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to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in 
the Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in the 
event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subse-
quently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations 
on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards 
(except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, commit-
tees, or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) 
which do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved 
pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in accordance with 
the applicable law of the United States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any depart-
ment or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the 
Federal Government appointed by the President of the United 
States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in 
excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such depart-
ment head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to purchase fur-
niture or make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ 
shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, 
as well as any other space used primarily by the individual or 
the use of which is directly controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of 
this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this 
or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of national security and emergency preparedness telecommuni-
cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 
(July 6, 2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this or 
any other Act may be obligated or expended by any department, 
agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government to 
pay the salaries or expenses of any individual appointed to a posi-
tion of a confidential or policy-determining character that is 
excepted from the competitive service under section 3302 of title 
5, United States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of 
part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 
the head of the applicable department, agency, or other instrumen-
tality employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Director 
of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule C position 
occupied by the individual was not created solely or primarily 
in order to detail the individual to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal 
employees or members of the Armed Forces detailed to or from 
an element of the intelligence community (as that term is defined 
under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary 
of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who—
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(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to pro-
hibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal 
Government from having any direct oral or written communica-
tion or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee 
of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to 
the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining 
to the department or agency of such other officer or employee 
in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or 
contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee 
or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, com-
mittee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or effi-
ciency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, trans-
fers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment 
right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of 
employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, 
by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer 
or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee 
of the Congress as described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the con-
tent and methods to be used in the training and written end 
of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated with reli-
gious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief sys-
tems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ 
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon 
the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relation-
ships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, 
distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, 
television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee’s 
home address to any labor organization except when the employee 
has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been 
ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act may be used to provide any non-public information such
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as mailing, telephone or electronic mailing lists to any person 
or any organization outside of the Federal Government without 
the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including by 
private contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
the United States not heretofore authorized by Congress. 
SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 5 U.S.C. 
105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined under section 
102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory 
Commission. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations 
to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency 
shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. 
An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential 
appointee exempted under 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to 
expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of such 
employee’s time in the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 
of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by 
this or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a 
member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board 
(FASAB), shall be available to finance an appropriate share of 
FASAB administrative costs. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 
of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency 
is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse ‘‘General Services 
Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ with the approval of the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made 
available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, 
including rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 
That these funds shall be administered by the Administrator of 
General Services to support Government-wide and other multi- 
agency financial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, including 
improving coordination and reducing duplication, as approved by 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consulta-
tion with the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups 
designated by the Director (including the President’s Management 
Council for overall management improvement initiatives, the Chief 
Financial Officers Council for financial management initiatives, 
the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology 
initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human 
capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Council for 
performance improvement initiatives): Provided further, That the 
total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 
to improve coordination, reduce duplication, and for other activities 
related to Federal Government Priority Goals established by 31 
U.S.C. 1120, and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide 
innovations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That the 
funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General Services 
Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during fiscal year 2017 
shall remain available for obligation through September 30, 2018:
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Provided further, That such transfers or reimbursements may only 
be made after 15 days following notification of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman 
may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building 
or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise 
authorized to be present at the location. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of 
this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this 
or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry 
out the purposes of the National Science and Technology Council 
(authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office 
of Management and Budget shall provide a report describing the 
budget of and resources connected with the National Science and 
Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations, the House 
Committee on Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant applica-
tion, form, notification, press release, or other publications involving 
the distribution of Federal funds shall comply with any relevant 
requirements in part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided, That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 
funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY MONITORING 
OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of the funds made available 
in this or any other Act may be used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data, 
derived from any means, that includes any personally identifi-
able information relating to an individual’s access to or use 
of any Federal Government Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
(including another government agency) to collect, review, or 
obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that 
includes any personally identifiable information relating to an 
individual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify 
particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable 
information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or 
supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a system 
security action taken by the operator of an Internet site and 
is necessarily incident to providing the Internet site services 
or to protecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions to imple-
ment, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.