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SEC. 107. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
citizens of the United States for exercising any right guar-
anteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 
groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological be-
liefs. 
SEC. 109. None of funds made available by this Act 
to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-
pended on conferences that do not adhere to the procedures, 
verification processes, documentation requirements, and 
policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human Cap-
ital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a result 
of the recommendations in the report published on May 31, 
2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Adminis-
tration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small Busi-
ness/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, 
California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 
expended— 
(1) to make a payment to any employee under 
a bonus, award, or recognition program; or
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(2) under any hiring or personnel selection proc-
ess with respect to re-hiring a former employee, unless 
such program or process takes into account the con-
duct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 
former employee. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 
and disclosure of returns and return information). 
SEC. 112. Except to the extent provided in section 
6014, 6020, or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, no funds in this or any other Act shall be available 
to the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to any person 
a proposed final return or statement for use by such person 
to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such 
Code. 
SEC. 113. In addition to the amounts otherwise made 
available in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, 
$290,000,000, to be available until September 30, 2018, 
shall be transferred by the Commissioner to the ‘‘Taxpayer 
Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Operations Support’’ ac-
counts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional 
amount to be used solely for measurable improvements in 
the customer service representative level of service rate, to 
improve the identification and prevention of refund fraud
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and identity theft, and to enhance cybersecurity to safe-
guard taxpayer data: Provided, That such funds shall sup-
plement, not supplant any other amounts made available 
by the Internal Revenue Service for such purpose: Provided 
further, That such funds shall not be available until the 
Commissioner submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
spending plan for such funds: Provided further, That such 
funds shall not be used to support any provision of Public 
Law 111–148, Public Law 111–152, or any amendment 
made by either such Public Law. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
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pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-
partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of In-
spector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the Trou-
bled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforce-
ment Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alco-
hol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be trans-
ferred between such appropriations upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no trans-
fer under this section may increase or decrease any such 
appropriation by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation 
made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service 
may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the advance ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no trans-
fer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 
more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
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or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to 
redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer 
funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries and 
Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover 
the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such amounts 
shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses account 
from debt collections received in the Debt Collection Fund. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used by 
the United States Mint to construct or operate any museum 
without the explicit approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act or source to the 
Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and 
Printing, and the United States Mint, individually or col-
lectively, may be used to consolidate any or all functions 
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United 
States Mint without the explicit approval of the House 
Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Committees
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on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
SEC. 121. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-
partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-
lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 
the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2017 
until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017. 
SEC. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available 
from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial 
Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
SEC. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-
nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 
such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-
ment spending from all accounts within the Department of 
the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department- 
wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs account, 
Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treasury For-
feiture Fund account: Provided further, That such Capital
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Investment Plan shall include expenditures occurring in 
previous fiscal years for each capital investment project 
that has not been fully completed. 
SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an 
itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate on the amount of 
total funds charged to each office by the Franchise Fund 
including the amount charged for each service provided by 
the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed description 
of the services, a detailed explanation of how each charge 
for each service is calculated, and a description of the role 
customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund. 
SEC. 125. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta-
tion with the appropriate agencies, departments, bureaus, 
and commissions that have expertise in terrorism and com-
plex financial instruments, shall provide a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on 
economic warfare and financial terrorism. 
SEC. 126. During fiscal year 2017—
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(1) none of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used by the Department of the 
Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service, to 
issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, revenue rul-
ing, or other guidance not limited to a particular tax-
payer relating to the standard which is used to deter-
mine whether an organization is operated exclusively 
for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of sec-
tion 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(including the proposed regulations published at 78 
Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 29, 2013)); and 
(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 
January 1, 2010, which are used to make such deter-
minations shall apply after the date of the enactment 
of this Act for purposes of determining status under 
section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organizations cre-
ated on, before, or after such date. 
SEC. 127. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of 
each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the Of-
fice of Financial Research shall submit reports on their ac-
tivities to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Finan-
cial Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall in-
clude— 
(1) the obligations made during the previous 
quarter by object class, office, and activity; 
(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of 
the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 
(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 
each office during the previous quarter; 
(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents 
within each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; 
and 
(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, 
and performance measures of each office. 
(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in 
subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Of-
fice of Financial Research shall make officials available to 
testify on the contents of the reports required under sub-
section (a). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury Appropriations Act, 2017’’.
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TITLE II 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as author-
ized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsist-
ence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall 
be expended and accounted for as provided in that section; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not to exceed 
$100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided by 
3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, to be available for alloca-
tion within the Executive Office of the President; and for 
necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, $55,214,000. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at 
the White House, $12,723,000, to be expended and ac-
counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 
112–114.
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REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be necessary: 
Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses of the 
Executive Residence shall be made in accordance with the 
provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, such amount for 
reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive au-
thority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 
to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall require each 
person sponsoring a reimbursable political event to pay in 
advance an amount equal to the estimated cost of the event, 
and all such advance payments shall be credited to this ac-
count and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Executive Residence shall require the na-
tional committee of the political party of the President to 
maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 
and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political 
events sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure 
that a written notice of any amount owed for a reimburs-
able operating expense under this paragraph is submitted 
to the person owing such amount within 60 days after such 
expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected with-
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in 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided 
further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 
and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount 
that is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance 
with the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an 
outstanding debt on a United States Government claim 
under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such 
amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest 
and charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-
dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 
the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 
the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 
amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that con-
sists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 
amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 
events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 
reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 
the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events with-
in the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 
classification of any such expense as political or non-
political: Provided further, That no provision of this para-
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graph may be construed to exempt the Executive Residence 
from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or 
II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code. 
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ex-
ecutive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 
105(d), $750,000, to remain available until expended, for 
required maintenance, resolution of safety and health 
issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Ad-
visers in carrying out its functions under the Employment 
Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,201,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND SECURITY 
COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security Coun-
cil and the Homeland Security Council, including services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,000,000. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 
U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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$96,116,000, of which not to exceed $12,760,000 shall re-
main available until expended for continued modernization 
of information resources within the Executive Office of the 
President: Provided, That in addition, $4,925,000, shall re-
main available until September 30, 2018, for additional se-
curity improvements. 
PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the Office of Administration to carry 
out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as amended, 
and similar expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise ap-
propriated by law, $7,582,000: Provided, That such funds 
may be transferred to other accounts that provide funding 
for offices within the Executive Office of the President and 
the Office of the Vice President in this Act or any other 
Act, to carry out such purposes. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the 
provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
and to prepare and submit the budget of the United States 
Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, $95,000,000, of which not to exceed
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$3,000 shall be available for official representation expenses: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for 
the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders 
or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 
601 et seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available for the Office of Management and Budget by this 
Act may be expended for the altering of the transcript of 
actual testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of offi-
cials of the Office of Management and Budget, before the 
Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available for the Of-
fice of Management and Budget by this Act, no less than 
three full-time equivalent senior staff position shall be dedi-
cated solely to the Office of the Intellectual Property En-
forcement Coordinator: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly 
or indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for 
evaluating or determining if water resource project or study 
reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through 
the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all appli-
cable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant to the 
Civil Works water resource planning process: Provided fur-
ther, That the Office of Management and Budget shall have
485 
not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary pol-
icy reviews of water resource matters on which the Chief 
of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall notify 
the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees 
when the 60-day review is initiated: Provided further, That 
if water resource reports have not been transmitted to the 
appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees 
within 15 days after the end of the Office of Management 
and Budget review period based on the notification from 
the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management 
and Budget concurrence with the report and act accord-
ingly. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed $10,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; and for partici-
pation in joint projects or in the provision of services on 
matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or pub-
lic organizations or agencies, with or without reimburse-
ment, $19,274,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized 
to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and
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personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Of-
fice. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
Program, $254,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, for drug control activities consistent with 
the approved strategy for each of the designated High Inten-
sity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less 
than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and local enti-
ties for drug control activities and shall be obligated not 
later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal agen-
cies and departments in amounts determined by the Direc-
tor of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which 
up to $2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and as-
sociated activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
the requirements of Public Law 106–58, any unexpended 
funds obligated prior to fiscal year 2015 may be used for 
any other approved activities of that HIDTA, subject to re-
programming requirements: Provided further, That each 
HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2016, shall be fund-
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ed at not less than the fiscal year 2016 base level, unless 
the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate justification 
for changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior-
ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 
performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 
That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2017 fund-
ing among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment 
of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses 
of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in con-
sultation with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon 
a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 
provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap-
propriation. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For other drug control activities authorized by the Of-
fice of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $111,871,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be available as follows:
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$97,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of 
which $2,000,000 shall be made available as directed by sec-
tion 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended by Public Law 
109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); $2,000,000 for drug court 
training and technical assistance; $9,500,000 for anti- 
doping activities; $2,121,000 for the United States member-
ship dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 
shall be made available as directed by section 1105 of Public 
Law 109–469; and an additional $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for activities authorized 
by section 103 of Public Law 114–198: Provided, That 
amounts made available under this heading may be trans-
ferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry 
out such activities. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad dur-
ing the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
$800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-
grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 
technology in the Federal Government, $27,000,000, to re-
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main available until expended: Provided, That the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer these 
funds to one or more other agencies to carry out projects 
to meet these purposes. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
provide assistance to the President in connection with spe-
cially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 
accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, $4,228,000. 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 
U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $299,000: Provided, That advances, re-
payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 
made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 
out such activities.
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ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE
OFFICE
OF 
THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
PRESIDENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-
dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Res-
toration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National Se-
curity Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Office 
of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’, 
and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other offi-
cer as the President may designate in writing), may, with 
advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not 
to exceed 10 percent of any such appropriation to any other 
such appropriation, to be merged with and available for 
the same time and for the same purposes as the appropria-
tion to which transferred: Provided, That the amount of an 
appropriation shall not be increased by more than 50 per-
cent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount 
shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-
dent’’ or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ without 
the approval of the Vice President.
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SEC. 202. Within 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this section, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
on the costs of implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111– 
203). Such report shall include— 
(1) the estimated mandatory and discretionary 
obligations of funds through fiscal year 2019, by Fed-
eral agency and by fiscal year, including— 
(A) the estimated obligations by cost inputs 
such as rent, information technology, contracts, 
and personnel; 
(B) the methodology and data sources used 
to calculate such estimated obligations; and 
(C) the specific section of such Act that re-
quires the obligation of funds; and 
(2) the estimated receipts through fiscal year 
2019 from assessments, user fees, and other fees by the 
Federal agency making the collections, by fiscal year, 
including— 
(A) the methodology and data sources used 
to calculate such estimated collections; and 
(B) the specific section of such Act that au-
thorizes the collection of funds.
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(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential 
memoranda shall only apply for Presidential memoranda 
estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess of 
$100,000,000. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the 
President Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
TITLE III 
THE JUDICIARY 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-
preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 
building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 
vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to 
exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as 
the Chief Justice may approve, $76,668,000, of which 
$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
justice and associate justices of the court. 
CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 
For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed
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upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 
$14,868,000, to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL 
CIRCUIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-
essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 
$30,108,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries of officers and employees of the court, serv-
ices, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by 
law, $18,462,000. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 
judge and judges of the court. 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers 
and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise spe-
495 
cifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, and 
the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for 
Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as authorized 
by law, $4,996,445,000 (including the purchase of firearms 
and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall 
remain available until expended for space alteration 
projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new 
space alteration and construction projects. 
In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 
and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts 
of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and 
judges retired from office or from regular active service. 
In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public 
Law 99–660), not to exceed $6,510,000, to be appropriated 
from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 
the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A 
and 3599, and for the compensation and reimbursement of 
expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and 
other services for such representations as authorized by law;
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the compensation (in accordance with the maximums under 
18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of expenses of attor-
neys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where 
the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the 
compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 
appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protec-
tion of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
1875(d)(1); the compensation and reimbursement of ex-
penses of attorneys appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) 
in connection with certain judicial civil forfeiture pro-
ceedings; the compensation and reimbursement of travel ex-
penses of guardians ad litem appointed under 18 U.S.C. 
4100(b); and for necessary training and general adminis-
trative expenses, $1,044,647,000 to remain available until 
expended. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 
U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners 
as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of com-
missioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 
rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $39,929,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the compensation 
of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent 
of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332.
