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standing section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all 
powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 
hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for services au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not 
to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate pay-
able for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
$11,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Haz-
ard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than 
three career Senior Executive Service positions: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the individual appointed to the position of Inspector Gen-
eral of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, 
by virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of In-
spector General of the Board: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of In-
spector General of EPA in performing the duties of the In-
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spector General of the Board, and shall not appoint any 
individuals to positions within the Board. 
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 
531, $15,431,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria-
tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 
groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 
lands residents, those in significantly substandard housing, 
and all others certified as eligible and not included in the 
preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the 
funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by 
the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict 
any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 
30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned 
to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is pro-
vided for such household: Provided further, That no 
relocatee will be provided with more than one new or re-
placement home: Provided further, That the Office shall re-
locate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and 
received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation 
or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo reserva-
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tion or on the land acquired pursuant to section 11 of Pub-
lic Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716): Provided further, That 
$200,000 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of the Interior, to remain available 
until expended, for audits and investigations of the Office 
of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, consistent with the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized 
by title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 56 part A), 
$15,212,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: 
Provided, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing, not to exceed $7,377,000 shall become available on July 
1, 2017, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, 
as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 
science, and history; development, preservation, and docu-
mentation of the National Collections; presentation of pub-
lic exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dis-
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semination, and exchange of information and publications; 
conduct of education, training, and museum assistance pro-
grams; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements 
of no more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, fa-
cilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $729,444,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2018, except as oth-
erwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $48,467,000 
for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, 
exhibition reinstallation, the National Museum of African 
American History and Culture, and the repatriation of 
skeletal remains program shall remain available until ex-
pended; and including such funds as may be necessary to 
support American overseas research centers: Provided, That 
funds appropriated herein are available for advance pay-
ments to independent contractors performing research serv-
ices or participating in official Smithsonian presentations. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by 
section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and 
for 
construction, 
including 
necessary 
personnel, 
$133,903,000, to remain available until expended, of which
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not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery 
of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, 
and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized 
by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended 
by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolu-
tion 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when au-
thorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in 
library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 
publications or services are available to members only, or 
to members at a price lower than to the general public; pur-
chase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or rental of 
devices and services for protecting buildings and contents 
thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and re-
pair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and purchase 
of services for restoration and repair of works of art for 
the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without ad-
vertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such 
rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the
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Gallery may deem proper, $132,961,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018, of which not to exceed 
$3,620,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain 
available until expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and ren-
ovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occu-
pied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or other-
wise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 10 
years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 years, 
that address space needs created by the ongoing renovations 
in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $22,564,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That con-
tracts awarded for environmental systems, protection sys-
tems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the 
National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected 
contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor quali-
fications as well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance 
and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
forming Arts, $22,260,000.
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CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of the 
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$14,140,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$149,849,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 
for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in 
the arts, including arts education and public outreach ac-
tivities, through assistance to organizations and individuals 
pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and
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for administering the functions of the Act, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$149,848,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$139,148,000 shall be available for support of activities in 
the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and for 
administering the functions of the Act; and $10,700,000 
shall be available to carry out the matching grants program 
pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including 
$8,500,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That 
appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be 
available for obligation only in such amounts as may be 
equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of 
money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by 
grantees of the National Endowment for the Humanities 
under 
the 
provisions 
of 
sections 
11(a)(2)(B) 
and 
11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years 
for which equal amounts have not previously been appro-
priated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to
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process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 
from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chairperson of the National Endowment for 
the Arts may approve grants of up to $10,000, if in the 
aggregate the amount of such grants does not exceed 5 per-
cent of the sums appropriated for grantmaking purposes per 
year: Provided further, That such small grant actions are 
taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct dele-
gation of authority from the National Council on the Arts 
to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,762,000: Pro-
vided, That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to 
cover the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall 
be credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to re-
main available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That the Commission is authorized 
to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, drawings
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and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the 
Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Com-
mission of Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, 
study or education: Provided further, That one-tenth of one 
percent of the funds provided under this heading may be 
used for official reception and representation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $2,000,000. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on His-
toric Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,493,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $8,099,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent 
of the funds provided under this heading may be used for 
official reception and representational expenses associated 
with hosting international visitors engaged in the planning 
and physical development of world capitals.
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UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), 
$57,000,000, of which $1,215,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019, for the Museum’s equipment re-
placement program; and of which $2,500,000 for the Muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for 
the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall remain 
available until expended. 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the costs of construc-
tion design, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Com-
mission, $1,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission for design and construction of a me-
morial in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower, as authorized 
by Public Law 106–79, $45,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the contract with respect to 
the procurement shall contain the ‘‘availability of funds’’ 
clause described in section 52.232.18 of title 48, Code of 
Federal Regulations: Provided further, That the funds ap-
propriated herein shall be deemed to satisfy the criteria for
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issuing a permit contained in 40 U.S.C. 8906(a)(4) and 
(b). 
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Women’s Suffrage Cen-
tennial Commission, as authorized by this Act, $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 
promote public support or opposition to any legislative pro-
posal on which Congressional action is not complete other 
than to communicate to Members of Congress as described 
in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead 
charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including work-
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ing capital fund and cost pool charges, from programs, 
projects, activities and subactivities to support government- 
wide, departmental, agency, or bureau administrative func-
tions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall 
be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to 
approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti-
mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or proc-
ess applications for a patent for any mining or mill site 
claim located under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all require-
ments established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Re-
vised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode 
claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised 
Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and 
section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill
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site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with 
by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2018, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third- 
party contractor to be selected by the Director of the Bureau 
of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of 
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli-
cation as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land 
Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose and 
pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the 
standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in the retention of third-party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act,
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2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fiscal 
year 2017. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2017 LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 
2017 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 
Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Support 
Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract support 
costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance 
contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 
for fiscal year 2017 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 
the Indian Health Service: Provided, That such amounts 
provided by this Act are not available for payment of claims 
for contract support costs for prior years, or for repayments 
of payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 
support costs for prior years. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 
Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more 
than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for 
a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this sec-
tion exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of
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the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, 
That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in 
good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan 
for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall 
be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 
jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an acceler-
ated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) 
or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 
et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monument es-
tablished pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, 
except where such activities are allowed under the Presi-
dential proclamation establishing such monument. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or in-
terests in lands may be expended for the filing of declara-
tions of taking or complaints in condemnation without the 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to
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funds appropriated to implement the Everglades National 
Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds 
appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of Florida 
to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 410. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the 
value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and 
stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk allow-
ance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) when ap-
praised using a residual value appraisal. The western red 
cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs 
of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available 
to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States 
at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red 
cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United 
States domestic processors may be exported to foreign mar-
kets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yel-
low cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the 
election of the timber sale holder. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 411. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act to executive branch agencies may 
be used to enter into any Federal contract unless such con-
tract is entered into in accordance with the requirements
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of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, or Chapter 
137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acqui-
sition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract 
to be entered into without regard for these require-
ments, including formula grants for States, or feder-
ally recognized Indian tribes; or 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by any 
other Federal laws that specifically authorize a con-
tract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 
4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 
Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or
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(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES 
SEC. 413. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to 
an individual if such grant is awarded to such indi-
vidual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage 
Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to 
ensure that no funding provided through a grant, ex-
cept a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or 
regional group, may be used to make a grant to any 
other organization or individual to conduct activity 
independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in 
this subsection shall prohibit payments made in ex-
change for goods and services. 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 
to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
contents of the season, including identified programs 
or projects.
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 
PRIORITIES 
SEC. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding finan-
cial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts 
and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated 
under this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment 
for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing 
services or awarding financial assistance for projects, pro-
ductions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved 
populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a 
population of individuals, including urban minori-
ties, who have historically been outside the purview of 
arts and humanities programs due to factors such as 
a high incidence of income below the poverty line or 
to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 
line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the 
size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and
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Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services 
or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowl-
edge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the 
arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or 
are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to 
any single State, excluding grants made under the 
authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress 
annually and by State, on grants awarded by the 
Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of 
such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based 
music performance and education.
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STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations 
including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated 
funds in each program and activity. 
REPORT ON USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS 
SEC. 416. Not later than 120 days after the date on 
which the President’s fiscal year 2018 budget request is sub-
mitted to the Congress, the President shall submit a com-
prehensive report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate describing in 
detail all Federal agency funding, domestic and inter-
national, for climate change programs, projects, and activi-
ties in fiscal years 2016 and 2017, including an accounting 
of funding by agency with each agency identifying climate 
change programs, projects, and activities and associated 
costs by line item as presented in the President’s Budget 
Appendix, and including citations and linkages where prac-
ticable to each strategic plan that is driving funding within 
each climate change program, project, and activity listed 
in the report.
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PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regula-
tion requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, 
nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting 
from biological processes associated with livestock produc-
tion. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 418. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement any provision in a rule, if that 
provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas 
emissions from manure management systems. 
MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 419. Section 8162(m)(3) of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; 
Public Law 106–79) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 
of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle
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under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.) or any other law. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 421. The terms and conditions of section 325 of 
Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing 
permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not sub-
ject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 
Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall 
remain in effect for fiscal year 2017. 
STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 422. Section 604(d) of the Healthy Forest Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)), as amended by 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79), is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Notwithstanding the Materials Act of 1947 
(30 U.S.C. 602(a)), the Director may enter into an 
agreement or contract under subsection (b).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and the Di-
rector’’. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 423. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network is designed to block access to por-
nography websites.
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(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTIONS 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 
dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.) for the activities iden-
tified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of 
the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 425. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by 
a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized 
by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system 
or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products 
used in the project are produced in the United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 
clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 
precast concrete, and construction materials.
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(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 
with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 
in the United States will increase the cost of the over-
all project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver 
under this section, the Administrator shall make available 
to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request 
and information available to the Administrator concerning 
the request, and shall allow for informal public input on 
the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding 
based on the request. The Administrator shall make the re-
quest and accompanying information available by elec-
tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 
site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements.
