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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 
$67,500,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-
able for reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi-
cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 
$1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere, $25,500,000: Provided, That 
public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 
may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 
employed intermittently in the Government service, and 
compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 
labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 
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to and merged with this account, to be available without 
further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 
conferences. 
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-
mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $293,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 
available for use to contract with a person or persons for 
collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 
U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $100,000,000 of off-
setting collections derived from fees collected for 
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-
dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 
18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $14,000,000 in offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 
the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 
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Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven-
tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 
account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 
in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here-
in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 2015, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$179,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 
used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related 
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
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relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
location and transfer of space; contractual services inci-
dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 
and alteration of federally owned buildings including 
grounds, approaches and appurtenances; care and safe-
guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 
and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur-
chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 
acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con-
version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre-
liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 
otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip-
ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter-
est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 
by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag-
gregate 
amount 
of 
$9,130,409,000 
(reduced 
by 
$3,339,000) (reduced by $43,000,000), of which— 
(1) $420,460,000 shall remain available until 
expended for construction and acquisition (including 
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 
and construction services) of additional projects at— 
(A) California, Calexico, Calexico West 
Land Port of Entry, $98,062,000; 
(B) California, San Diego, San Ysidro 
Land Port of Entry, $216,828,000; and 
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(C) New York, Alexandria Bay, Land Port 
of Entry, $105,570,000: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 
new construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded 
to the extent that savings are effected in other such 
projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts in-
cluded in a transmitted prospectus, if required, unless ad-
vance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appro-
priations of a greater amount; 
(2) $965,817,000 (reduced by $1,669,500) 
shall remain available until expended for repairs and 
alterations, including associated design and con-
struction services, of which— 
(A) $402,282,000 is for Major Repairs and 
Alterations; 
(B) $378,535,000 (reduced by $1,669,500) 
is for Basic Repairs and Alterations; and 
(C) $185,000,000 is for Special Emphasis 
Programs, of which— 
(i) $40,000,000 is for Fire and Life 
Safety; 
(ii) $100,000,000 is for Consolidation 
Activities: Provided, That consolidation 
projects result in reduced annual rent paid 
by the tenant agency: Provided further, 
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That no consolidation project exceed 
$10,000,000 in costs: Provided further, 
That consolidation projects are approved 
by each of the committees specified in sec-
tion 3307(a) of title 40, United States 
Code: Provided further, That preference is 
given to consolidation projects that achieve 
a utilization rate of 130 usable square feet 
or less per person for office space: Pro-
vided further, That the obligation of funds 
under this paragraph for consolidation ac-
tivities may not be made until 10 days 
after a proposed spending plan and expla-
nation for each project to be undertaken, 
including estimated savings, has been sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate; 
(iii) $20,000,000, Judiciary Court Se-
curity Program; and 
(iv) $25,000,000 is for Real Property 
Disposal: Provided, That disposal projects 
result in reduced annual operating costs: 
Provided further, That preference is given 
to disposal projects that are excess or sur-
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plus and have the highest fair market 
value and the greatest potential to sell: 
Provided further, That the obligation of 
funds under this paragraph for property 
disposal activities may not be made until 
10 days after a proposed spending plan 
and explanation for each project to be un-
dertaken, including estimated savings, has 
been submitted to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate: 
Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or any 
prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to 
fund costs associated with implementing security improve-
ments to buildings necessary to meet the minimum stand-
ards for security in accordance with current law and in 
compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the ap-
propriate Committees of the House and Senate: Provided 
further, That the difference between the funds appro-
priated and expended on any projects in this or any prior 
Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may 
be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used 
to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Pro-
vided further, That the amount provided in this or any 
prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used 
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to pay claims against the Government arising from any 
projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or 
used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,500,000,000 (reduced by $1,669,500) 
(reduced by $43,000,000) for rental of space to re-
main available until expended; and 
(4) $2,244,132,000 for building operations to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which 
$1,122,727,000 
is 
for 
building 
services, 
and 
$1,121,405,000 is for salaries and expenses: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any 
appropriation made available under this paragraph 
for building operations may be transferred between 
and merged with such appropriations upon notifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, but no 
such appropriation shall be increased by more than 
5 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, 
That section 508 of this title shall not apply with re-
spect to funds made available under this heading for 
building operations: 
Provided further, That the total amount of funds made 
available from this Fund to the General Services Adminis-
tration shall not be available for expenses of any construc-
tion, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which 
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a prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not 
been approved, except that necessary funds may be ex-
pended for each project for required expenses for the de-
velopment of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, 
That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may 
be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval 
is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim-
bursable special services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 
592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable fenc-
ing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 
or other property not in Government ownership or control 
as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret 
Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 
U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such revenues and 
collections: Provided further, That revenues and collections 
and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal 
year 2015, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 
592(b)(2) in excess of the aggregate new obligational au-
thority authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund 
and shall not be available for expenditure except as au-
thorized in appropriations Acts. 