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COURT SECURITY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cident to the provision of protective guard services for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court operations, and the procurement, installation, 
and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 
United States courthouses and other facilities housing Fed-
eral court operations, including building ingress-egress con-
trol, inspection of mail and packages, directed security pa-
trols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by 
the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities 
as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 
and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 
$565,388,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended, to be expended directly or 
transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which 
shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility 
Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 
agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts and the Attorney General.
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
COURTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of 
the United States Courts as authorized by law, including 
travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), adver-
tising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$87,500,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, 
as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $28,335,000; of which 
$1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2018, to provide education and training to Federal court 
personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 
the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
$18,100,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized 
for official reception and representation expenses.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 
this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, Dis-
trict Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 
Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners’’, shall 
be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 604 
and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in section 608. 
SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Ap-
peals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Pro-
vided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 
and shall be administered by the Director of the Adminis-
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trative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity 
as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 
SEC. 304. Section 3314(a) of title 40, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘execu-
tive’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United 
States Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses 
as its Director may designate in consultation with the Di-
rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the security services 
that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of Home-
land Security to provide, except for the services specified 
in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security 
services at these courthouses, the Director of the Administra-
tive Office of the United States Courts shall reimburse the 
United States Marshals Service rather than the Department 
of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 
note), is amended in the second sentence (relating to the 
District of Kansas) following paragraph (12), by striking 
‘‘25 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘26 years and 6 
months’’.
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(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28 
U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence (relat-
ing to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking ‘‘23 
years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘24 years and 6 
months’’. 
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department 
of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 
107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘14 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘15 years’’; 
(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central 
District of California), by striking ‘‘13 years and 6 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘14 years and 6 months’’; and 
(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western 
district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘12 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘13 years’’. 
SEC. 307. (a) Section 2(a)(2)(A) of the Temporary 
Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 
152 note; Public Law 112–121) is amended by striking 
‘‘subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H)’’.
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(b) Section 2(a)(2) of the Temporary Bankruptcy 
Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 note; Pub-
lic Law 112–121) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN.— 
The 1st vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy 
judge for the eastern district of Michigan— 
‘‘(i) occurring 6 years or more after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
‘‘(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge, shall not be filled. 
‘‘(G) DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO.—The 1st 
vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy judge for 
the district of Puerto Rico— 
‘‘(i) occurring 6 years or more after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
‘‘(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge, shall not be filled. 
‘‘(H) EASTERN
DISTRICT
OF
VIRGINIA.— 
The 1st vacancy in the office of a bankruptcy 
judge for the eastern district of Virginia— 
‘‘(i) occurring 6 years or more after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and
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‘‘(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge, shall not be filled.’’. 
(c) Section 2(a)(2)(C) of the Temporary Bankruptcy 
Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 note; Pub-
lic Law 112–121) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
clauses (ii) and (iii), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before clause (ii), as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(i) in the case of the 1st and 2d va-
cancies, occurring more than 6 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act,’’; and 
(3) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by inserting 
‘‘in the case of the 3d and 4th vacancies,’’ before ‘‘oc-
curring more than 5 years’’. 
(d) Section 2(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Temporary Bank-
ruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 
note; Public Law 112–121) is amended (with regard to the 
1st and 2d vacancies in the southern district of Florida) 
by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6 years’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-
tions Act, 2017’’.
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TITLE IV 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 
to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 
program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 
Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-
cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on behalf 
of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an amount 
based upon the difference between in-State and out-of-State 
tuition at public institutions of higher education, or to pay 
up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 
higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of 
such funds may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s 
academic merit, the income and need of eligible students 
and such other factors as may be authorized: Provided fur-
ther, That the District of Columbia government shall main-
tain a dedicated account for the Resident Tuition Support 
Program that shall consist of the Federal funds appro-
priated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent ap-
propriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal 
years, and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the account shall be under the con-
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trol of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who 
shall use those funds solely for the purposes of carrying out 
the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, 
That the Office of the Chief Financial Officer shall provide 
a quarterly financial report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures 
made and the purpose therefor. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as deter-
mined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written 
consultation with the elected county or city officials of sur-
rounding jurisdictions, $34,895,000, to remain available 
until expended, for the costs of providing public safety at 
events related to the presence of the National Capital in 
the District of Columbia, including support requested by 
the Director of the United States Secret Service in carrying 
out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing sup-
port to respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats 
or attacks in the District of Columbia or surrounding juris-
dictions: Provided, That, of the amount provided under this 
heading, $19,995,000 shall be used for costs associated with 
the Presidential Inauguration.
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FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
COURTS 
For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia 
Courts, $274,611,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $14,359,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of Co-
lumbia, $125,380,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for 
official reception and representation expenses; for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Court System, $75,184,000, of which not 
to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation 
expenses; and $59,688,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, for capital improvements for District of 
Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds made 
available for capital improvements shall be expended con-
sistent with the District of Columbia Courts master plan 
study and facilities condition assessment: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 
by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and 
expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for 
salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 
further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, the District of Columbia Courts may
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reallocate not more than $6,000,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading among the items and entities funded 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Joint Com-
mittee on Judicial Administration in the District of Colum-
bia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially 
similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 
35 of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Courts. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA COURTS 
For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 
section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representa-
tion provided under the District of Columbia Criminal Jus-
tice Act), payments for counsel appointed in proceedings 
in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District 
of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. Official 
Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to provide 
guardian ad litem representation, training, technical as-
sistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve 
the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments 
for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chap-
ter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and payments author-
ized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to 
services provided under the District of Columbia Guardian-
ship, Protective Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attor-
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ney Act of 1986), $49,890,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds provided under this head-
ing shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judi-
cial Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
this appropriation shall be apportioned quarterly by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 
in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of 
other Federal agencies. 
