is for Judiciary Capital Security; 
and 
(iv) $70,000,000 is for Consolidation Activities: Pro-
vided, That consolidation projects result in reduced 
annual rent paid by the tenant agency: Provided fur-
ther, That no consolidation project exceed $20,000,000 
in costs: Provided further, That consolidation projects 
are approved by each of the committees specified in 
section 3307(a) of title 40, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That preference is given to consolidation 
projects that achieve a utilization rate of 130 usable 
square feet or less per person for office space: Provided 
further, That the obligation of funds under this para-
graph for consolidation activities may not be made 
until 10 days after a proposed spending plan and expla-
nation for each project to be undertaken, including 
estimated savings, has been submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: 
Provided, That funds made available in this or any previous 
Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations 
shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount identified 
for each project, except each project in this or any previous Act 
may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless 
advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of a greater amount: Provided further, That additional projects 
for which prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 
under this category only if advance approval is obtained from the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the amounts 
provided in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ 
may be used to fund costs associated with implementing security 
improvements to buildings necessary to meet the minimum stand-
ards for security in accordance with current law and in compliance 
with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees 
of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the difference 
between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects in 
this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, 
may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to 
fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided further, 
That the amount provided in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs 
and Alterations may be used to pay claims against the Government 
arising from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alter-
ations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects;
H. R. 83—233 
(3) $5,666,348,000 for rental of space to remain available 
until expended; and 
(4) $2,244,132,000 for building operations to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,122,727,000 is for building 
services, and $1,121,405,000 is for salaries and expenses: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available under this paragraph for building operations 
may be transferred between and merged with such appropria-
tions upon notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 5 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided further, That section 508 of this 
title shall not apply with respect to funds made available under 
this heading for building operations: 
Provided further, That the total amount of funds made available 
from this Fund to the General Services Administration shall not 
be available for expenses of any construction, repair, alteration 
and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if required by 40 
U.S.C. 3307(a), has not been approved, except that necessary funds 
may be expended for each project for required expenses for the 
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds 
available in the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emer-
gency repairs when advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts necessary 
to provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under 
40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable 
fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or 
other property not in Government ownership or control as may 
be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service to perform 
its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be avail-
able from such revenues and collections: Provided further, That 
revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund 
during fiscal year 2015, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 
592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 
authorized for Real Property Activities of the Federal Buildings 
Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available 
for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities associated 
with the management of real and personal property assets and 
certain administrative services; Government-wide policy support 
responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, 
information technology management, and related technology activi-
ties; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,000,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for Government-wide activities associated with utilization and dona-
tion of surplus personal property; disposal of real property; agency- 
wide policy direction, management, and communications; the
H. R. 83—234 
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; $61,049,000, of which $26,328,000 is for Real and 
Personal Property Management and Disposal; $25,729,000 is for 
the Office of the Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 
is for official reception and representation expenses; and $8,992,000 
is for the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals: Provided further, 
That not to exceed 5 percent of the appropriation made available 
under this heading for Office of the Administrator may be trans-
ferred to the appropriation for the Real and Personal Property 
Management and Disposal upon notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
but the appropriation for the Real and Personal Property Manage-
ment and Disposal may not be increased by more than 5 percent 
by any such transfer. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and 
service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $65,000,000, of which 
$2,000,000 is available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$50,000 shall be available for payment for information and detection 
of fraud against the Government, including payment for recovery 
of stolen Government property: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other Federal 
agencies and private citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives 
resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 
(3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, $3,250,000. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Services and 
Innovative Technologies, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 
323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in support 
of interagency projects that enable the Federal Government to 
enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the 
development and implementation of innovative uses of information 
technology; $53,294,000, of which $14,135,000 shall be available 
for electronic government projects, to be deposited into the Federal 
Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may 
be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of 
the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the appro-
priations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections deposited into 
the Fund shall be available until expended for necessary expenses 
of Federal Citizen Services and other activities that enable the 
Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct activities 
electronically in the aggregate amount not to exceed $90,000,000: 
Provided further, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, 
and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2015 in 
excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not 
be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations 
Acts: Provided further, That any appropriations provided to the
H. R. 83—235 
Electronic Government Fund that remain unobligated as of Sep-
tember 30, 2014, may be transferred to the Federal Citizen Services 
Fund: Provided further, That the transfer authorities provided 
herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
in this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 510. Funds available to the General Services Administra-
tion shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 511. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available 
for fiscal year 2015 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may 
be transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary 
to meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed trans-
fers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 512. Except as otherwise provided in this title, funds 
made available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 
2016 request for United States Courthouse construction only if 
the request: (1) meets the design guide standards for construction 
as established and approved by the General Services Administra-
tion, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office 
of Management and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 
Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 5- 
year construction plan; and (3) includes a standardized courtroom 
utilization study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, or 
expanded. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide 
cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usu-
ally provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency 
that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment for space 
and services as determined by the General Services Administration 
in consideration of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 514. From funds made available under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue’’, claims 
against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct 
construction projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated 
from savings effected in other construction projects with prior 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 515. In any case in which the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate adopt 
a resolution granting lease authority pursuant to a prospectus 
transmitted to Congress by the Administrator of the General Serv-
ices Administration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 
ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical to 
the delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease agree-
ments, except that, if the Administrator determines that the delin-
eated area of the procurement should not be identical to the delin-
eated area included in the prospectus, the Administrator shall 
provide an explanatory statement to each of such committees and 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives