legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 
guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 
rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Pro-
cedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme-
diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 
individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 
legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 
individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to pub-
lic guardianship. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
general departmental management, including hire of six 
passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 
XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 
States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and re-
search studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 
Act, $365,009,000, together with $58,028,000 from the 
amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to 
carry out national health or human services research and 
evaluation activities: Provided, That of this amount, 
$53,900,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and 
treatment activities: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be 
for making competitive grants which exclusively imple-
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ment education in sexual risk avoidance (defined as volun-
tarily refraining from non-marital sexual activity): Pro-
vided further, That funding for such competitive grants 
for sexual risk avoidance shall use medically accurate in-
formation referenced to peer-reviewed publications by edu-
cational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations; 
implement an evidence-based approach integrating re-
search findings with practical implementation that aligns 
with the needs and desired outcomes for the intended au-
dience; and teach the benefits associated with self-regula-
tion, success sequencing for poverty prevention, healthy 
relationships, goal setting, and resisting sexual coercion, 
dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors such as 
underage drinking or illicit drug use without normalizing 
teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no more than 
10 percent of the funding for such competitive grants for 
sexual risk avoidance shall be available for technical assist-
ance and administrative costs of such programs: Provided 
further, That funds provided in this Act for embryo adop-
tion activities may be used to provide to individuals adopt-
ing embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, med-
ical and administrative services deemed necessary for such 
adoptions: Provided further, That such services shall be 
provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4). 
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OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare 
Hearings and Appeals, $107,381,000, to be transferred in 
appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
surance Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de-
velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor-
mation technology, $65,367,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 
investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978, $85,000,000: Provided, That of 
such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro-
viding protective services to the Secretary and inves-
tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non- 
payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
Rights, $38,798,000. 
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RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 
law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med-
ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 
Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 
required during the current fiscal year. 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 
FUND 
For expenses necessary to support activities related 
to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, 
chemical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 
and for other public health emergencies, $959,258,000, of 
which $520,000,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2018, for expenses necessary to support ad-
vanced research and development pursuant to section 
319L of the PHS Act and other administrative expenses 
of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 
Authority: Provided, That funds provided under this head-
ing for the purpose of acquisition of security counter-
measures shall be in addition to any other funds available 
for such purpose: Provided further, That products pur-
chased with funds provided under this heading may, at 
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the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Stra-
tegic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of 
the PHS Act: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the 
amounts made available to support emergency operations 
shall remain available through September 30, 2019. 
For expenses necessary for procuring security coun-
termeasures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the 
PHS Act), $600,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary to 
prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic, 
$72,000,000; of which $40,000,000 shall be available until 
expended, for activities including the development and 
purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 
diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds 
may be used for the construction or renovation of privately 
owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza 
vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such 
construction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient 
supplies of such vaccines or biologics. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 
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and representation expenses when specifically approved by 
the Secretary. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 
a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 
of Executive Level II. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 
except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or 
for other taps and assessments made by any office located 
in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a re-
port by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de-
tailing the planned uses of such funds. 
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 
PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, 
but not more than 2.4 percent, of any amounts appro-
priated for programs authorized under such Act shall be 
made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 
or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of 
programs funded in this title. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
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priated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act 
may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 
by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author-
ity granted by this section shall not be used to create any 
new program or to fund any project or activity for which 
no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 
in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 
338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in 
such section may occur up to 60 days after the execution 
of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2017 under section 
338B of such Act. 
SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be made available to any entity under title X of the 
PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to 
the Secretary that it encourages family participation in 
the decision of minors to seek family planning services and 
that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at-
tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act 
shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 
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or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 
abuse, rape, or incest. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 
used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 
Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth-
erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or-
ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 
it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 
referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita-
tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 
sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv-
ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi-
care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 
Advantage organization described in this section shall be 
responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor-
mation about all Medicare covered services. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro-
mote gun control. 
SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 
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work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 
by the Agency for International Development, the United 
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 
World Health Organization. 
SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out inter-
national health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other 
infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and 
other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2017: 
(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiv-
alent to that available to the Secretary of State in 
section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with 
the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission 
to ensure that the authority provided in this section 
is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli-
cable statutes administered by the Department of 
State. 
