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In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 
III of the HEA, $334,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess-
ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 
and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, $409,956,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2017: Provided, That funds avail-
able to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary 
and secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec-
ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop 
such systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of 
the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support 
activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use 
at the local, State, and national levels: Provided further, 
That $137,235,000 shall be for carrying out activities au-
thorized by the National Assessment of Educational 
Progress Authorization Act. 
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$410,000,000. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $100,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $59,256,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for 
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in 
order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school 
system, or for the transportation of students or teachers 
(or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) 
in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any 
school or school system. 
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SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act 
shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans-
portation of any student to a school other than the school 
which is nearest the student’s home, except for a student 
requiring special education, to the school offering such 
special education, in order to comply with title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section 
an indirect requirement of transportation of students in-
cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan 
involving the reorganization of the grade structure of 
schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, 
or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing, or 
clustering. The prohibition described in this section does 
not include the establishment of magnet schools. 
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 
be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 
such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority 
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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 Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 
in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 305. The Outlying Areas may consolidate funds 
received under this Act, pursuant to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, 
under part A of title V of the ESEA. 
SEC. 306. Section 105(f)(1)(B)(ix) of the Compact 
of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
1921d(f)(1)(B)(ix)) shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘2016’’ for ‘‘2009’’. 
SEC. 307. The Secretary, in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Institute of Education Sciences, may reserve 
funds under section 9601 of the ESEA (subject to the lim-
itations in subsections (b) and (c) of that section) in order 
to carry out activities authorized under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of subsection (a) of that section with respect to 
any ESEA program funded in this Act and without re-
spect to the source of funds for those activities: Provided, 
That high-quality evaluations of ESEA programs shall be 
prioritized, before using funds for any other evaluation ac-
tivities: Provided further, That any funds reserved under 
this section shall be available from July 1, 2016 through 
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September 30, 2017: Provided further, That not later than 
10 days prior to the initial obligation of funds reserved 
under this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Director, shall submit an evaluation plan to the Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions and the House Committees on Ap-
propriations and Education and the Workforce which 
identifies the source and amount of funds reserved under 
this section, the impact on program grantees if funds are 
withheld, the programs to be evaluated with such funds, 
how ESEA programs will be regularly evaluated, and how 
findings from evaluations completed under this section will 
be widely disseminated. 
SEC. 308. (a) An institution of higher education that 
maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap-
propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 
2016 may use the income from that fund to award schol-
arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 
331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 
such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 
be considered to have been an allowable use of that in-
come, subject to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 
and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 
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SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) implement, administer, or enforce the final regu-
lations on ‘‘Program Integrity: Gainful Employment’’ pub-
lished by the Department of Education on October 31, 
2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 64889 et seq.); or 
(2) promulgate or enforce any new regulation or rule 
with respect to the definition or application of the term 
‘‘gainful employment’’ under the Higher Education Act of 
1965 on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 310. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) implement, administer, or enforce the definition 
of the term ‘‘credit hour’’ in section 600.2 of title 34, Code 
of Federal Regulations, as added by the final regulations 
published by the Department of Education in the Federal 
Register on October 29, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 66946) and 
clauses (i)(A), (ii), and (iii) of subsection (k)(2) of section 
668.8 of such title, as amended by such final regulations; 
or 
(2) promulgate or enforce any new regulation or rule 
with respect to the definition or application of the term 
‘‘credit hour’’ under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 311. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer or enforce sec-
tion 600.4(a)(3), 600.5(a)(4), 600.6(a)(3), 600.9, or 
668.43(b) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (relat-
ing to state authorization), as added or amended by the 
final regulations published by the Department of Edu-
cation in the Federal Register on October 29, 2010 (75 
Fed. Reg. 66832 et. seq.); or as added or amended by 
the negotiated rulemaking committee established after the 
notice of intention to establish such a committee published 
in the Federal Register on November 20, 2013 (78 Fed. 
Reg. 69612). 
SEC. 312. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to develop, refine, promulgate, publish, 
implement, administer, maintain, or enforce a Postsec-
ondary Institution Ratings System (PIRS), for which 
feedback was solicited in the Request for Information pub-
lished by the Department of Education in the Federal 
Register on December 17, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 76289 et 
seq.), or any other system intended to rate the perform-
ance of institutions of higher education. 
