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For expenses necessary for procuring security counter-
measures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS 
Act), $255,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary to 
prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic, 
$71,915,000; of which $39,906,000 shall be available until 
expended, for activities including the development and pur-
chase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 
diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may 
be used for the construction or renovation of privately 
owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza 
vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such con-
struction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient sup-
plies of such vaccines or biologics. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through 
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 
by the Agency for International Development, the United
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Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 
World Health Organization. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 
a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 
of Executive Level II. 
SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 
except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for 
other taps and assessments made by any office located in 
HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a report 
by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
planned uses of such funds. 
SEC. 205. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS 
Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not 
more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for 
programs authorized under such Act shall be made available 
for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and 
the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in 
this title. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the
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current fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred 
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 207. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 
Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 
to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 
amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 
research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Of the amounts made available in this Act 
for NIH, the amount for research related to the human im-
munodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director 
of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, 
shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ 
account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall
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transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out 
section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be made available to any entity under title X of the 
PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the 
Secretary that it encourages family participation in the de-
cision of minors to seek family planning services and that 
it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts 
to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 
SEC. 210. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall 
be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the 
reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, 
rape, or incest. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 
used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 
Secretary denies participation in such program to an other-
wise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Orga-
nization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it 
will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 
referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation 
payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound 
estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such
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entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s 
coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage orga-
nization described in this section shall be responsible for 
informing enrollees where to obtain information about all 
Medicare covered services. 
SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international 
health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious 
disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other 
health activities abroad during fiscal year 2015: 
(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiva-
lent to that available to the Secretary of State in sec-
tion 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with the Sec-
retary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to en-
sure that the authority provided in this section is ex-
ercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable stat-
utes administered by the Department of State. 
(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 
funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 
of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-
quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-
ment of facilities outside of the United States for the 
use of HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate
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fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has se-
cure, safe, functional facilities that comply with ap-
plicable regulation governing location, setback, and 
other facilities requirements and serve the purposes 
established by this Act. The Secretary is authorized, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, through 
grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to 
public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in 
participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 
lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as 
necessary to conduct programs of assistance for inter-
national health activities, including activities relating 
to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic 
and environmental diseases, and other health activi-
ties abroad. 
(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 
personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 
serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those 
provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through 
4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to pro-
vide locality-based comparability payments (stated as 
a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based 
comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that
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would be payable to such personnel under section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code if such personnel’s 
official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 
Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 
shall be on the same basis as that provided under sub-
chapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, 
or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to 
individuals serving in the Foreign Service. 
SEC. 213. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 
may use funds available under section 402(b)(7) or 
402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into transactions (other 
than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry 
out research identified pursuant to such section 402(b)(7) 
(pertaining to the Common Fund) or research and activi-
ties described in such section 402(b)(12). 
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 
under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer re-
view procedures (including consultation with appropriate 
scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-
priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 
merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in 
lieu of the peer review and advisory council review proce-
dures that would otherwise be required under sections
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301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 
494 of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 214. Funds which are available for Individual 
Learning Accounts for employees of CDC and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (‘‘ATSDR’’) 
may be transferred to appropriate accounts of CDC, to be 
available only for Individual Learning Accounts: Provided, 
That such funds may be used for any individual full-time 
equivalent employee while such employee is employed either 
by CDC or ATSDR. 
SEC. 215. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appro-
priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, re-
pair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the prop-
er and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, 
at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 
percent of the amount made available for National Research 
Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the 
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Admin-
istration to make NRSA awards for research in primary 
medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have 
received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 
of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made avail-
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able for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make 
NRSA awards for health service research. 
SEC. 217. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro-
mote gun control. 
SEC. 218. (a) The Secretary shall establish a publicly 
accessible Web site to provide information regarding the 
uses of funds made available under section 4002 of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (‘‘ACA’’). 
(b) With respect to funds provided under section 4002 
of the ACA, the Secretary shall include on the Web site es-
tablished under subsection (a) at a minimum the following 
information: 
(1) In the case of each transfer of funds under 
section 4002(c), a statement indicating the program 
or activity receiving funds, the operating division or 
office that will administer the funds, and the planned 
uses of the funds, to be posted not later than the day 
after the transfer is made. 
