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House of Representatives, and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such request. 
(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 
made available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 
SEC. 749. (a) Notwithstanding the time limitations 
specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States Code, 
or any other time limitation with respect to the awarding 
of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed 
Forces, the President may award the Medal of Honor under 
section 3741 of such title to Charles S. Kettles for the acts 
of valor during the Vietnam War described in subsection 
(b). 
(b) The acts of valor referred to in subsection (a) are 
the actions of Charles S. Kettles during combat operations 
on May 15, 1967, while serving as Flight Commander, 
176th Aviation Company, 14th Aviation Battalion, Task 
Force Oregon, Republic of Vietnam, for which he was pre-
viously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. 
SEC. 750. (a) None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act may be used to— 
(1) implement, administer, carry out, modify, 
revise, or enforce Executive Order 13690, entitled 
‘‘Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management 
Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and
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Considering Stakeholder Input’’ (issued January 30, 
2015), other than for— 
(A) acquiring, managing, or disposing of 
Federal lands and facilities; 
(B) providing federally undertaken, fi-
nanced, or assisted construction or improve-
ments; or 
(C) conducting Federal activities or pro-
grams affecting land use, including water and 
related land resources planning, regulating, and 
licensing activities; 
(2) implement Executive Order 13690 in a man-
ner that modifies the non-grant components of the 
National Flood Insurance Program; or 
(3) apply Executive Order 13690 or the Federal 
Flood Risk Management Standard by any component 
of the Department of Defense, including the Army 
Corps of Engineers in a way that changes the ‘‘flood-
plain’’ considered when determining whether or not to 
issue a Department of the Army permit under section 
404 of the Clean Water Act or section 10 of the Rivers 
and Harbors Act. 
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not be in effect 
during the period beginning on October 1, 2016 and ending 
on September 30, 2017.
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SEC. 751. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other than 
title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or VIII. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be nec-
essary for making refunds and for the payment of legal set-
tlements or judgments that have been entered against the 
District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed to 
support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any 
State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Fed-
eral and District government agencies, that remain avail-
able 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 agen-
cies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of 
funds which—
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(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically 
denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel as-
signed to a specific program, project or responsibility 
center, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 
to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer re-
quests of local funds under this title through November 7, 
2016.
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SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the of-
fices of United States Senator or United States Representa-
tive under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia State-
hood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 (D.C. 
Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available by this Act or by any 
other Act may be used to provide any officer or employee 
of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle unless 
the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the perform-
ance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ does not in-
clude travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence and 
workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer 
or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who resides 
in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours 
a day;
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(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of the 
District of Columbia Department of Corrections who 
resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Exam-
iner, an officer or employee of the Office of the Chief 
Medical Examiner who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Home-
land Security and Emergency Management Agency, 
an officer or employee of the Homeland Security and 
Emergency Management Agency who resides in the 
District of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney 
General or any other officer or entity of the District govern-
ment to provide assistance for any petition drive or civil 
action which seeks to require Congress to provide for voting 
representation in Congress for the District of Columbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Colum-
bia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on
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briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with officials 
of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the 
purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens 
in any location that has been determined by the local public 
health or local law enforcement authorities to be inappro-
priate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to pre-
vent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from 
addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive cov-
erage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Con-
gress that any legislation enacted on such issue should in-
clude a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides exceptions for 
religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, 
or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties asso-
ciated with the possession, use, or distribution of any sched-
ule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols deriva-
tive. 
(b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or oth-
erwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use,
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or distribution of any schedule I substance under the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any 
tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for recreational purposes. 
SEC. 810. None of the funds appropriated under this 
Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the life 
of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 
to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Coun-
cil of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget in the format of the budget that the Dis-
trict of Columbia government submitted pursuant to section 
442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Offi-
cial Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District of 
Columbia government for fiscal year 2016 that is in the 
total amount of the approved appropriation and that re-
aligns all budgeted data for personal services and other- 
than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated actual 
expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 
which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Colum-
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bia certifies that a reallocation is required to address unan-
ticipated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 
for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. The 
revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format 
of the budget that the District of Columbia government sub-
mitted pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 
operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 
once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized 
to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local 
funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior 
fiscal years from operating funds to capital funds, and such 
amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain 
appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of 
this Act.
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(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds de-
rived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for cap-
ital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other 
appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobli-
gated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal year 
2016 from appropriations of Federal funds made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2016 in this Act, 
shall remain available through September 30, 2017, for each 
such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That 
a request shall be submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Pro-
vided further, That these requests shall be made in compli-
ance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section 
803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a) During fiscal year 2017, during a period 
in which neither a District of Columbia continuing resolu-
tion or a regular District of Columbia appropriation bill 
is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount pro-
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vided for any project or activity for which local funds are 
provided in the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request Act of 
2016 as submitted to Congress (subject to any modifications 
enacted by the District of Columbia as of the beginning of 
the period during which this subsection is in effect) at the 
rate set forth by such Act. 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2017 is 
in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2017. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided under 
this Act and shall be available to the extent and in the man-
ner that would be provided by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2017 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2017 if any other provision 
of law (other than an authorization of appropriations)—
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(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 817. (a) This section may be cited as the ‘‘D.C. 
Opportunity Scholarship Program School Certification Re-
quirements Act’’. 
(b) Section 3007(a) of the Scholarships for Oppor-
tunity and Results Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 203) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G)(i) is provisionally or fully accredited 
by a national or regional accrediting agency 
that is recognized in the District of Columbia
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School 
Reform 
Act 
of 
1995 
(sec. 
