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(6) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects, 
for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2016 for a category of activity 
not specific to a project. 
SEC. 260. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account may 
be used to provide— 
(1) fertility counseling and treatment using assisted repro-
ductive technology to a covered veteran or the spouse of a 
covered veteran; or 
(2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran, as such 
term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code, 
who has a service-connected disability that results in the 
inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of fertility 
treatment. 
(3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ means 
benefits relating to reproductive assistance provided to a 
member of the Armed Forces who incurs a serious injury or 
illness on active duty pursuant to section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 
10, United States Code, as described in the memorandum on 
the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for 
the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II 
or III) Active Duty Service Members’’ issued by the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and 
the guidance issued to implement such policy, including any 
limitations on the amount of such benefits available to such 
a member. 
(4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means reimburse-
ment for the adoption-related expenses for an adoption that 
is finalized after the date of the enactment of this Act under 
the same terms as apply under the adoption reimbursement 
program of the Department of Defense, as authorized in Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimburse-
ment limits and requirements set forth in such instruction. 
(c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified in sub-
section (a) of this section are subject to the requirements for funds 
contained in section 508 of division H of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113). 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition 
of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and 
repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monu-
ments outside of the United States and its territories and posses-
sions; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; purchase 
(one-for-one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor
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vehicles; not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, $75,100,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as may be 
necessary, to remain available until expended, for purposes author-
ized by section 2109 of title 36, United States Code. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States 
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 
7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States Code, $30,945,000: 
Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of 
providing financial assistance as described, and in accordance with 
the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this heading 
in Public Law 102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and 
improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and 
Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the purchase or lease 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one basis 
only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $70,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and 
replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Department of 
Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ account. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
construction and renovation of the physical plants at the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this heading 
from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the Trust Fund.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army’’, may 
be provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of 
the federally owned water main at Arlington National Cemetery, 
making additional land available for ground burials. 
SEC. 302. Amounts deposited into the special account estab-
lished under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and shall be available 
until expended to support activities at the Army National Military 
Cemeteries. 
TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, 
$18,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, for 
projects outside of the United States: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Navy 
and Marine Corps’’, $59,809,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for projects outside of the United States: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’ 
$88,291,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, for 
projects outside of the United States: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Defense- 
Wide’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
for projects outside of the United States: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 401. Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if 
the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and 
transmits such designations to the Congress. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made 
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are 
made available that the program, project, or activity is not in 
compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, the 
protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 503. All departments and agencies funded under this 
Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory 
authorities and funding, to expand their use of ‘‘E-Commerce’’ tech-
nologies and procedures in the conduct of their business practices 
and public service activities. 
SEC. 504. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifications 
required by this Act shall be submitted to the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this or any other appropria-
tions Act. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for a project or program named for an individual serving 
as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United 
States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 507. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
Web site of that agency any report required 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 
(2) the report contains confidential or proprietary informa-
tion. 
(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. 
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless
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such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by an agency of the executive branch to pay for first- 
class travel by an employee of the agency in contravention of 
sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to execute a contract for goods or services, including 
construction services, where the contractor has not complied with 
Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the Department of Defense or the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for 
any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in 
accordance with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Perform-
ance, dated May 24, 2011. 
SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this 
Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility 
in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo 
Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the 
custody or under the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification 
of 
facilities 
at 
United 
States 
Naval 
Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, Vet-
erans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
DIVISION B—ZIKA RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘CDC-Wide 
Activities and Program Support’’, $394,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to Zika virus, health conditions related to such virus, and other
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vector-borne diseases, domestically and internationally: Provided, 
That products purchased with these funds may, at the discretion 
of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be deposited in 
the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F–2 of the Public 
Health Service (‘‘PHS’’) Act: Provided further, That funds may be 
used for purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries: Provided further, That the provisions in section 317S 
of the PHS Act shall apply to the use of funds appropriated in 
this paragraph as determined by the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention to be appropriate: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used for grants 
for the construction, alteration, or renovation of non-federally owned 
facilities to improve preparedness and response capability at State 
and local laboratories: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated in this paragraph, $44,000,000 is included to supplement 
either fiscal year 2016 or fiscal year 2017 funds for the Public 
Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement program 
to restore fiscal year 2016 funds that were reprogrammed for Zika 
virus response prior to the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘National 
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’, $152,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017, for research on the 
virology, natural history, and pathogenesis of the Zika virus infec-
tion and preclinical and clinical development of vaccines and other 