(2) Identification (along with a link to the full 
text) of each funding opportunity announcement, re-
quest for proposals, or other announcement or solici-
tation of proposals for grants, cooperative agreements, 
or contracts intended to be awarded using such funds,
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to be posted not later than the day after the an-
nouncement or solicitation is issued. 
(3) Identification of each grant, cooperative 
agreement, or contract with a value of $25,000 or 
more awarded using such funds, including the pur-
pose of the award and the identity of the recipient, 
to be posted not later than 5 days after the award is 
made. 
(4) A report detailing the uses of all funds trans-
ferred under section 4002(c) during the fiscal year, to 
be posted not later than 90 days after the end of the 
fiscal year. 
(c) With respect to awards made in fiscal years 2013 
through 2015, the Secretary shall also include on the Web 
site established under subsection (a), semi-annual reports 
from each entity awarded a grant, cooperative agreement, 
or contract from such funds with a value of $25,000 or 
more, summarizing the activities undertaken and identi-
fying any sub-grants or sub-contracts awarded (including 
the purpose of the award and the identity of the recipient), 
to be posted not later than 30 days after the end of each 
6-month period. 
(d) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall:
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(1) present the information required in sub-
section (b)(1) on a single webpage or on a single 
database; 
(2) ensure that all information required in this 
section is directly accessible from the single webpage 
or database; and 
(3) ensure that all information required in this 
section is able to be organized by program or State. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under sec-
tion 4002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
of 2010 (‘‘ACA’’) to the accounts specified, in the amounts 
specified, and for the activities specified under the heading 
‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this Consolidated Act) accompanying this Act. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 
Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 
(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 
section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with-
out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 220. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and 
Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into a con-
tract, for more than one but no more than 10 program
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years, for purchase of research services or of security coun-
termeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 
2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 
if— 
(1) funds are available and obligated— 
(A) for the full period of the contract or for 
the first fiscal year in which the contract is in 
effect; and 
(B) for the estimated costs associated with 
a necessary termination of the contract; and 
(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 
contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 
Government by encouraging full and open competi-
tion or promoting economy in administration, per-
formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 
(b) A contract entered into under this section: 
(1) shall include a termination clause as de-
scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 
United States Code; and 
(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice re-
quirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 
SEC. 221. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 
year 2016 budget justification and on Departmental Web 
sites information concerning the employment of full-time 
equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the purposes
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(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 
activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 
(3) or who work on contracts for which FTE re-
porting is not a requirement of their contract, such 
as fixed-price contracts. 
SEC. 222. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail-
able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Pro-
gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services may transfer up to $305,000,000 to such account 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 
support program management activity related to the Medi-
care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing pur-
pose, such funds may not be used to support any provision 
of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or any 
amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant 
any other amounts within such account. 
SEC. 223. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 
338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such 
section may occur up to 60 days after the execution of a 
contract awarded in fiscal year 2015 under section 338B 
of such Act. 
SEC. 224. Title IV of the PHS Act is amended by: 
(1) Striking ‘‘National Center for Complemen-
tary and Alternative Medicine’’ in each place it ap-
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pears and replacing it with ‘‘National Center for 
Complementary and Integrative Health’’; 
(2) Striking ‘‘alternative medicine’’ in each 
place it appears and replacing it with ‘‘integrative 
health’’; 
(3) Striking all references to ‘‘alternative and 
complementary medical treatment’’ or ‘‘complemen-
tary and alternative treatment’’ in each place either 
appears and inserting ‘‘complementary and integra-
tive health’’; 
(4) Striking references to ‘‘alternative medical 
treatment’’ in each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘integrative health treatment’’; and 
(5) Striking section 485D(c) and inserting: 
‘‘(c) In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the 
Center shall, as appropriate, study the integration of new 
and non-traditional approaches to health care treatment 
and consumption, including but not limited to non-tradi-
tional treatment, diagnostic and prevention systems, mo-
dalities, and disciplines.’’. 
SEC. 225. In addition to amounts provided herein, 
payments made for research organisms or substances, au-
thorized under section 301(a) of the PHS Act, shall be re-
tained and credited to the appropriations accounts of the 
Institutes and Centers of the NIH making the substance or
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organism available under section 301(a). Amounts credited 
to the account under this authority shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2016. 
