for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred 
under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, 
as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence 
allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 
require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post 
of duty, $89,620,000, of which $6,004,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Enterprise Human Re-
sources Integration project, and of which $1,416,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the Human Resources 
Line of Business project; and in addition $114,000,000 
for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the ap-
propriate trust funds of OPM without regard to other 
statutes, including direct procurement of printed mate-
rials, for the retirement and insurance programs: Pro-
vided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not 
affect the authority to use applicable trust funds as pro-
vided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 
5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 
this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-
penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 
pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 
or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 
That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-
lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo-
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ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2013, accept dona-
tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 
further, That such donations, including those from prior 
years, may be used for the development of publicity mate-
rials to provide information about the White House Fel-
lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 
travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-
ries of employees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109 and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$4,000,000, and in addition, not to exceed $21,172,000 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere. 
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OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 
1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 
Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), Public Law 107–304, 
and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy-
ment Rights Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees 
and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; $18,972,000. 
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 
435), $14,204,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 603(a) of such Act. 
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RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY 
BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Recovery Account-
ability and Transparency Board to carry out the provi-
sions of title XV of the American Recovery and Reinvest-
ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), and to develop and 
test information technology resources and oversight mech-
anisms to enhance transparency of and detect and reme-
diate waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal spending, 
$31,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2014: Provided, That if the Board is terminated under 
law during fiscal year 2013, any remaining unobligated 
balances of the Board may be transferred to the office au-
thorized by law to replace the Board. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $1,371,000,000, to remain available until 
expended; of which not less than $7,067,000 shall be for 
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the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 
$50,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 
the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 
of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for ex-
penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com-
mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 
officials, members of their delegations and staffs to ex-
change views concerning securities matters, such expenses 
to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 
and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees 
in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses such as 
meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) related lodg-
ing or subsistence; and of which funding for information 
technology initiatives shall be increased over the fiscal year 
2012 level by not less than $50,000,000: Provided, That 
fees and charges authorized by section 31 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited 
to this account as offsetting collections: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $1,371,000,000 of such offsetting col-
lections shall be available until expended for necessary ex-
penses of this account: Provided further, That the total 
amount appropriated under this heading from the general 
fund for fiscal year 2013 shall be reduced as such offset-
ting fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal 
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year 2013 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at not more than $0. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings, and 
of training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selec-
tive Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 
for civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$750 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$12,200,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 
year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 
the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 
deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-
tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 
Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 
and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
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ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $415,000,000: Provided, That the Administrator 
is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publica-
tions developed by the Small Business Administration, and 
certain loan program activities, including fees authorized 
by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues re-
ceived from all such activities shall be credited to this ac-
count, to remain available until expended, for carrying out 
these purposes without further appropriations: Provided 
further, That the Small Business Administration may ac-
cept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 and may 
co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with section 
132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during fiscal 
year 2013: Provided further, That $112,500,000 shall be 
available to fund grants for performance in fiscal year 
2013 or fiscal year 2014 as authorized by section 21 of 
the Small Business Act, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014: Provided further, That $19,760,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2014, for mar-
keting, management, and technical assistance under sec-
tion 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 
the microloan program: Provided further, That $7,100,000 
shall be available for the Loan Modernization and Ac-
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counting System, to be available until September 30, 
2014. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $17,267,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94- 
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-
bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,844,000, to remain 
available until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed 
loans as authorized by section 7(a) of the Small Business 
Act (Public Law 85–536) and section 503 of the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958 (Public Law 85–699), 
$402,200,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2013 commitments to guar-
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antee loans under section 503 of the Small Business In-
vestment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: 
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2013 commit-
ments for general business loans authorized under section 
7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 
$17,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 
loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 
by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2013 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 
under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958 shall not exceed $3,000,000,000: Provided 
further, That during fiscal year 2013, guarantees of trust 
certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-
ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 
$12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 
to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$145,060,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act, $167,000,000, to be available until ex-
pended, of which $1,500,000 is for the Office of Inspector 
General of the Small Business Administration for audits 
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and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-
grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 
which $156,500,000 is for direct administrative expenses 
of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 
program, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 
which $9,000,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 
for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-
penses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 516. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 
States Code, $89,092,000, which shall not be available for 
obligation until October 1, 2013: Provided, That mail for 
overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to 
be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural 
delivery of mail shall continue, at not less than the 1983 
level: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to im-
plement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any of-
ficer or employee of any State or local child support en-
forcement agency, or any individual participating in a 
State or local program of child support enforcement, a fee 
for information requested or provided concerning an ad-
dress of a postal customer: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consoli-
date or close small rural and other small post offices in 
fiscal year 2013. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
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General Act of 1978, $241,468,000, to be derived by 
transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 
authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-
ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$51,079,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 
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to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 
of public record and available for public inspection, except 
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
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SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2013, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 
(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 the Con-
gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 
House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 
purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 
creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 
or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 
agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 
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Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica-
tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum 
the report 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 appropriate, and the fiscal year 
enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec-
tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 
special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 
amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 
for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 
each day after the required date that the report has not 
been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2013 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
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for fiscal year 2013 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2014, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 
prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
programming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 
to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any 
official background investigation report on any individual, 
except when— 
(1) such individual has given his or her express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code, 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
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SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 
to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan which pro-
vides any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 
to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 
in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
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SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 
commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 
non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 
to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 
or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 
person or entity is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 
funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 
by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 
funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 
advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
SEC. 618. During fiscal year 2013, no funds shall be 
obligated from the Securities and Exchange Commission 
Reserve Fund established by section 991 of the Dodd- 
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Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(Public Law 111–203). 
