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and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Program’’ at a rate 
for operations of $288,317,000, of which $221,298,000 shall be for 
the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 
SEC. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Agriculture—Rural Housing Service—Rental Assistance 
Program’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations nec-
essary to pay ongoing debt service for the multi-family direct loan 
programs under sections 514 and 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1485): Provided, That the Secretary may waive 
the prohibition in the second proviso under such heading in division 
A of Public Law 113–235 with respect to rental assistance contracts 
entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2015. 
SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ may be appor-
tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the 
planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System. 
SEC. 119. (a) The first proviso under the heading ‘‘United States 
Marshals Service—Federal Prisoner Detention’’ in title II of division 
B of Public Law 113–235 shall not apply during the period covered 
by this Act. 
(b) The limitation in section 217(c) of division B of Public 
Law 113–235 on the amount of excess unobligated balances avail-
able under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code, 
shall not apply under this Act to the use of such funds for ‘‘United 
States Marshals Service—Federal Prisoner Detention’’. 
SEC. 120. (a) The authority regarding closeout of Space Shuttle 
contracts and associated programs provided by language under 
the heading ‘‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration— 
Administrative Provisions’’ in the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 
2009 (Public Law 111–8) shall continue in effect through fiscal 
year 2021. 
(b) This section shall be applied as if it were in effect on 
September 30, 2015. 
SEC. 121. (a) Notwithstanding section 1552 of title 31, United 
States Code, funds made available, including funds that have 
expired but have not been cancelled, and identified by Treasury 
Appropriation Fund Symbol 13–09/10–0554 shall remain available 
for expenditure through fiscal year 2020 for the purpose of liqui-
dating valid obligations of active grants. 
(b) For the purpose of subsection (a), grants for which the 
period of performance has expired but are not finally closed out 
shall be considered active grants. 
(c) This section shall be applied as if it were in effect on 
September 30, 2015. 
SEC. 122. The following provisions shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘2016’’ for ‘‘2015’’ through the earlier of the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this Act or the date of the enactment of an 
Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense: 
(1) Section 1215(f)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 113 
note), as most recently amended by section 1237 of the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291). 
(2) Section 127b(c)(3)(C) of title 10, United States Code.
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SEC. 123. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy—Energy Programs—Uranium Enrichment Decon-
tamination and Decommissioning Fund’’ may be apportioned up 
to the rate for operations necessary to avoid disruption of continuing 
projects or activities funded in this appropriation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 3 days after each use of the authority provided 
in subsection (a). 
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds 
under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs 
and activities under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
2015 (title IV of division E of Public Law 113–235) at the rate 
set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds—Summary of 
Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request 
Act of 2015 (D.C. Act 21–99), as modified as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided 
by this Act for ‘‘Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board— 
Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 126. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Small 
Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ may 
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommo-
date increased demand for commitments for general business loans 
authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)). 
SEC. 127. Sections 1101(a) and 1104(a)(2)(A) of the Internet 
Tax Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public Law 105–277; 
47 U.S.C. 151 note) shall be applied by substituting the date speci-
fied in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘October 1, 2015’’. 
SEC. 128. Section 101 shall be applied by assuming that section 
7 of Public Law 113–235 was enacted as part of title VII of division 
E of Public Law 113–235. 
SEC. 129. The authority provided by section 831 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 
SEC. 130. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) 
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 131. Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) shall be applied by substituting 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 
30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 132. Subclauses 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and 
(III)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 
106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 133. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) shall be 
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
Act for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 134. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhance-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by striking all that follows 
after ‘‘shall terminate’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2017.’’.
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SEC. 135. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by 
section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 
Wildland Fire Management’’, there is appropriated $700,000,000 
for an additional amount for fiscal year 2016, to remain available 
until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall only become available if funds pre-
viously provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted 
imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided 
further, That such funds are also available for transfer to other 
appropriations accounts to repay amounts previously transferred 
for wildfire suppression: 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, except that such amount shall be 
available only if the President subsequently so designates such 
amount and transmits such designation to the Congress. 