SEC. 313. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to promulgate or enforce the proposed 
rule published by the Office of Postsecondary Education 
of the Department of Education in the Federal Register 
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on December 3, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 71820 et seq.) relat-
ing to teacher preparation issues or any substantially simi-
lar rule. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
established by Public Law 92–28, $5,362,000: Provided, 
That a central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to 
section 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, and any 
other nongovernmental organization authorized to charge 
a fee under section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations (referred to in this paragraph as a ‘‘CNA 
fee’’), may not charge a CNA fee to a nonprofit agency 
except pursuant to a contract entered into in advance with 
the AbilityOne Commission: Provided further, That a sepa-
rate contract shall be entered into under the preceding 
proviso in the case of each nonprofit agency proposed to 
be charged a CNA fee: Provided further, That a CNA fee 
shall be paid directly to the AbilityOne Commission and 
may be remitted to a central nonprofit agency or other 
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nongovernmental organization only pursuant to the terms 
of a contract entered into under the preceding provisos: 
Provided further, That a contract entered into under the 
preceding provisos shall contain such auditing, oversight, 
and reporting provisions as are required by the Adminis-
trator for Federal Procurement Policy, in consultation 
with the Administrator of General Services and the Sec-
retary of Defense. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 
‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 
to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $612,527,000, notwith-
standing 
sections 
198B(b)(3), 
198S(g), 
501(a)(6), 
501(a)(4)(C), and 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
up to 1 percent of program grant funds may be used to 
defray the costs of conducting grant application reviews, 
including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic 
management of the grant cycle. 
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PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust estab-
lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 
amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated 
to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 
the National Service Trust upon determination that such 
transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 
service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap-
propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 
may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act 
without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 
under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 
504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-
thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em-
ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 
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U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $20,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$5,250,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 
to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2016, during any grant selection process, an officer 
or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-
ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re-
ceive such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 
thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 
match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup-
port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 
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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 2018, 
$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, $48,748,000, including up to $400,000 to re-
main available through September 30, 2017, 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, $17,085,000. 
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, $227,860,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 
the Social Security Act, $7,765,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 
the Social Security Act, $11,925,000, 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, $3,250,000. 
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, 
$200,000,000: 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, 
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. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided by this Act 
or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 
Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-
ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-
ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 
in an election to determine a representative for the pur-
poses of collective bargaining. 
SEC. 407. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce any rule amend-
ing parts 101, 102, and 103 of title 29, Code of Federal 
Regulations (relating to the filing and processing of peti-
tions pursuant to the representation of employees for the 
purposes of collective bargaining with their employer), in-
cluding the final rule published by the National Labor Re-
lations Board in the Federal Register on December 15, 
2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 74308). 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to investigate, issue, enforce or litigate 
any administrative directive, regulation, representation 
issue or unfair labor practice proceeding or any other ad-
ministrative complaint, charge, claim or proceeding that 
would change the interpretation or application of a stand-
ard to determine whether entities are ‘‘joint employers’’ 
in effect as of January 1, 2014. 
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SEC. 409. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to enforce the National Labor Rela-
tions Act (29 U.S.C. 152) against any Indian tribe, includ-
ing any enterprise or institution owned and operated by 
an Indian tribe and located on its Indian lands. 
(b) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any Indian 
tribe, band, nation, pueblo, Native Alaskan group, or 
other organized group or community which is recog-
nized as eligible for the special programs and serv-
ices provided by the United States to Indians be-
cause of their status as Indians; 
(2) the term ‘‘Indian’’ means any individual 
who is a member of an Indian tribe; and 
(3) the term ‘‘Indian lands’ ’’ means— 
(A) all lands within the limits of any In-
dian reservation; 
(B) any lands title to which is either held 
in trust by the United States for the benefit of 
any Indian tribe or individual or held by any 
Indian tribe or individual subject to restriction 
by the United States against alienation; and 
(C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma 
that are within the boundaries of a former res-
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ervation (as defined by the Secretary of the In-
terior) of a federally recognized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 410. (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
(2), none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to implement, create, apply, or enforce through 
prosecution, adjudication, rulemaking, or the issuing of 
any interpretation, opinion, certification, decision, or pol-
icy, any standard for initial bargaining unit determina-
tions that conflicts with the standard articulated in the 
majority opinion in Wheeling Island Gaming Inc. and 
United Food and Commercial Workers International 
Union, Local 23, 355 NLRB 127 (August 27, 2010) (in-
cluding the majority opinion in footnote 2). 