SEC. 226. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 
fiscal year 2016 budget of the President submitted under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information 
that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services specifically for Health In-
surance Marketplaces for each fiscal year since the enact-
ment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(Public Law 111–148) and the proposed uses for such funds 
for fiscal year 2016. Such information shall include, for 
each such fiscal year— 
(1) the amount of funds used for each activity 
specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance Mar-
ketplace Transparency’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this Consolidated Act) accompanying this 
Act; and 
(2) the milestones completed for data hub 
functionality and implementation readiness. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds made available by this 
Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 
the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to
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the ‘‘Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—Program 
Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 
section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to risk 
corridors). 
SEC. 228. (a) Subject to the succeeding provisions of 
this section, activities authorized under part A of title IV 
and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall con-
tinue through September 30, 2015, in the manner author-
ized for fiscal year 2014, and out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 
there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for such purpose. Grants and payments may be made 
pursuant to this authority through September 30, 2015, at 
the level provided for such activities for fiscal year 2014, 
except as provided in subsections (b) and (c). 
(b) In the case of the Contingency Fund for State Wel-
fare Programs established under section 403(b) of the Social 
Security Act— 
(1) the amount appropriated for section 403(b) 
of such Act shall be $608,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2015 and 2016; 
(2) the requirement to reserve funds provided for 
in section 403(b)(2) of such Act shall not apply dur-
ing fiscal years 2015 and 2016; and
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(3) grants and payments may only be made 
from such Fund for fiscal year 2015 after the applica-
tion of subsection (d). 
(c) In the case of research, evaluations, and national 
studies funded under section 413(h)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act, no funds shall be appropriated under that section 
for fiscal year 2015 or any fiscal year thereafter. 
(d) Of the amount made available under subsection 
(b)(1) for section 403(b) of the Social Security Act for fiscal 
year 2015— 
(1) $15,000,000 is hereby transferred and made 
available to carry out section 413(h) of the Social Se-
curity Act; and 
(2) $10,000,000 is hereby transferred and made 
available to the Bureau of the Census to conduct ac-
tivities using the Survey of Income and Program 
Participation to obtain information to enable inter-
ested parties to evaluate the impact of the amend-
ments made by title I of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. 
(e) Section 413(h)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 613(h)(1)) is amended, in the matter preceding sub-
paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘Out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 
there are appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2012’’
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and inserting ‘‘Funds made available to carry out this sec-
tion for a fiscal year shall be used’’. 
(f) Section 414 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
614) is repealed. 
(g) Expenditures made pursuant to Public Law 113– 
164 for section 403(b) of the Social Security Act for fiscal 
year 2015 shall be charged to the appropriation provided 
by subsection (b)(1) for such fiscal year. 
SEC. 229. The remaining unobligated balances of the 
amount appropriated for fiscal year 2015 by section 510(d) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710(d)) for which no 
application has been received by the Funding Opportunity 
Announcement deadline, shall be made available to States 
that require the implementation of each element described 
in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of the definition of absti-
nence education in section 510(b)(2). The remaining unob-
ligated balances shall be reallocated to such States that sub-
mit a valid application consistent with the original formula 
for this funding. 
