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SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 
purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury 
or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses 
in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human embryo 
or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as a human 
subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or 
any other means from one or more human gametes or human 
diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of 
any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules 
of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executive- 
congressional communications. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there 
is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the 
use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored 
clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advan-
tage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 
1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or providing for 
the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual 
(except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a health 
care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving 
the standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with 
an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 
States and is subject to the requirement in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) 
regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary 
of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required 
by that section for the most recent year for which such require-
ment was applicable to such entity. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in 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 appro-
priation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this Act to 
carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made 
available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) 
of such Act, as amended by the Children’s Internet Protection 
Act, unless such library has made the certifications required by 
paragraph (4) of such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded 
by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure
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in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such 
reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 
10 days in advance of such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) 
augments 
existing 
programs, 
projects 
(including 
construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such 
reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 
10 days in advance of such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a 
Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation 
or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate 
holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and 
necessary for the work of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to disseminate information that is deliberately false or mis-
leading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each depart-
ment and related agency funded through this Act shall submit 
an operating plan that details at the program, project, and activity 
level any funding allocations for fiscal year 2016 that are different 
than those specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or the fiscal year 
2016 budget request.
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SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report on the number and amount of contracts, grants, 
and cooperative agreements exceeding $500,000 in value and 
awarded by the Department on a non-competitive basis during 
each quarter of fiscal year 2016, but not to include grants awarded 
on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall include 
the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of funding, 
the governmental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 
award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted 
to the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter 
for which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social Security, 
for purposes of administering Social Security benefit payments 
under title II of the Social Security Act, to process any claim 
for credit for a quarter of coverage based on work performed under 
a social security account number that is not the claimant’s number 
and the performance of such work under such number has formed 
the basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 
208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Secu-
rity Administration to pay the compensation of employees of the 
Social Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit 
payments, under any agreement between the United States and 
Mexico establishing totalization arrangements between the social 
security system established by title II of the Social Security Act 
and the social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise 
be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase sterile 
needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug: 
Provided, That such limitation does not apply to the use of funds 
for elements of a program other than making such purchases if 
the relevant State or local health department, in consultation with 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, determines that 
the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or 
is at risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an 
HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program is 
operating in accordance with State and local law. 
SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available under this or 
any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may be provided 
to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now 
(ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, allied organizations, 
or successors. 
SEC. 523. For purposes of carrying out Executive Order 13589, 
Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated
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May 11, 2012, and requirements contained in the annual appropria-
tions bills relating to conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered 
independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific conferences 
shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency 
totals. 
SEC. 524. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly 
state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or edu-
cational purposes, including emails or Internet postings, that the 
communication is printed, published, or produced and disseminated 
at U.S. taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency 
to carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 
available to the agency for advertising or other communications 
regarding the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 525. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary 
funds that are made available in this Act to carry out up to 
10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots shall— 
(1) be designed to improve outcomes for disconnected youth; 
(2) include communities that have recently experienced 
civil unrest; and 
(3) involve Federal programs targeted on disconnected 
youth, or designed to prevent youth from disconnecting from 
school or work, that provide education, training, employment, 
and other related social services. Such Pilots shall be governed 
by the provisions of section 526 of division H of Public Law 
113–76, except that in carrying out such Pilots section 526 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2016’’ for ‘‘FISCAL 
YEAR 2014’’ in the title of subsection (b) and by substituting 
‘‘September 30, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place 
it appears. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary 
funds that are made available in this Act to participate in Perform-
ance Partnership Pilots that are being carried out pursuant to 
the authority provided by section 526 of division H of Public Law 
113–76, and section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235: 
Provided, That new pilots that are being carried out with discre-
tionary funds made available in division G of Public Law 113– 
235 shall include communities that have recently experienced civil 
unrest. 