FEDERAL
PAYMENT
TO
THE
COURT
SERVICES
AND
OF-
FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as author-
ized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Gov-
ernment Improvement Act of 1997, $248,008,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and representa-
tion expenses related to Community Supervision and Pre-
trial Services Agency programs, of which not to exceed 
$25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the imple-
mentation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002; of which 
$182,721,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Community 
Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to include ex-
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penses relating to the supervision of adults subject to protec-
tion orders or the provision of services for or related to such 
persons; and of which $65,287,000 shall be available to the 
Pretrial Services Agency, of which up to $1,800,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2018, for information 
technology requirements associated with the establishment 
of a comprehensive in-house synthetics testing program: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quar-
terly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated 
and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 
for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided 
further, That amounts under this heading may be used for 
programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully com-
plete their terms of supervision. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 
hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 
Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital Re-
vitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, 
$41,829,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be 
apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 
Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner
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as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal 
agencies. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER 
AND SEWER AUTHORITY 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
Water and Sewer Authority, $14,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to continue implementation of the 
Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That 
the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority pro-
vides a 100 percent match for this payment. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 
COORDINATING COUNCIL 
For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-
ordinating Council, $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 
of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 
For a Federal payment, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities 
and Tenure, $310,000, and for the Judicial Nomination 
Commission, $275,000. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-
gram in the District of Columbia, $45,000,000, to remain
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available until expended, for payments authorized under the 
Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (division C 
of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent that 
funds are available for opportunity scholarships and fol-
lowing the priorities included in section 3006 of such Act, 
the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships avail-
able to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such Act 
(Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who 
were not offered a scholarship during any previous school 
year: Provided further, That within funds provided for op-
portunity scholarships $3,200,000 shall be for the activities 
specified in sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) and 3009 of 
the Act. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
NATIONAL GUARD 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
National Guard, $450,000, to remain available until ex-
pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-
trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 
Access Program. 
FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/ 
AIDS 
For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of indi-
viduals with, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired
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immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, 
$5,000,000. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 
Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-
lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 
of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs 
and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘Part A—Sum-
mary of Expenses’’ and at the rate set forth under such 
heading, as included in D.C. Bill 21–668, as amended as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, except as provided 
in section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
(section 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 
817 of the Financial Services and General Government Ap-
propriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, 
D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act, the total 
amount appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for 
the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2017 under this 
heading shall not exceed the estimates included in D.C. Bill 
21–668, as amended as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, or the sum of the total revenues of the District of Co-
lumbia for such fiscal year: Provided further, That the 
amount appropriated may be increased by proceeds of one- 
time transactions, which are expended for emergency or un-
anticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further,
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That such increases shall be approved by enactment of local 
District law and shall comply with all reserve requirements 
contained in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Chief Financial Officer of the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall take such steps as are necessary to 
assure that the District of Columbia meets these require-
ments, including the apportioning by the Chief Financial 
Officer of the appropriations and funds made available to 
the District during fiscal year 2017, except that the Chief 
Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating ex-
penses any funds derived from bonds, notes, or other obliga-
tions issued for capital projects. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-
ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 
et seq., $3,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official reception 
and representation expenses.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the 
rental of space (to include multiple year leases), in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $250,000,000, including 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses 
for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission 
with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of 
which not less than $50,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018, shall be for the purchase of information 
technology and of which not less than $2,700,000 shall be 
for expenses of the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, 
That notwithstanding the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, 
amounts provided under this heading are available for the 
liquidation of obligations equal to current year payments 
on leases entered into prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 
liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re-
corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 
31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, 
such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in a new 
no-year account in the Treasury, which may be established
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for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liqui-
dating such unpaid obligations. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase 
of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con-
tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed 
$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$126,000,000, of which $1,300,000 shall remain available 
until expended to carry out the program, including admin-
istrative costs, required by section 1405 of the Virginia 
Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public Law 110– 
140; 15 U.S.C. 8004). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2017, none of the 
amounts made available by this Act may be used to finalize 
or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational Off- 
Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product Safe-
ty Commission in the Federal Register on November 19, 
2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after—
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(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-
sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration and the Department of Defense, com-
pletes a study to determine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
posed by such standard for purposes of reducing 
the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers in 
the off-road environment, including the repeat-
ability and reproducibility of testing for compli-
ance with such requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would 
be prevented if the proposed requirements were 
adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for the 
proposal to provide information on a point-of- 
sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resistance 
on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by 
the United States military if the proposed re-
quirements were adopted; and 
(2) a report containing the results of the study 
completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to—
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(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $9,600,000, of 
which $1,400,000 shall be transferred to the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology for election reform activi-
ties authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehicles; special 
counsel fees; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$339,844,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That in addition, $16,866,992 shall be made avail-
able until expended for necessary expenses associated with 
moving to a new facility or reconfiguring the existing space 
to significantly reduce space consumption: Provided fur-
ther, That $356,710,992 of offsetting collections shall be as-
sessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the 
Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used 
for necessary expenses and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro-
priated shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2017 so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2017 appropriation estimated at $0: Provided 
further, That any offsetting collections received in excess of 
$356,710,992 in fiscal year 2017 shall not be available for 
obligation: Provided further, That remaining offsetting col-
lections from prior years collected in excess of the amount 
specified for collection in each such year and otherwise be-
coming available on October 1, 2016, shall not be available 
for obligation: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47 
U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive 
bidding system that may be retained and made available 
for obligation shall not exceed $117,000,000 for fiscal year 
2017: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $11,751,000 shall be for 
the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 
Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’, each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2018’’. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for uni-
versal service support payments to implement the February 
27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board 
on Universal Service regarding single connection or pri-
mary line restrictions on universal service support pay-
ments. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $35,958,000, to be derived from the Deposit 
Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the FSLIC Res-
olution Fund. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $79,119,000,
520 
of which $8,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2018, for lease expiration and replacement lease ex-
penses; and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available 
for reception and representation expenses. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consultants, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including official re-
ception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere, $26,200,000: Provided, That public members 
of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel 
expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently 
in the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non- 
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs 
of carrying out these conferences.