SEC. 136. The authorities provided by sections 117 and 123 
of division G of Public Law 113–76 shall continue in effect through 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 
SEC. 137. (a) The authority provided by subsection (m)(3) of 
section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106–79) shall continue 
in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 
(b) For the period covered by this Act, the authority provided 
by the provisos under the heading ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 
Commission—Capital Construction’’ in division E of Public Law 
112–74 shall not be in effect. 
SEC. 138. Section 3096(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 is amended by inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 2015’’ after 
‘‘$37,000,000’’. 
SEC. 139. Funds made available in prior appropriations Acts 
for construction and renovation of facilities for the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention may also be used for construction 
on leased land. 
SEC. 140. Subsection (b) of section 163 of Public Law 111– 
242, as amended, is further amended by striking ‘‘2015–2016’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2016–2017’’. 
SEC. 141. Section 101 shall be applied by assuming that section 
139 of Public Law 113–164 was enacted as part of division G 
of Public Law 113–235, and section 139 of Public Law 113–164 
shall be applied by adding at the end the following: ‘‘and of the 
unobligated balance of amounts deposited or available in the Child 
Enrollment Contingency Fund from appropriations to the Fund 
under section 2104(n)(2)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act and the 
income derived from investment of those funds pursuant to 
2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, $1,664,000,000 is rescinded’’. 
SEC. 142. Section 114(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting the date speci-
fied in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 143. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
there is appropriated for payment to Tori B. Nunnelee, widow 
of Alan Nunnelee, late a Representative from the State of Mis-
sissippi, $174,000.
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SEC. 144. Of the discretionary unobligated balances of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs from fiscal year 2015 or prior 
fiscal years, or discretionary amounts appropriated in advance for 
fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer 
up to $625,000,000 to ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart-
mental Administration—Construction, Major Projects’’, to be merged 
with the amounts available in such account: Provided, That no 
amounts may be transferred from amounts that were designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or the Statutory Pay-As- 
You-Go Act of 2010: Provided further, That no amounts may be 
transferred until the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a request 
for, and receives from the Committees written approval of, such 
transfers: Provided further, That the Secretary shall specify in 
such request the donor account and amount of each proposed 
transfer, the fiscal year of each appropriation to be transferred, 
the amount of unobligated balances remaining in the account after 
the transfer, and the project or program impact of the transfer. 
SEC. 145. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administra-
tion—General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’ at a rate for operations of $2,697,734,000. 
SEC. 146. Notwithstanding section 101, section 226(a) of division 
I of Public Law 113–235 shall be applied to amounts made available 
by this Act by substituting ‘‘division I of Public Law 113–235’’ 
for ‘‘division J of Public Law 113–76’’ and by substituting ‘‘2015’’ 
for ‘‘2014’’. 
SEC. 147. Section 209 of the International Religious Freedom 
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied by substituting the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 
2015’’. 
SEC. 148. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Broad-
casting Board of Governors—International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the 
President—Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Security Assist-
ance—Department of State—International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Department 
of State—Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs’’, and ‘‘International Security Assistance—Funds Appro-
priated to the President—Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
shall be obligated at a rate for operations as necessary to sustain 
assistance for Ukraine to counter external, regional aggression and 
influence, including for the costs of authorized loan guarantees. 
SEC. 149. Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) shall be applied by 
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for 
‘‘October 1, 2015’’. 
SEC. 150. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development—Management and 
Administration—Administrative Support Offices’’ may be appor-
tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the 
planned schedule for the New Core Shared Services Project. 
(b) Not later than 3 days before the first use of the apportion-
ment authority in subsection (a), each 30 days thereafter, and 
3 days after the authority expires under this Act, the Secretary
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of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a report specifying each use of the authority through the date 
of the report. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2016’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.