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GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac-
tivities associated with the management of real and per-
sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 
Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 
acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 
management, and related technology activities; and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,000,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 
utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-
posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man-
agement, and communications; the Civilian Board of Con-
tract Appeals; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
$61,049,000, of which $26,328,000 is for Real and Per-
sonal Property Management and Disposal; $25,729,000 is 
for the Office of the Administrator, of which not to exceed 
$7,500 is for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and $8,992,000 is for the Civilian Board of Con-
tract Appeals: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per-
cent of the appropriation made available under this head-
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ing for Office of the Administrator may be transferred to 
the appropriation for the Real and Personal Property 
Management and Disposal upon notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, but the appropriation for the Real and 
Personal Property Management and Disposal may not be 
increased by more than 5 percent by any such transfer. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$65,000,000, of which $2,000,000 is available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
available for payment for information and detection of 
fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 
to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 
in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$1,672,000. 
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FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Serv-
ices and Innovative Technologies, including services au-
thorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for 
necessary expenses in support of interagency projects that 
enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to 
conduct activities electronically, through the development 
and implementation of innovative uses of information 
technology; $53,294,000, to be deposited into the Federal 
Citizen Services Fund: Provided, That the previous 
amount may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry 
out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro-
vided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reim-
bursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall 
be available until expended for necessary expenses of Fed-
eral Citizen Services and other activities that enable the 
Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac-
tivities electronically in the aggregate amount not to ex-
ceed $90,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations 
revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this 
Fund during fiscal year 2015 in excess of such amount 
shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 
expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That any appropriations provided to the 
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Electronic Government Fund that remain unobligated as 
of September 30, 2014, may be transferred to the Federal 
Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the transfer 
authorities provided herein shall be in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 507. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 508. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 
made available for fiscal year 2015 for Federal Buildings 
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 509. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 
a fiscal year 2016 request for United States Courthouse 
construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
standards for construction as established and approved by 
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-
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ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 
Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 
5-year construction plan; and (3) includes a standardized 
courtroom utilization study of each facility to be con-
structed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in consider-
ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 511. From funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 
and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 512. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
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lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 
authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-
gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-
istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 
ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 
to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 
lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-
mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 
not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-
spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 
statement to each of such committees and the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 
the resolution. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 
1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 
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not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $40,655,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016, together with not to exceed $2,345,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016, for adminis-
trative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals to be 
transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
ability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems 
Protection Board. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
view and declassification of documents, the activities of 
the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 
and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including 
maintenance, 
repairs, 
and 
cleaning, 
$360,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 
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Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $4,130,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $7,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 
and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 
30, 2016, for technical assistance to low-income des-
ignated credit unions. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 
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Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 
and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 
2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex-
ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $15,420,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re-
organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv-
ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 
veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; advances 
for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred 
under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, 
as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence 
allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 
require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post 
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of duty, $95,910,000; and in addition $118,425,000 for 
administrative expenses, to be transferred from the appro-
priate trust funds of OPM without regard to other stat-
utes, including direct procurement of printed materials, 
for the retirement and insurance programs: Provided, 
That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect 
the authority to use applicable trust funds as provided by 
sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 
9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of 
OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 
of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: 
Provided further, That the President’s Commission on 
White House Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 
11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2015, 
accept donations of money, property, and personal serv-
ices: Provided further, That such donations, including 
those from prior years, may be used for the development 
of publicity materials to provide information about the 
White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall 
be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, 
or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$4,384,000, and in addition, not to exceed $21,340,000 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 
1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 
Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12) as amended by Public 
Law 107–304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed 
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Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 
1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 
witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; $21,452,000. 