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to 
exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $313,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be available 
for use to contract with a person or persons for collection 
services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not to exceed $125,000,000 of offsetting collec-
tions derived from fees collected for premerger notification 
filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve-
ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 
of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary ex-
penses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$15,000,000 in offsetting collections derived from fees suffi-
cient to implement and enforce the Telemarketing Sales 
Rule, promulgated under the Telemarketing and Consumer 
Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 
shall be credited to this account, and be retained and used 
for necessary expenses in this appropriation: Provided fur-
522 
ther, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 
fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are re-
ceived during fiscal year 2017, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2017 appropriation from the general fund esti-
mated at not more than $173,000,000: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to the Federal Trade 
Commission may be used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) 
of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
U.S.C. 1831t). 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-
essary expenses of real property management and related 
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-
cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-
location, and transfer of space; contractual services incident 
to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and
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alteration of federally owned buildings, including grounds, 
approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of 
sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip-
ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con-
demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition 
of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 
extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary plan-
ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con-
struction of new buildings (including equipment for such 
buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any 
other obligations for public buildings acquired by install-
ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate 
amount of $8,845,147,000, of which— 
(1) $205,749,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for construction and acquisition (including 
funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 
and construction services) as follows: 
(A) National Capital Region, FBI Head-
quarters Consolidation, $200,000,000; 
(B) Pembina, North Dakota, United States 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 
$5,749,000: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 
new construction and acquisition projects may be ex-
524 
ceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other 
such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the 
amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if re-
quired, unless advance approval is obtained from the 
Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount; 
(2) $676,035,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for repairs and alterations, including associ-
ated design and construction services, of which— 
(A) $289,245,000 is for Major Repairs and 
Alterations; 
(B) $312,090,000 is for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations; and 
(C) $74,700,000 is for Special Emphasis 
Programs, of which— 
(i) $26,700,000 is for Judiciary Cap-
ital Security; and 
(ii) $48,000,000 is for Consolidation 
Activities: Provided, That consolidation 
projects result in reduced annual rent paid 
by the tenant agency: Provided further, 
That 
no 
consolidation 
project 
exceed 
$10,000,000 in costs: Provided further, That 
consolidation projects are approved by each 
of the committees specified in section 
3307(a) of title 40, United States Code:
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Provided further, That preference is given to 
consolidation projects that achieve a utiliza-
tion rate of 130 usable square feet or less 
per person for office space: Provided further, 
That the obligation of funds under this 
paragraph for consolidation activities may 
not be made until 10 days after a proposed 
spending plan and explanation for each 
project to be undertaken, including esti-
mated savings, has been submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That funds made available in this or any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-
pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be 
limited to the amount identified for each project, ex-
cept each project in this or any previous Act may be 
increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent un-
less advance approval is obtained from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided 
further, 
That 
additional 
projects 
for 
which 
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded 
under this category only if advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts provided in this or
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any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 
used to fund costs associated with implementing secu-
rity improvements to buildings necessary to meet the 
minimum standards for security in accordance with 
current law and in compliance with the reprogram-
ming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of the 
House and Senate: Provided further, That the dif-
ference between the funds appropriated and expended 
on any projects in this or any prior Act, under the 
heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be trans-
ferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to 
fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Pro-
vided further, That the amount provided in this or 
any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may 
be used to pay claims against the Government arising 
from any projects under the heading ‘‘Repairs and 
Alterations’’ or used to fund authorized increases in 
prospectus projects; 
(3) $5,628,363,000 for rental of space to remain 
available until expended; and 
(4) $2,335,000,000 for building operations to re-
main 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which 
$1,184,240,000 
is 
for 
building 
services, 
and 
$1,150,760,000 is for salaries and expenses: Provided, 
That not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
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made available under this paragraph for building op-
erations may be transferred between and merged with 
such appropriations upon notification to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, but no such appropriation shall 
be increased by more than 5 percent by any such 
transfers: Provided further, That section 521 of this 
title shall not apply with respect to funds made avail-
able under this heading for building operations: Pro-
vided further, That the total amount of funds made 
available from this Fund to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall not be available for expenses of any 
construction, 
repair, 
alteration 
and 
acquisition 
project for which a prospectus, if required by 40 
U.S.C. 3307(a), has not been approved, except that 
necessary funds may be expended for each project for 
required expenses for the development of a proposed 
prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in 
the Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for 
emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained 
from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That amounts necessary to provide reimburs-
able special services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 
592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable 
fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on
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private or other property not in Government owner-
ship or control as may be appropriate to enable the 
United States Secret Service to perform its protective 
functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be avail-
able from such revenues and collections: Provided fur-
ther, That revenues and collections and any other 
sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2017, 
excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 
in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 
authorized for Real Property Activities of the Federal 
Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund 
and shall not be available for expenditure except as 
authorized in appropriations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities 
associated with the management of real and personal prop-
erty assets and certain administrative services; Govern-
ment-wide policy support responsibilities relating to acqui-
sition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology man-
agement, and related technology activities; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $60,000,000, of which 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018.
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OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided 
for, for Government-wide activities associated with utiliza-
tion and donation of surplus personal property; disposal 
of real property; agency-wide policy direction, manage-
ment, and communications; the Civilian Board of Contract 
Appeals; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
$58,541,000, of which $25,869,000 is for Real and Personal 
Property Management and Disposal; $23,397,000 is for the 
Office of the Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 
is for official reception and representation expenses; and 
$9,275,000 is for the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals: 
Provided, That not to exceed 5 percent of the appropriation 
made available under this heading for Office of the Admin-
istrator may be transferred to the appropriation for the 
Real and Personal Property Management and Disposal 
upon notification to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, but the appro-
priation for the Real and Personal Property Management 
and Disposal may not be increased by more than 5 percent 
by any such transfer. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $65,000,000:
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Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for 
payment for information and detection of fraud against the 
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Gov-
ernment property: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$2,500 shall be available for awards to employees of other 
Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of ef-
forts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspec-
tor General effectiveness. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 
$3,865,000. 
EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential 
Transition Act of 1963, as amended, $9,500,000, of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities authorized by sub-
sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of the Act: Provided, That such 
amounts may be transferred and credited to the ‘‘Acquisi-
tion Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reim-
burse obligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act 
for the purposes provided herein related to the Presidential 
election in 2016: Provided further, That amounts available
531 
under this heading shall be in addition to any other 
amounts available for such purposes. 
FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Citizen Services 
and Innovative Technologies, including services authorized 
by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary 
expenses in support of interagency projects that enable the 
Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac-
tivities electronically, through the development and imple-
mentation of innovative uses of information technology; 
$55,894,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen Serv-
ices Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may be 
transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of 
the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That 
the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collec-
tions deposited into the Fund shall be available until ex-
pended for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services 
and other activities that enable the Federal Government to 
enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically in the 
aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and 
collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2017 
in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and 
shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized
532 
in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That any appro-
priations provided to the Electronic Government Fund that 
remain unobligated may be transferred to the Federal Cit-
izen Services Fund: Provided further, That the transfer au-
thorities provided herein shall be in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided in this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services Ad-
ministration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
available for fiscal year 2017 for Federal Buildings Fund 
activities may be transferred between such activities only 
to the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Pro-
vided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in ad-
vance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 
funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 
a fiscal year 2018 request for United States Courthouse con-
struction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 
standards for construction as established and approved by 
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-
533 
ference of the United States, and the Office of Management 
and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States as set out in its approved 
Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 
standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to 
be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 
provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as determined 
by the General Services Administration in consideration of 
the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 
92–313). 