medical countermeasures for the Zika virus and other vector-borne 
diseases, domestically and internationally: Provided, That such 
funds may be transferred by the Director of the National Institutes 
of Health (‘‘NIH’’) to other accounts of the NIH for the purposes 
provided in this paragraph: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Public Health 
and Social Services Emergency Fund’’, $387,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017, to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to Zika virus, health conditions related to such virus, 
and other vector-borne diseases, domestically and internationally; 
to develop necessary countermeasures and vaccines, including the 
development and purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, 
necessary medical supplies, and administrative activities; for car-
rying out section 501 of the Social Security Act; and for carrying
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out sections 330 through 336 and 338 of the PHS Act: Provided, 
That funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used to procure 
security countermeasures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of 
the PHS Act): Provided further, That paragraphs (1) and (7)(C) 
of subsection (c) of section 319F–2 of the PHS Act, but no other 
provisions of such section, shall apply to such security counter-
measures procured with funds appropriated in this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That products purchased with funds appropriated 
in this paragraph may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stock-
pile under section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated in this paragraph may be transferred to the 
fund authorized by section 319F–4 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $75,000,000, 
in addition to the purposes specified above, shall also be available 
for necessary expenses for support to States, territories, tribes, 
or tribal organizations with active or local transmission cases of 
the Zika virus, as confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, to reimburse the costs of health care for health 
conditions related to the Zika virus, other than costs that are 
covered by private health insurance, of which not less than 
$60,000,000 shall be for territories with the highest rates of Zika 
transmission: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be awarded, notwithstanding 
section 502 of the Social Security Act, for projects of regional and 
national significance in Puerto Rico and other territories authorized 
under section 501 of the Social Security Act: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $40,000,000 
shall be used to expand the delivery of primary health services 
authorized by section 330 of the PHS Act in Puerto Rico and 
other territories: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, $6,000,000 shall, for purposes of providing 
primary health services in areas affected by Zika virus or other 
vector-borne diseases, be used to assign National Health Service 
Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) members to Puerto Rico and other territories, 
notwithstanding the assignment priorities and limitations in or 
under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), or 333A(a) of the PHS Act, 
and to make NHSC Loan Repayment Program awards under section 
338B of such Act: Provided further, That for purposes of the previous 
proviso, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as 
if the term ‘‘primary health services’’ included health services 
regarding pediatric subspecialists: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
DIRECT HIRES 
SEC. 101. Funds appropriated by this title may be used by 
the heads of the Department of Health and Human Services, 
Department of State, and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development to appoint, without regard to the provisions 
of sections 3309 through 3319 of title 5 of the United States Code,
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candidates needed for positions to perform critical work relating 
to Zika response for which— 
(1) public notice has been given; and 
(2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services has deter-
mined that such a public health threat exists. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 102. Funds appropriated by this title may be transferred 
to, and merged with, other appropriation accounts under the 
headings ‘‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’’, ‘‘Public 
Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’, and ‘‘National 
Institutes of Health’’ for the purposes specified in this title following 
consultation with the Office of Management and Budget: Provided, 
That the Committees on Appropriations shall be notified 10 days 
in advance of any such transfer: Provided further, That, upon a 
determination that all or part of the funds transferred from an 
appropriation are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred 
back to that appropriation: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this title may be transferred pursuant 
to the authority in section 205 of division H of Public Law 114– 
113 or section 241(a) of the PHS Act. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 103. Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide a detailed 
spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made available in this 
title, including estimated personnel and administrative costs, to 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such plans shall 
be updated and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
every 60 days until September 30, 2017. 
OVERSIGHT 
SEC. 104. Of the funds appropriated by this title under the 
heading ‘‘Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’, up 
to— 
(1) $500,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds made available under the heading ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary, Office of Inspector General’’, and shall remain available 
until expended, for oversight of activities supported with funds 
appropriated by this title: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall consult with the Committees 
on Appropriations prior to obligating such funds: Provided fur-
ther, That the transfer authority provided by this paragraph 
is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law; 
and 
(2) $500,000 shall be made available to the Comptroller 
General of the United States, and shall remain available until 
expended, for oversight of activities supported with funds appro-
priated by this title: Provided, That the Comptroller General 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior to 
obligating such funds.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Diplomatic 
and Consular Programs’’, $14,594,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017, for necessary expenses to support response 
efforts related to the Zika virus, health conditions related to such 
virus, and other vector-borne diseases: Provided, That such funds 
may be made available for medical evacuation costs of any other 
department or agency of the United States under Chief of Mission 
authority, and may be transferred to any other appropriation of 
such department or agency for such costs: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Emergencies 
in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, $4,000,000 for necessary 
expenses to support response efforts related to the Zika virus, 
health conditions related to such virus, and other vector-borne 
diseases, to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Repatriation 
Loans Program Account’’ for the cost of direct loans, $1,000,000, 
to support response efforts related to the Zika virus, health condi-
tions related to such virus, and other vector-borne diseases, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such 
costs, including costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That such funds are available to subsidize an additional 
amount of gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
not to exceed $1,880,406: Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Operating 
Expenses’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, for necessary expenses to support response efforts related 
to the Zika virus, health conditions related to such virus, and 
other vector-borne diseases: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’, $145,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to the Zika virus, health conditions related to such virus, and 
other vector-borne diseases: Provided, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be made available for vector control activi-
ties, vaccines, diagnostics, and vector control technologies: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available as contributions to the World Health Organization, the 
United Nations Children’s Fund, the Pan American Health 
Organization, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the 
Food and Agriculture Organization: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading shall be subject to prior consulta-
tion with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for the Grand Challenges for Development program: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
TRANSFER AUTHORITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. (a) Funds appropriated by this title under the 
headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, ‘‘Emergencies in 
the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program 
Account’’, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated by this title under such headings 
to carry out the purposes of this title. 
