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and the Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided 
in the resolution. 
SEC. 516. With respect to each project funded under the heading 
‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judiciary Capital Security Pro-
gram’’, and with respect to E-Government projects funded under 
the heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator 
of General Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation 
for each project to be undertaken to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 517. Any consolidation of the headquarters of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation must result in a full consolidation. 
HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation 
Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public Law 93–642, 
$750,000, to remain available until expended. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit 
Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the 
Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 
$2,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$42,740,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, together 
with not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016, for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement 
appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems 
Protection Board. 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 
Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,995,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 
9 of such Act: (1) up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial 
audits pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–289); and (2) up to $1,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of Public 
Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 
5604(7)): Provided, That of the total amount made available under
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this heading $200,000 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of the Interior, to remain available 
until expended, for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall 
and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund 
to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and 
Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $3,400,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the administration 
of the National Archives and Records Administration and archived 
Federal records and related activities, as provided by law, and 
for expenses necessary for the review and declassification of docu-
ments, the activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, 
the operations and maintenance of the electronic records archives, 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including mainte-
nance, repairs, and cleaning, $365,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Reform Act 
of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, $4,130,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facili-
ties, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $7,600,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical 
publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund pro-
gram as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $2,000,000 
shall be available until September 30, 2016, for technical assistance 
to low-income designated credit unions.
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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Stop Trading 
on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, $15,420,000. 
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examina-
tions performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-
where; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; advances for 
reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 
10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights 
Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at his or 
her post of duty, $96,039,000, of which $642,000 may be for 
strengthening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition 
workforce (as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, 
hiring, training, and retention of such workforce and information 
technology in support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for 
management solutions to improve acquisition management; and 
in addition $118,425,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without regard 
to other statutes, including direct procurement of printed materials, 
for the retirement and insurance programs: Provided, That the 
provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to 
use applicable trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 
8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall 
be available for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining 
Unit of OPM established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 
of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided 
further, That the President’s Commission on White House Fellows, 
established by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, 
during fiscal year 2015, accept donations of money, property, and 
personal services: Provided further, That such donations, including 
those from prior years, may be used for the development of publicity 
materials to provide information about the White House Fellows, 
except that no such donations shall be accepted for travel or
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reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees 
of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, $4,384,000, and in addition, not to exceed 
$21,340,000 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and 
provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s 
retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the 
appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, 
as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the 
Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 
of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95– 
454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101– 
12) as amended by Public Law 107–304, the Whistleblower Protec-
tion Enhancement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–199), and the Uni-
formed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; $22,939,000. 
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Commission 
in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Accountability and 
Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435), $14,700,000, to be derived 
by transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as author-
ized by section 603(a) of such Act. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Over-
sight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), 
$7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016.
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RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Recovery Accountability and 
Transparency Board to carry out the provisions of title XV of 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 
111–5), and to develop and test information technology resources 
and oversight mechanisms to enhance transparency of and detect 
and remediate waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal spending, and 
to develop and use information technology resources and oversight 
mechanisms to detect and remediate waste, fraud, and abuse in 
obligation and expenditure of funds as described in section 904(d) 
of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113– 
2), which shall be administered under the terms and conditions 
of the accountability authorities of title XV of Public Law 111– 
5, $18,000,000. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $1,500,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; of which not less than $9,239,000 shall 
be for the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 
$50,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for the Inter-
national Organization of Securities Commissions; of which not to 
exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for consultations 
and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental 
and other regulatory officials, members of their delegations and 
staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, such 
expenses to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 
and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in attend-
ance including: (1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel 
and transportation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence; and 
of which not less than $56,613,000 shall be for the Division of 
Economic and Risk Analysis: Provided, That fees and charges 
authorized by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this account as offsetting 
collections: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,500,000,000 
of such offsetting collections shall be available until expended for 
necessary expenses of this account: Provided further, That the total 
amount appropriated under this heading from the general fund 
for fiscal year 2015 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are 
received so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2015 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at not more than $0. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 
including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for 
uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as
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authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civilian employees; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
and not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation 
expenses; $22,500,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 
year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the provi-
sions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action 
to be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be expended 
for or in connection with the induction of any person into the 
Armed Forces of the United States. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 
Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
as authorized by sections 1343 and 1344 of title 31, United States 
Code, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $257,000,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 
shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other lender over-
sight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized 
to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the 
Small Business Administration, and certain loan program activities, 
including fees authorized by section 5(b) of the Small Business 
Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, reve-
nues received from all such activities shall be credited to this 
account, to remain available until expended, for carrying out these 
purposes without further appropriations: Provided further, That 
the Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an amount 
not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor activities, each in 
accordance with section 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108– 
447, during fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That $6,100,000 
shall be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 
System, to be available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, 
That $2,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State Technology 
Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 657d). 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entrepreneurial 
and small business development, $220,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016: Provided, That $115,000,000 shall be 
available to fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2015 or 
fiscal year 2016 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Business 
Act: Provided further, That $22,300,000 shall be for marketing, 
management, and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 
make microloans under the microloan program: Provided further, 
That $17,400,000 shall be available for grants to States to carry 
out export programs that assist small business concerns authorized 
under section 1207 of Public Law 111–240.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$19,400,000. 
OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in carrying 
out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 
634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 
601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to remain available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $2,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, and for the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized 
by section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (Public 
Law 85–699), $45,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2015 commit-
ments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided 
further, That during fiscal year 2015 commitments for general 
business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business 
Act shall not exceed $18,750,000,000 for a combination of amortizing 
term loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 
by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2015 
commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under section 303(b) 
of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 
$4,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2015, 
guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the 
Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 
$12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $147,726,000, which 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
Salaries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, 
$186,858,000, to be available until expended, of which $1,000,000 
is for the Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Adminis-
tration for audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster 
loan programs and shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of which 
$176,858,000 is for direct administrative expenses of loan making 
and servicing to carry out the direct loan program, which may 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries 
and Expenses; and of which $9,000,000 is for indirect administrative
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expenses for the direct loan program, which may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business Adminis-
tration in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 
percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 
to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 
in that section. 
SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used to collect a guarantee fee under section 7(a)(18) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(18)) with respect to 
a loan guaranteed under section 7(a)(31) of such Act that is made 
to a small business concern (as defined under section 3 of such 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) that is 51 percent or more owned and controlled 
by 1 or more individuals who is a veteran (as defined in section 
101 of title 38, United States Code) or the spouse of a veteran. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the 
authority of the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
to waive such a guarantee fee or any other loan fee with respect 
to a loan to a small business concern described in subsection (a) 
or any other borrower. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $70,000,000, 
of which $41,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
October 1, 2015: Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail 
for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 
6-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not 
less than the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used 
to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer 
or employee of any State or local child support enforcement agency, 
or any individual participating in a State or local program of child 
support enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided 
concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate 
or close small rural and other small post offices.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$243,883,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service 
Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal 
Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $51,300,000: Provided, 
That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written 
certificate of the judge. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 
may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant 
to existing law. 
SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Govern-
ment employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to 
a Government employee would result in a decision, determination, 
rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of 
section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 
SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 
the assistance the entity will comply with chapter 83 of title 41, 
United States Code.
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SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 
that has been convicted of violating chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 
the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations 
Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or pro-
vided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection 
of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 
of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, 
project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the House 
of Representatives or the Senate for a different purpose; (5) aug-
ments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of 
$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing 
programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or 
activities unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization or restruc-
turing of offices, programs, or activities, each agency or entity 
funded in this Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: 
Provided further, That at a minimum the report shall include: 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a separate column to display 
the President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, 
adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each 
appropriation both by object class and program, project, and activity 
as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective appropriation; 
and (3) an identification of items of special congressional interest: 
Provided further, That the amount appropriated or limited for sala-
ries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 
per day for each day after the required date that the report has 
not been submitted to the Congress. 
SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 
at the end of fiscal year 2015 from appropriations made available 
for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2015 in this Act, shall 
remain available through September 30, 2016, for each such account 
for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the expendi-
ture of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall 
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines. 
SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used by the Executive Office of the President to request—
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(1) any official background investigation report on any indi-
vidual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment of an 
organization as described in section 501(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury 
or the Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background investigation report, 
if such individual has given express written consent for such 
request not more than 6 months prior to the date of such 
request and during the same presidential administration; or 
(2) if such request is required due to extraordinary cir-
cumstances involving national security. 
SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply with 
respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and imple-
menting any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area 
cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction 
on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations 
Act) funds made available to the Office of Personnel Management 
pursuant to court approval. 
SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 
to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection 
with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits 
program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 
to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to commercial 
information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic 
articles, materials, and supplies set forth in chapter 83 of title 
41, United States Code (popularly known as the Buy American 
Act), shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government 
of information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in 
section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 
SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United 
States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or 
commission funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, 
nor may such agency or commission accept, payment or reimburse-
ment from a non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related 
expenses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee to 
attend and participate in any meeting or similar function relating 
to the official duties of the officer or employee when the entity 
offering payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject 
to regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a person 
or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, unless 
the person or entity is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
section 501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, funds made 
available to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the
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Securities and Exchange Commission by this or any other Act 
may be used for the interagency funding and sponsorship of a 
joint advisory committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues. 
SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise authorized to 
enter into contracts for either leases or the construction or alteration 
of real property for office, meeting, storage, or other space must 
consult with the General Services Administration before issuing 
a solicitation for offers of new leases or construction contracts, 
and in the case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotia-
tions with the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an emergency 
lease may do so during any period declared by the President to 
require emergency leasing authority with respect to such agency. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive agency 
covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency provided funds 
by this Act, but does not include the General Services Administra-
tion or the United States Postal Service. 
SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following activities 
the amounts required under current law: 
(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102). 
(2) Payments to— 
(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 
377(o)); 
(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund (28 U.S.C. 
376(c)); and 
(C) the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ 
Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178(l)). 
(3) Payment of Government contributions— 
(A) with respect to the health benefits of retired 
employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United 
States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health 
Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and 
(B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for 
employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 
87). 
(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and 
increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348). 
(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the 
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory 
provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
84 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any 
amount appropriated by this section from any otherwise applicable 
limitation on the use of funds contained in this Act. 
SEC. 620. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 
(Board) shall have authority to obligate funds for the scholarship 
program established by section 109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107–204) in an aggregate amount not exceeding 
the amount of funds collected by the Board as of December 31, 
2014, including accrued interest, as a result of the assessment 
of monetary penalties. Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 
2015 shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft 
report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to
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Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide 
Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working 
Group on Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 
No. 13563. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries and expenses for the following positions: 
(1) Director, White House Office of Health Reform. 
(2) Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate 
Change. 
(3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury assigned 
to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and Senior 
Counselor for Manufacturing Policy. 
(4) White House Director of Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 623. None of the funds in this Act may be used for 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to award a 
contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an option on a contract 
to a contractor conducting the final quality review processes for 
background investigation fieldwork services or background inves-
tigation support services that, as of the date of the award of the 
contract, are being conducted by that contractor. 
SEC. 624. Sections 1101(a) and 1104(a)(2)(A) of the Internet 
Tax Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public Law 105–277; 
47 U.S.C. 151 note) are amended by striking ‘‘November 1, 2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2015’’. 
SEC. 625. (a) The head of each executive branch agency funded 
by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information Officer of 
the agency has the authority to participate in decisions regarding 
the budget planning process related to information technology. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency 
funded by this Act that are available for information technology 
shall be allocated within the agency, consistent with the provisions 
of appropriations Acts and budget guidelines and recommendations 
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
such manner as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information 
Officer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 
of the agency and budget officials. 
SEC. 626. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 627. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to enter into any contract with an incorporated entity 
if such entity’s sealed bid or competitive proposal shows that such 
entity is incorporated or chartered in Bermuda or the Cayman 
Islands, and such entity’s sealed bid or competitive proposal shows 
that such entity was previously incorporated in the United States. 
SEC. 628. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any execu-
tive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in accordance 
with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated 
May 24, 2011. In instances where there is not an appropriate 
alternative fueled vehicle commercially available for a particular 
light duty vehicle class, an exception is granted as to not impede 
agency missions. 
SEC. 629. From the unobligated balances available in the Secu-
rities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund established by sec-
tion 991 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act (Public Law 111–203), $25,000,000 are rescinded.
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SEC. 630. Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 
and Consumer Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 8305) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘insured depository 
institution’’ and inserting ‘‘covered depository institution’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) COVERED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—The term ‘covered 
depository institution’ means— 
‘‘(A) an insured depository institution, as that term 
is defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and 
‘‘(B) a United States uninsured branch or agency of 
a foreign bank.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the heading for such subsection, by striking 
‘‘INSURED’’ and inserting ‘‘COVERED’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘an insured’’ and inserting ‘‘a covered’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘such insured’’ and inserting ‘‘such cov-
ered’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘or savings and loan holding company’’ 
and inserting ‘‘savings and loan holding company, or foreign 
banking organization (as such term is defined under Regu-
lation K of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System (12 CFR 211.21(o)))’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) ONLY BONA FIDE HEDGING AND TRADITIONAL BANK ACTIVI-
TIES PERMITTED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall 
not apply to any covered depository institution that limits its 
swap and security-based swap activities to the following: 
‘‘(A) HEDGING
AND
OTHER
SIMILAR
RISK
MITIGATION 
ACTIVITIES.—Hedging and other similar risk mitigating 
activities directly related to the covered depository institu-
tion’s activities. 
‘‘(B) NON-STRUCTURED
FINANCE
SWAP
ACTIVITIES.— 
Acting as a swaps entity for swaps or security-based swaps 
other than a structured finance swap. 
‘‘(C) CERTAIN STRUCTURED FINANCE SWAP ACTIVITIES.— 
Acting as a swaps entity for swaps or security-based swaps 
that are structured finance swaps, if— 
‘‘(i) such structured finance swaps are undertaken 
for hedging or risk management purposes; or 
‘‘(ii) each asset-backed security underlying such 
structured finance swaps is of a credit quality and 
of a type or category with respect to which the pruden-
tial regulators have jointly adopted rules authorizing 
swap or security-based swap activity by covered deposi-
tory institutions. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection: 
‘‘(A) STRUCTURED FINANCE SWAP.—The term ‘structured 
finance swap’ means a swap or security-based swap based 
on an asset-backed security (or group or index primarily 
comprised of asset-backed securities). 
‘‘(B) ASSET-BACKED SECURITY.—The term ‘asset-backed 
security’ has the meaning given such term under section
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3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78c(a)).’’; 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘an insured’’ and inserting 
‘‘a covered’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘an insured depository’’ and inserting 
‘‘a covered depository’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the insured depository’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘the covered depository’’. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other 
Act for fiscal year 2015 shall obligate or expend any such funds, 
unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, 
and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy 
designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the 
illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as 
defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the 
officers and employees of such department, agency, or instrumen-
tality. 
SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 
amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 
subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United States Code, for the purchase 
of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, 
law enforcement vehicles, protective vehicles, and undercover 
surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $13,197 except station 
wagons for which the maximum shall be $13,631: Provided, That 
these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police- 
type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty 
vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 
may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid 
vehicles purchased for demonstration under the provisions of the 
Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Dem-
onstration Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set forth 
in this section may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean 
alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101– 
549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section shall 
not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and which 
operates on emerging motor vehicle technology, including but not 
limited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell 
vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments and 
independent establishments for the current fiscal year available 
for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, 
are hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-of- 
living allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the current 
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer
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or employee of the Government of the United States (including 
any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the 
Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in the 
continental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of 
the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 
U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as a refugee 
under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 
and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful perma-
nent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person 
who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person shall 
be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this 
section with respect to his or her status are being complied with: 
Provided further, That for purposes of subsections (2) and (3) such 
affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment and updated 
thereafter as necessary: Provided further, That any person making 
a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 
shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more 
than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause 
shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other 
provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment 
made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this 
section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to any person 
who is an officer or employee of the Government of the United 
States on the date of enactment of this Act, or to international 
broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary employ-
ment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of 
emergencies: Provided further, That this section does not apply 
to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 120 
days of nonresident aliens employed by the Department of the 
Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant to an agreement 
with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department or agency 
during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including 
maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for pay-
ment to the General Services Administration for charges for space 
and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of 
buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements per-
formed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 
Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 
216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any other 
Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds 
resulting from the sale of materials, including Federal records dis-
posed of pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling 
or waste prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until 
expended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and 
recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13423 
(January 24, 2007), including any such programs adopted prior 
to the effective date of the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental management pro-
grams, including, but not limited to, the development and
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implementation of hazardous waste management and pollution 
prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or as 
deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corpora-
tions and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, United States 
Code, shall be available, in addition to objects for which such 
funds are otherwise available, for rent in the District of Columbia; 
services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified 
under this head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable 
to the expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in 
the Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in the 
event any functions budgeted as administrative expenses are subse-
quently transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations 
on administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of boards 
(except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, councils, commit-
tees, or similar groups (whether or not they are interagency entities) 
which do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
provisions of this or any other Act shall be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved 
pursuant to a joint resolution duly adopted in accordance with 
the applicable law of the United States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any depart-
ment or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee of the 
Federal Government appointed by the President of the United 
States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in 
excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such depart-
ment head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to purchase fur-
niture or make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘office’’ 
shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, 
as well as any other space used primarily by the individual or 
the use of which is directly controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of 
this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this 
or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of national security and emergency preparedness telecommuni-
cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 
(July 6, 2012). 
SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this or 
any other Act may be obligated or expended by any department, 
agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government to 
pay the salaries or expenses of any individual appointed to a posi-
tion of a confidential or policy-determining character that is 
excepted from the competitive service under section 3302 of title 
5, United States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of 
part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 
the head of the applicable department, agency, or other instrumen-
tality employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Director
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of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule C position 
occupied by the individual was not created solely or primarily 
in order to detail the individual to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal 
employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or from 
an element of the intelligence community (as that term is defined 
under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003(4))). 
SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary 
of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to pro-
hibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal 
Government from having any direct oral or written communica-
tion or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee 
of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to 
the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining 
to the department or agency of such other officer or employee 
in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or 
contact is at the initiative of such other officer or employee 
or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member, com-
mittee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, 
reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or effi-
ciency rating, denies promotion to, relocates, reassigns, trans-
fers, disciplines, or discriminates in regard to any employment 
right, entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of 
employment of, any other officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, or attempts or threatens to commit any of the 
foregoing actions with respect to such other officer or employee, 
by reason of any communication or contact of such other officer 
or employee with any Member, committee, or subcommittee 
of the Congress as described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the con-
tent and methods to be used in the training and written end 
of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated with reli-
gious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief sys-
tems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ 
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon 
the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relation-
ships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation,
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distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, 
television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee’s 
home address to any labor organization except when the employee 
has authorized such disclosure or when such disclosure has been 
ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act may be used to provide any non-public information such 
as mailing, telephone or electronic mailing lists to any person 
or any organization outside of the Federal Government without 
the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, including by 
private contractor, for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
the United States not heretofore authorized by Congress. 
SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency, as defined under 5 U.S.C. 
105; and 
(2) includes a military department, as defined under section 
102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory 
Commission. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations 
to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency 
shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. 
An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential 
appointee exempted under 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to 
expend an honest effort and a reasonable proportion of such 
employee’s time in the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 
of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by 
this or any other Act to any department or agency, which is a 
member of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board 
(FASAB), shall be available to finance an appropriate share of 
FASAB administrative costs. 
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 708 
of this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency 
is hereby authorized to transfer to or reimburse ‘‘General Services 
Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ with the approval of the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made 
available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, 
including rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 
That these funds shall be administered by the Administrator of 
General Services to support Government-wide and other multi- 
agency financial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as approved 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in con-
sultation with the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups 
designated by the Director (including the President’s Management 
Council for overall management improvement initiatives, the Chief 
Financial Officers Council for financial management initiatives, 
the Chief Information Officers Council for information technology 
initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Council for human
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capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Council for 
performance improvement initiatives): Provided further, That the 
total funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $17,000,000 
for Government-Wide innovations, initiatives, and activities: Pro-
vided further, That the funds transferred to or for reimbursement 
of ‘‘General Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ 
during fiscal year 2015 shall remain available for obligation through 
September 30, 2016: Provided further, That such transfers or 
reimbursements may only be made after 15 days following notifica-
tion of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a woman 
may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal building 
or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are otherwise 
authorized to be present at the location. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or section 708 of 
this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this 
or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry 
out the purposes of the National Science and Technology Council 
(authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 
Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office 
of Management and Budget shall provide a report describing the 
budget of and resources connected with the National Science and 
Technology Council to the Committees on Appropriations, the House 
Committee on Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant applica-
tion, form, notification, press release, or other publications involving 
the distribution of Federal funds shall indicate the agency providing 
the funds, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, 
as applicable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this section 
shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received 
by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY MONITORING 
OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of the funds made available 
in this or any other Act may be used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation of data, 
derived from any means, that includes any personally identifi-
able information relating to an individual’s access to or use 
of any Federal Government Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
(including another government agency) to collect, review, or 
obtain any aggregation of data, derived from any means, that 
includes any personally identifiable information relating to an 
individual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify 
particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable 
information;
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(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or 
supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a system 
security action taken by the operator of an Internet site and 
is necessarily incident to providing the Internet site services 
or to protecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions to imple-
ment, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations of the 
agency’s supervised institutions, including assessing safety and 
soundness, overall financial condition, management practices 
and policies and compliance with applicable standards as pro-
vided in law. 
SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a provision 
providing prescription drug coverage, except where the contract 
also includes a provision for contraceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for the plan 
objects to such coverage on the basis of religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into 
or renews a contract under this section may not subject any indi-
vidual to discrimination on the basis that the individual refuses 
to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives because such 
activities would be contrary to the individual’s religious beliefs 
or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require cov-
erage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensuring the 
health of its Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic athletes, 
and supports the strict adherence to anti-doping in sport through 
testing, adjudication, education, and research as performed by 
nationally recognized oversight authorities. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated for official travel to Federal departments and agencies 
may be used by such departments and agencies, if consistent with 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–126 regarding official 
travel for Government personnel, to participate in the fractional 
aircraft ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds appropriated or made available under this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used to implement or enforce 
restrictions or limitations on the Coast Guard Congressional Fellow-
ship Program, or to implement the proposed regulations of the 
Office of Personnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
published in the Federal Register, volume 68, number 174, on 
September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail of executive branch 
employees to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no execu-
tive branch agency shall purchase, construct, or lease any additional 
facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be
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used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training 
without the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain 
the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or 
other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in 
existing Center facilities. 
SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none 
of the funds provided in this or any other Act may be used by 
an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story 
intended for broadcast or distribution in the United States, unless 
the story includes a clear notification within the text or audio 
of the prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story 
was prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used in contravention of section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code (popularly known as the Privacy Act), and regulations imple-
menting that section. 
SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
used for any Federal Government contract with any foreign incor-
porated entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation 
under section 835(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 395(b)) or any subsidiary of such an entity. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive subsection (a) 
with respect to any Federal Government contract under the 
authority of such Secretary if the Secretary determines that 
the waiver is required in the interest of national security. 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary issuing a waiver 
under paragraph (1) shall report such issuance to Congress. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any Federal 
Government contract entered into before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, or to any task order issued pursuant to such contract. 
SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2015, for each employee who— 
(1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 
5, United States Code; or 
(2) retires under any other provision of subchapter III 
of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 5 and receives a 
payment as an incentive to separate, the separating agency 
shall remit to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 
an amount equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s 
average unit cost of processing a retirement claim for the 
preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be available until 
expended to the Office of Personnel Management and shall 
be deemed to be an administrative expense under section 
8348(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used to recommend or require any entity 
submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose any of the 
following information as a condition of submitting the offer: 
(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, expenditure, 
independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering 
communication that is made by the entity, its officers or direc-
tors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate 
for election for Federal office or to a political committee, or
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that is otherwise made with respect to any election for Federal 
office. 
(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment 
described in paragraph (1)) made by the entity, its officers 
or directors, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries to any person 
with the intent or the reasonable expectation that the person 
will use the funds to make a payment described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, ‘‘expendi-
ture’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘electioneering communication’’, 
‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and ‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given 
such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of 
an officer or employee of the Federal government, including the 
President, the Vice President, a member of Congress (including 
a Delegate or a Resident Commissioner to Congress), the head 
of an executive branch agency (as defined in section 133 of title 
41, United States Code), or the head of an office of the legislative 
branch. 
SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any 
of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2015, by this or any 
other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee 
described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) during the period from the date of expiration of the 
limitation imposed by the comparable section for the previous 
fiscal years until the normal effective date of the applicable 
wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 
2015, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable for the 
applicable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule in 
accordance with such section; and 
(B) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 
year 2015, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage 
survey adjustment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) 
by more than the sum of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal 
year 2015 under section 5303 of title 5, United States 
Code, in the rates of pay under the General Schedule; 
and 
(ii) the difference between the overall average percent-
age of the locality-based comparability payments taking 
effect in fiscal year 2015 under section 5304 of such title 
(whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall aver-
age percentage of such payments which was effective in 
the previous fiscal year under such section. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing 
rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 
5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no employee covered 
by section 5348 of such title, may be paid during the periods 
for which paragraph (1) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the 
rates that would be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph 
(1) applicable to such employee. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates payable to 
an employee who is covered by this subsection and who is paid 
from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2014, shall
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be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management. 
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of pre-
mium pay for employees subject to this subsection may not be 
changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2014, except 
to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management 
to be consistent with the purpose of this subsection. 
(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for service 
performed after September 30, 2014. 
(6) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
(including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, retire-
ment, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that requires 
any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any requirement 
or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the 
rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this 
subsection shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to permit 
or require the payment to any employee covered by this subsection 
at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this 
subsection not in effect. 
(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for excep-
tions to the limitations imposed by this subsection if the Office 
determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruit-
ment or retention of qualified employees. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in rates 
of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in 
fiscal year 2015 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be— 
(1) not less than the percentage received by employees 
in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
pursuant to the statutory pay systems under sections 5303 
and 5304 of title 5, United States Code: Provided, That pre-
vailing rate employees at locations where there are no 
employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 
and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 
employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay locality 
designated as ‘‘Rest of United States’’ pursuant to section 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of this subsection; 
and 
(2) effective as of the first day of the first applicable pay 
period beginning after September 30, 2014. 
SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a pay raise 
in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding the rate adjustment made 
under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law. 
(b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule position, 
or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed by statute 
at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive a pay rate increase 
in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding schedule adjustments made 
under section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 
This subsection applies only to employees who are holding a position 
under a political appointment. 
(c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may not receive 
a pay rate increase in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding section 
401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or
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any other provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g), 
(h), or (i). 
(d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 5, United 
States Code, a pay rate increase may not be received in calendar 
year 2015 (except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i)) by— 
(1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
paid a rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Executive 
Schedule; or 
(2) a limited term appointee or limited emergency appointee 
in the Senior Executive Service serving under a political 
appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 
IV of the Executive Schedule. 
(e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality- 
based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 
or similar authority) at or above level IV of the Executive Schedule 
who serves under a political appointment may not receive a pay 
rate increase in calendar year 2015, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 
This subsection does not apply to employees in the General Schedule 
pay system or the Foreign Service pay system, or to employees 
appointed under section 3161 of title 5, United States Code, or 
to employees in another pay system whose position would be classi-
fied at GS–15 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States 
Code, applied to them. 
(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 
employees who do not serve under a political appointment from 
receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under applicable law. 