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 
435), $14,152,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 603(a) of such Act. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $4,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016. 
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RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY 
BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Recovery Account-
ability and Transparency Board to carry out the provi-
sions of title XV of the American Recovery and Reinvest-
ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5), and to develop and 
test information technology resources and oversight mech-
anisms to enhance transparency of and detect and reme-
diate waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal spending, and 
to develop and use information technology resources and 
oversight mechanisms to detect and remediate waste, 
fraud, and abuse in obligation and expenditure of funds 
as described in section 904(d) of the Disaster Relief Ap-
propriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2), which shall 
be administered under the terms and conditions of the ac-
countability authorities of title XV of Public Law 111– 
5, $15,000,000. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-
change Commission, including services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 
not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
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tion expenses, $1,400,000,000 to remain available until 
expended; of which not less than $9,239,000 shall be for 
the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 
$50,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 
the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 
of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for ex-
penses for consultations and meetings hosted by the Com-
mission with foreign governmental and other regulatory 
officials, members of their delegations and staffs to ex-
change views concerning securities matters, such expenses 
to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 
and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees 
in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses such as 
meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) related lodg-
ing or subsistence; of which funding for information tech-
nology initiatives shall be increased over the fiscal year 
2014 level by not less than $50,000,000; and of which not 
less than $68,872,000 shall be for the Division of Eco-
nomic and Risk Analysis: Provided, That fees and charges 
authorized by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this account 
as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $1,400,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 
available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac-
count: Provided further, That the total amount appro-
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priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 
year 2015 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re-
ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2015 ap-
propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 
than $0. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 
civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 
$750 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$21,500,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 
year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 
the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 
deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-
tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-
nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 
Forces of the United States. 
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 
and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-
ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $253,882,000 (reduced by $3,882,000), of which 
not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for examina-
tions, reviews, and other lender oversight activities: Pro-
vided, That the Administrator is authorized to charge fees 
to cover the cost of publications developed by the Small 
Business Administration, and certain loan program activi-
ties, including fees authorized by section 5(b) of the Small 
Business Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such activities 
shall be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended, for carrying out these purposes without further 
appropriations: Provided further, That the Small Business 
Administration may accept gifts in an amount not to ex-
ceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor activities, each in ac-
cordance with section 132(a) of division K of Public Law 
108–447, during fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That 
$6,100,000 shall be available for the Loan Modernization 
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and Accounting System, to be available until September 
30, 2016. 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-
trepreneurial 
and 
small 
business 
development, 
$197,825,000 (increased by $3,882,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $19,400,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 
carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 
305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-
bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $8,750,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed 
loans as authorized by section 503 of the Small Business 
Investment 
Act 
of 
1958 
(Public 
Law 
85–699), 
$45,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
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DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act, $186,858,000, to be available until ex-
pended, of which $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector 
General of the Small Business Administration for audits 
and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-
grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 
which $176,858,000 is for direct administrative expenses 
of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 
program, which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 
which $9,000,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 
for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-
penses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 513. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-
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priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 
States Code, $58,342,000: Provided, That mail for over-
seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 
Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to 
the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 
any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 
employee of any State or local child support enforcement 
agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 
program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa-
tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 
postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 
small rural and other small post offices. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $243,000,000, to be derived by 
transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 
authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-
ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$50,000,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
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fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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 ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 604. 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. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
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SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-
ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-
gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-
tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 
House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 
purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 
is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-
ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 
creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-
less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-
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propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 
or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 
agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica-
tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum 
the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation 
with a separate column to display the President’s budget 
request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 
enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec-
tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 
special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 
amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 
for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 
each day after the required date that the report has not 
been submitted to the Congress. 
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SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2015 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2015 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2016, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 
prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-
programming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent to request— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treat-
ment of an organization as described in section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 
Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
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(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation report, if such individual has given express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-
gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code, 
shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 
under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 
to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal employees health benefits program which provides 
any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
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SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 
commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 
to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 
in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 
United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-
latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-
cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 
commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 
non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-
penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 
to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-
tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 
is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 
or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 
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to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 
person or entity is an organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 
funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 
by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 
funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 
advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
SEC. 618. Not later than 45 days after the end of 
each quarter, the Department of the Treasury, the Execu-
tive Office of the President, the Judiciary, the Federal 
Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, the General Services Administration, the National 
Archives and Records Administration, the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, and the Small Business Adminis-
tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly 
accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated 
funds. 
