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or activity specifically limited or denied by this Act: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available by this section 
are 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: Provided further, That the 
authority to provide assistance under this section shall ter-
minate on September 30, 2016. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 9017. In addition to amounts appropriated in 
title II or otherwise made available in this Act, 
$2,500,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 
of Defense and made available for transfer to the oper-
ation and maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, Ma-
rine Corps, and Air Force (including National Guard and 
Reserve) for purposes of improving military readiness: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this provision is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
SEC. 9018. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention 
of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), 
including for the introduction of United States armed or 
military forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in 
Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 
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indicated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, 
airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in con-
travention of the congressional consultation and reporting 
requirements of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 
1542 and 1543). 
TITLE X—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 10001. (a) Congress finds that— 
(1) the United States has been engaged in mili-
tary operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and 
the Levant (ISIL) for more than 8 months; 
(2) President Obama submitted an authoriza-
tion for the use of military force against ISIL in 
February 2015; and 
(3) under article 1, section 8 of the Constitu-
tion, Congress has the authority to ‘‘declare war’’. 
(b) Therefore, Congress has a constitutional duty to 
debate and determine whether or not to authorize the use 
of military force against ISIL. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 10002. The amount by which the applicable al-
location of new budget authority made by the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 
section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 
$0. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 99 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2685 
[Report No. 114–139] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of De-
fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2016, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 5, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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