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5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
Act may be used for any Federal Government contract with 
any foreign incorporated entity which is treated as an in-
verted domestic corporation under section 835(b) of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) or any 
subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 
subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-
ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 
if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required 
in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 
issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 
such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
Federal Government contract entered into before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 
pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2016, for each employee 
who—
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(1) 
retires 
under 
section 
8336(d)(2) 
or 
8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 
(2) retires under any other provision of sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 
5 and receives a payment as an incentive to separate, 
the separating agency shall remit to the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 
the Office of Personnel Management’s average unit 
cost of processing a retirement claim for the preceding 
fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until ex-
pended to the Office of Personnel Management and 
shall be deemed to be an administrative expense 
under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to recommend or require any 
entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose 
any of the following information as a condition of submit-
ting the offer: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 
expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication that is 
made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any of 
its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for election 
for Federal office or to a political committee, or that
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is otherwise made with respect to any election for 
Federal office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 
payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the en-
tity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates or 
subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the rea-
sonable expectation that the person will use the funds 
to make a payment described in paragraph (1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘electioneering 
communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘Federal of-
fice’’ has the meaning given such term in the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 
a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern-
ment, including the President, the Vice President, a member 
of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Commis-
sioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch agency 
(as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), 
or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2016, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any
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percentage of such payments which was effective 
in the previous fiscal year under such section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and 
no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be 
paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) is in effect 
at a rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) applicable to such em-
ployee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-
able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 
who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 
30, 2015, shall be determined under regulations prescribed 
by the Office of Personnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 
may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 
30, 2015, except to the extent determined by the Office of 
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose of 
this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2015. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
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mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribution, 
or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the basis 
of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic 
pay payable after the application of this subsection shall 
be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 
permit or require the payment to any employee covered by 
this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 
be payable were this subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection 
if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in 
rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 
place in fiscal year 2016 under sections 5344 and 5348 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by em-
ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employees at lo-
cations where there are no employees whose pay is in-
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creased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, and prevailing rate employees de-
scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay lo-
cality designated as ‘‘Rest of United States’’ pursuant 
to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for pur-
poses of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first appli-
cable pay period beginning after September 30, 2015. 
SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 
pay raise in calendar year 2016, notwithstanding the rate 
adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United States 
Code, or any other provision of law. 
(b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule po-
sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 
by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive 
a pay rate increase in calendar year 2016, notwithstanding 
schedule adjustments made under section 5318 of title 5, 
United States Code, or any other provision of law, except 
as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This subsection 
applies only to employees who are holding a position under 
a political appointment. 
(c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not 
receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2016, notwith-
standing section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
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(Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, except 
as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 
(d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 
5, United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be re-
ceived in calendar year 2016 (except as provided in sub-
section (g), (h), or (i)) by— 
(1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-
tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 
IV of the Executive Schedule; or 
(2) a limited term appointee or limited emer-
gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service serv-
ing under a political appointment and paid a rate of 
basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule. 
(e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including 
any locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, or similar authority) at or above level 
IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a political 
appointment may not receive a pay rate increase in cal-
endar year 2016, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This 
subsection does not apply to employees in the General 
Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay system, or 
to employees appointed under section 3161 of title 5, United 
States Code, or to employees in another pay system whose
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position would be classified at GS–15 or below if chapter 
51 of title 5, United States Code, applied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 
employees who do not serve under a political appointment 
from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under 
applicable law. 
(g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
who receives a Presidential appointment and who makes 
an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay 
entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United States 
Code, is not subject to this section. 
(h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re-
ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 
executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen-
ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 
is not subject to this section. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an em-
ployee in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase 
upon an authorized movement to a different covered posi-
tion with higher-level duties and a pre-established higher 
level or range of pay, except that any such increase must 
be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations 
in effect on December 31, 2013.
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(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an 
individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 
during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 
pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 
pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) through 
(e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in cal-
endar year 2016 but ends in calendar year 2017, the bar 
on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases shall apply 
through the end of that pay period. 
SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-
partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 
this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 
reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official for 
any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 
costs and contracting procedures related to each conference 
held by any such department, agency, board, commission, 
or office during fiscal year 2016 for which the cost to the 
United States Government was more than $100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending;
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(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 
States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 
to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
determine which costs relate to the conference; 
and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or of-
fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 
by any Executive branch department, agency, board, com-
mission, or office funded by this or any other appropria-
tions Act during fiscal year 2016 for which the cost to the 
United States Government was more than $20,000, the head 
of any such department, agency, board, commission, or of-
fice shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics offi-
cial for any entity without an Inspector General, of the
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date, location, and number of employees attending such con-
ference. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference 
described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program-
matically related to the purpose for which the grant or con-
tract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other rou-
tine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or 
contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office of 
Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated 
May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that memo-
randum. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for a 
fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently en-
acted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change is 
made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provisions 
of this or any other appropriations Act.
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SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 
enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ pub-
lished by the Office of Personnel Management in the Federal 
Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.). 
SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used to 
begin or announce a study or public-private competition 
regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 
function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other ad-
ministrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be avail-
able for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with 
an entity that requires employees or contractors of such en-
tity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal 
confidentiality agreements or statements prohibiting or oth-
erwise restricting such employees or contractors from law-
fully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse to a designated 
investigative or law enforcement representative of a Federal 
department or agency authorized to receive such informa-
tion. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-
travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312,
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Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-
ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified in-
formation. 
SEC. 744. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-
ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government 
or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if 
such policy, form, or agreement does not contain the fol-
lowing provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent with 
and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the 
employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by exist-
ing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified in-
formation, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the report-
ing to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule, 
or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, 
an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger 
to public health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower 
protection. The definitions, requirements, obligations, 
rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by controlling Ex-
ecutive orders and statutory provisions are incorporated 
into this agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the preceding provision of this section, a 
nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be exe-
cuted by a person connected with the conduct of an intel-
ligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an em-
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ployee or officer of the United States Government, may con-
tain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for 
which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 
shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-
close any classified information received in the course of 
such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 
United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall 
also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Con-
gress, or to an authorized official of an executive agency 
or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting 
a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be im-
plemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if 
it complies with the requirements for such agreement that 
were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce any agreement entered 
into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain sub-
stantially similar language to that required in subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
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ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and admin-
istrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and 
that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an 
agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the 
tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the 
unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered 
suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made 
a determination that this further action is not necessary 
to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 
violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 
months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-
tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension or 
debarment of the corporation and has made a determina-
tion that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 747. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act providing for 
the incorporation of certain persons as Group Hospitaliza-
tion and Medical Services, Inc.’’, approved August 11, 1939 
(53 Stat. 1412), is amended—
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(1) by redesignating section 11 as section 12; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 10 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 11. The surplus of the corporation is for the ben-
efit and protection of all of its certificate holders and shall 
be available for the satisfaction of all obligations of the cor-
poration regardless of the jurisdiction in which such surplus 
originated or such obligations arise. The corporation shall 
not divide, attribute, distribute, or reduce its surplus pursu-
ant to any statute, regulation, or order of any jurisdiction 
without the express agreement of the District of Columbia, 
Maryland, and Virginia— 
‘‘(1) that the entire surplus of the corporation is 
excessive; and 
‘‘(2) to any plan for reduction or distribution of 
surplus.’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to the surplus of Group Hospitalization 
and Medical Services, Inc. for any year after 2011. 
SEC. 748. (a) During fiscal year 2016, on the date on 
which a request is made for a transfer of funds in accord-
ance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the
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and oversight of grants and credit assistance made under 
the National Infrastructure Investments program. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2017. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and in-
formation technology infrastructure, improvement of net-
work perimeter controls and identity management, testing 
and assessment of information technology against business, 
security, and other requirements, implementation of Fed-
eral cyber security initiatives and information infrastruc-
ture enhancements, implementation of enhanced security 
controls on network devices, and enhancement of cyber secu-
rity workforce training tools, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2017. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,678,000.
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(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 
$43,100,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available 
until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 
23, United States Code; and 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 
the unobligated balance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety con-