SEC. 526. Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar 
quarter, beginning with the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education 
and the Social Security Administration shall provide the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
a quarterly report on the status of balances of appropriations: 
Provided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, 
committed, and obligated but unexpended, the quarterly reports 
shall separately identify the amounts attributable to each source 
year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the 
extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which balances were 
derived. 
SEC. 527. Section 2812(d)(2) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(d)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the three sentences as subparagraphs 
(A), (B), and (C), respectively, and indenting accordingly;
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(2) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘An’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—An’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘With’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLICATION TO TRAINING PROGRAMS.— 
With’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘In’’ and inserting ‘‘RESPONSIBILITY
OF
LABOR
SECRETARY.— 
In’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) COMPUTATION OF PAY.—In the event of an injury 
to such an intermittent disaster response appointee, the 
position of the employee shall be deemed to be ‘one which 
would have afforded employment for substantially a whole 
year’, for purposes of section 8114(d)(2) of such title. 
‘‘(E) CONTINUATION OF PAY.—The weekly pay of such 
an employee shall be deemed to be the hourly pay in 
effect on the date of the injury multiplied by 40, for pur-
poses of computing benefits under section 8118 of such 
title.’’. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 528. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 2016 
under section 3403 of Public Law 111–148, $15,000,000 are 
rescinded. 
SEC. 529. Amounts deposited or available in the Child Enroll-
ment Contingency Fund from appropriations to the Fund under 
section 2104(n)(2)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act and the income 
derived from investment of those funds pursuant to 2104(n)(2)(C) 
of that Act, shall not be available for obligation in this fiscal 
year. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 530. Of any available amounts appropriated under section 
108 of Public Law 111–3, as amended, $4,678,500,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2016’’. 
DIVISION I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2016 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority Leader 
of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Senate, $39,920; 
Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority Whip of the Senate, 
$9,980; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Commit-
tees, $4,690 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority
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COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $123,903,173: Provided, 
That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and 
expenses until December 31, 2016. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$23,271,004, including studies and examinations of executive agen-
cies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be 
expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement 
to agencies for services performed: Provided, That such amount 
shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 
December 31, 2016. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $178,531,768, including: for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the positions of the 
Chaplain and the Historian, and including not more than $25,000 
for official representation and reception expenses, of which not 
more than $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 
$2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $24,980,898; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including 
the position of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emer-
gency Management, and including not more than $3,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $14,827,120 of which 
$4,784,229 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including 
not more than $3,000 for official representation and reception 
expenses, $117,165,000, of which $1,350,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Inspector General, $4,741,809; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of General Counsel, $1,413,450; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, 
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 
for official representation and reception expenses, $1,974,606; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel 
of the House, $3,119,766; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $8,352,975; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; 
for other authorized employees, $1,142,075. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution 
or law, $278,433,432, including: supplies, materials, administrative 
costs and Federal tort claims, $3,625,236; official mail for commit-
tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, 
$190,486; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 
Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $251,629,425, to 
remain available until March 31, 2017; Business Continuity and
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Disaster Recovery, $16,217,008 of which $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended; transition activities for new members 
and staff, $2,084,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded 
Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain available until expended; 
Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,467,030; and miscellaneous items 
including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation 
of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratu-
ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $720,247. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL 
ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE 
THE FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 101. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
amounts appropriated under this Act for ‘‘HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESEN-
TATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2016. 
Any amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2016 shall be deposited in the Treasury 
and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget 
deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing the 
Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury 
considers appropriate). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Administration 
of the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member 
of the House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 
DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint resolution, or 
resolution to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) 
unless the Member requests a copy. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to deliver a printed copy of any version of the Congressional 
Record to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives to make any payments from any Members’ Representa-
tional Allowance for the leasing of a vehicle, excluding mobile 
district offices, in an aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 for 
the vehicle in any month.
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LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO HOUSE 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to provide an aggregate number of more than 50 printed 
copies of any edition of the United States Code to all offices of 
the House of Representatives. 
DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to deliver a printed copy of the report of disbursements 
for the operations of the House of Representatives under section 
106 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Tech-
nical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member 
of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress). 
DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to deliver to the office of a Member of the House of 
Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to the Congress) a printed copy of the Daily Calendar of the House 
of Representatives which is prepared by the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to deliver a printed copy of the Congressional Pictorial 
Directory to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF 
2017 
For salaries and expenses associated with conducting the inau-
gural ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United 
States, January 20, 2017, in accordance with such program as 
may be adopted by the joint congressional committee authorized 
to conduct the inaugural ceremonies of 2017, $1,250,000 to be 
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and to remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading shall be available for payment, on a direct 
or reimbursable basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 
1, 2016: Provided further, That the compensation of any employee 
of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate who 
has been designated to perform service with respect to the inaugural 
ceremonies of 2017 shall continue to be paid by the Committee 
on Rules and Administration, but the account from which such
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staff member is paid may be reimbursed for the services of the 
staff member out of funds made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That there are authorized to be paid from the 
appropriations account for ‘‘Expenses of Inquiries and Investiga-
tions’’ of the Senate such sums as may be necessary, without 
fiscal year limitation, for agency contributions related to the com-
pensation of employees of the joint congressional committee. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 
of the House of Representatives. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of 
the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his 
assistants, including: 
(1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the Attending 
Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical 
Officer; 
(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three medical 
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assistants and 
$580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis 
heretofore provided for such assistants; and 
(5) $2,692,000 for reimbursement to the Department of 
the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment 
assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall 
be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or 
appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and other 
expenses are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 
thereof, $3,784,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional Accessi-
bility Services, $1,400,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of 
the Senate. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including over-
time, hazardous duty pay, and Government contributions for health, 
retirement, social security, professional liability insurance, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $309,000,000 of which overtime 
shall not exceed $30,928,000 unless the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by 
the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.
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GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor 
vehicles, communications and other equipment, security equipment 
and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, 
medical services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal 
and professional services, the employee assistance program, the 
awards program, postage, communication services, travel advances, 
relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be 
expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 
in connection with official representation and reception expenses, 
$66,000,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police 
or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2016 
shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 
available to the Department of Homeland Security. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
DEPOSIT OF REIMBURSEMENTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 1001. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2802(a)(1) of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1905(a)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘District of Columbia)’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘District of Columbia), and from any other source in the case 
of assistance provided in connection with an activity that was 
not sponsored by Congress’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2802(a)(2) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 1905(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘law enforcement 
assistance to any Federal, State, or local government agency 
(including any agency of the District of Columbia)’’ and inserting 
‘‘any law enforcement assistance for which reimbursement described 
in paragraph (1) is made’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall only apply with respect to any reimbursement received before, 
on, or after the date of the enactment of the Act. 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,959,000, of which $450,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That not more than 
$500 may be expended on the certification of the Executive Director 
of the Office of Compliance in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 to 
be expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional
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Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 
plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Publishing 
Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled 
water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 
Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary 
Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which 
shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect 
of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into 
the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $94,722,499, of 
which $17,581,499 shall remain available until September 30, 2020: 
Provided, That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds credited 
or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall 
be available for obligation during fiscal year 2016. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and 
grounds, $40,689,000, of which $15,746,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of the United 
States Capitol Police, wherever located, the Alternate Computer 
Facility, and AOC security operations, $25,434,000, of which 
$7,901,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, 
and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, 
and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction 
of the Joint Committee on the Library, $12,113,000, of which 
$2,100,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Pro-
vided, That, of the amount made available under this heading, 
the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 
as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of 
the National Garden established under section 307E of the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers 
approved by the Architect of the Capitol or a duly authorized 
designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol 
Visitor Center, $20,557,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR OVER BUDGET 
SEC. 1101. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make incentive or 
award payments to contractors for work on contracts or programs 
for which the contractor is behind schedule or over budget, unless
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the Architect of the Capitol, or agency-employed designee, deter-
mines that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, 
government-driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 
overall scope of the project and/or program. 