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(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the 
provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management 
and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SEC. 426. Section 6301(2) of title 40, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘The National Gallery of Art’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(A) The National Gallery of Art’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: ‘‘(B) All other buildings, service roads, 
walks, and other areas within the exterior boundaries 
of any real estate or land or interest in land (includ-
ing temporary use) that the National Gallery of Art 
acquires and that the Director of the National Gallery 
of Art determines to be necessary for the adequate 
protection of individuals or property in the National 
Gallery of Art and suitable for administration as a 
part of the National Gallery of Art.’’.
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MIDWAY ISLAND 
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to destroy any buildings or structures on 
Midway Island that have been recommended by the United 
States Navy for inclusion in the National Register of His-
toric Places (54 U.S.C. 302101). 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 428. To support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall, consistent with their missions, 
jointly— 
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of 
forest biomass for energy, conservation, and re-
sponsible forest management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the use 
of forest biomass as an energy solution, including 
policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable
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energy source, provided the use of forest biomass 
for energy production does not cause conversion 
of forests to non-forest use. 
(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 429. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center 
Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) 
and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SECURITY.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out 
section 4(a)(1)(H), $22,260,000 for fiscal year 2017. 
‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F)
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and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $14,140,000 for fiscal year 
2017.’’. 
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS, 
HELENA-LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST 
SEC. 430. The boundary of the Patrick’s Basin Addi-
tion to the Bob Marshall Wilderness designated by section 
3065(c)(1)(A) of the ‘‘Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015’’ (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3835) is modified 
to exclude approximately 603 acres of land as generally de-
picted as items 1 and 2 on the map entitled ‘‘Patrick’s 
Basin Addition to the Bob Marshall Wilderness—Kenck 
Cabin and South Fork Sun River Packbridge Adjustments’’ 
and dated April 21, 2016, which shall be on file and avail-
able for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
Forest Service. The lands excluded from the wilderness shall 
be added to and administered as part of the Rocky Moun-
tain Front Conservation Management Area established in 
section 3065(b). 
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
SEC. 431. (a) The provisions of the following bills of 
the 115th Congress are hereby enacted into law: 
(1) H.R. 2104 (the Morley Nelson Snake River 
Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Boundary
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Modification Act of 2017), as introduced on April 20, 
2017. 
(2) S. 131 (the Alaska Mental Health Trust 
Land Exchange Act of 2017), as ordered to be re-
ported on March 30, 2017, by the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 
(3) S. 847 (the Women’s Suffrage Centennial 
Commission Act), as introduced on April 5, 2017. 
(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the 
United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 
of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United 
States shall include after the date of approval at the end 
an appendix setting forth the text of the bills referred to 
in subsection (a). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2017’’.
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DIVISION H—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’), 
the Second Chance Act of 2007, and the National Appren-
ticeship Act, $3,338,699,000, plus reimbursements, shall be 
available. Of the amounts provided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,709,832,000 as follows: 
(A) $815,556,000 for adult employment and 
training activities, of which $103,556,000 shall 
be available for the period July 1, 2017 through 
June 30, 2018, and of which $712,000,000 shall 
be available for the period October 1, 2017 
through June 30, 2018;
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(B) $873,416,000 for youth activities, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2017 
through June 30, 2018; and 
(C) $1,020,860,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$160,860,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the pe-
riod October 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018: 
Provided, That pursuant to section 128(a)(1) of the 
WIOA, the amount available to the Governor for 
statewide workforce investment activities shall not ex-
ceed 15 percent of the amount allotted to the State 
from each of the appropriations under the preceding 
subparagraphs: Provided further, That the funds 
available for allotment to outlying areas to carry out 
subtitle B of title I of the WIOA shall not be subject 
to the requirements of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such 
Act; and 
(2) for national programs, $628,867,000 as fol-
lows: 
(A) $220,859,000 for the dislocated workers 
assistance national reserve, of which $20,859,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2017 
through September 30, 2018, and of which
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$200,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018: 
Provided, That funds provided to carry out sec-
tion 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to 
provide assistance to a State for statewide or 
local use in order to address cases where there 
have been worker dislocations across multiple 
sectors or across multiple local areas and such 
workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State 
workforce development plan with emerging eco-
nomic development needs; and train such eligible 
dislocated workers: Provided further, That funds 
provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) 
of the WIOA may be used for technical assistance 
and demonstration projects, respectively, that 
provide assistance to new entrants in the work-
force and incumbent workers: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 168(b) of the 
WIOA, of the funds provided under this subpara-
graph, the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this 
title as ‘‘Secretary’’) may reserve not more than 
10 percent of such funds to provide technical as-
sistance and carry out additional activities re-
lated to the transition to the WIOA: Provided 
further, That, of the funds provided under this
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subparagraph, $20,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for applications submitted in accordance 
with section 170 of the WIOA for training and 
employment assistance for workers dislocated 
from coal mines and coal-fired power plants; 
(B) $50,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2017 
through June 30, 2018; 
(C) $81,896,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $75,885,000 for formula grants 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
employment and training services), $5,517,000 
for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not 
less than 70 percent shall be for permanent hous-
ing), and $494,000 for other discretionary pur-
poses, which shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or related regulation, the Department of Labor 
shall take no action limiting the number or pro-
portion of eligible participants receiving related 
assistance services or discouraging grantees from 
providing such services;
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(D) $84,534,000 for YouthBuild activities 
as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2017 
through June 30, 2018; 
(E) $2,500,000 for technical assistance ac-
tivities under section 168 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2017 
through June 30, 2018; 
(F) $88,078,000 for ex-offender activities, 
under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA 
and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 
2007, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018: Provided, 
That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for 
competitive grants to national and regional 
intermediaries for activities that prepare young 
ex-offenders and school dropouts for employment, 
with a priority for projects serving high-crime, 
high-poverty areas; 
(G) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the 
period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018; and 
(H) $95,000,000 to expand opportunities 
relating to apprenticeship programs registered
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under the National Apprenticeship Act, to be 
available to the Secretary to carry out activities 
through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts 
and other arrangements, with States and other 
appropriate entities, which shall be available for 
the period April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, 
and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the pur-
chase of real property for training centers as authorized by 
the WIOA, $1,704,155,000, plus reimbursements, as follows: 
(1) $1,587,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2017 
through June 30, 2018; 
(2) $84,500,000 for construction, rehabilitation 
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2017 through June 
30, 2020, and which may include the acquisition, 
maintenance, and repair of major items of equip-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 
to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational 
needs of such centers or to achieve administrative effi-
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ciencies: Provided further, That any funds transferred 
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall not be avail-
able for obligation after June 30, 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and 
(3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $400,000,000, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2017 through June 
30, 2018, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accord-
ance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2017 of trade adjust-
ment benefit payments and allowances under part I of sub-
chapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment 
and case management services, allowances for job search 
and relocation, and related State administrative expenses
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under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of 
the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, al-
lowances, training, employment and case management serv-
ices, and related State administration provided pursuant 
to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Exten-
sion Act of 2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences 
Extension Act of 2015, $849,000,000 together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-
quent appropriation for payments for any period subse-
quent to September 15, 2017: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropria-
tion provided under this heading may remain available for 
obligation beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to the 
authorities of section 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $89,066,000, 
together with not to exceed $3,434,625,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust 
Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,687,600,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title
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III of the Social Security Act (including not less than 
$115,000,000 to conduct in-person reemployment and 
eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 
improper payment reviews, and to provide reemploy-
ment services and referrals to training as appro-
priate, for claimants of unemployment insurance for 
ex-service members under 5 U.S.C. 8521 et. seq. and 
for claimants of regular unemployment compensation, 
including those who are profiled as most likely to ex-
haust their benefits in each State, and $5,500,000 for 
continued support of the Unemployment Insurance 
Integrity Center of Excellence), the administration of 
unemployment insurance for Federal employees and 
for ex-service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 
8501–8523, and the administration of trade readjust-
ment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment as-
sistance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance 
under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) 
of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 
2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Ex-
tension Act of 2015, and shall be available for obliga-
tion by the States through December 31, 2017, except 
that funds used for automation shall be available for 
Federal obligation through December 31, 2017, and 
for State obligation through September 30, 2019, or,
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if the automation is being carried out through con-
sortia of States, for State obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, and for expenditure through Sep-
tember 30, 2023, and funds for competitive grants 
awarded to States for improved operations and to 
conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility as-
sessments and unemployment insurance improper 
payment reviews and provide reemployment services 
and referrals to training, as appropriate, shall be 
available for Federal obligation through December 31, 
2017, and for obligation by the States through Sep-
tember 30, 2019, and funds for the Unemployment In-
surance Integrity Center of Excellence shall be avail-
able for obligation by the State through September 30, 
2018, and funds used for unemployment insurance 
workloads experienced by the States through Sep-
tember 30, 2017 shall be available for Federal obliga-
tion through December 31, 2017; 
(2) $14,897,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; 
(3) $650,000,000 from the Trust Fund, together 
with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treas-
ury, is for grants to States in accordance with section
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6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for 
Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2017 through 
June 30, 2018; 
(4) $19,818,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, including 
administration of the work opportunity tax credit 
under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $62,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $48,028,000 shall 
be available for the Federal administration of such 
activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available for 
grants to States for the administration of such activi-
ties; and 
(6) $67,653,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner- 
Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal obliga-
tion for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 
2018: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2017 is pro-
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jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 2,453,000, an 
additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be avail-
able for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU 
level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less 
than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security 
Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under 
title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such 
State to assist other States in carrying out activities under 
such title III if the other States include areas that have 
suffered a major disaster declared by the President under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of 
the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of 
States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires 
under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to 
States under title III of the Social Security Act to make 
payments on behalf of States to the entity operating the 
State Information Data Exchange System: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used 
to establish a national one-stop career center system, or 
which are used to support the national activities of the Fed-
eral-State unemployment insurance, employment service, or
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immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 
Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 
for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-
rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-
ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 
may award subgrants to other States and non-State entities 
under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable to 
the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 
the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 
be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insur-
ance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwith-
standing cost allocation principles prescribed under the 
final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements, 
Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal 
Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a 
State participating in a consortium with other States, may 
reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the 
Social Security Act to other States participating in the con-
sortium in order to carry out activities that benefit the ad-
ministration of the unemployment compensation law of the 
State making the request: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may collect fees for the costs associated with addi-
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tional data collection, analyses, and reporting services re-
lating to the National Agricultural Workers Survey re-
quested by State and local governments, public and private 
institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organiza-
tions and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the 
provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural 
Workers Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to 
meet the information collection and reporting needs of such 
entities, which shall be credited to this appropriation and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2018, for such 
purposes. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the So-
cial Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust 
Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to 
the revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social 
Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment 
Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be 
necessary, which shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2018.