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to unit 
determinations that are covered under section 103.30 of 
title 29, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to implement, create, apply, or enforce through 
prosecution, adjudication, rulemaking, or the issuing of 
any interpretation, opinion, certification, decision or pol-
icy, any standard for initial bargaining unit determina-
tions that utilize the overwhelming community of interest 
test except in accretion cases. 
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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, $13,230,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $12,639,000. 
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, $29,000,000, which shall include 
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2016 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 
provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 
equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 
year. 
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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, 2017, 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, $111,225,000, 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 
Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 
Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013. 
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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 $8,437,000, 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), 
217(g), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, 
$20,400,000. 
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, 
$46,232,978,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
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vided further, That not more than $101,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2018. 
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 
2017, $14,500,000,000, 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 
$10,284,945,000 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 funds 
provided under this paragraph may not be used for the 
costs associated with conducting continuing disability re-
views under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act 
or conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title 
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XVI of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That un-
obligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph 
at the end of fiscal year 2016 not needed for fiscal year 
2016 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 
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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-
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, $136,000,000 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 2016 exceed $136,000,000, the amounts shall 
be available in fiscal year 2017 only to the extent provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts. 
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In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
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, $30,000,000, together with not to 
exceed $78,795,000, 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-
lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu-
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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. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 
any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric-
tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 
marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 
promotion of gun control. 
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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-
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; 
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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). 
(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, 
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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 
(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. 
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(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. 
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. 
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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. 
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 2016, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates 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; 
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(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; 
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 2016, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds 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 
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(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; 
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 2016 that are different than those specified 
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in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the com-
mittee report accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 
2016 budget request. 
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 2016, 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. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
based on work performed under a social security account 
number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-
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formance of such work under such number has formed the 
basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec-
tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 
the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-
tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 
to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 
agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-
lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-
rity system established by title II of the Social Security 
Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 
not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 
to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 
injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita-
tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 
a program other than making such purchases if the rel-
evant State or local health department, in consultation 
with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de-
termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 
is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 
hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 
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drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 
with State and local law. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 521. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2016 [for the Independent Payment Advisory Board] 
under section 3403 of Public Law 111–148, $15,000,000 
are rescinded. 
SEC. 522. 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 
quarterly report on the status of balances of appropria-
tions: Provided, That for balances that are unobligated 
and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but unex-
pended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 
amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation 
(beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, 
earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
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(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or fur-
ther any provision of Public Law 111–148 or title I or 
subtitle B of title II of Public Law 111–152 and the 
amendment made by such provision: Provided, That funds 
in this Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, 
or further the rate setting process for calendar year 2016 
and fiscal year 2017 for Medicare under title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act: Provided further, That funds in 
this Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, 
or further the final rules for the provisions of (and amend-
ments made by) sections 2501(c), 2501(d), and 2503 of 
Public Law 111–148, as amended by sections 1206(a) and 
1101(c) of Public Law 111–152, insofar as each respective 
rule relates to calendar year 2016. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 525. Of the funds made available [for the Con-
sumer Operated and Oriented Plan] under section 1322 
of Public Law 111–148, $18,000,000 is rescinded. 
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 526. Any funds appropriated to the Health In-
surance Reform Implementation Fund under section 1005 
of Public Law 111–152 that, as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, are unobligated are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 527. Of the funds made available [for the Cen-
ter for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation] under section 
3021(a) of Public Law 111–148, $6,800,000,000 is re-
scinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 528. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2016 [for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust 
Fund] under section 6301(e) of Public Law 111–148, 
$100,000,000 is rescinded. 
SEC. 529. None of the funds made available under 
this or any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, 
may be provided to the Association of Community Organi-
zations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, 
subsidiaries, allied organizations, or successors. 
SEC. 530. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be 
cited as the ‘‘Health Care Conscience Rights Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) As Thomas Jefferson declared to New Lon-
don Methodists in 1809, ‘‘[n]o provision in our Con-
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stitution ought to be dearer to man than that which 
protects the rights of conscience against the enter-
prises of the civil authority’’. 