SEC. 230. Hereafter, for each fiscal year through fiscal 
year 2025, the Director of the National Institutes of Health 
shall prepare and submit directly to the President for re-
view and transmittal to Congress, after reasonable oppor-
tunity for comment, but without change, by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services and the Advisory Council
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on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services, an annual 
budget estimate (including an estimate of the number and 
type of personnel needs for the Institutes) for the initiatives 
of the National Institutes of Health pursuant to the Na-
tional Alzheimer’s Plan, as required under section 2(d)(2) 
of Public Law 111–375. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as 
‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A of the Higher Education Act 
of 
1965 
(referred 
to 
in 
this 
Act 
as 
‘‘HEA’’), 
$15,536,107,000, of which $4,652,762,000 shall become 
available on July 1, 2015, and shall remain available 
through September 30, 2016, and of which $10,841,177,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2015, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2016, for academic year 
2015–2016: Provided, That $6,459,401,000 shall be for 
basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $3,984,000 of these funds shall be available 
to the Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as 
‘‘Secretary’’) on October 1, 2014, to obtain annually up-
861 
dated local educational agency-level census poverty data 
from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 
$1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under sec-
tion 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$3,294,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 
1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That $3,294,050,000 
shall be for education finance incentive grants under section 
1125A of the ESEA: Provided further, That funds available 
under sections 1124, 1124A, 1125 and 1125A of the ESEA 
may be used to provide homeless children and youths with 
services not ordinarily provided to other students under 
those sections, including supporting the liaison designated 
pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(ii) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act, and providing transportation 
pursuant to section 722(g)(1)(J)(iii) of such Act: Provided 
further, That $710,000 shall be to carry out sections 1501 
and 
1503 
of 
the 
ESEA: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$505,756,000 shall be available for school improvement 
grants under section 1003(g) of the ESEA, which shall be 
allocated by the Secretary through the formula described in 
section 1003(g)(2) and shall be used consistent with the re-
quirements of section 1003(g), except that State and local 
educational agencies may use such funds to serve any school 
eligible to receive assistance under part A of title I that 
has not made adequate yearly progress for at least 2 years
862 
or is in the State’s lowest quintile of performance based on 
proficiency rates and, in the case of secondary schools, pri-
ority shall be given to those schools with graduation rates 
below 60 percent: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 1003(g)(5)(C) of the ESEA, the Secretary may per-
mit a State educational agency to establish an award pe-
riod of up to 5 years for each participating local edu-
cational agency: Provided further, That funds available for 
school improvement grants for fiscal year 2014 and there-
after may be used by a local educational agency to imple-
ment a whole-school reform strategy for a school using an 
evidence-based strategy that ensures whole-school reform is 
undertaken in partnership with a strategy developer offer-
ing a whole-school reform program that is based on at least 
a moderate level of evidence that the program will have a 
statistically significant effect on student outcomes, includ-
ing at least one well-designed and well-implemented experi-
mental or quasi-experimental study: Provided further, That 
funds available for school improvement grants may be used 
by a local educational agency to implement an alternative 
State-determined school improvement strategy that has been 
established by a State educational agency with the approval 
of the Secretary: Provided further, That a local educational 
agency that is determined to be eligible for services under 
subpart 1 or 2 of part B of title VI of the ESEA may mod-
863 
ify not more than one element of a school improvement 
grant model: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 1003(g)(5)(A), each State educational agency may es-
tablish a maximum subgrant size of not more than 
$2,000,000 for each participating school applicable to such 
funds: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up 
to 5 percent of the funds available for section 1003(g) of 
the ESEA to carry out activities to build State and local 
educational agency capacity to implement effectively the 
school improvement grants program: Provided further, That 
$160,000,000 shall be available under section 1502 of the 
ESEA for a comprehensive literacy development and edu-
cation program to advance literacy skills, including pre- 
literacy skills, reading, and writing, for students from birth 
through grade 12, including limited-English-proficient stu-
dents and students with disabilities, of which one-half of 
1 percent shall be reserved for the Secretary of the Interior 
for such a program at schools funded by the Bureau of In-
dian Education, one-half of 1 percent shall be reserved for 
grants to the outlying areas for such a program, up to 5 
percent may be reserved for national activities, and the re-
mainder shall be used to award competitive grants to State 
educational agencies for such a program, of which a State 
educational agency may reserve up to 5 percent for State 
leadership activities, including technical assistance and
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training, data collection, reporting, and administration, 
and shall subgrant not less than 95 percent to local edu-
cational agencies or, in the case of early literacy, to local 
educational agencies or other nonprofit providers of early 
childhood education that partner with a public or private 