SEC. 619. The Department of the Treasury, the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President, the Judiciary, the Federal 
Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, the General Services Administration, the National 
Archives and Records Administration, the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, and the Small Business Adminis-
tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly 
accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated 
funds that were received by such agency during any pre-
vious fiscal year. 
SEC. 620. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 
case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 
with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter 
into an emergency lease may do so during any pe-
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riod declared by the President to require emergency 
leasing authority with respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 
Service. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 
complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-
posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-
latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 
Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses for the following positions: 
(1) Director, White House Office of Health Re-
form, or any substantially similar position. 
(2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 
Climate Change, or any substantially similar posi-
tion. 
(3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the 
Treasury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on 
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the Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manu-
facturing Policy, or any substantially similar posi-
tion. 
(4) White House Director of Urban Affairs, or 
any substantially similar position. 
SEC. 623. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be expended for any new hire by any Federal 
agency funded in this Act that is not verified through the 
E-Verify Program established under section 403(a) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note). 
SEC. 624. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor-
poration that was convicted (or had an officer or agent 
of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation 
convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 
law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding 
agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has 
considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, or 
such officer or agent, and made a determination that this 
further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government. 
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SEC. 625. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 
been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 
is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree-
ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 
tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and made a determination 
that this further action is not necessary to protect the in-
terests of the Government. 
SEC. 626. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
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(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of 
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 
Stat. 849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 
otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
tained in this Act. 
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SEC. 627. The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C 8001 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 1405 (15 U.S.C. 8004)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘all swimming pools constructed after the date 
that is 6 months after the date of enactment of 
the Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2012 in the State’’ and in-
serting ‘‘all swimming pools constructed in the 
State after the date a State submits an applica-
tion to the Commission for a grant under this 
section’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal years 2009 through 2014’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2014’’; and 
(2) in section 1406(a) (15 U.S.C. 8005(a))— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
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(ii) by striking clauses (ii), (iv) and 
(v) and redesignating clause (iii) as clause 
(ii); and 
(iii) in clause (ii)(III) (as so redesig-
nated), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
(2) and (3), respectively; and 
(C) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’. 
SEC. 628. Within 270 days after the date of enact-
ment of this section, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct an analysis of the benefits and 
costs of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–314), including quantitative and 
qualitative measures, both market and nonmarket, and 
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate on its find-
ings. 
SEC. 629. From the unobligated balances of prior 
year appropriations made available for the Privacy and 
Civil Liberties Oversight Board, $900,000 is rescinded. 
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SEC. 630. (a) Within 180 days after the date of en-
actment of this section, the agencies specified in sub-
section (b) shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on— 
(1) increasing public participation in the rule-
making process and reducing uncertainty; 
(2) improving coordination with other Federal 
agencies to eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and 
overlapping regulations; and 
(3) identifying existing regulations that have 
been reviewed and determined to be outmoded, inef-
fective, or excessively burdensome. 