(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 
funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 
of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-
quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-
ment of facilities outside of the United States for 
the use of HHS. The Department of State shall co-
operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 
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has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 
with applicable regulation governing location, set-
back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 
purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is 
authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 
make available to public or nonprofit private institu-
tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 
funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 
those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 
assistance for international health activities, includ-
ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec-
tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 
and other health activities abroad. 
(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 
personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 
serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to 
those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 
through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 
authorized to provide locality-based comparability 
payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount 
of the locality-based comparability payment (stated 
as a percentage) that would be payable to such per-
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Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec-
essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 
may use funds available under section 402(b)(7) or 
402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into transactions 
(other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) 
to carry out research identified pursuant to such section 
402(b)(7) (pertaining to the Common Fund) or research 
and activities described in such section 402(b)(12). 
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 
under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer 
review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 
scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-
priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 
merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 
in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro-
cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 
301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 
and 494 of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 216. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appro-
priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 
National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 
repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 
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proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 
herein, at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 
1 percent of the amount made available for National Re-
search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available 
to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri-
mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities 
who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 
739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount 
made available for NRSA shall be made available to the 
Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-
ity to make NRSA awards for health service research. 
SEC. 218. In addition to amounts provided herein, 
payments made for research organisms or substances, au-
thorized under section 301(a) of the PHS Act, shall be 
retained and credited to the appropriations accounts of the 
Institutes and Centers of the NIH making the substance 
or organism available under section 301(a). Amounts cred-
ited to the account under this authority shall be available 
for obligation through September 30, 2018. 
SEC. 219. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research 
and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into 
a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 pro-
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gram years, for purchase of research services or of security 
countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 
2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 
if— 
(1) funds are available and obligated— 
(A) for the full period of the contract or 
for the first fiscal year in which the contract is 
in effect; and 
(B) for the estimated costs associated with 
a necessary termination of the contract; and 
(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 
contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 
Government by encouraging full and open competi-
tion or promoting economy in administration, per-
formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 
(b) A contract entered into under this section— 
(1) shall include a termination clause as de-
scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 
United States Code; and 
(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 
requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 
SEC. 220. (a) The Secretary shall establish a publicly 
accessible Web site to provide information regarding the 
uses of funds made available under section 4002 of the 
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 
(‘‘ACA’’). 
(b) With respect to funds provided under section 
4002 of the ACA, the Secretary shall include on the Web 
site established under subsection (a) at a minimum the 
following information: 
(1) In the case of each transfer of funds under 
section 4002(c), a statement indicating the program 
or activity receiving funds, the operating division or 
office that will administer the funds, and the 
planned uses of the funds, to be posted not later 
than the day after the transfer is made. 
(2) Identification (along with a link to the full 
text) of each funding opportunity announcement, re-
quest for proposals, or other announcement or solici-
tation of proposals for grants, cooperative agree-
ments, or contracts intended to be awarded using 
such funds, to be posted not later than the day after 
the announcement or solicitation is issued. 
(3) Identification of each grant, cooperative 
agreement, or contract with a value of $25,000 or 
more awarded using such funds, including the pur-
pose of the award and the identity of the recipient, 
to be posted not later than 5 days after the award 
is made. 
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(4) A report detailing the uses of all funds 
transferred under section 4002(c) during the fiscal 
year, to be posted not later than 90 days after the 
end of the fiscal year. 
(c) With respect to awards made in fiscal years 2013 
through 2017, the Secretary shall also include on the Web 
site established under subsection (a), semi-annual reports 
from each entity awarded a grant, cooperative agreement, 
or contract from such funds with a value of $25,000 or 
more, summarizing the activities undertaken and identi-
fying any sub-grants or sub-contracts awarded (including 
the purpose of the award and the identity of the recipient), 
to be posted not later than 30 days after the end of each 
6-month period. 
(d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall— 
(1) present the information required in sub-
section (b)(1) on a single webpage or on a single 
database; 
(2) ensure that all information required in this 
section is directly accessible from the single webpage 
or database; and 
(3) ensure that all information required in this 
section is able to be organized by program or State. 
