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eign government or international organization, for purposes 
related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute 
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding section 14 of the Act of 
June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Trade 
Zones Act’’) (48 Stat. 998, chapter 590; 19 U.S.C. 81n), 
none of the funds provided for in this Act, or any other 
appropriations Act, for the Department of Commerce shall 
be available to enforce or carry out any activities under 
15 CFR 400.43. 
SEC. 109. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other appropriations Act may be used by the 
Secretary of Commerce to manage fisheries in the Gulf of 
Mexico unless such management is subject to the boundaries 
for coastal States set out under subsection (b). 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
the purpose of fisheries management the seaward boundary 
of a coastal State in the Gulf of Mexico is a line 9 nautical 
miles seaward from the baseline from which the territorial 
sea of the United States is measured. 
SEC. 110. The National Technical Information Service 
shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report or 
document generated by the Legislative Branch unless the 
Service has provided information to the customer on how
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an electronic copy of such report or document may be 
accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a customer 
still require the Service to provide a printed or digital copy 
of the report or document, the charge shall be limited to 
recovering the Service’s cost of processing, reproducing, and 
delivering such report or document. 
SEC. 111. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into 
grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on a non- 
reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, personnel, and 
facilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds 
made available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agen-
cy, State or subdivision thereof, local government, tribal 
government, territory, or possession or any subdivisions 
thereof: Provided, That funds received for permitting and 
related regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall 
be deposited under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Fa-
cilities’’ and shall remain available until September 30, 
2018 for such purposes: Provided further, That all funds 
within this section and their corresponding uses are subject 
to section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 112. The Secretary of Commerce may waive the 
requirement for bonds under 40 U.S.C. 3131 with respect
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to contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of ves-
sels, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to payment 
or title, when the contract is made under the Coast and 
Geodetic Survey Act of 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.). 
SEC. 113. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 
prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga-
tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Econom-
ics and Statistics Administration of the Department of 
Commerce, including amounts provided for programs of the 
Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau, 
shall be available for expenses of cooperative agreements 
with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or 
local governmental unit, or institution of higher education, 
to aid and promote statistical, research, and methodology 
activities which further the purposes for which such 
amounts have been made available. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-
merce Appropriations Act, 2016’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department of Justice, $109,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$4,000,000 for security and construction of Department of 
Justice facilities shall remain available until expended. 
JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-
nology, including planning, development, deployment and 
departmental direction, $25,842,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 
transfer up to $34,400,000 to this account, from funds made 
available to the Department of Justice in this Act for infor-
mation technology, to remain available until expended, for 
enterprise-wide information technology initiatives: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority in the preceding 
proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority con-
tained in this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the administration of par-
don and clemency petitions and immigration-related activi-
ties, $411,072,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by
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transfer from the Executive Office for Immigration Review 
fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee’’ ac-
count: Provided, That, of the amount available for the Exec-
utive Office for Immigration Review, not to exceed 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $89,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet 
unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 
UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
Commission as authorized, $13,308,000. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, 
to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted 
for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and 
rent of private or Government-owned space in the District 
of Columbia, $885,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$20,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amount pro-
vided for INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to
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exceed $685,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not 
to exceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Wash-
ington for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
emergent circumstances require additional funding for liti-
gation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General 
may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, 
General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations for 
the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as 
may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro-
vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 
proviso 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: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated, such sums as may be necessary shall be avail-
able to the Civil Rights Division for salaries and expenses 
associated with the election monitoring program under sec-
tion 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) 
and to reimburse the Office of Personnel Management for 
such salaries and expenses: Provided further, That of the 
amounts provided under this heading for the election moni-
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toring program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-
partment of Justice associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to 
exceed $9,358,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine In-
jury Compensation Trust Fund. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION 
For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust 
and kindred laws, $162,246,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, fees collected for premerger notification filings 
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 
of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection 
(and estimated to be $124,000,000 in fiscal year 2016), 
shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collec-
tions are received during fiscal year 2016, so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at $38,246,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 
States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooper-
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ative agreements, $1,973,000,000: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended. 
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 
For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 
Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain available 
until expended and to be derived from the United States 
Trustee System Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, deposits to the Fund shall be avail-
able in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds 
due depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $162,000,000 of offsetting collec-
tions pursuant to section 589a(b) of title 28, United States 
Code, shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in 
this appropriation and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting 
collections are received during fiscal year 2016, so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the 
Fund estimated at $63,908,000.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT 
COMMISSION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including serv-
ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $2,374,000. 