(g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Service who 
receives a Presidential appointment and who makes an election 
to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay entitlements under 
section 3392 of title 5, United States Code, is not subject to this 
section. 
(h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who receives a 
Presidential appointment to any position in the executive branch 
and who makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 
entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (Public Law 96–465) is not subject to this section. 
(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an employee 
in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase upon an 
authorized movement to a different covered position with higher- 
level duties and a pre-established higher level or range of pay, 
except that any such increase must be based on the rates of pay 
and applicable pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an individual 
who is newly appointed to a covered position during the period 
of time subject to this section, the initial pay rate shall be based 
on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in effect on 
December 31, 2013. 
(k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) through (e) is 
subject to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 
2015 but ends in calendar year 2016, the bar on the employee’s 
receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end of that 
pay period. 
SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, 
agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 
appropriations Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector 
General or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector
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General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures related 
to each conference held by any such department, agency, board, 
commission, or office during fiscal year 2015 for which the cost 
to the United States Government was more than $100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each conference 
described in subsection (a) held during the applicable period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States 
Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to and 
from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to determine 
which costs relate to the conference; and 
(4) a description of the contracting procedures used 
including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive 
basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by 
the departmental component or office in evaluating poten-
tial contractors for the conference. 
(c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held by any 
Executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office 
funded by this or any other appropriations Act during fiscal year 
2015 for which the cost to the United States Government was 
more than $20,000, the head of any such department, agency, 
board, commission, or office shall notify the Inspector General or 
senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, 
of the date, location, and number of employees attending such 
conference. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by 
this or any other appropriations Act may not be used for the 
purpose of defraying the costs of a conference described in sub-
section (c) that is not directly and programmatically related to 
the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such 
as a conference held in connection with planning, training, assess-
ment, review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded 
by the grant or contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this or any other 
appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference activities 
that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 
Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, or 
reduce funding for a program, project, or activity as proposed in 
the President’s budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed 
change is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless 
such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer 
provisions of this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or apply 
the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ published by the Office of 
Personnel Management in the Federal Register on April 15, 2008 
(73 Fed. Reg. 20180 et seq.).
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SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to begin or announce 
a study or public-private competition regarding the conversion to 
contractor performance of any function performed by Federal 
employees pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular 
A–76 or any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be available for 
a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity that 
requires employees or contractors of such entity seeking to report 
fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements 
or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees 
or contactors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 
to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative 
of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such 
information. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not contravene require-
ments applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other 
form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the 
nondisclosure of classified information. 
SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that 
has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for 
which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted 
or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner 
pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of 
the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered 
suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 
to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that 
was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 
law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency 
is aware of the conviction, unless a Federal agency has considered 
suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to protect the 
interests of the Government. 
SEC. 746. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
in consultation with the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity 
and Efficiency, the Government Accountability Office, and other 
stakeholders shall develop— 
(1) criteria for an agency that has demonstrated a sta-
bilized, effective system of internal control over financial 
reporting, whereby the agency would qualify for a consolidated 
Department level audit for obtaining a financial statement 
audit opinion, rather than an agency level audit; and 
(2) recommendations on how to improve current financial 
reporting requirements to increase government transparency,
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in conjunction with the implementation of the Digital Account-
ability and Transparency Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–101), 
and better meet the needs of all stakeholders. 
SEC. 747. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard 
Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure 
policy, form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement does 
not contain the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are con-
sistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 
the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by existing 
statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified information, 
(2) communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector 
General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mismanage-
ment, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial 
and specific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other 
whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, obligations, 
rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive 
orders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this agreement 
and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding 
provision of this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement 
that is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 
of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than an 
employee or officer of the United States Government, may contain 
provisions appropriate to the particular activity for which such 
document is to be used. Such form or agreement shall, at a min-
imum, require that the person will not disclose any classified 
information received in the course of such activity unless specifically 
authorized to do so by the United States Government. Such non-
disclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar 
disclosures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive 
agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential to reporting 
a substantial violation of law. 
(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be implemented 
and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if it complies with 
the requirements for such agreement that were in effect when 
the agreement was entered into. 
(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be 
used to implement or enforce any agreement entered into during 
fiscal year 2014 which does not contain substantially similar lan-
guage to that required in subsection (a). 
SEC. 748. During fiscal year 2015, on the date that a request 
is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with section 1017 
of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec-
tion shall notify Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such requests. 
SEC. 749. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to implement a new Federal Flood Risk 
Management Standard until the Administration has solicited and 
considered input from Governors, mayors, and other stakeholders. 
SEC. 750. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other than title IV or VIII 
shall not apply to such title IV or VIII.
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Columbia 
government. 
SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation 
of any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legisla-
tion pending before Congress or any State legislature. 
SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided under this 
Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District 
government agencies, that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 
of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail-
able for obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-
programming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility center; 
(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, 
limited or increased under this Act; 
(4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
program, project, or responsibility center for which funds have 
been denied or restricted; 
(5) re-establishes any program or project previously 
deferred through reprogramming; 
(6) augments any existing program, project, or responsi-
bility center through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 
(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned 
to a specific program, project or responsibility center, 
unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 
approve and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local 
funds under this title through November 7, 2015. 
SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may 
be used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, 
or other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator 
or United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District 
of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 
(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 
SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none 
of the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may 
be used to provide any officer or employee of the District of 
Columbia with an official vehicle unless the officer or employee 
uses the vehicle only in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s 
official duties. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence 
and workplace, except in the case of—
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(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police Depart-
ment who resides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise 
designated by the Chief of the Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee 
of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Serv-
ices Department who resides in the District of Columbia and 
is on call 24 hours a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the Department 
of Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia 
Department of Corrections who resides in the District of 
Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Examiner, an 
officer or employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Homeland Secu-
rity and Emergency Management Agency, an officer or 
employee of the Homeland Security and Emergency Manage-
ment Agency who resides in the District of Columbia and 
is on call 24 hours a day; 
(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 
(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney General 
or any other officer or entity of the District government to provide 
assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks to 
require Congress to provide for voting representation in Congress 
for the District of Columbia. 
(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia 
Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private 
lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government 
regarding such lawsuits. 
SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this Act 
may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the purpose 
of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location 
that has been determined by the local public health or local law 
enforcement authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution. 
SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent 
the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing 
the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insur-
ance plans, but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation 
enacted on such issue should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which 
provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 
SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 
Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation 
to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the posses-
sion, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any 
tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 
(b) None of the funds contained in this Act may be used to 
enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce 
penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of 
any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative 
for recreational purposes. 
SEC. 810. None of the funds appropriated under this Act shall 
be expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother
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would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where 
the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the 
District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia, 
a revised appropriated funds operating budget in the format of 
the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted 
pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District 
of Columbia government for fiscal year 2015 that is in the total 
amount of the approved appropriation and that realigns all budg-
eted data for personal services and other-than-personal services, 
respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures. 
(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for which the 
Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia certifies that 
a reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in pro-
gram requirements. 
SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District 
of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, 
the Mayor, and the Council for the District of Columbia, a revised 
appropriated funds operating budget for the District of Columbia 
Public Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of 
the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted 
pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 
Act (D.C. Official Code, Sec. 1–204.42). 
SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating 
funds may be transferred to the District of Columbia’s enterprise 
and capital funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain 
appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 
reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local funds trans-
ferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior fiscal years from 
operating funds to capital funds, and such amounts, once trans-
ferred or reprogrammed, shall retain appropriation authority con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(c) The District of Columbia government may not transfer or 
reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, 
notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects. 
SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 
nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
so provided herein. 
SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law 
or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2015 from appropria-
tions of Federal funds made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2015 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2016, for each such account for the purposes author-
ized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogram-
ming guidelines outlined in section 803 of this Act.
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SEC. 816. (a) During fiscal year 2016, during a period in which 
neither a District of Columbia continuing resolution or a regular 
District of Columbia appropriation bill is in effect, local funds 
are appropriated in the amount provided for any project or activity 
for which local funds are provided in the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget 
Request Act of 2015 as submitted to Congress (subject to any 
modifications enacted by the District of Columbia as of the begin-
ning of the period during which this subsection is in effect) at 
the rate set forth by such Act. 
(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease to be 
available— 
(1) during any period in which a District of Columbia 
continuing resolution for fiscal year 2016 is in effect; or 
(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular District 
of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2016. 
(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is provided under 
the authority and conditions as provided under this Act and shall 
be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided 
by this Act. 
(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall cover all 
obligations or expenditures incurred for such project or activity 
during the portion of fiscal year 2016 for which this section applies 
to such project or activity. 
(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity during 
any period of fiscal year 2016 if any other provision of law (other 
than an authorization of appropriations)— 
(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or 
grants authority for such project or activity to continue for 
such period; or 
(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 
made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall 
be granted for such project or activity to continue for such 
period. 
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect obligations 
of the government of the District of Columbia mandated by other 
law. 
SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in title IV shall be treated 
as referring only to the provisions of this title or of title IV. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVI-
RONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2015 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisi-
tion of easements and other interests in lands, and performance 
of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized
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by law, in the management of lands and their resources under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the 
general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public 
Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $970,016,000, to remain available 
until expended; of which $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal 
year 2015 subject to a match by at least an equal amount by 
the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared projects 
supporting conservation of Bureau lands; and such funds shall 
be advanced to the Foundation as a lump-sum grant without regard 
to when expenses are incurred. 
