tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 
purposes. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main-
tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 
equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 
programs. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under 
this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 
enhanced information technology program having total es-
timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un-
less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re-
view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 
information technology program has appropriate program 
management controls and contractor oversight mecha-
nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 
the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 
set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi-
ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 
in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and 
to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 
this title in previous years. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 
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or approve a public-private competition under the Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc-
cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 
work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 
or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 
or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 
or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 
his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 
from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 
and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 
available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with 
respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head-
ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 
Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus-
tice Programs’’or otherwise appropriated or transferred 
under this Act for administration by the Office of Justice 
Programs— 
(1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to 
the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim-
bursement programs may be used by such Office to 
provide training and technical assistance; and 
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(2) up to 3 percent of funds made available for 
grant or reimbursement programs under such head-
ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 
research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis-
tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 
Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 
and merged with funds provided to the National In-
stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis-
tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 
statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza-
tions for such grant or reimbursement programs; 
and 
(3) up to 7 percent of funds made available for 
grant or reimbursement programs may be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds under the heading 
‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, for 
assistance to Indian tribes, without regard to the au-
thorizations for such grant or reimbursement pro-
grams. 
SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 
Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard-
ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap-
propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 
for fiscal years 2017 through 2020 for the following pro-
grams, waive the following requirements: 
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(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 
and local reentry demonstration projects under part 
FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 
the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 
part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)). 
(2) For grants to protect inmates and safe-
guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 
30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 
such Act. 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail-
able by this or any other Act. 
SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 
this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back-
ground check system established under section 103 of the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 
40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 
to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un-
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less law enforcement personnel of the United States con-
tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De-
partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 
527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 
year 2020, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for 
implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan-
cial management system. 
(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal-
ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 
of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 
Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 
shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2020, and 
any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 505 of this Act. 
(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli-
gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 
title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga-
tion during fiscal year 2020, and any use, obligation, 
transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 217. Discretionary funds that are made avail-
able in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may 
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