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reports required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of the preceding 
proviso. 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
chase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger motor vehicles, 
which shall be for replacement only; purchase or lease of 
small boats for contingent and emergent requirements (at 
a unit cost of no more than $700,000) and repairs and serv-
ice-life replacements, not to exceed a total of $31,000,000; 
purchase or lease of boats necessary for overseas deploy-
ments and activities; minor shore construction projects not 
exceeding $1,000,000 in total cost on any location; pay-
ments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377 (42 
U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and wel-
fare; $7,043,318,000, of which $553,000,000 shall be for de-
fense-related activities, of which $213,000,000 is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 and shall be available only if the President subse-
quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 
designations to the Congress; of which $24,500,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 
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out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which not to 
exceed $15,300 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act shall be for expenses incurred for rec-
reational vessels under section 12114 of title 46, United 
States Code, except to the extent fees are collected from own-
ers of yachts and credited to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That to the extent fees are insufficient to pay ex-
penses of recreational vessel documentation under such sec-
tion 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel ap-
plications, then personnel performing non-recreational ves-
sel documentation functions under subchapter II of chapter 
121 of title 46, United States Code, may perform docu-
mentation under section 12114: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, $85,000,000 shall 
be withheld from obligation for Coast Guard Headquarters 
Directorates until a future-years capital investment plan 
for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, as specified under the 
heading ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construction, and Im-
provements’’ of this Act, is submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism may be allocated by program, project, 
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and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That, without regard to the limitation as to 
time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 
30, up to $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from 
Military Pay and Allowances in accordance with sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c) of section 503. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the environmental 
compliance and restoration functions of the Coast Guard 
under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, 
$13,197,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as 
authorized by law; operations and maintenance of the Coast 
Guard reserve program; personnel and training costs; and 
equipment and services; $114,572,000. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related 
thereto; and maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and oper-
ation of facilities and equipment; as authorized by law; 
$1,225,223,000; of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes 
of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
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U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); and of which the following amounts 
shall be available until September 30, 2019 (except as subse-
quently specified): $6,000,000 for military family housing; 
$824,347,000 to acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, 
or improve vessels, small boats, and related equipment; 
$180,000,000 to acquire, effect major repairs to, renovate, 
or improve aircraft or increase aviation capability; 
$59,300,000 for other acquisition programs; $40,580,000 for 
shore facilities and aids to navigation, including facilities 
at Department of Defense installations used by the Coast 
Guard; and $114,996,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2015, for personnel compensation and benefits 
and related costs: Provided, That the funds provided by this 
Act shall be immediately available and allotted to contract 
for the production of the eighth National Security Cutter 
notwithstanding the availability of funds for post-produc-
tion costs: Provided further, That the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives, at the time the 
President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016 is sub-
mitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
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Code, a future-years capital investment plan for the Coast 
Guard that identifies for each requested capital asset— 
(1) the proposed appropriations included in that budg-
et; 
(2) the total estimated cost of completion, including 
and clearly delineating the costs of associated major acqui-
sition systems infrastructure and transition to operations; 
(3) projected funding levels for each fiscal year for the 
next 5 fiscal years or until acquisition program baseline 
or project completion, whichever is earlier; 
(4) an estimated completion date at the projected fund-
ing levels; and 
(5) a current acquisition program baseline for each 
capital asset, as applicable, that— 
(A) includes the total acquisition cost of each 
asset, subdivided by fiscal year and including a de-
tailed description of the purpose of the proposed fund-
ing levels for each fiscal year, including for each fis-
cal year funds requested for design, pre-acquisition 
activities, 
production, 
structural 
modifications, 
missionization, post-delivery, and transition to oper-
ations costs; 
(B) includes a detailed project schedule through 
completion, subdivided by fiscal year, that details— 
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(i) quantities planned for each fiscal year; 
and 
(ii) major acquisition and project events, 
including development of operational require-
ments, contracting actions, design reviews, pro-
duction, delivery, test and evaluation, and tran-
sition to operations, including necessary train-
ing, shore infrastructure, and logistics; 
(C) notes and explains any deviations in cost, 
performance parameters, schedule, or estimated date 
of completion from the original acquisition program 
baseline and the most recent baseline approved by the 
Department of Homeland Security’s Acquisition Re-
view Board, if applicable; 
(D) aligns the acquisition of each asset to mis-
sion requirements by defining existing capabilities of 
comparable legacy assets, identifying known capa-
bility gaps between such existing capabilities and 
stated mission requirements, and explaining how the 
acquisition of each asset will address such known ca-
pability gaps; 
(E) defines life-cycle costs for each asset and the 
date of the estimate on which such costs are based, in-
cluding all associated costs of major acquisitions sys-
tems infrastructure and transition to operations, de-
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lineated by purpose and fiscal year for the projected 
service life of the asset; 
(F) includes the earned value management sys-
tem summary schedule performance index and cost 
performance index for each asset, if applicable; and 
(G) includes a phase-out and decommissioning 
schedule delineated by fiscal year for each existing 
legacy asset that each asset is intended to replace or 
recapitalize: 
Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard 
shall ensure that amounts specified in the future-years cap-
ital investment plan are consistent, to the maximum extent 
practicable, with proposed appropriations necessary to sup-
port the programs, projects, and activities of the Coast 
Guard in the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 
2016, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided further, That any inconsist-
encies between the capital investment plan and proposed 
appropriations shall be identified and justified: Provided 
further, That the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall not delay the submission of the capital invest-
ment plan referred to by the preceding provisos: Provided 
further, That the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall have no more than a single period of 10 con-
secutive business days to review the capital investment plan 
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prior to submission: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives one day 
after the capital investment plan is submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget for review and the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives when such review is completed: Provided further, That 
subsections (a) and (b) of section 6402 of Public Law 110– 
28 shall hereafter apply with respect to the amounts made 
available under this heading. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses for applied scientific research, 
development, test, and evaluation; and for maintenance, re-
habilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equip-
ment; as authorized by law; $17,892,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017, of which $500,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry 
out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution 
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Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there 
may be credited to and used for the purposes of this appro-
priation funds received from State and local governments, 
other public authorities, private sources, and foreign coun-
tries for expenses incurred for research, development, test-
ing, and evaluation. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this pur-
pose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career 
status bonuses, concurrent receipts, and combat-related spe-
cial compensation under the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act, and payments for medical care of retired per-
sonnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title 10, 
United States Code, $1,450,626,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret 
Service, including purchase of not to exceed 652 vehicles 
for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United 
States; hire of aircraft; services of expert witnesses at such 
rates as may be determined by the Director of the United 
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States Secret Service; rental of buildings in the District of 
Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other 
facilities on private or other property not in Government 
ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform pro-
tective functions; payment of per diem or subsistence allow-
ances to employees in cases in which a protective assign-
ment on the actual day or days of the visit of a protectee 
requires an employee to work 16 hours per day or to remain 
overnight at a post of duty; conduct of and participation 
in firearms matches; presentation of awards; travel of 
United States Secret Service employees on protective mis-
sions without regard to the limitations on such expenditures 
in this or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance 
from the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives; research and development; 
grants to conduct behavioral research in support of protec-
tive research and operations; and payment in advance for 
commercial accommodations as may be necessary to per-
form protective functions; $1,615,860,000; of which not to 
exceed $19,125 shall be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be to 
provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law 
enforcement organizations in counterfeit investigations; of 
which $2,366,000 shall be for forensic and related support 
of investigations of missing and exploited children; of which 
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