In addition, $32,500,000 is for the processing of applications 
for permit to drill and related use authorizations, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 
Bureau and credited to this appropriation that shall be derived 
from a fee of $6,500 per new application for permit to drill that 
the Bureau shall collect upon submission of each new application, 
and, in addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration 
program operations, including the cost of administering the mining 
claim fee program, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 
by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropria-
tion from mining claim maintenance fees and location fees that 
are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a 
final appropriation estimated at not more than $970,016,000, and 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from communication 
site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of admin-
istering communication site activities. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 
318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administrative expenses 
and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $19,746,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended. 
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS 
For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 
development of resources and for construction, operation, and 
maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements 
on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on 
other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant coun-
ties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of 
lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on 
or adjacent to such grant lands; $113,777,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 
receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon 
and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against 
the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred 
to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the second 
paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 
1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181(f)). 
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS 
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant
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to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any other Act, sums 
equal to 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal 
year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 
315(b), 315(m)) and the amount designated for range improvements 
from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead- 
Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant 
to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available 
for administrative expenses. 
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES 
For administrative expenses and other costs related to proc-
essing application documents and other authorizations for use and 
disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies 
of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, oper-
ation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use 
authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such 
amounts as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act 
(30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 305(a) 
of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have 
been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as a 
result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate 
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), 
shall be available and may be expended under the authority of 
this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any 
public lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management 
which have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard 
to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used 
on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: Provided 
further, That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed 
to repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected 
may be used to repair other damaged public lands. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under 
existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may 
be contributed under section 307 of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 
1737), and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative 
costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of 
omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), 
to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations 
funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public 
and private entities, including with States. Appropriations for the 
Bureau shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement 
of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec-
essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United 
States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion
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of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations 
of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved by the 
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certifi-
cate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 
Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative 
cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly 
produced publications for which the cooperators share the cost 
of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines 
the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 
Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 
commitment by a State government to provide an identified amount 
of money in support of the project may be carried out by the 
Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall 
not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 
horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contractors 
or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results in their 
destruction for processing into commercial products. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic 
studies, general administration, and for the performance of other 
authorized functions related to such resources, $1,207,658,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016 except as otherwise 
provided herein: Provided, That not to exceed $20,515,000 shall 
be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 
4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except 
for processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final 
regulations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 
described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which 
not to exceed $4,605,000 shall be used for any activity regarding 
the designation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), 
excluding litigation support, for species listed pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1) prior to October 1, 2012; of which not to exceed $1,501,000 
shall be used for any activity regarding petitions to list species 
that are indigenous to the United States pursuant to subsections 
(b)(3)(A) and (b)(3)(B); and, of which not to exceed $1,504,000 shall 
be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 
4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) for 
species that are not indigenous to the United States. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 
buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, manage-
ment, investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife 
resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 
$15,687,000, to remain available until expended. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.), including
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administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, 
or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
$47,535,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition projects may 
be used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or other 
management costs. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $50,095,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $22,695,000 is to be derived from 
the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; and of 
which $27,400,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), 
$34,145,000, to remain available until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), $3,660,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant Conserva-
tion Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and 
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great 
Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), 
$9,061,000, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, 
the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes 
under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and 
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and 
implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 
habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 
$58,695,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the amount provided herein, $4,084,000 is for a competitive 
grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provi-
sions of this appropriation: Provided further, That $5,487,000 is 
for a competitive grant program for States, territories, and other
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jurisdictions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional 
Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the 
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall, after deducting $9,571,000 and administrative 
expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in the following 
manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 
1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
apportion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) one- 
third of which is based on the ratio to which the land area of 
such State bears to the total land area of all such States; and 
(2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the population 
of such State bears to the total population of all such States: 
Provided further, That the amounts apportioned under this para-
graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be appor-
tioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 
for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or 
more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, That the 
Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of 
the total costs of such projects and the Federal share of implementa-
tion grants shall not exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such 
projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal share of such 
projects may not be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided 
further, That any amount apportioned in 2015 to any State, terri-
tory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 
30, 2016, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated 
in 2017, in the manner provided herein. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out 
the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with 
public and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available 
for repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reserva-
tion areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 
purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities 
incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 
as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance 
and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States 
has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection with 
management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under 
cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized 
by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection 
with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share 
at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services 
and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 
accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 
accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees col-
lected for non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited
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under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service— 
Resource Management’’ and shall be available to the Secretary, 
without further appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing 
of such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revising 
regulations as necessary, and shall remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National 
Park Service and for the general administration of the National 
Park Service, $2,275,773,000, of which $9,923,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration and 
$81,961,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for 
constructed assets shall remain available until September 30, 2016: 
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 
and previous Appropriations Acts are available for the purposes 
of section 5 of Public Law 95–348 and section 204 of Public Law 
93–486, as amended by section 1(3) of Public Law 100–355. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, nat-
ural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, 
and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $63,117,000. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic 
Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), $56,410,000, to be derived 
from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available until 
September 30, 2016. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of phys-
ical facilities, including modifications authorized by section 104 
of the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act 
of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), $138,339,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2015 with a 
future phase indicated in the National Park Service 5–Year Line 
Item Construction Plan, a single procurement may be issued which 
includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, That the 
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of 
funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232–18. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2015 by section 
9 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 
U.S.C. 460l–10a) is rescinded.
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LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including 
administrative expenses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, 
or interest therein, in accordance with the statutory authority 
applicable to the National Park Service, $98,960,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $48,117,000 is for the State assistance 
program and of which $8,986,000 shall be for the American Battle-
field Protection Program grants as authorized by section 7301 of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 
111–11). 
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 
814(g) of Public Law 104–333 (16 U.S.C. 1f) relating to challenge 
cost share agreements, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for Centennial Challenge projects and programs: Pro-
vided, That not less than 50 percent of the total cost of each 
project or program shall be derived from non-Federal sources in 
the form of donated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed 
by an irrevocable letter of credit. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) of Public 
Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub-account shall be 
available for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appro-
priation, for use at any unit within the National Park System 
to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold 
surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose 
to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee 
receipts over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the 
amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise 
fees at the benefitting unit shall be credited to the sub-account 
of the originating unit over a period not to exceed the term of 
a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 
so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 
For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the 
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of 
the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed under such 
section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended. 
National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, 
for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include 
a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs.
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey 
to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topog-
raphy, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water 
resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and 
other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify 
lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering 
supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program 
(30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 
affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 
3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as author-
ized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 
foregoing activities; $1,045,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016; of which $53,337,189 shall remain available until 
expended for satellite operations; and of which $7,280,000 shall 
be available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital 
improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 
none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research activity 
shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 
specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided 
further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay 
more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
resources data collection and investigations carried on in coopera-
tion with States and municipalities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities of the 
United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall 
be available for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps 
and for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys 
when it is administratively determined that such procedures are 
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary 
buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 
stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States 
National Committee for Geological Sciences; and payment of com-
pensation and expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly 
appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation and 
administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 
funded by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through 
the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined 
in section 6302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the United States Geological Survey may enter into contracts 
or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 
with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 
U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent services of students 
or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the 
purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 
171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, but 
shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other 
purposes.
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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for granting leases, easements, rights- 
of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, 
energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf 
and approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 
for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for implementing 
other laws and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial 
delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, 
$169,770,000, of which $72,422,000 is to remain available until 
September 30, 2016 and of which $97,348,000 is to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be 
reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to 
this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from 
increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and 
from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau 
of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and mis-
cellaneous administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 
herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 
appropriation estimated at not more than $72,422,000: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable 
expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 
activities. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related 
to leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil 
and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on 
the Outer Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
and implementing laws and regulations as authorized by law and 
to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; 
and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $124,726,000, 
of which $66,147,000 is to remain available until September 30, 
2016 and of which $58,579,000 is to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced 
by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this appro-
priation from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease 
rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery 
fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Safety and Environ-
mental Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 
administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are received during 
the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2015 appropria-
tion estimated at not more than $66,147,000. 
For an additional amount, $65,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 
and credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from 
non-refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2015, as pro-
vided in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized 
from such inspection fees exceed $65,000,000, the amounts realized
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in excess of $65,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation 
and remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2015, not less than 50 percent of the inspection fees 
expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
will be used to fund personnel and mission-related costs to expand 
capacity and expedite the orderly development, subject to environ-
mental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), 
including the review of applications for permits to drill. 