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PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $108,674,000, together with not to exceed 
$49,982,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Secu-
rity Administration, $181,000,000. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, includ-
ing financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV 
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
within limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program, including associ-
ated administrative expenses, through September 30, 2017, 
for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds avail-
able to the Corporation for fiscal year 2017 shall be avail-
able for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of
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$421,006,000: Provided further, That an amount not to ex-
ceed an additional $98,500,000 shall be available through 
September 30, 2021, for costs associated with the acquisi-
tion, occupancy, and related costs of headquarters space: 
Provided further, That to the extent that the number of new 
plan participants in plans terminated by the Corporation 
exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2017, an amount not to ex-
ceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be available through 
September 30, 2018, for obligation for administrative ex-
penses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants: 
Provided further, That obligations in excess of the amounts 
provided in this paragraph may be incurred for unforeseen 
and extraordinary pretermination expenses or extraor-
dinary multiemployer program related expenses after ap-
proval by the Office of Management and Budget and notifi-
cation of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-
dered, $227,500,000.
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OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Manage-
ment Standards, $38,187,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $104,476,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Com-
pensation 
Programs, 
$115,424,000, 
together 
with 
$2,177,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 
in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the 
current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; 
continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading 
‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security Agency 
Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation 
Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the 
War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2004); obligations in-
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curred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional com-
pensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 
$220,000,000, together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation 
for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any 
period subsequent to August 15 of the current year, for de-
posit into and to assume the attributes of the Employees’ 
Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): 
Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used under 
5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, 
who is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions 
of the salary of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Pro-
vided further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated 
on September 30, 2016, shall remain available until ex-
pended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be 
transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service 
and from any other corporation or instrumentality required 
under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share 
of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary 
determines to be the cost of administration for employees 
of such fair share entities through September 30, 2017: Pro-
vided further, That of those funds transferred to this ac-
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count from the fair share entities to pay the cost of adminis-
tration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 
$66,675,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as fol-
lows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
communications systems, $22,740,000; 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $16,866,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $4,101,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 
5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, 
such identifying information (including Social Security ac-
count number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 
275, $61,319,000, to remain available until expended.
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For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 
for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 
as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2018, $16,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$59,846,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary may require that any person filing a 
claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such 
claim such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity account number) as may be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 
Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 
until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 
section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of interest 
on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that 
Act. In addition, the following amounts may be expended
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from the Fund for fiscal year 2017 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed 
$38,246,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensa-
tion Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 
$31,994,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $330,000 for trans-
fer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into mis-
cellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the 
Treasury. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $552,787,000, including not to 
exceed $100,850,000 which shall be the maximum amount 
available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants 
shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupa-
tional safety and health programs required to be incurred 
under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 
of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
may retain up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training insti-
tute course tuition and fees, otherwise authorized by law
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to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational 
safety and health training and education: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is author-
ized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, to 
collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such 
sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, 
to administer national and international laboratory rec-
ognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and 
products used by workers in the workplace: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this para-
graph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, ad-
minister, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order 
under the Act which is applicable to any person who is en-
gaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a 
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: 
Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or 
enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the 
Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees 
who is included within a category having a Days Away, 
Restricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 
and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification 
code for which such data are published, less than the na-
tional average rate as such rates are most recently published
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by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation 
for violations found during such inspection, and to 
assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected 
within a reasonable abatement period and for any 
willful violations found; 
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to a report of an employment accident which 
is fatal to one or more employees or which results in 
hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take 
any action pursuant to such investigation authorized 
by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to complaints of discrimination against em-
ployees for exercising rights under the Act:
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Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply 
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which 
does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 
10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That $10,537,000 
shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for 
Voluntary Protection Programs. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $373,816,000, including purchase and be-
stowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine 
rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and 
recovery activities and not less than $10,537,000 for State 
assistance grants: Provided, That amounts available for 
State assistance grants may be used for the purchase and 
maintenance of new equipment required by the final rule 
entitled ‘‘Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Coal 
Mine Dust, Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors’’ 
published by the Department of Labor in the Federal Reg-
ister on May 1, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 24813 et seq.), for opera-
tors that demonstrate financial need as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by
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the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, 
board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise 
authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine 
safety and health education and training activities: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the 
Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to 
collect and retain up to $2,499,000 from fees collected for 
the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and 
explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for 
such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary is au-
thorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
contributions from public and private sources and to pros-
ecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, 
State, or private: Provided further, That the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration is authorized to promote health 
and safety education and training in the mining commu-
nity through cooperative programs with States, industry, 
and safety associations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safe-
ty Association as a principal safety association and, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, may provide 
funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, in-
cluding service of Mine Safety and Health Administration 
officials as officers in local chapters or in the national orga-
nization: Provided further, That any funds available to the
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Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of 
the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and 
survival operations in the event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Fed-
eral, and local agencies and their employees for services ren-
dered, $544,000,000, together with not to exceed $65,000,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security Ad-
ministration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Em-
ployment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and 
initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of 
eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 
people with disabilities, $38,203,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$334,536,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Adminis-
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tration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That $59,825,000 for the Bureau of International 
Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through De-
cember 31, 2017: Provided further, That funds available to 
the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used to 
administer or operate international labor activities, bilat-
eral and multilateral technical assistance, and micro-
finance programs, by or through contracts, grants, sub-
grants and other arrangements: Provided further, That not 
more than $53,825,000 shall be for programs to combat ex-
ploitative child labor internationally and not less than 
$6,000,000 shall be used to implement model programs that 
address worker rights issues through technical assistance in 
countries with which the United States has free trade agree-
ments or trade preference programs: Provided further, That 
$8,040,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall 
be available for obligation through September 30, 2018: 
Provided further, That funds available for program evalua-
tion may be used to administer grants for the purpose of 
evaluation: Provided further, That grants made for the pur-
pose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair and open 
competition: Provided further, That funds available for pro-
gram evaluation may be transferred to any other appro-
priate account in the Department for such purpose: Pro-
vided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of
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the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds available to the Women’s Bureau may 
be used for grants to serve and promote the interests of 
women in the workforce: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, $994,000 
shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in Ap-
prenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $234,041,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, of 
which: 
(1) $175,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 
grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-
abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 
section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ employ-
ment representatives under section 4104(b) of such 
title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obliga-
tion by the States through December 31, 2017, and 
not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex-
penditures for data systems and contract support to 
allow for the tracking of participant and performance
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information: Provided, That, in addition, such funds 
may be used to support such specialists and rep-
resentatives 
in 
the 
provision 
of 
services 
to 
transitioning members of the Armed Forces who have 
participated in the Transition Assistance Program 
and have been identified as in need of intensive serv-
ices, to members of the Armed Forces who are wound-
ed, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military 
treatment facilities or warrior transition units, and 
to the spouses or other family caregivers of such 
wounded, ill, or injured members; 
(2) $14,600,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144: Provided, That, up to $300,000 of 
such funds may be used to enter into a cooperative 
agreement with a State relating to a mobile applica-
tion to provide transition assistance to separating 
service members, veterans and eligible spouses; 
(3) $41,027,000 is for Federal administration of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States 
Code; and 
(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Em-
ployment and Training Services Institute under 38 
U.S.C. 4109:
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Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the ap-
propriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-
tion from which such reallocation is made. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$45,000,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless 
veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
transitioning from certain institutions under sections 2021, 
2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 
That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 
2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 
30, 2017, to provide services under such section: Provided 
further, That services provided under section 2023 may in-
clude, in addition to services to the individuals described 
in subsection (e) of such section, services to veterans recently 
released from incarceration who are at risk of homelessness. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $18,778,000, 
which shall be available through September 30, 2018. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $82,061,000, together with not to exceed
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$5,660,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-
nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-
tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 
Level II. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act 
may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, 
but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased 
by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, 
That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not 
be used to create any new program or to fund any project 
or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
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pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the 
procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or 
harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced 
or indentured child labor in industries and host countries 
already identified by the United States Department of 
Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available to the Department of 
Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Com-
petitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other than com-
petitive grants for training individuals who are older than 
16 years of age and are not currently enrolled in school 
within a local educational agency in the occupations and 
industries for which employers are using H–1B visas to 
hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 
support such training: Provided, That of such funds avail-
able before September 30, 2017 up to $20,000,000 shall be 
available for obligation through September 30, 2018 by the 
Employment and Training Administration of the Depart-
ment of Labor to process foreign labor certifications, includ-
ing wage determinations and associated tasks and grants 
to States, submitted by employers to employ nonimmigrants 
described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii) of the Immigration
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and Nationality Act, to the extent necessary to eliminate 
backlogs and delays: Provided further, That of the unobli-
gated funds available under section 286(s)(2) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), 
$46,000,000 are permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Admin-
istration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of 
such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, 
either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess 
of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to 
vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States 
are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower 
limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and 
bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into ac-
count factors including the relative cost-of-living in the 
State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local 
government employees, and the size of the organizations 
that administer Federal programs involved including Em-
ployment and Training Administration programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-
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rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-
ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 
determined that those services will be more efficiently per-
formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary ap-
propriation made available to the Employment and Train-
ing Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Administra-
tion’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities re-
lating to any of the programs or activities that are funded 
under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 
That funds transferred from under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
of the ‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account shall be available under 
paragraph (3) of such account in order to carry out pro-
gram integrity activities relating to the Job Corps program: 
Provided further, That funds transferred under this sub-
section shall be available for obligation through September 
30, 2018. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 
out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 
are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under
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this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Manage-
ment’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer 
within the Department of Labor, and shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2018: Provided, That such 
funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer 
of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 
days in advance of any transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Com-
munity Service Employment for Older Americans’’, ‘‘State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administration’’, 
‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and 
Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine 
Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability 
Employment Policy’’, funding made available to the ‘‘Bu-
reau of International Labor Affairs’’ and ‘‘Women’s Bu-
reau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries and 
Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans Employment and Train-
ing’’.