SEC. 524. From funds made available under the head-
ing Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability 
of Revenue, claims against the Government of less than 
$250,000 arising from direct construction projects and ac-
quisition of buildings may be liquidated from savings ef-
fected in other construction projects with prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
534 
resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease au-
thority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Congress 
by the Administrator of the General Services Administra-
tion under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall ensure 
that the delineated area of procurement is identical to the 
delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease 
agreements, except that, if the Administrator determines 
that the delineated area of the procurement should not be 
identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, 
the Administrator shall provide an explanatory statement 
to each of such committees and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
prior to exercising any lease authority provided in the reso-
lution. 
SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under 
the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judiciary 
Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E-Govern-
ment 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 Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
535 
SEC. 527. The unobligated balance of the amount pro-
vided for the National Capital Region, Civilian Cyber Cam-
pus in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) under the head-
ing ‘‘General Services Administration—Federal Buildings 
Fund’’ in Public Law 113–235 is hereby rescinded, and the 
unobligated balance of the aggregate amounts provided in 
such paragraph and in the matter preceding such para-
graph are reduced accordingly. 
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, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 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
536 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$44,786,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 
and in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018, 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.), 
$1,895,000, 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 Pub-
lic 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 this heading $200,000 shall 
be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the De-
partment of the Interior, to remain available until ex-
pended, for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall
537 
and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with the In-
spector 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 Environ-
mental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$3,249,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Administra-
tion and archived Federal records and related activities, as 
provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the review 
and declassification of documents, the activities of the Pub-
lic 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 
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $380,634,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral 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.
538 
App.), and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$4,801,000. 
REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $7,500,000, 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, $6,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 
For the Community Development Revolving Loan 
Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 
9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2018, for technical assistance to low-income designated 
credit unions. 
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 Gov-
ernment Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and
539 
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 else-
where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 
$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$16,090,000. 
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 Reor-
ganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; advances for reim-
bursements to applicable funds of OPM and the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive 
Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and pay-
ment of per diem or subsistence allowances to employees 
where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee to 
remain overnight at his or her post of duty, $119,000,000: 
Provided, That of the total amount made available under
540 
this heading, not to exceed $11,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018, for the operation and 
strengthening of the security of OPM legacy and Shell envi-
ronment IT systems and the modernization, migration, and 
testing of such systems: Provided further, That the amount 
made available by the previous proviso may not be obligated 
until the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a plan for expenditure 
of such amount, prepared in consultation with the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, the Administrator 
of the United States Digital Service, and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, that— 
(1) identifies the full scope and cost of the IT 
systems remediation and stabilization project; 
(2) meets the capital planning and investment 
control review requirements established by the Office 
of Management and Budget, including Circular A–11, 
part 7; 
(3) includes a Major IT Business Case under the 
requirements established by the Office of Management 
and Budget Exhibit 300; 
(4) complies with the acquisition rules, require-
ments, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage-
ment practices of the Government;
541 
(5) complies with all Office of Management and 
Budget, Department of Homeland Security and Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology require-
ments related to securing the agency’s information 
system as described in 44 U.S.C. 3554; and 
(6) is reviewed and commented upon within 90 
days of plan development by the Inspector General of 
the Office of Personnel Management, and such com-
ments are submitted to the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management before the date of such submis-
sion: 
Provided further, That, not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a report that— 
(A) evaluates— 
(i) the steps taken by the Office of Personnel 
Management to prevent, mitigate, and respond 
to data breaches involving sensitive personnel 
records and information; 
(ii) the Office’s cybersecurity policies and 
procedures in place on the date of enactment of 
this Act, including policies and procedures relat-
ing to IT best practices such as data encryption,
542 
multifactor authentication, and continuous mon-
itoring; 
(iii) the Office’s oversight of contractors 
providing IT services; and 
(iv) the Office’s compliance with govern-
ment-wide initiatives to improve cybersecurity; 
and 
(B) sets forth improvements that could be made 
to assist the Office of Personnel Management in ad-
dressing cybersecurity challenges: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $391,000 may be made available for 
strengthening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisi-
tion workforce (as defined by the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), in-
cluding the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of 
such workforce and information technology in support of 
acquisition workforce effectiveness or for management solu-
tions to improve acquisition management; and in addition 
$140,000,000 for administrative expenses, to be transferred 
from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without regard 
to other statutes, including direct procurement of printed 
materials, for the retirement and insurance programs: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of this appropriation 
shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds
543 
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 Ex-
amining 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 Com-
mission on White House Fellows, established by Executive 
Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 
2017, 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 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 Gen-
eral 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, $5,072,000, and in 
addition, not to exceed $25,112,000 for administrative ex-
penses to audit, investigate, and provide other oversight of
544 
the Office of Personnel Management’s retirement and insur-
ance 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 Gen-
eral 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 Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 
(Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed Services Em-
ployment 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 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $24,750,000. 
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Ac-
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countability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435), 
$16,200,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Serv-
ice Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(a) of 
such Act. 
PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-
erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $10,100,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018. 
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, 
$1,605,000,000, to remain available until expended; of 
which not less than $14,700,000 shall be for the Office of 
Inspector General; of which not to exceed $75,000 shall be 
available for a permanent secretariat for the International 
Organization of Securities Commissions; of which not to ex-
ceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for consulta-
tions and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign
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governmental and other regulatory officials, members of 
their delegations and staffs to exchange views concerning 
securities matters, such expenses to include necessary logis-
tic and administrative expenses and the expenses of Com-
mission staff and foreign invitees in attendance including: 
(1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel and trans-
portation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence; and of 
which not less than $72,049,000 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 ac-
count as offsetting collections: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $1,605,000,000 of such offsetting collections shall 
be available until expended for necessary expenses of this 
account: Provided further, That the total amount appro-
priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 
year 2017 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re-
ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2017 appro-
priation 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 train-
ing for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Serv-
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ice System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civil-
ian 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; $22,900,000: 
Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President 
may exempt this appropriation from the provisions 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 pas-
senger 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 representation expenses, 
$269,500,000, 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 au-
thorized to charge fees to cover the cost of publications devel-
oped by the Small Business Administration, and certain 
loan program activities, including fees authorized by sec-
tion 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, That,
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notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 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 ac-
tivities, each in accordance with section 132(a) of division 
K of Public Law 108–447, during fiscal year 2017: Pro-
vided further, That $6,100,000 shall be available for the 
Loan Modernization and Accounting System, to be avail-
able until September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 
$3,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State Technology 
Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657d). 
ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of programs supporting entre-
preneurial and small business development, $245,100,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 
That $125,000,000 shall be available to fund grants for per-
formance in fiscal year 2017 or fiscal year 2018 as author-
ized by section 21 of the Small Business Act: Provided fur-
ther, That $31,000,000 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
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further, That $18,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
States to carry out export programs that assist small busi-
ness concerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $19,900,000. 
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.), $9,220,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $4,338,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
vided further, That subject to section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2017 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
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2017 commitments for general business loans authorized 
under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not ex-
ceed $27,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 
loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 
by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2017 commitments for loans authorized under sub-
paragraph (C) of section 502(7) of The Small Business In-
vestment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed 
$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 
2017 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 dur-
ing fiscal year 2017, guarantees of trust certificates author-
ized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not ex-
ceed a principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, 
for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
guaranteed loan programs, $152,726,000, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Sala-
ries and Expenses. 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Busi-
ness Act, $185,977,000, to be available until expended, of 
which $1,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General of
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the Small Business Administration 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 $175,977,000 is 
for direct administrative expenses of loan making and serv-
icing to carry out the direct loan program, which may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Sala-
ries and Expenses; and of which $9,000,000 is for indirect 
administrative 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 RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the Small 
Business Administration in this Act may be transferred be-
tween 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.
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SEC. 531. Of the unobligated balances available for the 
Certified Development Company Program under section 
503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as 
amended, $55,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: 
Provided, That no amounts may be so rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution 
on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985. 
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 sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States 
Code, $34,658,000: 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 fur-
ther, 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:
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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. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $253,600,000, to be derived by transfer from 
the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec-
tion 603(b)(3) of the Postal Accountability and Enhance-
ment 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, 
$51,226,000: 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
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intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act. 
SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract pursuant 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 oth-
erwise provided under existing law, or under existing Exec-
utive 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 in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations 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 Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
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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. 
SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
son 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 2017, or provided 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 obliga-
tion 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 de-
nied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds 
directed for a specific activity by the Committee on Appro-
priations of either the House of Representatives or the Sen-
ate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects,
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or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 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 reorganiza-
tion or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 
agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives 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 Representatives and the 
Senate to establish the baseline for application of re-
programming 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, adjust-
ments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescis-
sions, 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 salaries and expenses for an agency shall be
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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 re-
maining available at the end of fiscal year 2017 from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
fiscal year 2017 in this Act, shall remain available through 
September 30, 2018, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate for approval prior to the ex-
penditure of such funds: Provided further, That these re-
quests 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— 
(1) any official background investigation report 
on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation; or 
(2) a determination with respect to the treatment 
of an organization as described in section 501(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
taxation under section 501(a) of such Code from the
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Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue 
Service. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 
(1) in the case of an official background inves-
tigation 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 extraor-
dinary circumstances 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 Employ-
ees Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the non-
foreign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of 
Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without re-
gard 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 ex-
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penses in connection with any health plan under the Fed-
eral 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 pur-
chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 
forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-
larly 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 sec-
tion 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 reimbursement from a non-Federal enti-
ty 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
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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 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, meet-
ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 
Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-
fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the case 
of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with 
the current lessor. 
(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 
emergency lease may do so during any period declared by
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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 Administration or the United States Postal Serv-
ice. 
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 re-
tired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of 
title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 
849); and
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(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-
fits 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 other-
wise 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 col-
lected by the Board as of December 31, 2016, including ac-
crued interest, as a result of the assessment of monetary 
penalties. Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2017 
shall remain available until expended.
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SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to com-
plete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group 
on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Proposed Nu-
trition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regulatory Ef-
forts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on Food Mar-
keted 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 Re-
form. 
(2) Assistant to the President for Energy and 
Climate Change. 
(3) Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury assigned to the Presidential Task Force on the 
Auto Industry and Senior Counselor for Manufac-
turing 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 op-
tion on a contract to a contractor conducting the final qual-
ity review processes for background investigation fieldwork 
services or background investigation support services that,
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as of the date of the award of the contract, are being con-
ducted by that contractor. 
SEC. 624. (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 informa-
tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-
sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and budg-
et guidelines and recommendations from the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in such manner as speci-
fied 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. 625. 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. 626. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 
disclosure by a provider of electronic communication service 
to the public or remote computing service of the contents 
of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic 
storage with the provider (as such terms are defined in sec-
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tions 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) in 
a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
SEC. 627. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 
to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of the 
Commission for universal service high-cost support for com-
petitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that 
is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 
54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section shall not pro-
hibit the Commission from considering, developing, or 
adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative to 
Mobility Fund Phase II. 
SEC. 628. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 
access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-
able to the department or agency over which that Inspector 
General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s 
access to such records, documents, or other materials, under 
any provision of law, except a provision of law that ex-
pressly refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits 
the Inspector General’s right of access. A department or 
agency covered by this section shall provide its Inspector
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General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector Gen-
eral shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on 
disclosure relevant to the information provided by the estab-
lishment over which that Inspector General has responsibil-
ities under the Inspector General Act of 1978. Each Inspec-
tor General covered by this section shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to com-
ply with this requirement. 
SEC. 629. (a) In the case of a television joint sales 
agreement, the Federal Communications Commission— 
(1) may not require the termination or modifica-
tion of such agreement as a condition of the transfer 
or assignment of a station license or the transfer of 
station ownership or control; and 
(2) upon request of the transferee or assignee of 
the station license, shall eliminate any such condition 
that was imposed after March 31, 2014, and permit 
the licensees of the stations whose advertising was 
jointly sold pursuant to such agreement to enter into 
a new joint sales agreement on substantially similar 
terms and conditions as the prior agreement. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘joint sales agreement’’ 
has the meaning given such term in Note 2(k) to section
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73.3555 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, and where 
a joint sales agreement is part of a broader contract, this 
section shall be limited to the joint sales agreement portion 
of such contract. 