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under 
section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the 
amounts specified, and for the activities specified under 
the heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the 
committee report accompanying this Act. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 
Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 
(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 
section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with-
out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 222. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 
year 2018 budget justification and on Departmental Web 
sites information concerning the employment of full-time 
equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the pur-
poses of implementing, administering, enforcing, or other-
wise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the 
amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year 
and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 
(b) With respect to employees or contractors sup-
ported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying 
out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), 
the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following 
information: 
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(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of 
such Act under which such funds were appropriated, 
a statement indicating the program, project, or ac-
tivity receiving such funds, the Federal operating di-
vision or office that administers such program, and 
the amount of funding received in discretionary or 
mandatory appropriations. 
(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of 
full-time equivalent employees or contracted employ-
ees assigned to each authorized and funded provision 
detailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 
(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may 
exclude from the report employees or contractors who— 
(1) are supported through appropriations en-
acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro-
grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 
(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 
activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 
or 
(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 
is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed- 
price contracts. 
SEC. 223. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 
fiscal year 2018 budget of the President submitted under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, informa-
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tion that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services specifically for Health 
Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enact-
ment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds 
for fiscal year 2018. Such information shall include, for 
each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each 
activity specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance 
Exchange Transparency’’committee report accompanying 
this Act. 
SEC. 224. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: 
(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from 
the Exchanges established under the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to 
enrollments during the open enrollment period; and 
(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 
awards, including supplements, authorized under 
section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 
(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 
advance of any public release of enrollment information 
or the award of such grants. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds made available by this 
Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 
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the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 
the ‘‘Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—Pro-
gram Management’’ account, may be used for payments 
under section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating 
to risk corridors). 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 226. (a) The ‘‘Nonrecurring expenses fund’’ es-
tablished in section 223 of division G of Public Law 110– 
161 is terminated, the amount of expired discretionary 
funds available for reappropriation by transfer into such 
Fund under such section is reduced to $0, and the unobli-
gated balance of amounts available in such Fund is re-
scinded. 
(b) Section 223 of division G of Public Law 110–161 
is repealed. 
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on Octo-
ber 1, 2016. 
SEC. 227. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the discretionary funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to support any patient-centered outcomes 
research. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to carry out title X of the PHS Act. 
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SEC. 229. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to implement, further, enforce, or advance 
the Navigators program as provided under Section 1311(i) 
of Public Law 111–148 and title I and subtitle B of title 
II of Public Law 111–152. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary shall include in the fiscal 
year 2018 budget justification an analysis of how section 
2713 of the PHS Act will impact eligibility for discre-
tionary HHS programs. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 231. There is established in the Treasury a re-
serve fund to be known as the ‘‘Infectious Diseases Rapid 
Response Reserve Fund’’ (the ‘‘Reserve Fund’’): Provided, 
That of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘CDC-Wide 
Activities and Program Support’’, up to $300,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be available to the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion (the ‘‘CDC’’) for deposit in the Reserve Fund: Pro-
vided further, That amounts in the Reserve Fund shall re-
main available until expended to carry out titles II, III, 
and XVII of the PHS Act to prevent, prepare for, or re-
spond to an infectious disease emergency under this sec-
tion, including, in connection with such activities, to pur-
chase or lease and provide for the insurance of passenger 
motor vehicles for official use in foreign countries: Pro-
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vided further, That amounts in the Reserve Fund may only 
be provided for an infectious disease emergency if the in-
fectious disease emergency (1) is declared by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the 
PHS Act; or (2) as determined by the Secretary, has sig-
nificant potential to imminently occur and potential, on 
occurrence, to affect national security or the health and 
security of United States citizens, domestically or inter-
nationally: Provided further, That amounts in the Reserve 
Fund may be transferred by the Director of the CDC to 
other accounts of the CDC, to accounts of the National 
Institutes of Health, or to the Public Health and Social 
Services Emergency Fund, to be merged with such ac-
counts or Fund for the purposes provided in this section: 
Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be 
notified at least 15 days prior to any transfer or obligation 
made under the authority provided in this section, includ-
ing notification on the anticipated uses of such funds by 
program, project or activity: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate shall receive a report not later than 
30 days after the end of each quarter in a fiscal year on 
the unobligated balances in the Reserve Fund and all ac-
tual obligations incurred for that fiscal year, including ob-
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ligations by program, project or activity: Provided further, 
That amounts in the Reserve Fund shall be in addition 
to amounts otherwise available to the Department of 
Health and Human Services for the purposes provided in 
this section: Provided further, That the transfer authori-
ties in this section are in addition to any transfer author-
ity otherwise available to the Department of Health and 
Human Services: Provided further, That products pur-
chased using amounts in the Reserve Fund may, at the 
discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under sec-
tion 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That this 
section shall be in effect as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act through each fiscal year hereafter. 