(b) The transfer authorities provided by this section are in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
(c) Upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred pursuant to the authorities provided by this section are
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PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS 
SEC. 302. Funds made available by this division may be used 
to enter into contracts with individuals for the provision of personal 
services (as described in section 104 of part 37 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations (48 CFR 37.104)) to support the purposes 
of titles I and II of this division, within the United States and 
abroad, subject to prior consultation with, and the notification proce-
dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such 
individuals may not be deemed employees of the United States 
for the purpose of any law administered by the Office of Personnel 
Management: Provided further, That the authority made available 
pursuant to this section shall expire on September 30, 2017. 
DESIGNATION RETENTION 
SEC. 303. Any amount appropriated by this division, designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 and subsequently so designated by the President, 
and transferred pursuant to transfer authorities provided by this 
division shall retain such designation. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 304. This division shall become effective immediately upon 
enactment of this Act. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Zika Response and Prepared-
ness Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
DIVISION C—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable 
corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 
departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 
of Government for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate 
for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts 
for fiscal year 2016 and under the authority and conditions provided 
in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 
specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal 
year 2016, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 
(division A of Public Law 114–113), except section 728. 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (division B of Public Law 114–113). 
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016 
(division C of Public Law 114–113). 
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division D of Public Law 114– 
113). 
(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2016 (division E of Public Law 114–113), which
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for purposes of this Act shall be treated as including section 
707 of division O of Public Law 114–113. 
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2016 (division F of Public Law 114–113). 
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division G of Public 
Law 114–113). 
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 
(division H of Public Law 114–113). 
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2016 (divi-
sion I of Public Law 114–113). 
(10) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (division K of Public 
Law 114–113), except title IX. 
(11) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division L of 
Public Law 114–113), except section 420. 
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) is hereby 
reduced by 0.496 percent. 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 
Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not 
funded for production in fiscal year 2016 or prior years; (2) the 
increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 
2016 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of 
any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 
subprogram within a program element, and for any investment 
items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an 
appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program 
element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not avail-
able during fiscal year 2016. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 
procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 
unless specifically appropriated later. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 
to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursu-
ant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 
or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 
not available during fiscal year 2016. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred 
for any project or activity during the period for which funds or 
authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017, appropriations 
and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this 
Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 
(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any project 
or activity provided for in this Act; (2) the enactment into law
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of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017 without 
any provision for such project or activity; or (3) December 9, 2016. 
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be 
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without 
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of appor-
tionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, 
but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other 
provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropria-
tions at the beginning of fiscal year 2017 because of distributions 
of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 
be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded 
by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the 
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall 
be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activi-
ties. 
SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2016, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 
program levels under current law, under the authority and condi-
tions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2016, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory pay-
ments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 
after October 2016 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 
in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 
available for such payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 
agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 
with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016, except 
that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 
until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated 
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 
Act that was previously designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress
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for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster 
relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 
(b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this Act shall not apply 
to— 
(1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of this section; 
(2) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference 
to the second paragraph under the heading ‘‘Social Security 
Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’ in 
division H of Public Law 114–113; or 
(3) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference 
to the paragraph under the heading ‘‘Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services—Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control 
Account’’ in division H of Public Law 114–113. 
(c) Section 6 of Public Law 114–113 shall apply to amounts 
designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism. 
SEC. 115. During the period covered by this Act, discretionary 
amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2017 that were provided in 
advance by appropriations Acts covered by section 101 of this Act 
shall be available in the amounts provided in such Acts, reduced 
by the percentage in section 101(b). 
SEC. 116. (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
by section 101, and notwithstanding section 104, an additional 
amount is provided to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to carry out the authorizations in the Comprehensive Addiction 
and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198), at a rate for 
operations of $17,000,000. 
(b) In addition to the amounts otherwise provided by section 
101, and notwithstanding section 104, an additional amount is 
provided to the Attorney General to carry out the authorizations 
in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public 
Law 114–198), at a rate for operations of $20,000,000. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in addition 
to the purposes otherwise provided for amounts that become avail-
able on October 1, 2016, under the heading ‘‘Department of Veterans 
Affairs—Veterans Health Administration—Medical Services’’ in 
division J of Public Law 114–113, such amounts shall be used 
to implement the Jason Simcakoski Memorial and Promise Act 
(title IX of Public Law 114–198) and the amendments made by 
that Act. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food Programs—Food 
and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Program’’ at a rate 
for operations of $310,139,000, of which $236,120,000 shall be for 
the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 
SEC. 118. Amounts provided by section 111 to the Department 
of Agriculture for ‘‘Corporations—Commodity Credit Corporation 
Fund—Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses’’ may be used, prior 
to the completion of the report described in section 2 of the Act 
of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11), to reimburse the Com-
modity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but 
not previously reimbursed, as reflected in the June 2016 report 
of its financial condition. 
SEC. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Agriculture—Rural Housing Service—Rental Assistance