SEC. 619. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 
authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 
construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-
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ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 
case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 
with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
the President to require emergency leasing authority with 
respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 
agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 
provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-
eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 
Service. 
SEC. 620. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 
complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-
posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-
latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 
Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses for the following positions: 
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(1) Director, White House Office of Health Re-
form, or any substantially similar position. 
(2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 
Climate Change, or any substantially similar posi-
tion. 
(3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the 
Treasury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on 
the Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manu-
facturing Policy, or any substantially similar posi-
tion. 
(4) White House Director of Urban Affairs, or 
any substantially similar position. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available by this 
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 cor-
poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 
been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 
is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree-
ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 
tax liability, unless the Federal agency has considered sus-
pension or debarment of the corporation and has made 
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a determination that this further action is not necessary 
to protect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 623. None of the funds made available by this 
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 cor-
poration 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 conviction, un-
less the Federal agency has considered suspension or de-
barment of the corporation and has made a determination 
that this further action is not necessary to protect the in-
terests of the Government. 
SEC. 624. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-
lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 
102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 
(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal 
Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
178(l)). 
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(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of 
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 
Stat. 849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits for employees retiring after December 31, 
1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 
new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 
8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 
from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-
empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 
otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-
tained in this Act. 
SEC. 625. During fiscal year 2015, no funds shall be 
obligated from the Securities and Exchange Commission 
Reserve Fund established by section 991 of the Dodd- 
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Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(Public Law 111–203). 
SEC. 626. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 
or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 
to trade associations. 
SEC. 627. Section 2(c) of the Multinational Species 
Conservation Fund Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–241; 39 U.S.C. 416 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘6 years’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) STAMP
DEPICTIONS.—Members of the 
public shall be offered a choice of 5 stamps under 
this Act, depicting an African elephant or an Asian 
elephant, a rhinoceros, a tiger, a marine turtle, and 
a great ape, respectively.’’. 
SEC. 628. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this section, the agencies specified in sub-
section (b) shall each submit a report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on— 
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(1) increasing public participation in the rule-
making process and reducing uncertainty; 
(2) improving coordination with other Federal 
agencies to eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and 
overlapping regulations; and 
(3) identifying existing regulations that have 
been reviewed and determined to be outmoded, inef-
fective, or excessively burdensome. 
(b) The agencies required to submit a report specified 
in subsection (a) are— 
(1) the Consumer Product Safety Commission; 
(2) the Federal Communications Commission; 
(3) the Federal Trade Commission; and 
(4) the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
SEC. 629. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to award a contract for services to train 
any employee of an Executive agency (as that term is de-
fined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) to 
learn how to support or defeat legislation pending before 
Congress. 
SEC. 630. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be used to 
destroy, deface, or dispose of records, regardless of their 
physical form or characteristics, in contravention of chap-
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ters 29, 31, and 33 of title 44, United States Code (com-
monly referred to as the Federal Records Act). 
(b) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Archivist of the United States shall 
conduct an inspection and submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, the House Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, and the Senate Committee on Home-
land Security and Government Affairs on the compliance 
by the Internal Revenue Service with the provisions of 
chapters 29, 31, and 33 of title 44, United States Code, 
during calendar years 2009 through 2013. 
SEC. 631. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require the disclosure by a provider 
of an electronic communication service or a remote com-
puting service of the contents or related information de-
tailed in section 2703(c) of title 18, United States Code, 
of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic 
storage with or otherwise held or maintained by the pro-
vider, as such terms are defined in section 2510 of title 
18, United States Code, by any other than a means au-
thorized under section 2703(b)(1)(A) of title 18, United 
States Code. 
