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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.— 
(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. 
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(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 
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 
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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 
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.). 
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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 
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 
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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. 
(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. 
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(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 
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-
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(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. 
(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— 
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(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 
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-
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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 
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. 
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(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. 
(b) Each report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to each conference described in 
subsection (a) held during the applicable period— 
(1) a description of the purpose of the con-
ference; 
(2) the number of participants attending each 
conference; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the gov-
ernment for the conference, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
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(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor 
travel to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used 
to determine which costs relate to the con-
ference; and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used, including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or 
office in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Not later than 15 days after the date of a con-
ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 
board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act during fiscal year 2015 for which the 
cost to the United States Government was more than 
$20,000, the head of any such department, agency, board, 
commission, or office shall notify the Inspector General 
or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector 
General, of the date, location, and number of employees 
attending such conference. 
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(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-
ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 
programmatically related to the purpose for which the 
grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 
in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 
or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 
the grant or contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-
ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 
of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 
dated May 11, 2012. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 
eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 
a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 
enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 
is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-
sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 741. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 
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than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 
VIII. 
VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 
funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 
necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 
settlements or judgments that have been entered against 
the District of Columbia government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 
implementation of any policy including boycott designed 
to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 
or any State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 
under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 
Federal and District government agencies, that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, 
or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which— 
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(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-
bility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-
cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any program, project, or responsibility center for 
which funds have been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-
viously deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or 
responsibility center through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 
assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-
bility center, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 
requests of local funds under this title through November 
7, 2015. 
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SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 
for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 
offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-
resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 
Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; sec. 1–123, D.C. Official Code). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 
any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-
ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 
unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 
performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 
residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
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hours a day or is otherwise designated by the Fire 
Chief; 
(3) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; 
(4) the Chairman of the Council of the District 
of Columbia; 
(5) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex-
aminer, an employee of the Office of the Chief Med-
ical Examiner who resides in the District and is on 
call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the 
Chief Medical Examiner; 
(6) at the discretion of the Director of the 
Homeland Security and Emergency Management 
Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se-
curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-
sides in the District and is on call 24 hours a day 
or is otherwise designated by the Director; and 
(7) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 
the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 
call 24 hours a day or is otherwise designated by the 
Director. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor-
ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 
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government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 
civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 
voting representation in Congress for the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-
lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 
on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-
cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 
this Act may be used for any program of distributing ster-
ile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any 
illegal drug. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 
from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 
of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 
should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-
tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 
in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 
rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 
associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 
schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 
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(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de-
rivative for any purpose. 
(b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation to 
legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 
possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 
under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec-
reational purposes. 
SEC. 810. None of the funds appropriated under this 
Act shall be expended for any abortion except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 
carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of 
an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 
Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 
Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 
funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 
the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 
to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 
District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2015 that 
is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 
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that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 
other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 
actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 
which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-
lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 
unanticipated changes in program requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-
cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 
for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 
operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 
Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for-
mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern-
ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 
of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, Sec. 1– 
204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 
operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-
lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 
once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
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(b) The District of Columbia government is author-
ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 
local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 
four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 
funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro-
grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 
with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not 
transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 
derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 
capital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 
other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-
ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 
year 2015 from appropriations of Federal funds 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 
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such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 
made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-
lined in section 803 of this Act. 
SEC. 816. (a) During fiscal year 2016, during a pe-
riod in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 
resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 
bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 
provided for any project or activity for which local funds 
are provided in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Act 
of 2015 as submitted to Congress (subject to any modi-
fications enacted by the District of Columbia as of the be-
ginning of the period during which this subsection is in 
effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 
to be available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Co-
lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2016 is 
in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 
2016. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-
vided under the authority and conditions as provided 
under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 
in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 
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(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 
cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 
project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2016 
for which this section applies to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 
during any period of fiscal year 2016 if any other provi-
sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-
tions)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-
able, or grants authority for such project or activity 
to continue for such period, or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 
shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 
no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-
tivity to continue for such period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 
mandated by other law. 
SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 
title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV. 
TITLE IX—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 901. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion or the administrative 
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expenses in connection with a multi-State qualified health 
plan offered under a contract under section 1334 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 USC 
18054) which provides any benefits or coverage for abor-
tions. 
(b) The provision of subsection (a) 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. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 902. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 380 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5016 
[Report No. 113–508] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for financial services and 
general government for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. 
JULY 2, 2014 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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