38– 
1802.02(16)(A)–(G), D.C. Official Code) or any 
other accrediting body deemed appropriate by 
the Office of the State Superintendent for Schools 
for the purposes of accrediting an elementary or 
secondary school; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a school that is a 
participating school as of the day before the 
date of enactment of the D.C. Opportunity 
Scholarship Program School Certification 
Requirements Act and, as of such day, does 
not meet the requirements of clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) by not later than 1 year after 
such date of enactment, is pursuing ac-
creditation by a national or regional 
accrediting agency recognized in the 
District of Columbia School Reform 
Act of 1995 (sec. 38–1802.02(16)(A)– 
(G), D.C. Official Code) or any other 
accrediting body deemed appropriate 
by the Office of the State Super-
intendent for Schools for the purposes 
of accrediting an elementary or sec-
ondary school; and
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‘‘(II) by not later than 5 years 
after such date of enactment, is provi-
sionally or fully accredited by such ac-
crediting agency, except that an eligi-
ble entity may grant not more than 
one 1-year extension to meet this re-
quirement for each participating school 
that provides evidence to the eligible 
entity from such accrediting agency 
that the school’s application for accred-
itation is in process and the school will 
be awarded accreditation before the end 
of the 1-year extension period; 
‘‘(H) conducts criminal background checks 
on school employees who have direct and unsu-
pervised interaction with students; and 
‘‘(I) complies with all requests for data and 
information regarding the reporting require-
ments described in section 3010.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) NEW PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.—If a school 
is not a participating school as of the date of enact-
ment of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program 
School Certification Requirements Act, the school 
shall not become a participating school and none of
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the funds provided under this division for oppor-
tunity scholarships may be used by an eligible student 
to enroll in that school unless the school— 
‘‘(A) is actively pursuing provisional or full 
accreditation by a national or regional accred-
iting agency that is recognized in the District of 
Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 (sec. 38– 
1802.02(16)(A)–(G), D.C. Official Code) or any 
other accrediting body deemed appropriate by 
the Office of the State Superintendent for Schools 
for the purposes of accrediting an elementary or 
secondary school; and 
‘‘(B) meets all of the other requirements for 
participating schools under this Act. 
‘‘(6) ENROLLING IN ANOTHER SCHOOL.—An eli-
gible entity shall assist the parents of a participating 
eligible student in identifying, applying to, and en-
rolling in an another participating school for which 
opportunity scholarship funds may be used, if— 
‘‘(A) such student is enrolled in a partici-
pating private school and may no longer use op-
portunity scholarship funds for enrollment in 
that participating private school because such 
school fails to meet a requirement under para-
graph 4, or any other requirement of this Act; or
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‘‘(B) a participating eligible student is en-
rolled in a school that ceases to be a partici-
pating school.’’. 
(c) REPORT TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Section 3010 of 
the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (Public 
Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 203) is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) REPORTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The eligible 
entity receiving funds under section 3004(a) shall ensure 
that each participating school under this division submits 
to the eligible entity beginning not later than 5 years after 
the date of the enactment of the D.C. Opportunity Scholar-
ship Program School Certification Requirements Act, a cer-
tification that the school has been awarded provisional or 
full accreditation, or has been granted an extension by the 
eligible entity in accordance with section 3007(a)(4)(G).’’. 
(d) Unless specifically provided otherwise, this section, 
and the amendments made by this section, shall take effect 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 818. Subparagraph (G) of section 3(c)(2) of the 
District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (Public 
Law 106–98), as amended, is further amended:
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(1) by inserting after ‘‘(G)’’, ‘‘(i) for individuals 
who began an undergraduate course of study prior to 
school year 2015–2016,’’; and 
(2) by inserting the following before the period at 
the end: ‘‘and (ii) for individuals who begin an un-
dergraduate course of study in or after school year 
2016–2017, is from a family with a taxable annual 
income of less than $750,000. Beginning with school 
year 2017–2018, the Mayor shall adjust the amounts 
in clauses (i) and (ii) for inflation, as measured by 
the percentage increase, if any, from the preceding fis-
cal year in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics of the Department of Labor’’. 
SEC. 819. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in title 
IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 
this title or of title IV. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016’’.
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DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND 
OPERATIONS 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE 
MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, as authorized by section 102 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and execu-
tive management of the Department of Homeland Security, 
as authorized by law, $137,466,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $45,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses: Provided further, That all official costs asso-
ciated with the use of government aircraft by Department 
of Homeland Security personnel to support official travel 
of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid 
from amounts made available for the Immediate Office of 
the Secretary and the Immediate Office of the Deputy Sec-
retary: Provided further, That not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and
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Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the 
comprehensive plan for implementation of the biometric 
entry and exit data system as required under this heading 
in Public Law 114–4 and a report on visa overstay data 
by country as required by section 1376 of title 8, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the report on visa over-
stay data shall also include— 
(1) overstays from all nonimmigrant visa cat-
egories under the immigration laws, delineated by 
each of the classes and sub-classes of such categories; 
and 
(2) numbers as well as rates of overstays for each 
class and sub-class of such nonimmigrant categories 
on a per-country basis: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, $13,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for 
the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management until 
both the comprehensive plan and the report are submitted. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Management, as authorized by sections 701 
through 705 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 341 through 345), $196,810,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and representation
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regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for projects 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal 
funds made available to the Foundation, no more than 
$300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the 
end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private 
contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds 
made available by the Forest Service: Provided further, 
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Fed-
eral or a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same 
rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal match-
ing funds. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up 
to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service 
may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foun-
dation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on 
or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to 
Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds shall 
be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Founda-
tion or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Foun-
dation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non- 
Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the 
recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.