nonprofit organization or agency with a demonstrated 
record of effectiveness in improving the early literacy devel-
opment of children from birth through kindergarten entry 
and in providing professional development in early lit-
eracy, giving priority to such agencies or other entities serv-
ing greater numbers or percentages of disadvantaged chil-
dren: Provided further, That the State educational agency 
shall ensure that at least 15 percent of the subgranted funds 
are used to serve children from birth through age 5, 40 per-
cent are used to serve students in kindergarten through 
grade 5, and 40 percent are used to serve students in middle 
and high school including an equitable distribution of funds 
between middle and high schools: Provided further, That eli-
gible entities receiving subgrants from State educational 
agencies shall use such funds for services and activities that 
have the characteristics of effective literacy instruction 
through professional development, screening and assess-
ment, targeted interventions for students reading below 
grade level and other research-based methods of improving 
classroom instruction and practice: Provided further, That
865 
$37,474,000 shall be for carrying out section 418A of the 
HEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the 
ESEA, $1,288,603,000, of which $1,151,233,000 shall be for 
basic support payments under section 8003(b), $48,316,000 
shall be for payments for children with disabilities under 
section 8003(d), $17,406,000 shall be for construction under 
section 8007(b) and be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2016, $66,813,000 shall be for Federal property 
payments under section 8002, and $4,835,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance 
under section 8008: Provided, That for purposes of com-
puting the amount of a payment for an eligible local edu-
cational agency under section 8003(a) for school year 2014– 
2015, children enrolled in a school of such agency that 
would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 
8003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both 
parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian 
having sole custody of such children, or due to the death 
of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty 
(so long as such children reside on Federal property as de-
scribed in section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible 
under such section, shall be considered as eligible students
866 
under such section, provided such students remain in aver-
age daily attendance at a school in the same local edu-
cational agency they attended prior to their change in eligi-
bility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities author-
ized by parts A and B of title II, part B of title IV, parts 
A and B of title VI, and parts B and C of title VII of 
the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; 
section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 
2002; the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 
2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $4,402,671,000, of 
which $2,585,661,000 shall become available on July 1, 
2015, and remain available through September 30, 2016, 
and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Oc-
tober 1, 2015, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2016, for academic year 2015–2016: Provided, 
That funds made available to carry out part B of title VII 
of the ESEA may be used for construction, renovation, and 
modernization of any elementary school, secondary school, 
or structure related to an elementary school or secondary 
school, run by the Department of Education of the State 
of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian 
student body: Provided further, That funds made available 
to carry out part C of title VII of the ESEA shall be award-
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ed on a competitive basis, and also may be used for con-
struction: Provided further, That $48,445,000 shall be 
available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Tech-
nical Assistance Act of 2002: Provided further, That 
$16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple-
mental Education Grants program for the Federated States 
of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to 5 
percent of the amount referred to in the previous proviso 
to provide technical assistance in the implementation of 
these grants: Provided further, That up to 2.3 percent of 
the funds for subpart 1 of part A of title II of the ESEA 
shall be reserved by the Secretary for competitive awards 
for teacher or principal recruitment and training or profes-
sional enhancement activities, including for civic education 
instruction, to national not-for-profit organizations, of 
which up to 8 percent may only be used for research, dis-
semination, evaluation, and technical assistance for com-
petitive awards carried out under this proviso: Provided 
further, That $152,717,000 shall be to carry out part B of 
title II of the ESEA. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
otherwise provided, title VII, part A of the ESEA, 
$123,939,000.
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INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by part G of 
title I, subpart 5 of part A and parts C and D of title 
II, parts B, C, and D of title V of the ESEA, and section 
14007 of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvest-
ment Act of 2009, as amended, $1,102,111,000: Provided, 
That up to $120,000,000 shall be available through Decem-
ber 31, 2015 for section 14007 of division A of Public Law 
111–5, and up to 5 percent of such funds may be used for 
technical assistance and the evaluation of activities carried 
out under such section: Provided further, That the education 
facilities clearinghouse established through a competitive 
award process in fiscal year 2013 is authorized to collect 
and disseminate information on effective educational prac-
tices and the latest research regarding the planning, design, 
financing, construction, improvement, operation, and 
maintenance of safe, healthy, high-performance public fa-
cilities for early learning programs, kindergarten through 
grade 12, and higher education: Provided further, That 
$230,000,000 of the funds for subpart 1 of part D of title 
V of the ESEA shall be for competitive grants to local edu-