(2) Jefferson’s conviction on respect for con-
science is deeply embedded in the history and tradi-
tions of our Nation, and codified in numerous Fed-
eral laws approved by congressional majorities and 
Presidents of both parties, including in the Public 
Health Service Act; the United States Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act; 
the Religious Freedom Restoration Act; long-
standing provisions on respect for conscience rights 
in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program 
and District of Columbia appropriations; and laws to 
protect individuals from being forced to participate 
in Federal executions or prosecutions. 
(3) Following enactment of the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148, 
in this section referred to as ‘‘PPACA’’), the Fed-
eral Government has sought to impose specific re-
quirements that infringe on the rights of conscience 
of those who offer or purchase health coverage. 
(4) While PPACA provides an exemption for 
some religious groups that object to participation in 
health insurance generally, and exempts millions of 
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Americans from most of the Act’s provisions, includ-
ing the preventive services mandate, it fails to pro-
vide statutory protection for those seeking to offer 
and purchase health coverage who have a religious 
or moral objection only to specific items or services. 
(5) Nurses and other health care providers have 
increasingly been subjected to discrimination for 
abiding by their conscience rather than providing, 
paying for, or referring for abortion. 
(6) Conscience rights protections for health care 
providers are an important part of civil rights pro-
tections in Federal law and are indispensable to the 
continued viability of the health care system in the 
United States. The increasingly significant discrimi-
nation suffered by faith-based nonprofit health care 
providers risks undermining access to high-quality 
compassionate care for some of the most vulnerable 
populations in our country. 
(c) APPLYING LONGSTANDING POLICY
ON CON-
SCIENCE RIGHTS TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Patient Pro-
tection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 
148) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating the second section 
1563 (relating to conforming amendments and 
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as redesignated by section 10107(b)(1) of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) as 
section 1564; 
(B) by redesignating the third section 
1563 (relating to the Sense of the Senate pro-
moting fiscal responsibility) as section 1565; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 1566. RESPECTING CONSCIENCE RIGHTS IN HEALTH 
CARE COVERAGE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this title, no provision of this title (and no amend-
ment made by any such provision) shall— 
‘‘(1) require an individual to purchase indi-
vidual health insurance coverage that includes cov-
erage of an abortion or other item or service to 
which such individual has a moral or religious objec-
tion, or prevent an issuer from offering or issuing, 
to such individual, individual health insurance cov-
erage that excludes such item or service; 
‘‘(2) require a sponsor (or, in the case of health 
insurance coverage offered to students through an 
institution of higher education, the institution of 
higher education offering such coverage) to sponsor, 
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purchase, or provide any health benefits coverage or 
group health plan that includes coverage of an abor-
tion or other item or service to which such sponsor 
or institution, respectively, has a moral or religious 
objection, or prevent an issuer from offering or 
issuing to such sponsor or institution, respectively, 
health insurance coverage that excludes such item or 
service; 
‘‘(3) require an issuer of health insurance cov-
erage or the sponsor of a group health plan to in-
clude, in any such coverage or plan, coverage of an 
abortion or other item or service to which such 
issuer or sponsor has a moral or religious objection; 
or 
‘‘(4) authorize the imposition of a tax, penalty, 
fee, fine, or other sanction, or the imposition of cov-
erage of the item or service to which there is a moral 
or religious objection, in relation to health insurance 
coverage or a group health plan that excludes an 
item or service pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(b) RESTRICTION ON CONTRARY GOVERNMENTAL 
ACTION.—No provision in this title (or amendment made 
by such provision) or law, regulation, guideline or other 
governmental action that implements such provision or 
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amendment, or derives its authority therefrom, shall be 
given legal effect to the extent that it violates this section. 
‘‘(c) NO EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to preempt, modify, or otherwise 
have any effect on— 
‘‘(1) the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 
‘‘(2) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990; 
‘‘(3) the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978; 
‘‘(4) the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996; or 
‘‘(5) any other State or Federal law, other than 
a provision in this title (or an amendment made by 
such provision) or a law, regulation, guideline or 
other governmental action that implements such pro-
vision or amendment or derives its authority there-
from. 
‘‘(d) AGGREGATE ACTUARIAL VALUE.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to prohibit the Secretary 
from issuing regulations or other guidance to ensure that 
health insurance coverage or group health plans excluding 
abortion or other items or services under this section shall 
have an aggregate actuarial value at least equivalent to 
that of health insurance coverage or group health plans 
at the same level of coverage that do not exclude such 
items or services. 
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