SEC. 630. (a) Section 1105(a)(35) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and redesig-
nating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); 
(2) by striking ‘‘homeland security’’ in each in-
stance it appears and inserting ‘‘cybersecurity’’; and 
(3) by amending subparagraph (B) (as redesig-
nated by paragraph (1)) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) Prior to implementing this paragraph, in-
cluding determining what Federal activities or ac-
counts constitute cybersecurity for purposes of budg-
etary classification, the Office of Management and 
Budget shall consult with the Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committees on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Government Affairs of the Senate.’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to budget submissions under section 1105(a) of title
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31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2018 and each subse-
quent fiscal year. 
SEC. 631. (a) Effective one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, subtitle B of title IV of Public Law 
102–281 is repealed. 
(b) On the day before the date of the repeal under sub-
section (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer the 
amounts in the fund described in section 408(a) of subtitle 
A of title IV of such Public Law into the general fund of 
the Treasury. 
SEC. 632. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or 
other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 
SEC. 633. (a) For fiscal years 2016 through 2026, the 
Office of Personnel Management shall provide to each af-
fected individual as defined in subsection (b) complimen-
tary identity protection coverage that— 
(1) is not less comprehensive than the com-
plimentary identity protection coverage that the Of-
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fice provided to affected individuals before the date of 
enactment of this Act; 
(2) is effective for a period of not less than 10 
years; and 
(3) includes not less than $5,000,000 in identity 
theft insurance. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘affected 
individual’’ means any individual whose Social Security 
Number was compromised during— 
(1) the data breach of personnel records of cur-
rent and former Federal employees, at a network 
maintained by the Department of the Interior, that 
was announced by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment on June 4, 2015; or 
(2) the data breach of systems of the Office of 
Personnel Management containing information re-
lated to the background investigations of current, 
former, and prospective Federal employees, and of 
other individuals. 
SEC. 634. From the unobligated balances available in 
the Securities and Exchange Commission Reserve Fund es-
tablished by section 991 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re-
form and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111–203), 
$25,000,000 are rescinded.
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SEC. 635. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 
or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 
contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid to 
trade associations. 
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 2017 shall obligate or 
expend any such funds, unless such department, agency, or 
instrumentality has in place, and will continue to admin-
ister 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
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(exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement vehicles, 
protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance vehicles), is 
hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons for which the 
maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That these limits 
may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for police-type vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion 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, De-
velopment, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided fur-
ther, That the limits set forth in this section may be exceed-
ed 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 alternative fuel, 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.
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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 compensa-
tion of any officer 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 perma-
nent 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 permanent resident and then a citizen 
when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes allegiance to the 
United States: Provided, That for purposes 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:
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Provided further, That the above penal clause shall be in 
addition to, and not in substitution for, any other provi-
sions 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 em-
ployment of translators, or to temporary employment in the 
field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emer-
gencies: 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 De-
partment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursu-
ant to an agreement with another country. 
SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department 
or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary ex-
penses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall 
also be available for payment to the General Services Ad-
ministration for charges for space and services and those 
expenses of renovation and alteration of buildings and fa-
cilities which constitute public improvements performed in 
accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat.
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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 disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. 
Such funds shall be available until expended for the fol-
lowing purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13693 (March 19, 2015), including any 
such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 
the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental manage-
ment programs, including, but not limited to, the de-
velopment and 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 Fed-
eral agency. 
SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition
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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 subsequently transferred to or paid from other funds, 
the limitations on administrative expenses shall be cor-
respondingly reduced. 
SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency fi-
nancing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), com-
missions, councils, committees, 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 adopt-
ed in accordance with the applicable law of the United 
States. 
SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of any 
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian em-
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ployee of the Federal Government appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or redeco-
rate the office of such department head, agency head, officer, 
or employee, or to purchase furniture or make improve-
ments for any such office, unless advance notice of such fur-
nishing 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 indi-
vidual, 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 inter-
agency funding of national security and emergency pre-
paredness telecommunications initiatives which benefit 
multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as pro-
vided 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 de-
partment, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal 
Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any indi-
vidual appointed to a position of a confidential or policy-
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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 instrumentality 
employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Direc-
tor 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 Secu-
rity 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 Gov-
ernment, who— 
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any 
direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Con-
gress in connection with any matter pertaining to the
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employment of such other officer or employee or per-
taining to the department or agency of such other of-
ficer 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 re-
quest or inquiry of such Member, committee, or sub-
committee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 
relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or discrimi-
nates 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 Govern-
ment, 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 de-
scribed 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 em-
ployee training that—
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(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform-
ance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the training 
and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 
dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici-
pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work-
place. 
(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-leg-
islative relationships, for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any
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kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film 
presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pend-
ing before the Congress, except in presentation to the Con-
gress itself. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization ex-
cept when the employee has authorized such disclosure or 
when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of com-
petent 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 mail-
ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 
Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-
tees 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 propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore au-
thorized 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
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(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 regu-
lations 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 sys-
tem, 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 Pol-
icy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Office of Man-
agement 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
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shall be administered by the Administrator of General Serv-
ices to support Government-wide and other multi-agency fi-
nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, in-
cluding improving coordination and reducing duplication, 
as approved by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate inter-
agency 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 tech-
nology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Officers Coun-
cil for human capital initiatives, the Chief Acquisition Offi-
cers Council for procurement initiatives, and the Perform-
ance Improvement Council for performance improvement 
initiatives): Provided further, That the total funds trans-
ferred or reimbursed shall not exceed $15,000,000 to im-
prove coordination, reduce duplication, and for other ac-
tivities related to Federal Government Priority Goals estab-
lished by 31 U.S.C. 1120, and not to exceed $17,000,000 
for Government-Wide innovations, initiatives, and activi-
ties: Provided further, That the funds transferred to or for 
reimbursement of ‘‘General Services Administration, Gov-
ernment-wide Policy’’ during fiscal year 2017 shall remain
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available for obligation through September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided further, That such transfers or reimbursements may 
only be made after 15 days following notification of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate by the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment 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 loca-
tion. 
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 inter-
agency 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 depart-
ments, 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 Ap-
propriations, the House Committee on Science and Tech-
nology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 90 days after enactment of this Act.