cational agencies, including charter schools that are local 
educational agencies, or States, or partnerships of: (1) a 
local educational agency, a State, or both; and (2) at least 
one nonprofit organization to develop and implement per-
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formance-based compensation systems for teachers, prin-
cipals, and other personnel in high-need schools: Provided 
further, That such performance-based compensation systems 
must consider gains in student academic achievement as 
well as classroom evaluations conducted multiple times dur-
ing each school year among other factors and provide edu-
cators with incentives to take on additional responsibilities 
and leadership roles: Provided further, That recipients of 
such grants shall demonstrate that such performance-based 
compensation systems are developed with the input of teach-
ers and school leaders in the schools and local educational 
agencies to be served by the grant: Provided further, That 
recipients of such grants may use such funds to develop or 
improve systems and tools (which may be developed and 
used for the entire local educational agency or only for 
schools served under the grant) that would enhance the qual-
ity and success of the compensation system, such as high- 
quality teacher evaluations and tools to measure growth in 
student achievement: Provided further, That applications 
for such grants shall include a plan to sustain financially 
the activities conducted and systems developed under the 
grant once the grant period has expired: Provided further, 
That up to 5 percent of such funds for competitive grants 
shall be available for technical assistance, training, peer re-
view of applications, program outreach, and evaluation ac-
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tivities: Provided further, That $250,000,000 of the funds 
for part D of title V of the ESEA shall be available through 
December 31, 2015 for carrying out, in accordance with the 
applicable requirements of part D of title V of the ESEA, 
a preschool development grants program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary, jointly with the Secretary of HHS, shall 
make competitive awards to States for activities that build 
the capacity within the State to develop, enhance, or expand 
high-quality preschool programs, including comprehensive 
services and family engagement, for preschool-aged children 
from families at or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty 
line: Provided further, That each State may subgrant a por-
tion of such grant funds to local educational agencies and 
other early learning providers (including, but not limited 
to, Head Start programs and licensed child care providers), 
or consortia thereof, for the implementation of high-quality 
preschool programs for children from families at or below 
200 percent of the Federal poverty line: Provided further, 
That subgrantees that are local educational agencies shall 
form strong partnerships with early learning providers and 
that subgrantees that are early learning providers shall 
form strong partnerships with local educational agencies, 
in order to carry out the requirements of the subgrant: Pro-
vided further, That up to 3 percent of such funds for pre-
school development grants shall be available for technical
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assistance, evaluation, and other national activities related 
to such grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of funds 
available under part D of title V of the ESEA shall be for 
the Full-Service Community Schools program: Provided 
further, That of the funds available for part B of title V 
of the ESEA, the Secretary shall use up to $11,000,000 to 
carry out activities under section 5205(b) and shall use not 
less than $13,000,000 for subpart 2: Provided further, That 
of the funds available for subpart 1 of part B of title V 
of the ESEA, and notwithstanding section 5205(a), the Sec-
retary shall reserve up to $75,000,000 to make multiple 
awards to non-profit charter management organizations 
and other entities that are not for-profit entities for the rep-
lication and expansion of successful charter school models 
and shall reserve not less than $11,000,000 to carry out the 
activities described in section 5205(a), including improving 
quality and oversight of charter schools and providing tech-
nical assistance and grants to authorized public chartering 
agencies in order to increase the number of high-performing 
charter schools: Provided further, That funds available for 
part B of title V of the ESEA may be used for grants that 
support preschool education in charter schools: Provided 
further, That each application submitted pursuant to sec-
tion 5203(a) shall describe a plan to monitor and hold ac-
countable authorized public chartering agencies through
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such activities as providing technical assistance or estab-
lishing a professional development program, which may in-
clude evaluation, planning, training, and systems develop-
ment for staff of authorized public chartering agencies to 
improve the capacity of such agencies in the State to au-
thorize, monitor, and hold accountable charter schools: Pro-
vided further, That each application submitted pursuant to 
section 5203(a) shall contain assurances that State law, 
regulations, or other policies require that: (1) each author-
ized charter school in the State operate under a legally 
binding charter or performance contract between itself and 
the school’s authorized public chartering agency that de-
scribes the rights and responsibilities of the school and the 
public chartering agency; conduct annual, timely, and 
independent audits of the school’s financial statements that 
are filed with the school’s authorized public chartering 
agency; and demonstrate improved student academic 
achievement; and (2) authorized public chartering agencies 
use increases in student academic achievement for all 
groups of students described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) of 
the ESEA as one of the most important factors when deter-
mining to renew or revoke a school’s charter. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by part A of 
title IV and subparts 1, 2, and 10 of part D of title V of