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SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
beginning October 1, 2016, the Secretary of Labor, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Agriculture may select an 
entity to operate a Civilian Conservation Center on a com-
petitive basis in accordance with section 147 of the WIOA, 
if the Secretary of Labor determines such Center has had 
consistently low performance under the performance ac-
countability system in effect for the Job Corps program 
prior to July 1, 2016, or with respect to expected levels of 
performance established under section 159(c) of such Act be-
ginning July 1, 2016. 
SEC. 109. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the fol-
lowing text is part of such section: 
‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 
for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major dis-
aster to any employee— 
‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-
sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by an 
employer not engaged, directly or through an affiliate, 
in underwriting, selling, or marketing property, cas-
ualty, or liability insurance policies or contracts; 
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on average 
weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 per 
week or any minimum weekly amount established by
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the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the number of 
weeks such employee is engaged in any of the activi-
ties described in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-
viduals who suffered injuries or other damages or 
losses arising from or relating to a disaster, wit-
nesses, or physicians; 
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-
ing factual information to prepare damage esti-
mates; 
‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-
tions regarding coverage or compensability of 
claims or determining liability or value aspects 
of claims; 
‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 
‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 
litigation. 
‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 
the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-
aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 
State or Federal agency or department;
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‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 
evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 
major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-
cured or secures a license required by applicable law 
to engage in and perform the activities described in 
clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating to 
a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 
that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-
erage or protection for its employees, if required by 
applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 
State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 
wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 
and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 
by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 
more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 
securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-
rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 
control with, another company.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 110. Of the funds made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Employment and Training Administration–Training 
and Employment Services’’ in division H of Public Law
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114–113, $75,000,000 is rescinded, to be derived from the 
amount made available in paragraph (2)(A) under such 
heading for the period October 1, 2016, through September 
30, 2017. 
SEC. 111. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE 
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if a 
petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-
ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-
ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in the 
petition into the United States at any time during 
the 120-day period beginning on the start date for 
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants without filing another petition. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 90TH 
DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry may not 
bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 
after the date that is 90 days after the start date for 
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants unless the employer— 
(A) completes a new assessment of the local 
labor market by— 
(i) listing job orders in local news-
papers on 2 separate Sundays; and
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(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
appropriate Department of Labor Elec-
tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 
place of employment; and 
(B) offers the job to an equally or better 
qualified United States worker who— 
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and 
place of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT TO 
STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not con-
sider an employer in the seafood industry who brings 
H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States during 
the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) to be 
staggering the date of need in violation of section 
655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any other applicable provision of law. 
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens admitted 
to 
the 
United 
States 
pursuant 
to 
section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 
SEC. 112. The determination of prevailing wage for 
the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater of— 
(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other em-
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ployees with similar experience and qualifications for such 
position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing wage 
level for the occupational classification of the position in 
the geographic area in which the H–2B nonimmigrant will 
be employed, based on the best information available at the 
time of filing the petition. In the determination of pre-
vailing wage for the purposes of the H–2B program, the 
Secretary shall accept private wage surveys even in in-
stances where Occupational Employment Statistics survey 
data are available unless the Secretary determines that the 
methodology and data in the provided survey are not statis-
tically supported. 
SEC. 113. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to enforce the definition of corresponding employment found 
in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule defini-
tion found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. 
Further, for the purpose of regulating admission of tem-
porary workers under the H–2B program, the definition of 
temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 
214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2017’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) with 
respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian 
Health Care Act of 1988, $1,491,522,000: Provided, That 
no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until expended 
for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That no more than $99,893,000 shall 
be available until expended for carrying out the provisions 
of sections 224(g)–(n) and (q) of the PHS Act, and for ex-
penses incurred by the Department of Health and Human 
Services (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to 
administrative claims made under such law: Provided fur-
ther, That of funds provided for the Health Centers pro-
gram, as defined by section 330 of the PHS Act, by this 
Act or any other Act for fiscal year 2017, not less than 
$100,000,000 shall be obligated in fiscal year 2017 to sup-
port grants to expand medical services, behavioral health, 
oral health, pharmacy, or vision services.
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HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 
1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Qual-
ity Improvement Act of 1986, $838,695,000: Provided, That 
sections 747(c)(2), 751(j)(2), 762(k), and the proportional 
funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 
756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made avail-
able under this heading: Provided further, That for any pro-
gram operating under section 751 of the PHS Act on or 
before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con-
tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such 
Act for the full project period of a grant under such section: 
Provided further, That no funds shall be available for sec-
tion 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That fees 
collected for the disclosure of information under section 
427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 
and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security 
Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating 
the programs authorized by such sections and shall remain 
available until expended for the National Practitioner Data 
Bank: Provided further, That funds transferred to this ac-
count to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D
914 
of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year 
adjustments to awards made under such sections. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health, title 
V of the Social Security Act, and section 712 of the Amer-
ican Jobs Creation Act of 2004, $848,617,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of 
the Social Security Act, not more than $80,593,000 shall 
be available for carrying out special projects of regional and 
national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such 
Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described 
in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of 
such Act. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with re-
spect 
to 
the 
Ryan 
White 
HIV/AIDS 
program, 
$2,318,781,000, of which $1,970,881,000 shall remain 
available to the Secretary through September 30, 2019, for 
parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which 
not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug 
Assistance Programs under the authority of section 2616 
or 311(c) of such Act.
915 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS 
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 
with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $104,193,000, of 
which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facili-
ties renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease 
Center. 
RURAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal 
Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 
1820 of the Social Security Act, $156,060,000, of which 
$43,609,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 
1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for 
carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants 
program: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, 
$14,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital 
Improvement Grant Program for quality improvement and 
adoption of health information technology and up to 
$1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the 
Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under 
section 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and imple-
mentation of telehealth services, including pilots and dem-
onstrations on the use of electronic health records to coordi-
916 
nate rural veterans care between rural providers and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record sys-
tem: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
338J(k) of the PHS Act, $10,000,000 shall be available for 
State Offices of Rural Health. 
FAMILY PLANNING 
For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS 
Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects, 
$286,479,000: Provided, That amounts provided to said 
projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, 
that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and 
that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity 
(including the publication or distribution of literature) that 
in any way tends to promote public support or opposition 
to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For program support in the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, $154,000,000: Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading may be used to 
supplement program support funding provided under the 
headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 
‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’.
917 
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 
may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related 
injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after 
September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of 
the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed 
$7,750,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the 
Secretary. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee 
Education Assistance Act, with respect to immunization 
and respiratory diseases, $455,000,000. 
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 
DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the 
PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexu-
ally transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 
$1,117,278,000.
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EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and zoonotic 
infectious diseases, $532,922,000. 
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX 
of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention 
and health promotion, $777,646,000: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this account may be available for mak-
ing grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for not less 
than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be available to continue and expand com-
munity specific extension and outreach programs to combat 
obesity in counties with the highest levels of obesity: Pro-
vided further, That the proportional funding requirements 
under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 
funds made available under this heading. 
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 
DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 
PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-
abilities, disabilities and health, $137,560,000.
919 
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 
informatics, and workforce development, $489,397,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health, $163,750,000. 
INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 
$286,059,000: Provided, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, $112,000,000 shall be available for an evi-
dence-based opioid drug overdose prevention program. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 
of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of 
the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, 
and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, 
$335,200,000.
920 
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
COMPENSATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That this amount shall be available consistent with the pro-
vision regarding administrative expenses in section 151(b) 
of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to global health, $435,121,000, of which 
$128,421,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018: Provided, That funds 
may be used for purchase and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries. 
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to public health preparedness and response, 
and for expenses necessary to support activities related to 
countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and 
chemical threats to civilian populations, $1,405,000,000, of 
which $575,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the Strategic National Stockpile: Provided, That in the 
event the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (referred to in this title as ‘‘CDC’’) activates the
921 
Emergency Operations Center, the Director of the CDC may 
detail CDC staff without reimbursement for up to 90 days 
to support the work of the CDC Emergency Operations Cen-
ter, so long as the Director provides a notice to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority and 
a full report within 30 days after use of this authority 
which includes the number of staff and funding level broken 
down by the originating center and number of days de-
tailed: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used to support a contract for the oper-
ation and maintenance of an aircraft in direct support of 
activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency is prepared 
to address public health preparedness emergencies. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-
tion, demolition, and renovation of facilities, $10,000,000, 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2021: 
Provided, That funds previously set-aside by CDC for re-
pair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine 
and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement mine 
safety research facility: Provided further, That in addition, 
the prior year unobligated balance of any amounts assigned 
to former employees in accounts of CDC made available for
922 
Individual Learning Accounts shall be credited to and 
merged with the amounts made available under this head-
ing to support the replacement of the mine safety research 
facility. 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities 
and program support for activities funded in other appro-
priations included in this Act for the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, $113,570,000: Provided, That 
paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 
of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under 
this heading and in all other accounts of the CDC: Provided 
further, That employees of CDC or the Public Health Serv-
ice, both civilian and commissioned officers, detailed to 
States, municipalities, or other organizations under author-
ity of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assign-
ments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for report-
ing purposes only and shall not be included within any 
personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS 
during the period of detail or assignment: Provided further, 
That CDC may use up to $10,000 from amounts appro-
priated to CDC in this Act for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses when specifically approved by the Di-
rector of CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such
923 
sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which 
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost 
thereof: Provided further, That with respect to the previous 
proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Pro-
gram and the Respirator Certification Program shall be 
available through September 30, 2018. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cancer, $5,389,329,000, of which up to 
$50,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improve-
ments at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick Feder-
ally Funded Research and Development Center in Fred-
erick, Maryland: Provided, That of the $5,689,329,000 pro-
vided for in direct obligations under this heading, 
$5,389,329,000 is appropriated from the general fund and 
$300,000,000 was previously appropriated for fiscal year 
2017 by section 194 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2017 (division C of Public Law 114–223), as amended by 
the Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appro-
priations Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254) to support can-
cer research pursuant to section 1001 of the 21st Century 
Cures Act.