(b) The agencies required to submit a report specified 
in subsection (a) are— 
(1) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; 
(2) the Federal Communications Commission; 
(3) the Federal Trade Commission; and 
(4) the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
SEC. 631. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act shall be obligated or expended on travel, con-
ferences, or employee awards programs that are not con-
sistent with applicable Federal law, regulation, or Execu-
tive Order. 
(b) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, each Inspector General, the Director of 
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the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and 
the senior ethics official in the case of an entity without 
an inspector general funded by this Act shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report on the procedures 
of the relevant establishment or entity to ensure compli-
ance with applicable Federal laws, regulations, and Execu-
tive Orders on travel, conferences, and employee awards 
programs, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of 
such procedures. 
SEC. 632. No later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations, the House Committee on Financial Services, 
and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs that includes a detailed analysis of the 
money market fund industry and an analysis of the effec-
tiveness of Rule 2a-7 (17 C.F.R. 270.2a-7), as amended 
by the Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. 
IC-29132 (February 23, 2010), to promote and enhance 
money market fund stability, resiliency, transparency, and 
to ensure the ability of money market funds to provide 
liquidity to the capital and municipal markets. 
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SEC. 633. (a) Section 207 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(m) ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS
RELATING
TO 
FOREIGN ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the restric-
tions contained in subsection (f), any person who 
serves in a position described in paragraph (2) and 
who, within 10 years after leaving that position, 
knowingly— 
‘‘(A) represents a foreign entity before any 
Member, officer, or employee of either House of 
Congress, or any officer or employee of a de-
partment or agency of the executive branch, 
with the intent to influence a decision of such 
officer, employee, or Member, in his or her offi-
cial capacity, or 
‘‘(B) aids or advises a foreign entity with 
the intent to influence a decision of any Mem-
ber, officer, or employee of either House of 
Congress, or any officer or employee of a de-
partment or agency of the executive branch, in 
his or her official capacity, 
shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this 
title. 
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‘‘(2) POSITIONS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The positions referred 
to in paragraph (1) are the following: 
‘‘(i) The President. 
‘‘(ii) The Vice President. 
‘‘(iii) A Member of Congress. 
‘‘(iv) A covered appointee position. 
‘‘(B) COVERED
APPOINTEE
POSITION.— 
For purposes of this paragraph, an individual 
serves in a ‘covered appointee position’ if the 
individual serves— 
‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), 
in a position in an Executive agency to 
which the individual was appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate; 
‘‘(ii) in a position that is held by an 
active duty commissioned officer of the 
uniformed services who is serving in a 
grade or rank for which the pay grade (as 
specified in section 201 of title 37) is pay 
grade O–7 or higher; or 
‘‘(iii) in any of the following positions: 
‘‘(I) Deputy Director of National 
Intelligence. 
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‘‘(II) Deputy Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency. 
‘‘(III) Associate Deputy Director 
of the Central Intelligence Agency. 
‘‘(IV) The Director of the Na-
tional Clandestine Service. 
‘‘(V) Chief of Station for the 
Central Intelligence Agency at an em-
bassy or consulate of the United 
States. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION
TO
COUNTRIES
OF
PAR-
TICULAR
CONCERN.—The limitations contained in 
paragraph (1) apply only with respect to a foreign 
entity in a country that is designated as a country 
of particular concern for religious freedom under 
section 402(b)(1)(A) of the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)(A). 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘Executive agency’ means an 
Executive agency as defined by section 105 of 
title 5, including the Executive Office of the 
President; 
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‘‘(B) the term ‘Member of Congress’ has 
the meaning given that term in subsection 
(e)(9) of this section; and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘foreign entity’ means— 
‘‘(i) the government of a foreign coun-
try as defined in section 1(e) of the For-
eign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
amended; and 
‘‘(ii) any entity owned or controlled, 
in whole or in part, by the government of 
a foreign country (as so defined).’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to any individual who leaves a position to which such 
amendment applies on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 634. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to provide a bonus to any employee of 
the General Services Administration who is under inves-
tigation for misconduct. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
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this or any other Act for fiscal year 2013 shall obligate 
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 
agency, or instrumentality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 
States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, 
and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at 
$13,197 except station wagons for which the maximum 
shall be $13,631: Provided, That these limits may be ex-
ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, 
and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec-
tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 
the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re-
search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 
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may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter-
native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 
101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled 
vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this 
section shall not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial 
item and which operates on emerging motor vehicle tech-
nology, including but not limited to electric, plug-in hybrid 
electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 
for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States (including any agency the majority of the 
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 
States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 
States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 
U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted 
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as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum 
under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of inten-
tion to become a lawful permanent resident and then a 
citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes alle-
giance to the United States: Provided, That for purposes 
of this section, affidavits signed by any such person shall 
be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements 
of this section with respect to his or her status are being 
complied with: Provided further, That for purposes of sub-
sections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be submitted 
prior to employment and updated thereafter as necessary: 
Provided further, That any person making a false affidavit 
shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be 
fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more 
than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above 
penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution 
for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, 
That any payment made to any officer or employee con-
trary to the provisions of this section shall be recoverable 
in action by the Federal Government: Provided further, 
That this section shall not apply to any person who is an 
officer or employee of the Government of the United 
States on the date of enactment of this Act, or to inter-
national broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, or to temporary employment of trans-
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lators, or to temporary employment in the field service 
(not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: Pro-
vided further, That this section does not apply to the em-
ployment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 120 
days of nonresident aliens employed by the Department 
of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant to 
an agreement with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and services 
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 
performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 
1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 
of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes: 
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(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13423 (January 24, 2007), including any 
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 
the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 