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 
For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of con-
tracts for the procurement and supervision of expert wit-
nesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances, 
and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $16,000,000 
is for construction of buildings for protected witness 
safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and 
maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness secu-
rity caravans; and not to exceed $13,000,000 is for the pur-
chase, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure 
telecommunications equipment and a secure automated in-
formation network to store and retrieve the identities and 
locations of protected witnesses: Provided, That amounts 
made under this heading may not be transferred pursuant 
to section 205 of this Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 
Service, $14,446,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
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tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional 
funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-
tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 
General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re-
lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of 
this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi-
ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 
that section. 
ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 
For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), 
and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, 
$20,514,000, to be derived from the Department of Justice 
Assets Forfeiture Fund. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 
Service, $1,195,000,000, of which not to exceed $6,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended.
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CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti-
lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 
holding and related support, $9,800,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to United States pris-
oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 
as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 
Code, $1,454,414,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be considered 
‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforcement 
assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the United States Mar-
shals Service shall be responsible for managing the Justice 
Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: Provided fur-
ther, That any unobligated balances available from funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘General Administration, 
Detention Trustee’’ shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation under this heading. 
NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 
the National Security Division, $93,000,000, of which not
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to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination 
by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances re-
quire additional funding for the activities of the National 
Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 
amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 
the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as 
may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro-
vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 
proviso 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. 
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses for the identification, inves-
tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 
most significant drug trafficking and affiliated money 
laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to in-
clude inter-governmental agreements with State and local 
law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and 
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug 
trafficking, $507,194,000, of which $50,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That any
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amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 
may be used under authorities available to the organiza-
tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 
crimes against the United States, $8,433,492,000, of which 
not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $184,500 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip-
ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 
related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities 
and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; 
conversion, modification and extension of Federally-owned 
buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects; and 
operation and maintenance of secure work environment fa-
cilities and secure networking capabilities; $108,982,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-
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foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 
to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and expenses 
for conducting drug education and training programs, in-
cluding travel and related expenses for participants in such 
programs and the distribution of items of token value that 
promote the goals of such programs, $2,033,320,000; of 
which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 
EXPLOSIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 
local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse-
ment, including training in connection with the training 
and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 
accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory assist-
ance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or 
without reimbursement, $1,201,000,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for 
the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by section 
924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be 
available to investigate or act upon applications for relief 
from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of 
title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be available to investigate and act upon appli-
cations filed by corporations for relief from Federal fire-
arms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United 
States Code: Provided further, That no funds made avail-
able by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the 
functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or De-
partments. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 
for the administration, operation, and maintenance of Fed-
eral penal and correctional institutions, and for the provi-
sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re-
lated issues to foreign governments, $6,848,000,000: Pro-
vided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the De-
partment of Health and Human Services such amounts as 
may be necessary for direct expenditures by that Depart-
ment for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions: Provided further, That the Direc-
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tor of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, may 
enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal inter-
mediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable 
to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, fur-
nish health services to individuals committed to the custody 
of the Federal Prison System: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $5,400 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary oper-
ations until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That, 
of the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to 
exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
to make payments in advance for grants, contracts and re-
imbursable agreements, and other expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director of the Federal Prison System may 
accept donated property and services relating to the oper-
ation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit enti-
ty which has operated such program in the past, notwith-
standing the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes 
services under contracts to the Federal Prison System relat-
ing to the operation of pre-release services, halfway houses, 
or other custodial facilities: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding section 1345 of title 31, United States Code, 
or any other provision of law, up to $540,000 may be used 
to pay expenses associated with reentry programs to assist
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inmates in preparation for successful return to the commu-
nity, including prison institution and Residential Reentry 
Center programs that involve inmates’ family members and 
significant others, community sponsors, and volunteers. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 
new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re-
modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 
correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 
thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, re-
modeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities 
at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force 
account, $106,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
and of which not less than $81,000,000 shall be available 
only for modernization, maintenance and repair, and of 
which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available to con-
struct areas for inmate work programs: Provided, That 
labor of United States prisoners may be used for work per-
formed under this appropriation. 
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 
with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments
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without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by sec-
tion 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be nec-
essary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget 
for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL 
PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 
Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 
Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 
administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be computed 
on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with 
the corporation’s current prescribed accounting system, and 
such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment 
of claims, and expenditures which such accounting system 
requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities 
acquired or produced, including selling and shipping ex-
penses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, con-
struction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protec-
tion, or disposition of facilities and other property belong-
ing to the corporation or in which it has an interest.