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the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that 
the information technology program has appropriate program 
management controls and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, 
and that the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture 
of the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 210. The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 
in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in this Act and in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act), and to any use of deobligated balances 
of funds provided under this title in previous years. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve 
a public-private competition under the Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, 
directive, or policy for work performed by employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United 
States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the 
Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States 
Attorney from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 
28, United States Code. 
SEC. 213. At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in 
addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or author-
ized to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated 
by this title under the headings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statis-
tics’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile 
Justice Programs’’— 
(1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to the Office 
of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may 
be used by such Office to provide training and technical assist-
ance; and 
(2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant 
or reimbursement programs under such headings, except for 
amounts appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or 
statistical programs administered by the National Institute 
of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with funds provided to the National 
Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to 
be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, 
without regard to the authorizations for such grant or 
reimbursement programs. 
SEC. 214. Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney 
General has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney 
General may, with respect to funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act making appropriations for fiscal years 2012 through 2015 
for the following programs, waive the following requirements: 
(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local 
reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797w(g)(1)), the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 
part. 
(2) For State, Tribal, and local reentry courts under part 
FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w–2(e)(1)
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and (2)), the requirements under section 2978(e)(1) and (2) 
of such part. 
(3) For the prosecution drug treatment alternatives to 
prison program under part CC of title I of such Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3797q–3), the requirements under section 2904 of 
such part. 
(4) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard commu-
nities as authorized by section 6 of the Prison Rape Elimination 
Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C. 15605(c)(3)), the requirements of section 
6(c)(3) of such Act. 
SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not 
apply to amounts made available by this or any other Act. 
SEC. 216. None of the funds made available under this Act, 
other than for the national instant criminal background check 
system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 
Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note), may be used by 
a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an 
operable firearm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement 
officer knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a 
drug cartel, unless law enforcement personnel of the United States 
continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 217. (a) None of the income retained in the Department 
of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 
102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available 
for obligation during fiscal year 2015, except up to $40,000,000 
may be obligated for implementation of a unified Department of 
Justice financial management system. 
(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances trans-
ferred to the capital account of the Department of Justice Working 
Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 
784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation in fiscal 
year 2015, and any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such 
funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
505 of this Act. 
(c) In addition to the amount otherwise provided by this Act 
in the first proviso under the heading ‘‘United States Marshals 
Service—Federal Prisoner Detention’’, not to exceed $10,000,000 
of the excess unobligated balances available under section 
524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code, shall be available for 
obligation during fiscal year 2015, and any use, obligation, transfer 
or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 505 of this Act. 
(d) Of amounts available in the Assets Forfeiture Fund in 
fiscal year 2015, $154,700,000 shall be for payments associated 
with joint law enforcement operations as authorized by section 
524(c)(1)(I) of title 28, United States Code. 
(e) The Attorney General shall submit a spending plan to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act detailing the planned distribution of Assets Forfeiture 
Fund joint law enforcement operations funding during fiscal year 
2015. 
(f) Subsections (a) through (d) of this section shall sunset on 
September 30, 2015.
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SEC. 218. No funds provided in this Act shall be used to 
deny the Inspector General of the Department of Justice timely 
access to all records, documents, and other materials in the custody 
or possession of the Department or to prevent or impede the 
Inspector General’s access to such records, documents and other 
materials, unless in accordance with an express limitation of section 
6(a) of the Inspector General Act, as amended, consistent with 
the plain language of the Inspector General Act, as amended. The 
Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall report to 
the Committees on Appropriations within five calendar days any 
failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 219. Discretionary funds that are made available in this 
Act for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to participate 
in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under section 526 
of division H of Public Law 113–76. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice Appropria-
tions Act, 2015’’. 
TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 
U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not 
to exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
$5,555,000. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of science research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $5,244,700,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That the formulation 
and development costs (with development cost as defined under 
section 30104 of title 51, United States Code) for the James Webb 
Space Telescope shall not exceed $8,000,000,000: Provided further, 
That should the individual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) 
of section 30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible 
for the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the develop-
ment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limitation, the 
individual shall immediately notify the Administrator and the 
increase shall be treated as if it meets the 30 percent threshold 
described in subsection (f) of section 30104: Provided further, That
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$100,000,000 shall be for pre-formulation and/or formulation activi-
ties for a mission that meets the science goals outlined for the 
Jupiter Europa mission in the most recent planetary science decadal 
survey. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of aeronautics research and development activi-
ties, including research, development, operations, support, and serv-
ices; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of 
title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$651,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of space research and technology development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and 
services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; 
space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; pro-
gram management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$596,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of exploration research and development activi-
ties, including research, development, operations, support, and serv-
ices; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of 
title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$4,356,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: Pro-
vided, That not less than $1,194,000,000 shall be for the Orion 
Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,051,300,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, which shall 
have a lift capability not less than 130 metric tons and which 
shall have an upper stage and other core elements developed 
simultaneously: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
for the Space Launch System, $1,700,000,000 shall be for launch 
vehicle development and $351,300,000 shall be for exploration 
ground systems: Provided further, That the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration (NASA) shall provide to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 5 year budget
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profile and funding projection that adheres to a 70 percent Joint 
Confidence Level (JCL) and is consistent with the Key Decision 
Point C (KDP–C) for the Space Launch System and with the future 
KDP–C for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Provided further, 
That in complying with the preceding proviso NASA shall include 
budget profiles and funding projections that conform to the KDP– 
C management agreement for development completion of the Space 
Launch System by December 2017, and the management agreement 
for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle upon completing KDP– 
C: Provided further, That in no case shall the JCL of the Space 
Launch System or the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle be less 
than the guidance outlined in NASA Procedural Requirements 
7120.5E: Provided further, That funds made available for the Orion 
Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Space Launch System are in addi-
tion to funds provided for these programs under the ‘‘Construction 
and Environmental Compliance and Restoration’’ heading: Provided 
further, That $805,000,000 shall be for commercial spaceflight 
activities: Provided further, That $306,400,000 shall be for explo-
ration research and development. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of space operations research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support and 
services; space flight, spacecraft control and communications activi-
ties, including operations, production, and services; maintenance 
and repair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $3,827,800,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016. 
EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical education 
research and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support, and services; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States 
Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $119,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016, of which $18,000,000 shall 
be for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
and $40,000,000 shall be for the National Space Grant College 
program. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 
conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space technology, explo-
ration, space operations and education research and development 
activities, including research, development, operations, support, and 
services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design;
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space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; pro-
gram management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$2,758,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or 
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environ-
mental compliance and restoration, $419,100,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the $429,100,000 
provided for in direct obligations under this heading, $419,100,000 
is appropriated from the general fund and $10,000,000 is provided 
from recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 
proceeds from leases deposited into this account shall be available 
for a period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such proceeds 
referred to in the preceding proviso shall be available for obligation 
for fiscal year 2015 in an amount not to exceed $9,584,100: Provided 
further, That each annual budget request shall include an annual 
estimate of gross receipts and collections and proposed use of all 
funds collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 
Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $37,000,000, of 
which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall 
remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until the prize 
is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and avail-
able for the same purposes and the same time period as the appro-
priations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this provi-
sion shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by 
NASA at the theme, program, project and activity level. The 
spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an amount
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established in that spending plan that meets the notification 
requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The unexpired balances of a previous account, for activities 
for which funds are provided in this Act, may be transferred to 
the new account established in this Act that provides such activities. 
Balances so transferred shall be merged with the funds in the 
newly established account, but shall be available under the same 
terms, conditions and period of time as previously appropriated. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public Law 
86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code; maintenance and operation 
of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; 
acquisition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $5,933,645,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016, of which not to exceed 
$520,000,000 shall remain available until expended for polar 
research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other 
Federal agencies for operational and science support and logistical 
and other related activities for the United States Antarctic program: 
Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and materials 
furnished by the National Research Centers and other National 
Science Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation: Provided further, That not less than 
$159,690,000 shall be available for activities authorized by section 
7002(c)(2)(A)(iv) of Public Law 110–69. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facili-
ties, and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including author-
ized travel, $200,760,000, to remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics 
and engineering education and human resources programs and 
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 
(42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, authorized travel, and rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $866,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not 
less than $60,890,000 shall be available for activities authorized 
by section 7030 of Public Law 110–69.
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AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management necessary in 
carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 
1861 et seq.); services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland 
Security for security guard services; $325,000,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $8,280 is for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further, That contracts may be entered into 
under this heading in fiscal year 2015 for maintenance and oper-
ation of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
for costs associated with the acquisition, occupancy, and related 
costs of new headquarters space, not more than $27,370,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts 
and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) 
involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42 
U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $14,430,000, of 
which $400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent 
by any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations Act, 
2015’’.
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TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,200,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule 
C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for 
each Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners 
for more than 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 
who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used for 
any activity or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 
3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the 
Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990, section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights 
Act of 1991, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act 
(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amendments Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay 
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), including services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United 
States Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$30,000,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies 
for authorized services to the Commission, $364,500,000: Provided, 
That the Commission is authorized to make available for official 
reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from 
available funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take 
no action to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 
or reorganization until such time as the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate have been 
notified of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming 
requirements of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 
the Chair is authorized to accept and use any gift or donation 
to carry out the work of the Commission. 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as author-
ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to