OIL SPILL RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title 
IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201 
of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $14,899,000, which shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 
95–87, $122,713,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: 
Provided, That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per 
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits 
issued by the Bureau pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95– 
87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That fees assessed and collected by the Bureau pursuant 
to such section 507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary 
offsetting collections, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 
shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year, 
so as to result in a fiscal year 2015 appropriation estimated at 
not more than $122,713,000. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87, 
$27,399,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine 
Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of 
the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery 
of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 
to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That 
funds made available under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may 
be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects 
funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental 
restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such projects must 
be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts pro-
vided under this heading may be used for the travel and per
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diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
In fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, with funds 
available for the Technical Innovation and Professional Services 
program in this or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year, 
the Secretary may transfer title for computer hardware, software 
and other technical equipment to State and tribal regulatory and 
reclamation programs. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, 
as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 
1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), the Education 
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Con-
trolled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $2,429,236,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2016, except as otherwise 
provided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official 
reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 
$74,809,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, 
That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary may 
exceed such cap, from the amounts provided herein, to provide 
for disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the disaster: 
Provided further, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their 
tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $606,690,000 for school operations 
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall 
become available on July 1, 2015, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$48,553,000 shall remain available until expended for housing 
improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, 
land records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Pro-
gram: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination 
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.) and section 1128 of the Edu-
cation Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed 
$62,395,000 within and only from such amounts made available 
for school operations shall be available for administrative cost 
grants associated with ongoing grants entered into with the Bureau 
prior to or during fiscal year 2014 for the operation of Bureau- 
funded schools, and up to $500,000 within and only from such 
amounts made available for administrative cost grants shall be 
available for the transitional costs of initial administrative cost 
grants to grantees that assume operation on or after July 1, 2014, 
of Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That any forestry funds 
allocated to a federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated 
as of September 30, 2016, may be transferred during fiscal year 
2017 to an Indian forest land assistance account established for 
the benefit of the holder of the funds within the holder’s trust
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fund account: Provided further, That any such unobligated balances 
not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2017: Provided 
further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bureau field 
employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase uniforms or 
other identifying articles of clothing for personnel. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facili-
ties, including architectural and engineering services by contract; 
acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of 
lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga-
tion Project pursuant to Public Law 87–483, $128,876,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may 
be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation 
Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided 
further, That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available 
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust 
Fund may be used to cover the road program management costs 
of the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for the 
Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made 
available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2015, in implementing new construction or facilities 
improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that 
are provided to grant schools under Public Law 100–297, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit 
Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs con-
tained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided 
further, That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 
of 43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and 
determine a schedule of payments for the work to be performed: 
Provided further, That in considering grant applications, the Sec-
retary shall consider whether such grantee would be deficient in 
assuring that the construction projects conform to applicable 
building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health 
and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect 
to organizational and financial management capabilities: Provided 
further, That if the Secretary declines a grant application, the 
Secretary shall follow the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 
2504(f): Provided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 
and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes 
provision in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided further, That in order 
to ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Secretary 
may assume control of a project and all funds related to the project, 
if, within 18 months of the date of enactment of this Act, any 
grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior 
Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of the project 
and commenced construction: Provided further, That this appropria-
tion may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special Trustee 
for American Indians appropriation for the appropriate share of 
construction costs for space expansion needed in agency offices 
to meet trust reform implementation.
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INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS 
PAYMENTS TO INDIANS 
For payments and necessary administrative expenses for 
implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursu-
ant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 111–11, and 111– 
291, and for implementation of other land and water rights settle-
ments, $35,655,000, to remain available until expended. 
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $7,731,000, 
of which $1,045,000 is for administrative expenses, as authorized 
by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 
exceed $100,496,183. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation 
of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative 
agreements, compacts, and grants, either directly or in cooperation 
with States and other organizations. 
Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
may contract for services in support of the management, operation, 
and maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation 
Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office oversight and 
Executive Direction and Administrative Services (except executive 
direction and administrative services funding for Tribal Priority 
Allocations, regional offices, and facilities operations and mainte-
nance) shall be available for contracts, grants, compacts, or coopera-
tive agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provi-
sions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Govern-
ance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–413). 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available 
by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this action shall not 
diminish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that tribe, 
or the government-to-government relationship between the United 
States and that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appro-
priations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 
to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided 
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et 
seq., shall be available to support the operation of any elementary 
or secondary school in the State of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall 
be used to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory 
beyond the grade structure in place or approved by the Secretary 
of the Interior at each school in the Bureau of Indian Education 
school system as of October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary 
of the Interior may waive this prohibition to support expansion 
of up to one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 
waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission of the
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Bureau of Indian Education. Appropriations made available in this 
or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available, 
in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, only to the schools 
in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, and to 
any school or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 
2012. Funds made available under this Act may not be used to 
establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term 
is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is in existence 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and that has operated 
at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, may continue 
to operate during that period, but only if the charter school pays 
to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau 
for the use of the real and personal property (including buses 
and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept separate and 
apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume any 
obligation for charter school programs of the State in which the 
school is located if the charter school loses such funding. Employees 
of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school 
and performing functions related to the charter school’s operation 
and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal 
employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States 
Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 
113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106–113, if in fiscal 
year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indirect and administrative 
costs pursuant to a distribution formula based on section 5(f) of 
Public Law 101–301, the Secretary shall continue to distribute 
indirect and administrative cost funds to such grantee using the 
section 5(f) distribution formula. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish 
satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of 
September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive this 
prohibition in order for an Indian tribe to provide language and 
cultural immersion educational programs for non-public schools 
located within the jurisdictional area of the tribal government which 
exclusively serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond 
those currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide 
an educational environment with educator presence and academic 
facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, comply with all 
applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health and safety standards, 
and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the bene-
fits of establishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-
ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or other impacts 
to students such as those caused by busing students extended 
distances: Provided, That no funds available under this Act may 
be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilitation, construc-
tion or other facilities-related costs for such assets that are not 
owned by the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 
school’’ means a school location physically separated from the 
existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that forms 
part of the existing school in all other respects.
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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for management of the Department 
of the Interior, including the collection and disbursement of royal-
ties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, and for grants and 
cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, $265,263,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2016; of which not to exceed 
$15,000 may be for official reception and representation expenses; 
and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers com-
pensation payments and unemployment compensation payments 
associated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau 
of Mines; and of which $12,000,000 for the Office of Valuation 
Services is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and shall remain available until expended; and of which 
$38,300,000 shall remain available until expended for the purpose 
of mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $15,000 under this heading 
shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connection with 
certain Indian leases in which the Secretary concurred with the 
claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or 
tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
For fiscal year 2015, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized 
by the Act of October 20, 1976 (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907) may be 
retained for administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of 
Taxes Program: Provided, That no payment shall be made pursuant 
to that Act to otherwise eligible units of local government if the 
computed amount of the payment is less than $100: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may reduce the payment authorized by 
31 U.S.C. 6901–6907 for an individual county by the amount nec-
essary to correct prior year overpayments to that county: Provided 
further, That the amount needed to correct a prior year under-
payment to an individual county shall be paid from any reductions 
for overpayments to other counties and the amount necessary to 
cover any remaining underpayment is hereby appropriated and 
shall be paid to individual counties. 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and other jurisdictions 
identified in section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188, $85,976,000, 
of which: (1) $76,528,000 shall remain available until expended 
for territorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative 
activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants to 
the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, 
as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government 
of American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for 
construction and support of governmental functions; grants to the
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Government of the Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants 
to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants 
to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized 
by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,448,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2016, for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial trans-
actions of the territorial and local governments herein provided 
for, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities 
established or used by such governments, may be audited by the 
Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance 
with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, 
That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be 
provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special 
Representatives on Future United States Financial Assistance for 
the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: 
Provided further, That the funds for the program of operations 
and maintenance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize 
routine operations and maintenance improvement of capital infra-
structure with territorial participation and cost sharing to be deter-
mined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to 
timely maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That 
any appropriation for disaster assistance under this heading in 
this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non- 
Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants 
provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 
For grants and necessary expenses, $3,318,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 
of the Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; 
and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the 
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 
and Public Law 108–188. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may 
transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under 
section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Public Law 104–134, 
that are allocated for Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for 
the subsidy cost of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed 
three percent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the 
cost of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and repair 
projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan 
guarantees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types 
of eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
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Act: Provided further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available 
to make or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$65,800,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$50,047,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
grants, $139,029,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $23,061,000 from this or any other Act, may be 
available for historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust 
management improvements and litigation support may, as needed, 
be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
and Bureau of Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ 
account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; 
and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: 
Provided further, That funds made available through contracts or 
grants obligated during fiscal year 2015, as authorized by the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), 
shall remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement 
of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 18 months and has a balance of $15 or less: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall 
permit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon 
the express written request of the account holder: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make 
payments to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 
from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts 
after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous pay-
ments that are recovered shall be credited to and remain available 
in this account for this purpose: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall not be required to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts 
with a balance of less than $500 unless the Office of the Special 
Trustee receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts 
claimant.
