prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
programming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treat-
ment of an organization as described in section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 
Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code, 
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shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 
to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal employees health benefits program which provides 
any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 
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to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 
in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 
commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 
non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 
to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 
or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 
person or entity is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 
funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 
by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 
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funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 
advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
SEC. 618. Not later than 45 days after the end of 
each quarter, the Department of the Treasury, the Execu-
tive Office of the President, the Judiciary, the Federal 
Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, the General Services Administration, the National 
Archives and Records Administration, the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, and the Small Business Adminis-
tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly 
accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated 
funds. 
SEC. 619. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 
case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 
with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter 
into an emergency lease may do so during any pe-
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riod declared by the President to require emergency 
leasing authority with respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 
Service. 
SEC. 620. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 
complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-
posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-
latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 
Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses for the following positions: 
(1) Director, White House Office of Health Re-
form, or any substantially similar position. 
(2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 
Climate Change, or any substantially similar posi-
tion. 
(3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the 
Treasury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on 
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where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un-
less the Federal agency has considered suspension or de-
barment of the corporation and has made a determination 
that this further action is not necessary to protect the in-
terests of the Government. 
SEC. 624. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of 
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 
Stat. 849); and 
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(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 
otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
tained in this Act. 
SEC. 625. During fiscal year 2015, no funds shall be 
obligated from the Securities and Exchange Commission 
Reserve Fund established by section 991 of the Dodd- 
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(Public Law 111–203). 
SEC. 626. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 
or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
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contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 
to trade associations. 
SEC. 627. Section 2(c) of the Multinational Species 
Conservation Fund Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–241; 39 U.S.C. 416 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘6 years’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) STAMP
DEPICTIONS.—Members of the 
public shall be offered a choice of 5 stamps under 
this Act, depicting an African elephant or an Asian 
elephant, a rhinoceros, a tiger, a marine turtle, and 
a great ape, respectively.’’. 
SEC. 628. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this section, the agencies specified in sub-
section (b) shall each submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on— 
(1) increasing public participation in the rule-
making process and reducing uncertainty; 
(2) improving coordination with other Federal 
agencies to eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and 
overlapping regulations; and 
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(3) identifying existing regulations that have 
been reviewed and determined to be outmoded, inef-
fective, or excessively burdensome. 
(b) The agencies required to submit a report specified 
in subsection (a) are— 
(1) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; 
(2) the Federal Communications Commission; 
(3) the Federal Trade Commission; and 
(4) the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
SEC. 629. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to award a contract for services to train 
any employee of an Executive agency (as that term is de-
fined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) to 
learn how to support or defeat legislation pending before 
Congress. 
SEC. 630. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be used to 
destroy, deface, or dispose of records, regardless of their 
physical form or characteristics, in contravention of chap-
ters 29, 31, and 33 of title 44, United States Code (com-
monly referred to as the Federal Records Act). 
(b) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Archivist of the United States shall 
conduct an inspection and submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
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and the Senate, the House Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, and the Senate Committee on Home-
land Security and Government Affairs on the compliance 
by the Internal Revenue Service with the provisions of 
chapters 29, 31, and 33 of title 44, United States Code, 
during calendar years 2009 through 2013. 
SEC. 631. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require the disclosure by a provider 
of an electronic communication service or a remote com-
puting service of the contents or related information de-
tailed in section 2703(c) of title 18, United States Code, 
of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic 
storage with or otherwise held or maintained by the pro-
vider, as such terms are defined in section 2510 of title 
18, United States Code, by any other than a means au-
thorized under section 2703(b)(1)(A) of title 18, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 632. Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 
8305) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘in-
sured depository institution’’ and inserting 
‘‘covered depository institution’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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