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after the date of enactment of this Act detailing the 
planned distribution of Assets Forfeiture Fund joint law 
enforcement operations funding during fiscal year 2016. 
SEC. 217. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under each of the headings ‘‘General Administration—Sal-
aries and Expenses’’, ‘‘United States Marshals Service— 
Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Drug Enforcement Ad-
ministration—Salaries and Expenses’’, and ‘‘Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—Salaries and 
Expenses’’, $20,000,000 shall not be available for obliga-
tion until the Attorney General demonstrates to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate that all recommendations included in the 
Office of Inspector General of the Department of Justice, 
Evaluation and Inspections Division Report 15–04 enti-
tled ‘‘The Handling of Sexual Harassment and Mis-
conduct Allegations by the Department’s Law Enforce-
ment Components’’, dated March, 2015, have been imple-
mented or are in the process of being implemented. 
(b) The Inspector General of the Department of Jus-
tice shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on 
the status of the Department’s implementation of rec-
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ommendations included in the report specified in sub-
section (a). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia, $5,555,000. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
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therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $5,237,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017: Provided,That the formulation and de-
velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 
section 30104 of title 51, United States Code) for the 
James 
Webb 
Space 
Telescope 
shall 
not 
exceed 
$8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi-
vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 
30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 
the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de-
velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi-
tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin-
istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 
the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec-
tion 30104: Provided further, That, $140,000,000 shall be 
for a Jupiter Europa mission to assure progress on a mis-
sion which meets the Planetary Science decadal objectives, 
consisting of an orbiter and studies of both a surface ele-
ment as well as sample analysis of plumes emanating from 
the surface: Provided further, That NASA shall use the 
Space Launch System as the launch vehicle for a Jupiter 
Europa mission, plan for a launch no later than 2022, 
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and include in the fiscal year 2017 budget the 5 year fund-
ing profile necessary to achieve those goals. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $600,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space technology research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 
repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space-
craft control, and communications activities; program 
management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
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5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-
penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 
mission and administrative aircraft, $625,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2017, of which 
$25,000,000 shall be for icy satellites surface technology 
and test beds. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of exploration research and 
development activities, including research, development, 
operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol, and communications activities; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-
chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 
lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $4,759,300,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That not less 
than $1,096,300,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 
Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,313,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System, in-
cluding no less than $1,850,000,000 for launch vehicle de-
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velopment, which shall have a lift capability not less than 
130 metric tons and which shall have core elements and 
an enhanced upper stage developed simultaneously: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided for launch 
vehicle development, no less than $50,000,000 shall be for 
enhanced upper stage development: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available for the Space Launch System, 
$410,000,000 shall be for exploration ground systems and 
$53,000,000 shall be for program integration: Provided 
further, That $1,000,000,000 shall be for commercial 
spaceflight activities: Provided further, That $350,000,000 
shall be for exploration research and development. 
SPACE OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of space operations research 
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-
craft control and communications activities, including op-
erations, production, and services; maintenance and re-
pair, facility planning and design; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 
of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin-
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istrative aircraft, $3,957,300,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 
EDUCATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 
education research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; 
program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 
of mission and administrative aircraft, $119,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017, of which 
$18,000,000 shall be for the Experimental Program to 
Stimulate Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be 
for the National Space Grant College program. 
SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 
technology, exploration, space operations and education 
research and development activities, including research, 
development, operations, support, and services; mainte-
nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 
flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 
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program management; personnel and related costs, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 
expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft, $2,768,600,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017. 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 
RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 
including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-
fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-
ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 
and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 
property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
ance and restoration, $425,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That proceeds from 
leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 
period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 
in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 20145(b)(2)(A) of title 51, United 
States Code, such proceeds referred to in the preceding 
proviso shall be available for obligation for fiscal year 
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2016 in an amount not to exceed $9,470,300: Provided 
further, That each annual budget request shall include an 
annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and pro-
posed use of all funds collected pursuant to section 20145 
of title 51, United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$37,400,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 
shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 
the prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-
propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 
available for the same purposes and the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 
pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-
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ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section. 
The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-
vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ-
ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 
change of an amount established in that spending plan 
that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 
this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec-
tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section. 
The unexpired balances of a previous account, for ac-
tivities for which funds are provided in this Act, may be 
transferred to the new account established in this Act that 
provides for such activities. Balances so transferred shall 
be merged with the funds in the newly established account, 
but shall be available under the same terms, conditions 
and period of time as previously appropriated. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 
and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
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Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 
of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-
craft; and authorized travel; $5,983,645,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017, of which not to exceed 
$520,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the 
United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 
for scientific support services and materials furnished by 
the National Research Centers and other National Science 
Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 
to this appropriation. 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-
tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 
equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-
ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 
U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 
$200,030,000, to remain available until expended. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-
ematics and engineering education and human resources 
programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
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Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-
ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $866,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 
For agency operations and award management nec-
essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 
Homeland 
Security 
for 
security 
guard 
services; 
$325,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That contracts may be entered into under this 
heading in fiscal year 2016 for maintenance and operation 
of facilities and for other services to be provided during 
the next fiscal year: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided for costs associated with the acquisition, occu-
pancy, and related costs of new headquarters space, not 
more than $27,370,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
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OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-
tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-
rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 
Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $15,160,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the National 
Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. Any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
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Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-
pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-
tions Act, 2016’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 
Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$9,200,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess 
of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Ex-
cepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 
Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 
Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 
days: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity 
or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 
of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 
1975a). 
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 
1991, the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act 
(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend-
ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in-
cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 
Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 
agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 
$364,500,000: Provided, That the Commission is author-
ized to make available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 
Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept 
and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 
Commission. 