SCRIMS 
SEC. 1102. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for scrims containing photographs of building facades during 
restoration or construction projects performed by the Architect of 
the Capitol. 
ACQUISITION OF PARCEL AT FORT MEADE 
SEC. 1103. (a) ACQUISITION.—The Architect of the Capitol is 
authorized to acquire from the Maryland State Highway Adminis-
tration, at no cost to the United States, a parcel of real property 
(including improvements thereon) consisting of approximately 7.34 
acres located within the portion of Fort George G. Meade in Anne 
Arundel County, Maryland, that was transferred to the Architect 
of the Capitol by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to section 
122 of the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 
141 note). 
(b) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—The terms and conditions 
applicable under subsections (b) and (d) of section 122 of the Mili-
tary Construction Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 141 note) 
to the property acquired by the Architect of the Capitol pursuant 
to such section shall apply to the real property acquired by the 
Architect pursuant to the authority of this section. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library 
buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uni-
forms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; 
operation and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in 
the Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 
other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 
motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund 
Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund 
held by the Board, $425,971,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 
during fiscal year 2016, and shall remain available until expended, 
under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 
U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2016 and shall remain available until 
expended for the development and maintenance of an international 
legal information database and activities related thereto: Provided, 
That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any 
funds derived from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, 
in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure 
in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the total amount 
available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That, of the
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total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, 
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas 
Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $8,231,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
digital collections and educational curricula program: Provided fur-
ther, That, of the total amount appropriated, $1,300,000 shall 
remain available until expended for upgrade of the Legislative 
Branch Financial Management System. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $58,875,000, 
of which not more than $30,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appro-
priation during fiscal year 2016 under section 708(d) of title 17, 
United States Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not 
obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under such 
section, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi-
ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than 
$5,777,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2016 
under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such 
title: Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation 
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 
$35,777,000: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of 
the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an 
‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the 
Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of devel-
oping countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided 
further, That not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the certifi-
cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for activities of the Inter-
national Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, 
and seminars: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any provi-
sion of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any amounts 
made available under this heading which are attributable to royalty 
fees and payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 
sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for 
the costs incurred in the administration of the Copyright Royalty 
Judges program, with the exception of the costs of salaries and 
benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section 
802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) 
and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United 
States of America, $106,945,000: Provided, That no part of such 
amount may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 
with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except 
the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library 
of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 
of either the Committee on House Administration of the House
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of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration 
of the Senate. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 
1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $50,248,000: 
Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall 
be available to contract to provide newspapers to blind and phys-
ically handicapped residents at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 1201. (a) IN
GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2016, the 
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the activities 
described in subsection (b) may not exceed $186,015,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 
reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from 
sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations 
Acts for the legislative branch. 
LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS EMERITUS 
SEC. 1202. (a) DESIGNATION OF JAMES BILLINGTON AS LIBRARIAN 
OF CONGRESS EMERITUS.—As an honorary designation, James H. 
Billington, upon leaving service as the Librarian of Congress, may 
be known as the Librarian of Congress Emeritus. 
(b) NO APPOINTMENT TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE; AVAILABILITY 
OF INCIDENTAL SUPPORT.—The honorary designation under this 
section does not constitute an appointment to a position in the 
Federal Government under title 5, United States Code. Notwith-
standing the previous sentence, in connection with his activities 
as Librarian of Congress Emeritus, James H. Billington may receive 
incidental administrative and clerical support through the Library 
of Congress. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional information and the 
distribution of congressional information in any format; expenses 
necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the 
Congressional Record, as authorized by law (section 902 of title 
44, United States Code); publishing of Government publications 
authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 
publishing, and distribution of Government publications authorized 
by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient, 
$79,736,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be avail-
able for paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional 
Record for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or 
Delegates authorized under section 906 of title 44, United States