924 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, 
and blood and blood products, $3,206,589,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 
RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 
$425,751,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 
KIDNEY DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-
ease, $1,870,595,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND 
STROKE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 
$1,783,654,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$4,906,638,000.
925 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
general 
medical 
sciences, 
$2,650,838,000, of which $824,443,000 shall be from funds 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Provided, That 
not less than $333,361,000 is provided for the Institutional 
Development Awards program. 
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD 
HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to child health and human development, 
$1,380,295,000. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
$732,618,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 
$714,261,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to aging, $2,048,610,000.
926 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 
diseases, $557,851,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-
orders, $436,875,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to nursing research, $150,273,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 
ALCOHOLISM 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 
$483,363,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,090,853,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, $1,601,931,000.
927 
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to human genome research, $528,566,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 
BIOENGINEERING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 
research, $357,080,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 
$134,689,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH 
DISPARITIES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 
research, $289,069,000. 
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 
title IV of the PHS Act), $72,213,000. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to health information communications,
928 
$407,510,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 
improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 
in fiscal year 2017, the National Library of Medicine may 
enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 
services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 
the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re-
ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to translational sciences, $705,903,000: 
Provided, That up to $25,835,000 shall be available to im-
plement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 
Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least 
$516,120,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 
Sciences Awards program. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 
the Director, NIH, $1,665,183,000 (in addition to the 
$52,000,000 in the NIH Innovation Fund previously ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2017 pursuant to section 1001 
of the 21st Century Cures Act, 2017 (division C of Public 
Law 114–254)): Provided, That funding shall be available 
for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles
929 
for replacement only: Provided further, That all funds cred-
ited to the NIH Management Fund shall remain available 
for one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are 
deposited: Provided further, That $165,000,000 shall be for 
the National Children’s Study Follow-on: Provided further, 
That $682,856,000 shall be available for the Common Fund 
established under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses when spe-
cifically approved by the Director of the NIH: Provided fur-
ther, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office 
of the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 
to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities 
as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That up to $190,000,000 (in addition to 
the $40,000,000 to support the Precision Medicine Initia-
tive in the NIH Innovation Fund previously appropriated 
for fiscal year 2017 pursuant to section 1001 of the 21st 
Century Cures Act by section 194 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2017 (division C of Public Law 114–254)), 
of the funds provided herein are available to support the 
trans-NIH Precision Medicine Initiative. 
In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com-
mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 
Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund
930 
from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de-
scribed in section 9008 of title 26, United States Code, for 
the purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the 
PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as authorized in 
the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renova-
tion of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or 
used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 
$128,863,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2021. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, and the Protection and 
Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, 
$1,147,998,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for car-
rying out section 520A shall be available for carrying out 
section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in ad-
dition to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall be 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out 
subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 
section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data
931 
collection and evaluation activities, and further that the 
total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities 
shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for 
subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That 
section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 
appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2017: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 565(b)(1) of the PHS 
Act, technical assistance may be provided to a public entity 
to establish or operate a system of comprehensive commu-
nity mental health services to children with a serious emo-
tional disturbance, without regard to whether the public en-
tity receives a grant under section 561(a) of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That States shall expend at least 10 percent 
of the amount each receives for carrying out section 1911 
of the PHS Act to support evidence-based programs that 
address the needs of individuals with early serious mental 
illness, including psychotic disorders, regardless of the age 
of the individual at onset: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall 
be subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, $15,000,000 
shall be to carry out section 224 of the Protecting Access 
to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 
290aa 22 note).
932 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with 
respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such 
Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and preven-
tion, $2,131,306,000: Provided, That in addition to 
amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 
to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS 
Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national 
data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further 
that the total available under this Act for section 1935(b) 
activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appro-
priated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; and (2) 
$2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment programs: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided for sec-
tion 1921 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 241 
of such Act. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with 
respect to substance abuse prevention, $223,219,000. 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For program support and cross-cutting activities that 
supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 
Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 
Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX
933 
of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-
viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, $116,830,000: Pro-
vided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$31,428,000 shall be available under section 241 of the PHS 
Act to supplement funds available to carry out national 
surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and 
analyze program data, and to conduct public awareness 
and technical assistance activities: Provided further, That, 
in addition, fees may be collected for the costs of publica-
tions, data, data tabulations, and data analysis completed 
under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a public or 
private entity upon request, which shall be credited to this 
appropriation and shall remain available until expended 
for such purposes: Provided further, That amounts made 
available in this Act for carrying out section 501(m) of the 
PHS Act shall remain available through September 30, 
2018: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading may be used to supplement program support 
funding provided under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, 
‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Pre-
vention’’.
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AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, 
part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 
1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
Modernization Act of 2003, $324,000,000: Provided, That 
section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year 
2017: Provided further, That in addition, amounts received 
from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and 
interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be cred-
ited to this appropriation and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2018. 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $262,003,967,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
For making, after May 31, 2017, payments to States 
under title XIX or in the case of section 1928 on behalf 
of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the 
last quarter of fiscal year 2017 for unanticipated costs in-
curred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary. 
For making payments to States or in the case of sec-
tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social
935 
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, 
$125,219,452,000, to remain available until expended. 
Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 
quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 
in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 
such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quar-
ter. 
PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 
1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 
111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 
278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for administrative 
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social 
Security Act, $299,187,700,000. 
In addition, for making matching payments under sec-
tion 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 
of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated in 
budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 
XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 
Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil-
936 
ities of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, not 
to exceed $3,669,744,000, to be transferred from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all 
funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS 
Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds 
retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 302 of the 
Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006; and such sums 
as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale 
of data, which shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That all 
funds derived in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from or-
ganizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act 
shall be credited to and available for carrying out the pur-
poses of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2017 from 
Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant to section 
1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible orga-
nizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of 
that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act. 
HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 
In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-
gram integrity and program management, $725,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2018, to be trans-
937 
ferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, 
of which $486,936,000 shall be for the Medicare Integrity 
Program at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv-
ices, including administrative costs, to conduct oversight ac-
tivities for Medicare Advantage under Part C and the Medi-
care Prescription Drug Program under Part D of the Social 
Security Act and for activities described in section 1893(b) 
of such Act, of which $82,132,000 shall be for the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 
General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 
by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, of which $82,132,000 
shall be for the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance 
Program (‘‘CHIP’’) program integrity activities, and of 
which $73,800,000 shall be for the Department of Justice 
to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by sec-
tion 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re-
quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for 
fiscal year 2017 shall include measures of the operational 
efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the 
Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the funds pro-
vided by this appropriation: Provided further, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $311,000,000 is pro-
vided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended, and $414,000,000 is additional new 
budget 
authority 
specified 
for 
purposes 
of 
section 
251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall support the full cost of the Senior Medicare Pa-
trol program to combat health care fraud and abuse from 
the funds provided to this account. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT 
AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 
and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,010,631,000, to remain 
available until expended; and for such purposes for the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2018, $1,400,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 
XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 
July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 
year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary. 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 
of section 2602 of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
939 
Act of 1981, $3,390,304,000: Provided, That all but 
$491,000,000 of this amount shall be allocated as though 
the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 
2017 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 2609A(a), of the amounts appro-
priated under section 2602(b), not more than $2,988,000 
of such amounts may be reserved by the Secretary for tech-
nical assistance, training, and monitoring of program ac-
tivities for compliance with internal controls, policies and 
procedures and may, in addition to the authorities provided 
in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts 
with private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit orga-
nizations. 
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 
462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of 
the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Re-
authorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Torture Victims Relief 
Act of 1998, $1,674,691,000, of which $1,645,201,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2019 for carrying
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out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: Provided, That 
amounts available under this heading to carry out the 
TVPA shall also be available for research and evaluation 
with respect to activities under such Act: Provided further, 
That the limitation in section 205 of this Act regarding 
transfers increasing any appropriation shall apply to 
transfers to appropriations under this heading by sub-
stituting ‘‘10 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 2014 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $2,856,000,000 
shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general rev-
enue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: 
Provided, 
That 
technical 
assistance 
under 
section 
658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, or through 
the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or 
interagency agreements: Provided further, That all funds 
made available to carry out section 418 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including funds appropriated for 
that purpose in such section 418 or any other provision 
of law, shall be subject to the reservation of funds authority 
in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 658O(a) of the CCDBG 
Act.