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funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in 
accordance with the applicable law of the United States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 
President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 
be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 
or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 
head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 
make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of-
fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 
used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 
directly controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of national security and emer-
gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-
ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 
1984). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any 
Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for 
the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a 
position of a confidential or policy-determining character 
excepted from the competitive service pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3302, without a certification to the Office of Per-
sonnel Management from the head of the Federal depart-
ment, agency, or other instrumentality employing the 
Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position was 
not created solely or primarily in order to detail the em-
ployee to the White House. 
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(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-
tailed to or from— 
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 
(2) the National Security Agency; 
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 
(4) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; 
(5) the offices within the Department of De-
fense for the collection of specialized national foreign 
intelligence through reconnaissance programs; 
(6) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 
the Department of State; 
(7) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, the Department 
of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation or the Drug Enforcement Administration of 
the Department of Justice, the Department of 
Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, or 
the Department of Energy performing intelligence 
functions; or 
(8) the Director of National Intelligence or the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
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of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 
Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 
to the employment of such other officer or employee 
or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 
committee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 
commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 
such other officer or employee, by reason of any 
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communication or contact of such other officer or 
employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 
any employee training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
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(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-
ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-
ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 
the following provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent 
with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 
the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 
Executive Order No. 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707), or any 
successor thereto; section 7211 of title 5, United States 
Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of 
title 10, United States Code, as amended by the Military 
Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to 
Congress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) 
of title 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistle-
blower Protection Act of 1989 (governing disclosures of 
illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety 
threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 
(50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could 
expose confidential Government agents); sections 7(c) and 
8H of the Inspectors General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
(relating to disclosures to an inspector general, the inspec-
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tors general of the Intelligence Community; and Con-
gress); section 103H(g)(3) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–3h(g)(3) (relating to disclosures 
to the inspector general of the Intelligence Community); 
sections 17(d)(5) and 17(e)(3) of the Central Intelligence 
Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403q(d)(5) and 
403q(e)(3)) (relating to disclosures to the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Central Intelligence Agency and Congress); and 
the statutes which protect against disclosure that may 
compromise the national security, including sections 641, 
793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United States Code, 
and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Control Act 
of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, require-
ments, obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created 
by said Executive order and listed statutes are incor-
porated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of 
this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that 
is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 
of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other 
than an employee or officer of the United States Govern-
ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular 
activity for which such document is to be used. Such form 
or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person 
will not disclose any classified information received in the 
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course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do 
so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure 
forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo-
sures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an execu-
tive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essen-
tial to reporting a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 
implemented and enforced, notwithstanding subsection 
(a), if it complies with the requirements for such agree-
ment that were in effect when the agreement was entered 
into. 
SEC. 716. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 
or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 
to the Congress itself. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 
except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 
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or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non- 
public information such as mailing, telephone or electronic 
mailing lists to any person or any organization outside of 
the Federal Government without the approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
SEC. 719. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 
authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 720. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined 
under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined 
under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, 
and the Postal Regulatory Commission. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 
to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 
system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 
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5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 
in the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 
or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 
Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 
costs. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 
reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government- 
wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 
the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 
rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 
That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
trator of General Services to support Government-wide 
and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 
procurement, and other management innovations, initia-
tives, and activities, as approved by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-
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ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-
agement Council for overall management improvement ini-
tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 
management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 
Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 
Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-
tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-
cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-
ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 
not exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide innovations, 
initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That the funds 
transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General Services 
Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during fiscal 
year 2013 shall remain available for obligation through 
September 30, 2014: Provided further, That such trans-
fers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 days 
following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 
in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 
the location. 