H. R. 83—285 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression 
operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, haz-
ardous fuels management activities, and rural fire assistance by 
the Department of the Interior, $804,779,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $6,127,000 shall be for 
the renovation or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such 
funds are also available for repayment of advances to other appro-
priation accounts from which funds were previously transferred 
for such purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$164,000,000 is for hazardous fuels management activities, of which 
$10,000,000 is for resilient landscapes activities: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided $18,035,000 is for burned area rehabilita-
tion: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 
1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from 
funds available from this appropriation: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or 
office of the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States 
property, may be credited to the appropriation from which funds 
were expended to provide that protection, and are available without 
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the amounts 
designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agree-
ments, for hazardous fuels management and resilient landscapes 
activities, and for training and monitoring associated with such 
hazardous fuels management and resilient landscapes activities 
on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities 
that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, That the 
costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the Fed-
eral Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as 
mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in Contracting 
Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels management 
and resilient landscapes activities, may obtain maximum practicable 
competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative enti-
ties; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps 
(Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships with State, local, 
or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) 
other entities that will hire or train locally a significant percentage, 
defined as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce to complete 
such contracts: Provided further, That in implementing this section, 
the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure 
accountability and consistent application of the authorities provided 
herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
heading may be used to reimburse the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for 
the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and con-
ference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with 
wildland fire management activities: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations to
H. R. 83—286 
enter into leases of real property with local governments, at or 
below fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements 
for fire facilities on such leased properties, including but not limited 
to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack 
and fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for any 
such lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appro-
priated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount 
not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when such 
transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management 
programs and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 
wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal emer-
gency response actions: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for assistance to or through 
the Department of State in connection with forest and rangeland 
research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, 
and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be avail-
able to support forestry, wildland fire management, and related 
natural resource activities outside the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, including technical assistance, education 
and training, and cooperation with United States and international 
organizations. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression operations 
of the Department of the Interior and as a reserve fund for suppres-
sion and Federal emergency response activities, $92,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amounts 
are only available for transfer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
account following a declaration by the Secretary in accordance 
with section 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a). 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and 
any of its component offices and bureaus for the response action, 
including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION 
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND 
To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration 
activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department 
of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Public Law 101–337 (16 U.S.C. 19jj 
et seq.), $7,767,000, to remain available until expended.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$1,180,736,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $22,278,891, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $6,645,417, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$2,180,048, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$1,886,632, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy 
Minority Whip, $1,459,639, including $5,000 for official expenses 
of the Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $1,505,426; Demo-
cratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Provided, That such amount for salaries 
and expenses shall remain available from January 3, 2015 until 
January 2, 2016. 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES OF 
MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including Members’ 
clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $554,317,732. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $123,903,173: Provided, 
That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and 
expenses until December 31, 2016, except that $2,300,000 of such 
amount shall remain available until expended for committee room 
upgrading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$23,271,004, including studies and examinations of executive agen-
cies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be 
expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement 
to agencies for services performed: Provided, That such amount 
shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 
December 31, 2016. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $171,344,864, including: for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the positions of the
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reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized 
by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $51,528,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $2,123,000 shall be available for study, plan-
ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Air Force Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$49,492,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed $6,892,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and 
engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the 
Air Force Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 
reasons therefor. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization Security Investment Program for the acquisi-
tion and construction of military facilities and installations 
(including international military headquarters) and for related 
expenses for the collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Area as authorized by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, 
and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $199,700,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for construction, 
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, 
and alteration, as authorized by law, $78,609,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for operation 
and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construc-
tion, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as 
authorized by law, $350,976,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps 
for construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition,
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expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$16,412,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY AND 
MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps 
for operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance 
premiums, as authorized by law, $354,029,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for operation 
and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construc-
tion, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as 
authorized by law, $327,747,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and agencies 
of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) 
for operation and maintenance, leasing, and minor construction, 
as authorized by law, $61,100,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement 
Fund, $1,662,000, to remain available until expended, for family 
housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 
10, United States Code, providing alternative means of acquiring 
and improving military family housing and supporting facilities. 
CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided for, nec-
essary for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 
chemical agents and munitions in accordance with section 1412 
of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 
1521), and for the destruction of other chemical warfare materials 
that are not in the chemical weapon stockpile, as currently author-
ized by law, $38,715,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, which shall be only for the Assembled Chemical Weapons 
Alternatives program. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account, established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Clo-
sure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), as 
amended by section 2711 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239), $315,085,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract
H. R. 83—559 
funds under subsections (a) and (b) of section 7015 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985. 
CONFLICT STABILIZATION OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Conflict Stabilization Oper-
ations’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, 
$56,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, which 
shall be for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 
Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight: Provided, That 
printing and reproduction costs shall not exceed amounts for such 
costs during fiscal year 2014: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any employee of SIGAR who 
completes at least 12 months of continuous service after the date 
of enactment of this Act or who is employed on the date on which 
SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, shall acquire competitive 
status for appointment to any position in the competitive service 
for which the employee possesses the required qualifications: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 
and Maintenance’’, $260,800,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $250,000,000 shall be for Worldwide Security 
Upgrades, acquisition, and construction as authorized: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to International 
Organizations’’, $74,400,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
H. R. 83—560 
RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, $10,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Operating 
Expenses’’, 
$125,464,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster Assist-
ance’’, $1,335,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Transition 
Initiatives’’, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
COMPLEX CRISES FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 
$30,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
H. R. 83—561 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
$2,114,266,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance’’, $2,127,114,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’, $443,195,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs’’, $99,240,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, 
$328,698,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That funds may be used 
to pay assessed expenses of international peacekeeping activities 
in Somalia and other peacekeeping requirements, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the total amount of United States 
contributions to support an assessed peacekeeping operation shall 
not exceed the level described in the final proviso under the heading
H. R. 83—653 
‘‘(i) a reduction in the level of contributions for 
any participants, 
‘‘(ii) a suspension of contributions with respect to 
any period of service, or 
‘‘(iii) any new direct or indirect exclusion of 
younger or newly hired employees from plan participa-
tion, and 
‘‘(B) no amendment of the plan which increases the 
liabilities of the plan by reason of any increase in benefits, 
any change in the accrual of benefits, or any change in 
the rate at which benefits become nonforfeitable under 
the plan may be adopted unless the amendment is required 
as a condition of qualification under part I of subchapter 
D of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or 
to comply with other applicable law.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—Section 432(d) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) RULES FOR OPERATION OF PLAN DURING ADOPTION AND 
IMPROVEMENT PERIODS.— 
‘‘(1) COMPLIANCE WITH FUNDING IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A plan may not be amended after 
the date of the adoption of a funding improvement plan 
under subsection (c) so as to be inconsistent with the 
funding improvement plan. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES FOR BENEFIT INCREASES.—A plan 
may not be amended after the date of the adoption of 
a funding improvement plan under subsection (c) so as 
to increase benefits, including future benefit accruals, 
unless the plan actuary certifies that such increase is paid 
for out of additional contributions not contemplated by 
the funding improvement plan, and, after taking into 
account the benefit increase, the multiemployer plan still 
is reasonably expected to meet the applicable benchmark 
on the schedule contemplated in the funding improvement 
plan. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR PLAN ADOPTION PERIOD.—During 
the period beginning on the date of the certification under 
subsection (b)(3)(A) for the initial determination year and 
ending on the date of the adoption of a funding improvement 
plan— 
‘‘(A) the plan sponsor may not accept a collective bar-
gaining agreement or participation agreement with respect 
to the multiemployer plan that provides for— 
‘‘(i) a reduction in the level of contributions for 
any participants, 
‘‘(ii) a suspension of contributions with respect to 
any period of service, or 
‘‘(iii) any new direct or indirect exclusion of 
younger or newly hired employees from plan participa-
tion, and 
‘‘(B) no amendment of the plan which increases the 
liabilities of the plan by reason of any increase in benefits, 
any change in the accrual of benefits, or any change in 
the rate at which benefits become nonforfeitable under 
the plan may be adopted unless the amendment is required 
as a condition of qualification under part I of subchapter 
D of chapter 1 or to comply with other applicable law.’’.
H. R. 83—654 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to plan years beginning after December 
31, 2014. 
SEC. 107. CORRECTIVE PLAN SCHEDULES WHEN PARTIES FAIL TO 
ADOPT IN BARGAINING. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY 
ACT OF 1974.—Section 305 of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (7) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(7) IMPOSITION OF SCHEDULE WHERE FAILURE TO ADOPT 
FUNDING IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.—If— 
‘‘(i) a collective bargaining agreement providing 
for contributions under a multiemployer plan that was 
in effect at the time the plan entered endangered status 
expires, and 
‘‘(ii) after receiving one or more schedules from 
the plan sponsor under paragraph (1)(B), the bar-
gaining parties with respect to such agreement fail 
to adopt a contribution schedule with terms consistent 
with the funding improvement plan and a schedule 
from the plan sponsor, 
the plan sponsor shall implement the schedule described 
in paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I) beginning on the date specified 
in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.—If— 
‘‘(i) a collective bargaining agreement providing 
for contributions under a multiemployer plan in accord-
ance with a schedule provided by the plan sponsor 
pursuant to a funding improvement plan (or imposed 
under subparagraph (A)) expires while the plan is still 
in endangered status, and 
‘‘(ii) after receiving one or more updated schedules 
from the plan sponsor under paragraph (6)(B), the 
bargaining parties with respect to such agreement fail 
to adopt a contribution schedule with terms consistent 
with the updated funding improvement plan and a 
schedule from the plan sponsor, 
then the contribution schedule applicable under the expired 
collective bargaining agreement, as updated and in effect 
on the date the collective bargaining agreement expires, 
shall be implemented by the plan sponsor beginning on 
the date specified in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(C) DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The date specified in 
this subparagraph is the date which is 180 days after 
the date on which the collective bargaining agreement 
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) expires. 