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SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 
of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of 
such Act, the applicable percent specified under such sub-
paragraph for a State to carry out State programs pursu-
ant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 percent. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the 
Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption 
opportunities), part B–1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A, 
477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, 
and the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG 
Act’’); for necessary administrative expenses to carry out 
titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX–A of the Social 
Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 2014, the Assets for Inde-
pendence Act, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance
942 
Act of 1980; and for the administration of prior year obli-
gations made by the Administration for Children and Fam-
ilies under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 
Bill of Rights Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 
$11,294,368,000, of which $37,943,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2018, shall be for grants to States 
for adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments, 
as defined by section 473A of the Social Security Act and 
may be made for adoptions and legal guardianships com-
pleted before September 30, 2017: Provided, That 
$9,253,095,000 shall be for making payments under the 
Head Start Act: Provided further, That of the amount in 
the previous proviso, $8,588,095,000 shall be available for 
payments under section 640 of the Head Start Act, of which 
$80,000,000 shall be available for a cost of living adjust-
ment notwithstanding section 640(a)(3)(A) of such Act: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided for making 
payments under the Head Start Act, $25,000,000 shall be 
available for allocation by the Secretary to supplement ac-
tivities described in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 
641(c) of such Act under the Designation Renewal System, 
established under the authority of sections 641(c)(7), 
645A(b)(12) and 645A(d) of such Act: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding such section 640, of the amount pro-
vided for making payments under the Head Start Act, and
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in addition to funds otherwise available under such section 
640, $640,000,000 shall be available through March 31, 
2018 for Early Head Start programs as described in section 
645A of such Act, for conversion of Head Start services to 
Early Head Start services as described in section 
645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, for discretionary grants for high 
quality infant and toddler care through Early Head Start- 
Child Care Partnerships, to entities defined as eligible 
under section 645A(d) of such Act, for training and tech-
nical assistance for such activities, and for up to 
$14,000,000 in Federal costs of administration and evalua-
tion, and, notwithstanding section 645A(c)(2) of such Act, 
these funds are available to serve children under age 4: Pro-
vided further, That funds described in the preceding two 
provisos shall not be included in the calculation of ‘‘base 
grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is used in 
section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act: Provided further, That 
$250,000,000 shall be available until December 31, 2017 for 
carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student 
Succeeds Act: Provided further, That, in accordance with 
section 9212(j) of such Act, funds made available in the pre-
ceding proviso may be allocated to the Department of Edu-
cation to issue continuation grants on behalf of the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That up to 3 percent of the funds 
in the second preceding proviso shall be available for tech-
944 
nical assistance and evaluation related to grants awarded 
under 
such 
section 
9212: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$742,383,000 shall be for making payments under the 
CSBG Act: Provided further, That $27,733,000 shall be for 
sections 680 and 678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not 
less than $19,883,000 shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not 
less than $7,500,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of 
such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
675C(a)(3) of such Act, to the extent Community Services 
Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State 
to an eligible entity as provided under such Act, and have 
not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with 
such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for ex-
penditure by such entity consistent with program purposes: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish proce-
dures regarding the disposition of intangible assets and pro-
gram income that permit such assets acquired with, and 
program income derived from, grant funds authorized 
under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole prop-
erty of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 
years after the end of the grant period for any activity con-
sistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided 
further, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity 
investments and other debt instruments, and program in-
come may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose con-
945 
sistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided 
further, That these procedures shall apply to such grant 
funds made available after November 29, 1999: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of 
the CSBG Act shall be available for financing construction 
and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 
business enterprises owned by community development cor-
porations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 
performance standards for entities receiving funds from 
State and territorial grantees under the CSBG Act, and 
such States and territories shall assure the implementation 
of such standards prior to September 30, 2017, and include 
information on such implementation in the report required 
by section 678E(a)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That 
$1,864,000 shall be for a human services case management 
system for federally declared disasters, to include a com-
prehensive national case management contract and Federal 
costs of administering the system: Provided further, That 
up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assist-
ance Reporting Information System, including grants to 
States to support data collection for a study of the system’s 
effectiveness. 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 
436 of the Social Security Act, $325,000,000 and, for car-
946 
rying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such 
Act, $59,765,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sections 
438(c)(3)(A) and 436(b)(2) of such Act, $10,000,000 shall 
be available for such section 436(b)(2), of which no funds 
shall be available for carrying out sections 438(c)(3)(A)(ii) 
and (iii) of such Act. 
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, $5,764,000,000. 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fis-
cal year 2018, $2,500,000,000. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 
E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 
current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), titles III and 
XXIX of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS 
Act, section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 
and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu-
947 
rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill 
of Rights Act, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the 
Help America Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology 
Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and section 14 with respect 
to such titles) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for 
Department-wide coordination of policy and program ac-
tivities 
that 
assist 
individuals 
with 
disabilities, 
$1,919,000,000, together with $47,115,000 to be transferred 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 
carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1990: Provided, That amounts appropriated 
under this heading may be used for grants to States under 
section 361 of the OAA only for disease prevention and 
health promotion programs and activities which have been 
demonstrated through rigorous evaluation to be evidence- 
based and effective: Provided further, That of amounts made 
available under this heading to carry out sections 311, 331, 
and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent of such amounts 
shall be available for developing and implementing evi-
dence-based practices for enhancing senior nutrition: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, funds made available under this heading to carry 
out section 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Pro-
948 
vided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants to support alternative financing programs that pro-
vide for the purchase of assistive technology devices, such 
as a low-interest loan fund; an interest buy-down program; 
a revolving loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance 
program: Provided further, That applicants shall provide 
an assurance that, and information describing the manner 
in which, the alternative financing program will expand 
and emphasize consumer choice and control: Provided fur-
ther, That State agencies and community-based disability 
organizations that are directed by and operated for individ-
uals with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading may be used by an eligible system (as defined in 
section 102 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals 
with Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to 
pursue any legal action in a Federal or State court on be-
half of an individual or group of individuals with a devel-
opmental disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the 
Developmental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of 
Rights Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attrib-
utable to a mental impairment (or a combination of mental 
and physical impairments), that has as the requested rem-
edy the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities 
for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities,
949 
unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro-
vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca-
pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 
awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and 
residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are 
affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such 
legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 
guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 
rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Proce-
dure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme-
diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 
individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 
legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 
individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to public 
guardianship. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
general departmental management, including hire of six 
passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 
XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 
States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research 
studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, 
$460,629,000, together with $64,828,000 from the amounts 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out
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national health or human services research and evaluation 
activities: Provided, That of this amount, $53,900,000 shall 
be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $101,000,000 shall be for making competitive 
contracts and grants to public and private entities to fund 
medically accurate and age appropriate programs that re-
duce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated 
with administering and evaluating such contracts and 
grants, of which not more than 10 percent of the available 
funds shall be for training and technical assistance, evalua-
tion, outreach, and additional program support activities, 
and of the remaining amount 75 percent shall be for repli-
cating programs that have been proven effective through rig-
orous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral 
risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associ-
ated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be available for re-
search and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, re-
fine, and test additional models and innovative strategies 
for preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading from amounts 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 
shall be available to carry out evaluations (including longi-
tudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention ap-
proaches: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
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able under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for making 
competitive grants which exclusively implement education 
in sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining 
from non-marital sexual activity): Provided further, That 
funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoid-
ance shall use medically accurate information referenced to 
peer-reviewed publications by educational, scientific, gov-
ernmental, or health organizations; implement an evidence- 
based approach integrating research findings with practical 
implementation that aligns with the needs and desired out-
comes for the intended audience; and teach the benefits asso-
ciated with self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty 
prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting 
sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behav-
iors such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without 
normalizing teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no 
more than 10 percent of the funding for such competitive 
grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be available for tech-
nical assistance and administrative costs of such programs: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for em-
bryo adoption activities may be used to provide to individ-
uals adopting embryos, through grants and other mecha-
nisms, medical and administrative services deemed nec-
essary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such serv-
ices shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4).
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OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare Hear-
ings and Appeals, $107,381,000, to be transferred in appro-
priate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the devel-
opment and advancement of interoperable health informa-
tion technology, $60,367,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for in-
vestigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $80,000,000: Provided, That of such 
amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing 
protective services to the Secretary and investigating non- 
payment of child support cases for which non-payment is 
a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$38,798,000.
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RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, 
for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Pro-
tection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical 
care of dependents and retired personnel under the Depend-
ents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required 
during the current fiscal year. 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND 
For expenses necessary to support activities related to 
countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chem-
ical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and 
for other public health emergencies, $950,958,000, of which 
$511,700,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2018, for expenses necessary to support advanced research 
and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act 
and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Ad-
vanced Research and Development Authority: Provided, 
That funds provided under this heading for the purpose of 
acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in addition 
to any other funds available for such purpose: Provided fur-
ther, That products purchased with funds provided under 
this heading may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be de-
posited in the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to sec-
954 
tion 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
$5,000,000 of the amounts made available to support emer-
gency operations shall remain available through September 
30, 2019. 
For expenses necessary for procuring security counter-
measures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS 
Act), $510,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary to 
prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic, 
$57,000,000; of which $40,000,000 shall be available until 
expended, for activities including the development and pur-
chase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 
diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may 
be used for the construction or renovation of privately 
owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza 
vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such con-
struction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient sup-
plies of such vaccines or biologics. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
Secretary.
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SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 
a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 
of Executive Level II. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 
except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for 
other taps and assessments made by any office located in 
HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a report 
by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
planned uses of such funds. 
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS 
Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not 
more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for 
programs authorized under such Act shall be made available 
for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and 
the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in 
this title. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
current fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred 
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be
956 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 
338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such 
section may occur up to 60 days after the execution of a 
contract awarded in fiscal year 2017 under section 338B 
of such Act. 
SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be made available to any entity under title X of the 
PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the 
Secretary that it encourages family participation in the de-
cision of minors to seek family planning services and that 
it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts 
to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall 
be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the 
reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, 
rape, or incest.
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SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 
used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 
Secretary denies participation in such program to an other-
wise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Orga-
nization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it 
will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 
referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation 
payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound 
estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such 
entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s 
coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage orga-
nization described in this section shall be responsible for 
informing enrollees where to obtain information about all 
Medicare covered services. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro-
mote gun control. 
SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 
by the Agency for International Development, the United
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Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 
World Health Organization. 
SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international 
health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious 
disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other 
health activities abroad during fiscal year 2017: 
(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiva-
lent to that available to the Secretary of State in sec-
tion 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with the Sec-
retary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to en-
sure that the authority provided in this section is ex-
ercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable stat-
utes administered by the Department of State. 
(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 
funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 
of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-
quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-
ment of facilities outside of the United States for the 
use of HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate 
fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has se-
cure, safe, functional facilities that comply with ap-
plicable regulation governing location, setback, and 
other facilities requirements and serve the purposes
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established by this Act. The Secretary is authorized, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, through 
grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to 
public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in 
participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 
lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as 
necessary to conduct programs of assistance for inter-
national health activities, including activities relating 
to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic 
and environmental diseases, and other health activi-
ties abroad. 
(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 
personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 
serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those 
provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through 
4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to pro-
vide locality-based comparability payments (stated as 
a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based 
comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
would be payable to such personnel under section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code if such personnel’s 
official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 
Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection
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shall be on the same basis as that provided under sub-
chapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, 
or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to 
individuals serving in the Foreign Service. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 
Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 
to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 
amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 
research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act 
for NIH, the amount for research related to the human im-
munodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director 
of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, 
shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ 
account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall 
transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out 
section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 
may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the
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PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 
cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 
identified pursuant to or research and activities described 
in such section 402(b)(12). 
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 
under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer re-
view procedures (including consultation with appropriate 
scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-
priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 
merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in 
lieu of the peer review and advisory council review proce-
dures that would otherwise be required under sections 
301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 
494 of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 216. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appro-
priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, re-
pair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the prop-
er and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, 
at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 
percent of the amount made available for National Research 
Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the 
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Admin-
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istration to make NRSA awards for research in primary 
medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have 
received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 
of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made avail-
able for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make 
NRSA awards for health service research. 
SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and 
Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into a con-
tract, for more than one but no more than 10 program 
years, for purchase of research services or of security coun-
termeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 
2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 
if— 
(1) funds are available and obligated— 
(A) for the full period of the contract or for 
the first fiscal year in which the contract is in 
effect; and 
(B) for the estimated costs associated with 
a necessary termination of the contract; and 
(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 
contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 
Government by encouraging full and open competi-
tion or promoting economy in administration, per-
formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs.
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(b) A contract entered into under this section— 
(1) shall include a termination clause as de-
scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 
United States Code; and 
(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice re-
quirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 
SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall establish a publicly 
accessible Web site to provide information regarding the 
uses of funds made available under section 4002 of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (‘‘ACA’’). 
(b) With respect to funds provided under section 4002 
of the ACA, the Secretary shall include on the Web site es-
tablished under subsection (a) at a minimum the following 
information: 
(1) In the case of each transfer of funds under 
section 4002(c), a statement indicating the program 
or activity receiving funds, the operating division or 
office that will administer the funds, and the planned 
uses of the funds, to be posted not later than the day 
after the transfer is made. 
(2) Identification (along with a link to the full 
text) of each funding opportunity announcement, re-
quest for proposals, or other announcement or solici-
tation of proposals for grants, cooperative agreements, 
or contracts intended to be awarded using such funds,
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to be posted not later than the day after the an-
nouncement or solicitation is issued. 
(3) Identification of each grant, cooperative 
agreement, or contract with a value of $25,000 or 
more awarded using such funds, including the pur-
pose of the award and the identity of the recipient, 
to be posted not later than 5 days after the award is 
made. 
(4) A report detailing the uses of all funds trans-
ferred under section 4002(c) during the fiscal year, to 
be posted not later than 90 days after the end of the 
fiscal year. 
(c) With respect to awards made in fiscal years 2013 
through 2017, the Secretary shall also include on the Web 
site established under subsection (a), semi-annual reports 
from each entity awarded a grant, cooperative agreement, 
or contract from such funds with a value of $25,000 or 
more, summarizing the activities undertaken and identi-
fying any sub-grants or sub-contracts awarded (including 
the purpose of the award and the identity of the recipient), 
to be posted not later than 30 days after the end of each 
6-month period. 
(d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall—
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(1) present the information required in sub-
section (b)(1) on a single webpage or on a single 
database; 
(2) ensure that all information required in this 
section is directly accessible from the single webpage 
or database; and 
(3) ensure that all information required in this 
section is able to be organized by program or State. 
SEC. 220. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 
year 2018 budget justification and on Departmental Web 
sites information concerning the employment of full-time 
equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the purposes 
of implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise 
carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the amend-
ments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and 
each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 
(b) With respect to employees or contractors supported 
by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the 
ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary 
shall include, at a minimum, the following information: 
(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such 
Act under which such funds were appropriated, a 
statement indicating the program, project, or activity 
receiving such funds, the Federal operating division 
or office that administers such program, and the
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amount of funding received in discretionary or man-
datory appropriations. 
(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full- 
time equivalent employees or contracted employees as-
signed to each authorized and funded provision de-
tailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 
(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may ex-
clude from the report employees or contractors who— 
(1) are supported through appropriations en-
acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro-
grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 
(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 
activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 
or 
(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 
is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed- 
price contracts. 
SEC. 221. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 
fiscal year 2018 budget of the President submitted under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information 
that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services specifically for Health In-
surance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enactment 
of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal 
year 2018. Such information shall include, for each such
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fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each activity speci-
fied under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance Exchange Trans-
parency’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
SEC. 222. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: 
(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the 
Exchanges established under the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enroll-
ments during the open enrollment period; and 
(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 
awards, including supplements, authorized under sec-
tion 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 
(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 
advance of any public release of enrollment information or 
the award of such grants. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds made available by this 
Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 
the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 
the ‘‘Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—Program 
Management’’ account, may be used for payments under
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section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to risk 
corridors). 
SEC. 224. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail-
able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Pro-
gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services may transfer up to $305,000,000 to such account 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 
support program management activity related to the Medi-
care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing pur-
pose, such funds may not be used to support any provision 
of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or any 
amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant 
any other amounts within such account. 
SEC. 225. The Secretary shall include in the fiscal year 
2018 budget justification an analysis of how section 2713 
of the PHS Act will impact eligibility for discretionary 
HHS programs. 
SEC. 226. Effective during the period beginning on No-
vember 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2019, any provision 
of law that refers (including through cross-reference to an-
other provision of law) to the current recommendations of 
the United States Preventive Services Task Force with re-
spect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and pre-
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vention shall be administered by the Secretary involved as 
if— 
(1) such reference to such current recommenda-
tions were a reference to the recommendations of such 
Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, 
mammography, and prevention last issued before 
2009; and 
(2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 
applied to any screening mammography modality 
under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 
title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 
418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to in 
this 
Act 
as 
‘‘HEA’’), 
$16,143,790,000, 
of 
which 
$5,225,990,000 shall become available on July 1, 2017, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2018, and of 
which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2017, and shall remain available through September 30,
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2018, for academic year 2017–2018: Provided, That 
$6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under section 1124 
of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of 
these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education 
(referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) on October 1, 2016, 
to obtain annually updated local educational agency-level 
census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Pro-
vided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentra-
tion grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided fur-
ther, That $3,819,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under 
section 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$3,819,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive 
grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided further, 
That $217,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of 
part B of title II: Provided further, That $44,623,000 shall 
be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 
ESEA, $1,328,603,000, of which $1,189,233,000 shall be for 
basic support payments under section 7003(b), $48,316,000 
shall be for payments for children with disabilities under 
section 7003(d), $17,406,000, to remain available for obli-
gation through September 30, 2018, shall be for construction 
under section 7007(b), $68,813,000 shall be for Federal
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property payments under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for facilities 
maintenance under section 7008: Provided, That for pur-
poses of computing the amount of a payment for an eligible 
local educational agency under section 7003(a) for school 
year 2016–2017, children enrolled in a school of such agen-
cy that would otherwise be eligible for payment under sec-
tion 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment 
of both parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal 
guardian having sole custody of such children, or due to 
the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on 
active duty (so long as such children reside on Federal prop-
erty as described in section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer 
eligible under such section, shall be considered as eligible 
students under such section, provided such students remain 
in average daily attendance at a school in the same local 
educational agency they attended prior to their change in 
eligibility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities author-
ized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of 
part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, 
and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of
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Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil 
Rights 
Act 
of 
1964, 
$4,408,567,000, 
of 
which 
$2,588,002,000 shall become available on July 1, 2017, and 
remain available through September 30, 2018, and of which 
$1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2017, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2018, for 
academic year 2017–2018: Provided, That $369,100,000 
shall be for part B of title I: Provided further, That 
$1,191,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided fur-
ther, That $33,397,000 shall be for part B of title VI and 
may be used for construction, renovation, and moderniza-
tion of any elementary school, secondary school, or structure 
related to an elementary school or secondary school, run by 
the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii, that 
serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body: 
Provided further, That $32,453,000 shall be for part C of 
title VI and shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and 
also may be used for construction: Provided further, That 
$50,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 of 
the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and the 
Secretary shall make such arrangements as determined to 
be necessary to ensure that the Bureau of Indian Education 
has access to services provided under this section: Provided 
further, That $16,699,000 shall be available to carry out 
the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Fed-
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erated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
serve up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the pre-
vious proviso to provide technical assistance in the imple-
mentation of these grants: Provided further, That 
$175,840,000 shall be for part B of title V: Provided further, 
That $400,000,000 shall be available for grants under sub-
part 1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, That notwith-
standing subsections (a) and (b) of section 4105 of such Act, 
each State may use funds reserved under section 4104(a)(1) 
of such Act to award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to 
local educational agencies receiving a grant under part A 
of title I, or consortia of such local educational agencies, 
of such Act, to enable the agencies or consortia to support 
activities authorized under one or more of sections 4107, 
4108, and 4109(a) of such Act: Provided further, That each 
such subgrant shall be subject to the same terms and condi-
tions as an allocation provided under section 4105 of such 
Act, except as otherwise provided in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That each State that awards such subgrants shall 
award such subgrants with priority given to local edu-
cational agencies, or consortia of local educational agencies, 
with the greatest need based on the number or percentage 
of children counted under section 1124(c), in a manner that 
ensures geographic diversity among subgrant recipients rep-
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resenting rural, suburban, and urban areas, and in a man-
ner that distributes the total amount of funds available to 
the State under section 4104(a)(1) consistent with the re-
quirements described in subparagraphs (C) through (E) of 
section 4106(e)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That each 
such subgrant awarded shall be for a term of one year and 
in an amount of not less than $10,000, and a subgrant re-
cipient shall not be subject to any of the distribution re-
quirements described in subparagraphs (C) through (E) of 
subsections (e)(2) and (f), of section 4106 of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 4109(b) of such 
Act, a subgrant recipient using such subgrant funds to 
carry out only activities authorized under section 4109(a) 
of such Act may use not more than 25 percent of the 
subgrant funds for purchasing technology infrastructure as 
described in such section 4109(b): Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading to a State 
agency awarding such subgrants shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 
$164,939,000, of which $57,993,000 shall be for subpart 2 
of part A of title VI and $6,565,000 shall be for subpart 
3 of part A of title VI.