SEC. 232. Effective during the period beginning on 
November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2019, any pro-
vision of law that refers (including through cross-reference 
to another provision of law) to the current recommenda-
tions of the United States Preventive Services Task Force 
with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, 
and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary in-
volved as if— 
(1) such reference to such current recommenda-
tions were a reference to the recommendations of 
such Task Force with respect to breast cancer 
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screening, mammography, and prevention last issued 
before 2009; and 
(2) such recommendations last issued before 
2009 applied to any screening mammography modal-
ity under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 
title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 
418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to 
in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $15,986,790,000, of which 
$4,897,006,000 shall become available on July 1, 2017, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2018, 
and of which $11,041,177,000 shall become available on 
October 1, 2017, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2018, for academic year 2017–2018: Provided, 
That $6,909,401,000 shall be for basic grants under sec-
tion 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 
$3,984,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec-
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retary’’) on October 1, 2016, to obtain annually updated 
local educational agency-level census poverty data from 
the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 
$1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under 
section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$3,544,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 
1125 
of 
the 
ESEA: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$3,544,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive 
grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur-
ther, That $160,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 
2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $44,623,000 
shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 
ESEA, $1,328,603,000, of which $1,191,233,000 shall be 
for basic support payments under section 7003(b), 
$48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with dis-
abilities under section 7003(d), $17,406,000, to remain 
available for obligation through September 30, 2018, shall 
be for construction under section 7007 (b), $66,813,000 
shall be for Federal property payments under section 
7002, and $4,835,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for facilities maintenance under section 7008: 
Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount of 
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a payment for an eligible local educational agency under 
section 7003(a) for school year 2016–2017, children en-
rolled in a school of such agency that would otherwise be 
eligible for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such 
Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or legal 
guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole cus-
tody of such children, or due to the death of a military 
parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long as 
such children reside on Federal property as described in 
section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such 
section, shall be considered as eligible students under such 
section, provided such students remain in average daily 
attendance at a school in the same local educational agen-
cy they attended prior to their change in eligibility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities au-
thorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 
1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title 
V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 
Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Com-
pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $4,799,912,000, of which 
$2,980,902,000 shall become available on July 1, 2017, 
and remain available through September 30, 2018, and 
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of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2017, and shall remain available through September 
30, 2018, for academic year 2017–2018: Provided, That 
$300,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: Provided fur-
ther, That $33,397,000 shall be for part B of the title 
VI: Provided further, That $32,453,000 shall be for part 
C of title VI: Provided further, That $48,445,000 shall be 
available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Tech-
nical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make 
such arrangements as determined to be necessary to en-
sure that the Bureau of Indian Education has access to 
services provided under this section: Provided further, 
That $16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Sup-
plemental Education Grants program for the Federated 
States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Is-
lands: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve 
up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the previous 
proviso to provide technical assistance in the implementa-
tion of these grants: Provided further, That $175,840,000 
shall be for part B of title V: Provided further, That 
$1,166,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 
not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 
$174,939,000, of which $67,993,000 shall be for subpart 
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2 of part A of title VI and $6,565,000 shall be for subpart 
3 of part A of title VI. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 
3 and 4 of part B of title II, and part C and subpart 
4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $632,938,000: Pro-
vided, That $262,025,000 shall be for subparts 1, 3 and 
4 of part B of title II and shall be made available without 
regard to sections 2201, 2231(b), and 2241: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds available for part C and subpart 4 
of part F of title IV shall be available without regard to 
sections 4311 and 4601: Provided further, That of the 
funds available for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall 
use not less than $26,000,000 to carry out section 4304, 
of which not more than $10,000,000 shall be available to 
carry out section 4304(k), not more than $60,000,000 to 
carry out section 4305(b), and not less than $16,000,000 
to carry out the activities in section 4305(a)(3). 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subpart 2 
of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $73,254,000. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
$737,400,000, which shall become available on July 1, 
2017, and shall remain available through September 30, 
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