‘‘(D) FAILURE TO MAKE SCHEDULED CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
Any failure to make a contribution under a schedule of 
contribution rates provided under this paragraph shall be 
treated as a delinquent contribution under section 515 
and shall be enforceable as such.’’, 
(2) in subsection (e)(3), by amending subparagraph (C) 
to read as follows:
H. R. 83—655 
‘‘(C) IMPOSITION
OF
SCHEDULE
WHERE
FAILURE
TO 
ADOPT REHABILITATION PLAN.— 
‘‘(i) INITIAL CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.—If— 
‘‘(I) a collective bargaining agreement pro-
viding for contributions under a multiemployer 
plan that was in effect at the time the plan entered 
critical status expires, and 
‘‘(II) after receiving one or more schedules from 
the plan sponsor under paragraph (1)(B), the bar-
gaining parties with respect to such agreement 
fail to adopt a contribution schedule with terms 
consistent with the rehabilitation plan and a 
schedule from the plan sponsor under paragraph 
(1)(B)(i), 
the plan sponsor shall implement the schedule 
described in the last sentence of paragraph (1) begin-
ning on the date specified in clause (iii). 
‘‘(ii) SUBSEQUENT CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.—If— 
‘‘(I) a collective bargaining agreement pro-
viding for contributions under a multiemployer 
plan in accordance with a schedule provided by 
the plan sponsor pursuant to a rehabilitation plan 
(or imposed under subparagraph (C)(i)) expires 
while the plan is still in critical status, and 
‘‘(II) after receiving one or more updated 
schedules from the plan sponsor under subpara-
graph (B)(ii), the bargaining parties with respect 
to such agreement fail to adopt a contribution 
schedule with terms consistent with the updated 
rehabilitation plan and a schedule from the plan 
sponsor, 
then the contribution schedule applicable under the 
expired collective bargaining agreement, as updated 
and in effect on the date the collective bargaining 
agreement expires, shall be implemented by the plan 
sponsor beginning on the date specified in clause (iii). 
‘‘(iii) DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The date speci-
fied in this subparagraph is the date which is 180 
days after the date on which the collective bargaining 
agreement described in clause (i) or (ii) expires. 
‘‘(iv) FAILURE
TO
MAKE
SCHEDULED
CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—Any failure to make a contribution under a 
schedule of contribution rates provided under this sub-
section shall be treated as a delinquent contribution 
under section 515 and shall be enforceable as such.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—Section 
432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (7) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(7) IMPOSITION OF SCHEDULE WHERE FAILURE TO ADOPT 
FUNDING IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.—If— 
‘‘(i) a collective bargaining agreement providing 
for contributions under a multiemployer plan that was 
in effect at the time the plan entered endangered status 
expires, and
H. R. 83—656 
‘‘(ii) after receiving one or more schedules from 
the plan sponsor under paragraph (1)(B), the bar-
gaining parties with respect to such agreement fail 
to adopt a contribution schedule with terms consistent 
with the funding improvement plan and a schedule 
from the plan sponsor, 
the plan sponsor shall implement the schedule described 
in paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I) beginning on the date specified 
in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.—If— 
‘‘(i) a collective bargaining agreement providing 
for contributions under a multiemployer plan in accord-
ance with a schedule provided by the plan sponsor 
pursuant to a funding improvement plan (or imposed 
under subparagraph (A)) expires while the plan is still 
in endangered status, and 
‘‘(ii) after receiving one or more updated schedules 
from the plan sponsor under paragraph (6)(B), the 
bargaining parties with respect to such agreement fail 
to adopt a contribution schedule with terms consistent 
with the updated funding improvement plan and a 
schedule from the plan sponsor, 
then the contribution schedule applicable under the expired 
collective bargaining agreement, as updated and in effect 
on the date the collective bargaining agreement expires, 
shall be implemented by the plan sponsor beginning on 
the date specified in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(C) DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The date specified in 
this subparagraph is the date which is 180 days after 
the date on which the collective bargaining agreement 
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) expires.’’, and 
(2) in subsection (e)(3), by amending subparagraph (C) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) IMPOSITION
OF
SCHEDULE
WHERE
FAILURE
TO 
ADOPT REHABILITATION PLAN.— 
‘‘(i) INITIAL CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.—If— 
‘‘(I) a collective bargaining agreement pro-
viding for contributions under a multiemployer 
plan that was in effect at the time the plan entered 
critical status expires, and 
‘‘(II) after receiving one or more schedules from 
the plan sponsor under paragraph (1)(B), the bar-
gaining parties with respect to such agreement 
fail to adopt a contribution schedule with terms 
consistent with the rehabilitation plan and a 
schedule from the plan sponsor under paragraph 
(1)(B)(i), 
the plan sponsor shall implement the schedule 
described in the last sentence of paragraph (1) begin-
ning on the date specified in clause (iii). 
‘‘(ii) SUBSEQUENT CONTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.—If— 
‘‘(I) a collective bargaining agreement pro-
viding for contributions under a multiemployer 
plan in accordance with a schedule provided by 
the plan sponsor pursuant to a rehabilitation plan 
(or imposed under subparagraph (C)(i)) expires 
while the plan is still in critical status, and
H. R. 83—686 
‘‘(bb) pursuant to a collective bargaining 
agreement, assumed liability for providing 
benefits to participants and beneficiaries of 
the plan under a separate, single-employer 
plan sponsored by the employer, in an amount 
equal to any amount of benefits for such 
participants and beneficiaries reduced as a 
result of the financial status of the plan. 
‘‘(E) BENEFIT IMPROVEMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The plan sponsor may, in its 
sole discretion, provide benefit improvements while any 
suspension of benefits under the plan remains in effect, 
except that the plan sponsor may not increase the 
liabilities of the plan by reason of any benefit improve-
ment for any participant or beneficiary not in pay 
status by the first day of the plan year for which 
the benefit improvement takes effect, unless— 
‘‘(I) such action is accompanied by equitable 
benefit improvements in accordance with clause 
(ii) for all participants and beneficiaries whose ben-
efit commencement dates were before the first day 
of the plan year for which the benefit improvement 
for such participant or beneficiary not in pay status 
took effect; and 
‘‘(II) the plan actuary certifies that after taking 
into account such benefits improvements the plan 
is projected to avoid insolvency indefinitely under 
section 418E. 
‘‘(ii) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFIT IMPROVE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(I) LIMITATION.—The projected value of the 
total liabilities for benefit improvements for 
participants and beneficiaries not in pay status 
by the date of the first day of the plan year in 
which the benefit improvements are proposed to 
take effect, as determined as of such date, may 
not exceed the projected value of the liabilities 
arising from benefit improvements for participants 
and beneficiaries with benefit commencement 
dates prior to the first day of such plan year, 
as so determined. 
‘‘(II) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS.— 
The plan sponsor shall equitably distribute any 
increase in total liabilities for benefit improve-
ments in clause (i) to some or all of the participants 
and beneficiaries whose benefit commencement 
date is before the date of the first day of the 
plan year in which the benefit improvements are 
proposed to take effect, taking into account the 
relevant factors described in subparagraph (D)(vi) 
and the extent to which the benefits of the partici-
pants and beneficiaries were suspended. 
‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULE FOR RESUMPTIONS OF BENEFITS 
ONLY
FOR
PARTICIPANTS
IN
PAY
STATUS.—The plan 
sponsor may increase liabilities of the plan through 
a resumption of benefits for participants and bene-
ficiaries in pay status only if the plan sponsor equitably
H. R. 83—692 
important plan), the Secretary of the Treasury, in con-
sultation with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corpora-
tion and the Secretary of Labor, shall issue a final 
authorization to suspend with respect to the suspension 
not later than 7 days after such vote (or, in the case 
of a suspension that goes into effect under clause (v), 
at a time sufficient to allow the implementation of 
the suspension prior to the end of the 90-day period 
described in clause (v)(I)). 
‘‘(I) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
‘‘(i) DENIAL OF APPLICATION.—An action by the plan 
sponsor challenging the denial of an application for 
suspension of benefits by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Cor-
poration and the Secretary of Labor, may only be 
brought following such denial. 
‘‘(ii) APPROVAL OF SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS.— 
‘‘(I) TIMING OF ACTION.—An action challenging 
a suspension of benefits under this paragraph may 
only be brought following a final authorization to 
suspend by the Secretary of the Treasury, in con-
sultation with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Cor-
poration and the Secretary of Labor, under 
subparagraph (H)(vi). 
‘‘(II) STANDARDS OF REVIEW.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—A court shall review 
an action challenging a suspension of benefits 
under this paragraph in accordance with sec-
tion 706 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(bb) TEMPORARY
INJUNCTION.—A court 
reviewing an action challenging a suspension 
of benefits under this paragraph may not 
grant a temporary injunction with respect to 
such suspension unless the court finds a clear 
and convincing likelihood that the plaintiff will 
prevail on the merits of the case. 
‘‘(iii) RESTRICTED CAUSE OF ACTION.—A participant 
or beneficiary affected by a benefit suspension under 
this paragraph shall not have a cause of action under 
this title. 
‘‘(iv) LIMITATION
ON
ACTION
TO
SUSPEND
BENE-
FITS.—No action challenging a suspension of benefits 
following the final authorization to suspend or the 
denial of an application for suspension of benefits 
pursuant to this paragraph may be brought after one 
year after the earliest date on which the plaintiff 
acquired or should have acquired actual knowledge 
of the existence of such cause of action. 
‘‘(J) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
EMERGENCE
FROM
CRITICAL 
STATUS.—A plan certified to be in critical and declining 
status pursuant to projections made under subsection (b)(3) 
for which a suspension of benefits has been made by the 
plan sponsor pursuant to this paragraph shall not emerge 
from critical status under paragraph (4)(B), until such time 
as—