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Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 
2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 
196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro-
grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 
Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 
shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro-
grams and operations. 
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 
146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 
the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 
to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 
101 of the Act. 
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 
189D of the 1990 Act: 
(1) Entities described in paragraph (a) of such 
section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 
section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 
1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); and 
(2) Individuals described in such section shall 
be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 
NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Com-
munity Service established pursuant to section 178 
of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 
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history record information, consistent with Public 
Law 92–544. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications 
Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within 
limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2017, 
$445,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for re-
ceptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for 
Government officials or employees: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 
be available or used to aid or support any program or ac-
tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben-
efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 
color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 
Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification 
in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other 
personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em-
ployees of CPB: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to support 
the Television Future Fund or any similar purpose. 
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FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-
tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 
1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-
penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 
Reform Act, $46,163,000, including up to $400,000 to re-
main available through September 30, 2016 for activities 
authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 
1978: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training 
activities and other conflict resolution services and tech-
nical assistance, including those provided to foreign gov-
ernments and international organizations, and for arbitra-
tion services shall be credited to and merged with this ac-
count, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 
only for education, training, and professional development 
of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf 
of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 
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or other property in the aid of any projects or functions 
within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $17,061,000. 
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 
AND ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-
ican History and Culture Act, $231,490,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 
the Social Security Act, $8,500,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 
the Social Security Act, $12,300,000, to be transferred to 
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
surance Trust Fund. 
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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,264,000. 
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses for the National Health Care 
Workforce Commission, as authorized by title V, subtitle 
B, section 5101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$278,306,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 
agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga-
tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 
units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 
section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 
by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de-
fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 
including in said definition employees engaged in the 
maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 
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and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 
nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 
or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $13,411,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $12,651,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $34,000,000, which shall include 
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2014 pursuant 
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average 
benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 
of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 
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provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 
equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 
year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the 
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 
checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2016, which shall be the maximum amount available 
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 
76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act, $112,150,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-
termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-
counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-
ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 
only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 
the previous proviso shall not change the status under 
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Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 
Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $8,750,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
count. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-
ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m), 
228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, 
$16,400,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$40,998,647,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
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in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $83,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, to re-
main available until expended. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 
2016, $19,200,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$10,536,026,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 
or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: Pro-
vided, That not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the So-
cial Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That unob-
ligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph 
at the end of fiscal year 2015 not needed for fiscal year 
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2015 shall remain available until expended to invest in the 
Social Security Administration information technology 
and telecommunications hardware and software infra-
structure, including related equipment and non-payroll ad-
ministrative expenses associated solely with this informa-
tion technology and telecommunications infrastructure: 
Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate prior to making 
unobligated balances available under the authority in the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement to 
the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for 
official time for employees of the Social Security Adminis-
tration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or 
support services for labor organizations pursuant to poli-
cies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 
7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general 
fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after 
such expenditures are made. 
In addition, for the costs associated with continuing 
disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 
Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting 
redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social 
Security Act, $1,396,000,000 may be expended, as au-
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thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: 
Provided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided 
to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended, and $1,123,000,000 is additional new 
budget authority specified for purposes of section 
251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That the Com-
missioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion 
of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expendi-
ture of these funds, similar to the reports that were re-
quired by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for 
fiscal years 1996 through 2002. 
In addition, $124,000,000 to be derived from admin-
istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-
ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 
Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 
which shall remain available until expended. To the extent 
that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in 
fiscal year 2015 exceed $124,000,000, the amounts shall 
be available in fiscal year 2016 only to the extent provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
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Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $28,829,000, together with not to 
exceed $74,249,000, to be transferred and expended as 
authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 
from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 
the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-
fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 
Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-
licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis-
tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 
electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres-
entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 
legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis-
lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 
Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de-
signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-
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lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu-
tive branch of any State or local government, except in 
presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 
government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 
111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 
any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 
recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 
enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad-
ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend-
ing before the Congress or any State government, State 
legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 
than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-
tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 
State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad-
ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 
government. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 
are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 
and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-
ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 
official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-
tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 
authorized to make available for official reception and rep-
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resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 
available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 
Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na-
tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 
Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 
in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 
funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 
State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-
search grants, shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 
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funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 
any abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben-
efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider 
or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-
ment. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
including a life-endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 
entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 
matching funds). 
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(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-
vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 
State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-
vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 
State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 
includes an individual physician or other health care pro-
fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 
health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan. 
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
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(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-
jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 
allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 
CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 
embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 
as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 
parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 
more human gametes or human diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 
legalization of any drug or other substance included in 
schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab-
lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 
except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 
communications. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 
that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 
to determine therapeutic advantage. 
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SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-
ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro-
viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 
health identifier for an individual (except in an individ-
ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 
until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 
standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 
the United States and is subject to the requirement 
in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 
annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 
employment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as 
required by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such enti-
ty. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
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SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by para-
graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 
the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 
has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 
such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 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 expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
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unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 
of such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act 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 expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
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unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 
of such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-
pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis-
close the political affiliation or voting history of the can-
didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-
spect to political issues not directly related to and nec-
essary for the work of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 
false or misleading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 
for fiscal year 2015 that are different than those specified 
in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the Com-
mittee report accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 
2015 budget request. 
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SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 
and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments exceeding $500,000 in value and awarded by the 
Department on a non-competitive basis during each quar-
ter of fiscal year 2015, but not to include grants awarded 
on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall 
include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount 
of funding, the governmental purpose, including a jus-
tification for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. 
Such report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 
30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report 
is submitted. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 518. Of the funds made available for perform-
ance bonus payments under section 2105(a)(3)(E) of the 
Social Security Act, $1,751,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 519. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of 
fiscal year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services and Education and the Social Security 
Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 
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