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the International Trade 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $84,500,000 (in-
creased by $2,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 
carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 
Act of 1974, $300,000,000, of which $266,900,000 is for 
basic field programs and required independent audits; 
$5,100,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 
such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $19,000,000 is for manage-
ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self- 
help and information technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro 
Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay-
ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-
poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 
the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em-
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ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 
Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996(d)): Provided 
further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 
this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 
505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
considered an agency of the United States Government. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES 
CORPORATION 
None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-
pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 
of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 
the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 
except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 
and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2015 and 
2016, respectively. 
MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-
mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
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Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 
$3,340,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE 
REPRESENTATIVE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 
consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, $54,250,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not 
to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 
as authorized by the State Justice Institute Authorization 
Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,121,000, of 
which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 
of this Act, the State Justice Institute shall be considered 
an agency of the United States Government. 
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 
not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-
tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 
be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-
tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 
than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-
fected thereby. 
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SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 
or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini-
tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 
a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per-
sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 
funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-
fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro-
grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 
functions or activities presently performed by Federal em-
ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac-
tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 
project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 
or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 
from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 
change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap-
proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds by agencies (excluding 
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agencies of the Department of Justice) funded by this Act 
and 45 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds 
by agencies of the Department of Justice funded by this 
Act. 
SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 
a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 
or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re-
ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-
thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 
available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 
are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 
States, its territories or possessions. 
(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 
given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 
Item (1)(f)(3). 
SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-
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tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta-
tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-
mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 
identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 
appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 
balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 
reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation. 
(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 
submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 
(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 
aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 
(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 
the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 
maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys-
tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re-
port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 
SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre-
vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re-
ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
total budgetary resources available to such department or 
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agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-
tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds 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 for the Department of Commerce, 
this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 
and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 
shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 
or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 
by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 
which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 
products of the same type. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 
$2,705,164,000 during fiscal year 2016 from the fund es-
tablished by section 1402 of Public Law 98–473 (42 
U.S.C. 10601). 
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SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi-
nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 
students who participate in programs for which financial 
assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 
or legal guardians of such students. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 513. Any funds provided in this Act used to im-
plement E-Government Initiatives shall be subject to the 
procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act. 
SEC. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na-
tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor-
poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 
which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 
reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 
may include preliminary findings and a description of 
areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi-
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ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 
any such audit is completed. 
(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 
described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 
completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis-
trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 
the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter-
net website maintained by the Department, Administra-
tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 
shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 
(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) sensitive personal information for any indi-
vidual, the public access to which could be used to 
commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 
unlawful purposes. 
(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 
by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state-
ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 
the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 
certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 
will be made available through a subcontract or in any 
other manner to another person who has a financial inter-
est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 
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(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 
this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 
which the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 
and requirements, substantially similar to the require-
ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 
executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart-
ments, agencies, and entities. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration, or the National 
Science Foundation to acquire or renew a high-impact or 
moderate-impact information system, as defined for secu-
rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 
Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-
egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
tems’’ unless the agency has— 
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-
mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 
and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 
inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 
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moderate-impact information systems within the 
Federal Government; 
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-
sumptive awardee against available and relevant 
threat information provided by the FBI and other 
appropriate agencies; and 
(3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap-
propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 
any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 
with the acquisition of such system, including any 
risk associated with such system being produced, 
manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 
identified by the United States Government as pos-
ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 
those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 
the People’s Republic of China. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 
high-impact or moderate-impact information system re-
viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 
of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 
FBI and supply chain risk management experts, a 
mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 
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(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 
the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 
the national interest of the United States; and 
(3) reported that determination to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen-
eral. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 
justify the use of torture by any official or contract em-
ployee of the United States Government. 
SEC. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or treaty, in fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act or any other Act may be 
expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex-
penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 
United States in connection with requiring an export li-
cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac-
cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 
I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 
(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 
part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 
not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 
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that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 
met by the exporting party for such articles. 
(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex-
port license— 
(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 
Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 
required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 
under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 
transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub-
section (a); and 
(2) does not permit the export without a license 
of— 
(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-
nents and parts for such firearms, other than 
for end use by the Federal Government, or a 
Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 
(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 
listed in Category I, other than for end use by 
the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu-
nicipal Government of Canada; or 
(C) articles for export from Canada to an-
other foreign destination. 
(c) In accordance with this section, the District Di-
rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-
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manent or temporary export without a license of any un-
classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 
end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem-
porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 
end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 
Canadian citizen. 
(d) The President may require export licenses under 
this section on a temporary basis if the President deter-
mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 
the Government of Canada has implemented or main-
tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 
in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 
articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-
national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an-
other nation. The President shall terminate the require-
ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require-
ments have ceased. 
SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 
other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 
to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 
officer or employee of the United States to deny any appli-
cation submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) 
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and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or 
.113, for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios 
or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi-
lateral trade agreement the text of— 
(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 
States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 
(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 
States-Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 
(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 
States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 
letter in contravention of any of the following laws author-
izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 
security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act; The 
Electronic Communications Privacy Act; The Fair Credit 
Reporting Act; The National Security Act of 1947; USA 
PATRIOT Act; and the laws amended by these Acts. 
SEC. 521. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-
gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 
Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 
Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason-
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able cause to believe that the total program cost has in-
creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 
immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis-
trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di-
rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 
and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 
determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 
such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 
to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 
in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 
to which such changes have contributed to the increase 
in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti-
mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 
statement validating that the project’s management struc-
ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 
costs. 
SEC. 522. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-
ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 
specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec-
tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
414) during fiscal year 2016 until the enactment of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016. 
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