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SEC. 632. Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 
8305) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘in-
sured depository institution’’ and inserting 
‘‘covered depository institution’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) COVERED
DEPOSITORY
INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘covered depository institution’ means— 
‘‘(A) an insured depository institution, as 
that term is defined in section 3 of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and 
‘‘(B) a United States uninsured branch or 
agency of a foreign bank.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the heading for such subsection, by 
striking ‘‘INSURED’’ and inserting ‘‘COVERED’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘an insured’’ and inserting 
‘‘a covered’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘such insured’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such covered’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘or savings and loan hold-
ing company’’ and inserting ‘‘savings and loan 
holding company, or foreign banking organiza-
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tion (as such term is defined under Regulation 
K of the Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System (12 CFR 211.21(o)))’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) ONLY BONA FIDE HEDGING AND TRADITIONAL 
BANK ACTIVITIES PERMITTED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The prohibition in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to any covered depository 
institution that limits its swap and security-based 
swap activities to the following: 
‘‘(A) HEDGING AND OTHER SIMILAR RISK 
MITIGATION
ACTIVITIES.—Hedging and other 
similar risk mitigating activities directly related 
to the covered depository institution’s activities. 
‘‘(B) NON-STRUCTURED
FINANCE
SWAP 
ACTIVITIES.—Acting as a swaps entity for 
swaps or security-based swaps other than a 
structured finance swap. 
‘‘(C) 
CERTAIN
STRUCTURED
FINANCE 
SWAP ACTIVITIES.—Acting as a swaps entity for 
swaps or security-based swaps that are struc-
tured finance swaps, if— 
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‘‘(i) such structured finance swaps are 
undertaken for hedging or risk manage-
ment purposes; or 
‘‘(ii) each asset-backed security under-
lying such structured finance swaps is of a 
credit quality and of a type or category 
with respect to which the prudential regu-
lators have jointly adopted rules author-
izing swap or security-based swap activity 
by covered depository institutions. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) STRUCTURED FINANCE SWAP.—The 
term ‘structured finance swap’ means a swap or 
security-based swap based on an asset-backed 
security (or group or index primarily comprised 
of asset-backed securities). 
‘‘(B) 
ASSET-BACKED
SECURITY.—The 
term ‘asset-backed security’ has the meaning 
given such term under section 3(a) of the Secu-
rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78c(a)).’’; 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘an insured’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a covered’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘an insured depository’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a covered depository’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the insured depository’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘the covered depository’’. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2015 shall obligate 
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 
agency, or instrumentality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 
States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-
hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve-
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hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve-
hicles), is hereby fixed at $13,197 except station wagons 
for which the maximum shall be $13,631: Provided, That 
these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for 
police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 for spe-
cial heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the limits 
set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 
5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 
demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 
Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra-
tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 
forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 
cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 
to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con-
ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim-
its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 
that is a commercial item and which operates on emerging 
motor vehicle technology, including but not limited to elec-
tric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehi-
cles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 
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for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922 through 5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law, during 
the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-
tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-
ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-
jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 
of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-
nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 
of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 
outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 
is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-
ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 
of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 
then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 
allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-
ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 
being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 
of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub-
mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec-
essary: Provided further, That any payment made to any 
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officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this sec-
tion shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided further, That this section shall not apply 
to any person who is an officer or employee of the Govern-
ment of the United States on the date of enactment of 
this Act, or to international broadcasters employed by the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors, or to temporary em-
ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in 
the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of 
emergencies: Provided further, That this section does not 
apply to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not 
more than 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the 
Department of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service 
pursuant to an agreement with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and services 
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 
performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 
1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 
of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
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SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13423 (January 24, 2007), including any 
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 
the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
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with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 
has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 
United States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 
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President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 
be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 
or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 
head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 
make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of-
fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 
used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 
directly controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of national security and emer-
gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-
ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 
2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 
any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 
Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 
individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-
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icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-
petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 
States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 
213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 
the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 
instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-
tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-
vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 
the individual to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-
tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 
(as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 
Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 
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to the employment of such other officer or employee 
or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 
committee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 
commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 
such other officer or employee, by reason of any 
communication or contact of such other officer or 
employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 
any employee training that— 
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(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
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any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 
or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 
to the Congress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 
except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 
or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 
information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mail-
ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 
Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 
authorized by Congress. 
SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined 
under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 
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(2) includes a military department, as defined 
under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, 
and the Postal Regulatory Commission. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 
to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 
system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 
5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 
in the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 
or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 
Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 
costs. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 
reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government- 
wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 
the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 
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rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 
That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
trator of General Services to support Government-wide 
and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 
procurement, and other management innovations, initia-
tives, and activities, as approved by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-
ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-
agement Council for overall management improvement ini-
tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 
management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 
Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 
Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-
tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-
cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-
ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 
not exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide innovations, 
initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That the funds 
transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General Services 
Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during fiscal 
year 2015 shall remain available for obligation through 
September 30, 2016: Provided further, That such trans-
fers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 days 
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following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 
in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 
the location. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-
tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 
the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 
studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 
the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 
by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 
the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-
port describing the budget of and resources connected with 
the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
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other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli-
cable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this sec-
tion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and 
grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may 
be used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
ment Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally 
identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to— 
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(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 
that is a system security action taken by the oper-
ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 
to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 
provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
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includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 
religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-
ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 
Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 
anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-
cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 
oversight authorities. 
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SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments 
and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 
under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 
to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 
Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-
plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 
of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 
or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-
uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 
conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 
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the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author-
ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 
by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 
cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 
may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 
any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act), and regulations implementing that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-
tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 
as an inverted 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.— 
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(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 re-
quired 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 2015, for each employee 
who— 
(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 sepa-
rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 
Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 
equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-
age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 
the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 
available until expended to the Office of Personnel 
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Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-
trative 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 re-
quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 
or otherwise performing or participating in acquisition at 
any stage of the acquisition process (as defined in section 
131 of title 41, United States Code) of property or services 
by the Federal Government to disclose any of the following 
information as a condition of submitting the offer or oth-
erwise performing in or participating in such acquisition: 
(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 com-
mittee, or that 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 
entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 
or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 
reasonable expectation that the person will use the 
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funds to make a payment described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 
‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election-
eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 
‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 
Federal Election 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 mem-
ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-
missioner 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 
2015, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing 
rate 
employee 
described 
in 
section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) during the period from the date of ex-
piration of the limitation imposed by the com-
parable section for previous fiscal years until 
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the normal effective date of the applicable wage 
survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal 
year 2015, in an amount that exceeds the rate 
payable for the applicable grade and step of the 
applicable wage schedule in accordance with 
such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the re-
mainder of fiscal year 2015, in an amount that 
exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjust-
ment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) 
by more than the sum of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking 
effect in fiscal year 2015 under section 
5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the 
rates of pay under the General Schedule; 
and 
(ii) the difference between the overall 
average percentage of the locality-based 
comparability payments taking effect in 
fiscal year 2015 under section 5304 of 
such title (whether by adjustment or other-
wise), and the overall average percentage 
of such payments which was effective in 
the previous fiscal year under such section. 
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no prevailing rate employee described in subpara-
graph (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 
employee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the 
rates payable to an employee who is covered by this 
subsection and who is paid from a schedule not in 
existence on September 30, 2014, shall be deter-
mined 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 ef-
fect on September 30, 2014, except to the extent de-
termined 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, 2014. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provi-
sion of law (including any rule or regulation that 
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provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or 
any other employee benefit) that requires any deduc-
tion or contribution, or that imposes any require-
ment 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 treat-
ed as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be consid-
ered to permit or require the payment to any em-
ployee covered by this subsection at a rate in excess 
of the rate that would be payable were this sub-
section 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 ex-
ceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or 
retention of qualified employees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 
in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 
take place in fiscal year 2015 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 
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States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-
ees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 
employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be considered to be located 
in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 
States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 
States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-
plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 
2014. 
SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 
pay raise in calendar year 2015, 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 2015, notwith-
standing 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 po-
sition under a political appointment. 
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(c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may 
not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2015, not-
withstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (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 
received in calendar year 2015 (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 
serving under a political appointment and paid a 
rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule. 
(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 po-
litical appointment may not receive a pay rate increase 
in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or 
(i). This subsection does not apply to employees in the 
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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 position would be classified at GS–15 
or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-
plied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-
vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-
ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 
under applicable law. 
(g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Serv-
ice 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 
employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-
crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-
ered position with higher-level duties and a pre-established 
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higher level or range of pay, except that any such increase 
must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limi-
tations in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(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 calendar year 2015 but ends in calendar year 2016, 
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 con-
ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-
mission, or office during fiscal year 2015 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$100,000. 
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