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INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 
3 and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C and D and sub-
parts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 
$887,575,000: Provided, That $283,015,000 shall be for sub-
parts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 
available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 
2241: Provided further, That $504,560,000 shall be for parts 
C and D and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, and shall 
be made available without regard to sections 4311, 4409(a), 
and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, That section 
4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for 
part C of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds avail-
able for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use not less 
than $26,000,000 to carry out section 4304, of which not 
more than $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out sec-
tion 4304(k), not more than $100,000,000 to carry out sec-
tion 4305(b), and not less than $11,000,000 to carry out 
the activities in section 4305(a)(3): Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 4601(b), $100,000,000 shall be 
available through December 31, 2017 for subpart 1 of part 
F of title IV. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 
and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $151,254,000: Pro-
976 
vided, That $68,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, 
of which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Response 
to Violence (‘‘Project SERV’’) program to provide edu-
cation-related services to local educational agencies and in-
stitutions of higher education in which the learning envi-
ronment has been disrupted due to a violent or traumatic 
crisis: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall be available 
for section 4625: Provided further, That $73,254,000 shall 
be available through December 31, 2017, for section 4624: 
Provided further, That section 4623(b) of the ESEA shall 
apply to funds appropriated for Promise Neighborhoods 
under this heading in prior appropriations acts. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
$737,400,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2017, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2018, ex-
cept that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on 
October 1, 2016, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2018, to carry out activities under section 
3111(c)(1)(C). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 
and Empowerment Act of 2004, $13,064,358,000, of which
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$3,546,259,000 shall become available on July 1, 2017, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2018, and of 
which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2017, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2018, for academic year 2017–2018: Provided, That the 
amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal 
to the lesser of the amount available for that activity during 
fiscal year 2016, increased by the amount of inflation as 
specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the per-
cent change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) 
of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity 
during fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA, 
distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in 
section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount 
by which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds 
appropriated under this heading, is reduced under section 
612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on the 
basis of the States’ relative populations of children aged 3 
through 21 who are of the same age as children with disabil-
ities for whom the State ensures the availability of a free 
appropriate public education under this part, and 15 per-
cent to States on the basis of the States’ relative populations 
of those children who are living in poverty: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds
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under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction 
in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading 
made funds available for such a distribution: Provided fur-
ther, That the States shall allocate such funds distributed 
under the second proviso to local educational agencies in 
accordance with section 611(f): Provided further, That the 
amount by which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) 
of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and 
the amounts distributed to States under the previous pro-
visos in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not 
be considered in calculating the awards under section 
611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal 
years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provi-
sion in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in 
which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced 
for failure to comply with the requirement of section 
612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply the reduction spec-
ified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive 
fiscal years, not to exceed five, until the entire reduction 
is applied: Provided further, That the Secretary may, in 
any fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under section 
611 is reduced in accordance with section 612(a)(18)(B), 
reduce the amount a State may reserve under section 
611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same relation to the 
maximum amount described in that paragraph as the re-
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duction under section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allo-
cation the State would have received in that fiscal year 
under section 611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall either reduce the al-
location of funds under section 611 for any fiscal year fol-
lowing the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply 
with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized 
by section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec-
tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 
under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide technical 
assistance to States to improve the capacity of the States 
to meet the data collection requirements of sections 616 and 
618 and to administer and carry out other services and ac-
tivities to improve data collection, coordination, quality, 
and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may use funds made available for 
the State Personnel Development Grants program under 
part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate program perform-
ance under such subpart. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller Na-
tional Center Act, $3,535,589,000, of which $3,398,554,000 
shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation services
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under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That the 
Secretary may use amounts provided in this Act that re-
main available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to 
States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act 
for innovative activities aimed at improving the outcomes 
of individuals with disabilities as defined in section 
7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act, including activities 
aimed at improving the education and post-school outcomes 
of children receiving Supplemental Security Income 
(‘‘SSI’’) and their families that may result in long-term 
improvement in the SSI child recipient’s economic status 
and self-sufficiency: Provided further, That States may 
award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other public 
and private, nonprofit entities: Provided further, That any 
funds made available subsequent to reallotment for innova-
tive activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individ-
uals with disabilities shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act to promote the Education of 
the Blind of March 3, 1879, $25,431,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of
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STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and 
part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,198,210,000, which shall 
remain available through September 30, 2018. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2017–2018 shall be $4,860. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 
parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 
1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 
$1,576,854,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2018: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new stu-
dent loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 
servicers on the basis of their performance compared to all 
loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, and on 
the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process new and 
existing accounts: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, no later than September 30, 2017, allow student loan 
borrowers who are consolidating Federal student loans to 
select from any student loan servicer to service their new 
consolidated student loan. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the HEA, the Mutual
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Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and sec-
tion 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006, $2,055,439,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds made available 
in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 
102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study 
in foreign countries by individuals who are participating 
in advanced foreign language training and international 
studies in areas that are vital to United States national 
security and who plan to apply their language skills and 
knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the 
professions, or international development: Provided further, 
That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up 
to 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national 
outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro-
vided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 
available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title 
IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation : Provided fur-
ther, That, in making awards under section 402C of the 
HEA with funds appropriated by this Act, the Secretary 
shall announce new grant awards for which the notice in-
viting applications was published in the Federal Register 
on October 17, 2016 (81 F.R. 71,492) by June 1, 2017, and 
for all other new grant awards under such section by Au-
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gust 1, 2017: Provided further, That, in making continu-
ation grant awards under subpart 2 of chapter 1 of part 
A of title IV of the HEA with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Secretary shall issue continuation notifications no 
later than August 1, 2017. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For 
partial 
support 
of 
Howard 
University, 
$221,821,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for 
a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard Uni-
versity Endowment Act and shall remain available until 
expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the HEA, $435,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au-
thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
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which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $282,212,885: Pro-
vided further, That these funds may be used to support 
loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities without regard to the limitations within sec-
tion 344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 
III of the HEA, $334,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess-
ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 
and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, $605,267,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2018: Provided, That funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical As-
sistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and 
secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec-
ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop 
such systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of 
the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support
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activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use 
at the local, State, and national levels. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Department of Education Organization Act, including 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $432,000,000, of 
which up to $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
may be for relocation of, and renovation of buildings occu-
pied by, Department staff: Provided, That $2,000,000 of the 
unobligated funds available under this heading and ‘‘Stu-
dent Aid Administration’’ in this and prior appropriations 
acts that may be used for travel, printing, supplies and 
other administrative expenses shall be available for obliga-
tion for the Ready to Learn program. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act, $108,500,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of 
Education Organization Act, $59,256,000.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order 
to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, 
or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the 
purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to 
carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or 
school system. 
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall 
be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation 
of any student to a school other than the school which is 
nearest the student’s home, except for a student requiring 
special education, to the school offering such special edu-
cation, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect re-
quirement of transportation of students includes the trans-
portation of students to carry out a plan involving the reor-
ganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of 
schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of 
grade restructuring, pairing, or clustering. The prohibition 
described in this section does not include the establishment 
of magnet schools.
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SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
Department of Education in this Act may be transferred 
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact of 
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2017’’ 
for ‘‘2016’’. 
SEC. 306. Funds appropriated in this Act and consoli-
dated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the 
ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2017, through Sep-
tember 30, 2018.
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SEC. 307. (a) An institution of higher education that 
maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appro-
priated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2017 
may use the income from that fund to award scholarships 
to 
students, 
subject 
to 
the 
limitation 
in 
section 
331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such 
purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be consid-
ered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject 
to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and 
V of the HEA are reauthorized. 
SEC. 308. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1011c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 309. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1087h(a)) is amended in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘2016’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 310. (a) Section 401(b) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(8)(A) Effective in the 2017–2018 award year 
and thereafter, the Secretary shall award an eligible 
student not more than one and one-half Federal Pell 
Grants during a single award year to permit such
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student to work toward completion of an eligible pro-
gram if, during that single award year, the student— 
‘‘(i) has received a Federal Pell Grant 
for an award year and is enrolled in an eli-
gible program for one or more additional 
payment periods during the same award 
year that are not otherwise fully covered by 
the student’s Federal Pell Grant; and 
‘‘(ii) is enrolled on at least a half-time 
basis while receiving any funds under this 
section. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a student receiving more 
than one Federal Pell Grant in a single award 
year under subparagraph (A), the total amount 
of Federal Pell Grants awarded to such student 
for the award year may exceed the maximum 
basic grant level specified in the appropriate ap-
propriations Act for such award year. 
‘‘(C) Any period of study covered by a Fed-
eral Pell Grant awarded under subparagraph 
(A) shall be included in determining a student’s 
duration limit under subsection (c)(5). 
‘‘(D) In any case where an eligible student 
is receiving a Federal Pell Grant for a payment 
period that spans two award years, the Secretary
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shall allow the eligible institution in which the 
student is enrolled to determine the award year 
to which the additional period shall be assigned, 
as it determines is most beneficial to students.’’. 
(b) Section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(VII) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(VII)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$1,574,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,320,000,000’’. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 311. Of the unobligated balances available from 
Public Law 114–113 under the heading ‘‘Student Financial 
Assistance’’ for carrying out subpart 1 of part A of title 
IV of the HEA, $1,310,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled estab-
lished under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 
$8,000,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any cen-
tral nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section
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8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform contract 
requirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 
51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com-
mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 
central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 
agreement entered into under the preceding proviso shall 
contain such auditing, oversight, and reporting provisions 
as necessary to implement chapter 85 of title 41, United 
States Code: Provided further, That such agreement shall 
include the elements listed under this heading in the explan-
atory statement accompanying Public Law 114–113: Pro-
vided further, That a fee may not be charged under section 
51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, unless such 
fee is under the terms of the written agreement between the 
Committee and any such central nonprofit agency: Pro-
vided further, That no less than $1,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Inspector General. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 
‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to 
in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $736,029,000, notwithstanding
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sections 
198B(b)(3), 
198S(g), 
501(a)(4)(C), 
and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program 
grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting 
grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer 
reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle; 
(2) $16,538,000 shall be available to provide assistance to 
State commissions on national and community service, 
under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding 
section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $30,000,000 shall 
be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and 
(4) $3,800,000 shall be available for expenses authorized 
under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 198P shall be awarded 
by CNCS on a competitive basis: Provided further, That 
for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying 
the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a de-
termination of need by the local community. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust established 
under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $206,842,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That CNCS 
may transfer additional funds from the amount provided 
within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under sub-
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title C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service 
Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary 
to support the activities of national service participants 
and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans-
ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under 
section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the require-
ment to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 
504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-
thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employ-
ment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $81,737,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$5,750,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 
to program requirements, service delivery or policy only
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through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2017, during any grant selection process, an officer 
or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-
ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive 
such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 
thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 
match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, 
and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 
2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 
of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and 
operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle 
B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to 
supplement and not supplant current programs and oper-
ations.