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SEC. 724. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 
studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 
the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 
by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 
the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-
port describing the budget of and resources connected with 
the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 725. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli-
cable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this provi-
sion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and 
grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 726. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
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the funds made available in this or any other Act may 
be used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
ment Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 
provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
law. 
SEC. 727. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 
religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
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individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 728. The United States is committed to ensur-
ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 
Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 
anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-
cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 
oversight authorities. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments 
and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 
under this Act or any other appropriations Act may be 
used to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on 
the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to 
implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
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300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 
of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 
and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without 
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, except 
that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is au-
thorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 
by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 
cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 732. (a) For fiscal year 2013, no funds shall 
be available for transfers or reimbursements to the E-Gov-
ernment initiatives sponsored by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget prior to 15 days following submission 
of a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate by the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget and receipt of 
approval to transfer funds by the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
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(b) The report in subsection (a) and other required 
justification materials shall include at a minimum— 
(1) a description of each initiative including but 
not limited to its objectives, benefits, development 
status, risks, cost effectiveness (including estimated 
net costs or savings to the government), and the es-
timated date of full operational capability; 
(2) the total development cost of each initiative 
by fiscal year including costs to date, the estimated 
costs to complete its development to full operational 
capability, and estimated annual operations and 
maintenance costs; and 
(3) the sources and distribution of funding by 
fiscal year and by agency and bureau for each initia-
tive including agency contributions to date and esti-
mated future contributions by agency. 
(c) No funds shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure for new E-Government initiatives without the 
explicit approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 733. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 
Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 
any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
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a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 734. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act) and regulations implementing that section. 
SEC. 735. Each executive department and agency 
shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before 
issuing the individual a government travel charge card. 
Such evaluations for individually billed travel charge cards 
shall include an assessment of the individual’s consumer 
report from a consumer reporting agency as those terms 
are defined in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting 
Act (Public Law 91–508): Provided, That the department 
or agency may not issue a government travel charge card 
to an individual that either lacks a credit history or is 
found to have an unsatisfactory credit history as a result 
of this evaluation: Provided further, That this restriction 
shall not preclude issuance of a restricted-use charge, 
debit, or stored value card made in accordance with agency 
procedures to: (1) an individual with an unsatisfactory 
credit history where such card is used to pay travel ex-
penses and the agency determines there is no suitable al-
ternative payment mechanism available before issuing the 
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card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit history. Each 
executive department and agency shall establish guidelines 
and procedures for disciplinary actions to be taken against 
agency personnel for improper, fraudulent, or abusive use 
of government charge cards, which shall include appro-
priate disciplinary actions for use of charge cards for pur-
poses, and at establishments, that are inconsistent with 
the official business of the Department or agency or with 
applicable standards of conduct. 
SEC. 736. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 
as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 
or any subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-
quired in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
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(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 737. During fiscal year 2013, for each employee 
who— 
(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, or 
(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-
rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 
equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 
the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 
available until expended to the Office of Personnel 
Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 
5, United States Code. 
SEC. 738. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re-
quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 
or otherwise performing or participating in acquisition at 
any stage of the acquisition process (as defined in section 
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131 of title 41, United States Code) of property or services 
by the Federal Government to disclose any of the following 
information as a condition of submitting the offer or oth-
erwise performing in or participating in such acquisition: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 
of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 
election for Federal office or to a political com-
mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 
election for Federal office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 
entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 
or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 
reasonable expectation that the person will use the 
funds to make a payment described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election-
eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 
‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 
et seq.). 
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SEC. 739. 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 TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements 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 
Federal and District government agencies, that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2013, 
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 
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obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally 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, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility 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 author-
ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 
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requests of local funds under this title through November 
1, 2013. 
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 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood 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 sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 
any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 
unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 
performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include 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 a District of Columbia government em-
ployee as may otherwise be designated by the Chief 
of the Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
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Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 
Chief; 
(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 or is otherwise designated by the 
Director; 
(4) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(5) 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 Attor-
ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 
government 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 Co-
lumbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 
on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-
cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
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