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SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 
146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 
the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 
to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 
101 of the Act. 
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 
189D of the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 
section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 
section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 
(‘‘NCPA’’); 
(2) individuals described in such section shall be 
considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Commu-
nity Service established pursuant to section 178 of the 
1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history 
record information, consistent with Public Law 92– 
544. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act 
of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2019, 
$445,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions,
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parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government 
officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available 
or used to aid or support any program or activity from 
which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is 
discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national 
origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to 
apply any political test or qualification in selecting, ap-
pointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action 
with respect to officers, agents, and employees of CPB: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to 
CPB by this Act shall be used to support the Television Fu-
ture Fund or any similar purpose. 
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 
upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system, 
$50,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions 
vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses nec-
essary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; 
and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the
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functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 
$46,650,000, including up to $900,000 to remain available 
through September 30, 2018, for activities authorized by the 
Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to 
full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other 
conflict resolution services and technical assistance, includ-
ing those provided to foreign governments and international 
organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited 
to and merged with this account, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitra-
tion services shall be available only for education, training, 
and professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Service is authorized 
to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of 
services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of 
any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $17,184,000.
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American 
History and Culture Act, $231,000,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the 
Social Security Act, $7,765,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
Social Security Act, $11,925,000, to be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,250,000.
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$274,224,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agri-
cultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, 
hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units 
composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 
2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in 
section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in 
said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and 
operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways 
when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis 
and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied there-
by is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided by this Act or 
previous Acts making appropriations for the National 
Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-
ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-
ployees any means of voting through any electronic means
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in an election to determine a representative for the purposes 
of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $13,800,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $13,225,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 
authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1974, $25,000,000, which shall include amounts be-
coming available in fiscal year 2017 pursuant to section 
224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addition, an 
amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided 
herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by 
which the product of recipients and the average benefit re-
ceived exceeds the amount available for payment of vested 
dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided
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herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts 
on the first day of each month in the fiscal year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treas-
ury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retire-
ment Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, 
$150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2018, 
which shall be the maximum amount available for payment 
pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 
$113,500,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined 
by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and 
from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insur-
ance administration fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limita-
tion may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted 
service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall 
not change the status under Federal employment laws of 
any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board prior 
to January 1, 2013.
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LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for audit, investigatory and review activities, as au-
thorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $10,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
count. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,400,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Secu-
rity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of Public 
Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Security 
trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant 
to 
section 
201(g)(1) 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act, 
$43,618,163,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $58,000,000 shall be
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available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2019. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, 
$15,000,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$12,357,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 
201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all 
of the trust funds referred to in such section: Provided, That 
not less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Security 
Advisory Board: Provided further, That, $90,000,000 to re-
main available through September 30, 2018, shall be used 
for activities to address the hearing backlog within the Of-
fice of Disability Adjudication and Review: Provided fur-
ther, That unobligated balances of funds provided under 
this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2017 not needed 
for fiscal year 2017 shall remain available until expended
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to invest in the Social Security Administration information 
technology and telecommunications hardware and software 
infrastructure, including related equipment and non-pay-
roll administrative expenses associated solely with this in-
formation technology and telecommunications infrastruc-
ture: Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Se-
curity shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate prior to making 
unobligated balances available under the authority in the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement to 
the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for offi-
cial time for employees of the Social Security Administra-
tion pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support 
services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regula-
tions, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such 
title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with 
interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise 
appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures 
are made. 
Of the total amount made available under this head-
ing, not more than $1,819,000,000, to remain available 
through March 31, 2018, is for the costs associated with con-
tinuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the 
Social Security Act, including work-related continuing dis-
ability reviews to determine whether earnings derived from
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services demonstrate an individual’s ability to engage in 
substantial gainful activity, for the cost associated with 
conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI 
of the Social Security Act, for the cost of co-operative dis-
ability investigation units, and for the cost associated with 
the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations 
of the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant 
United States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such amount, 
$273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 
$1,546,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified 
for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided 
further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the Con-
gress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the 
obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar to the 
reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of Public 
Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002. 
In addition, $123,000,000 to be derived from adminis-
tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment 
collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security 
Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which shall 
remain available until expended. To the extent that the 
amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 
2017 exceed $123,000,000, the amounts shall be available
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in fiscal year 2018 only to the extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $29,787,000, together with not to exceed 
$75,713,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized 
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the 
total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such transfers 
shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public 
Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal and rec-
ognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic 
communication, radio, television, or video presentation de-
signed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation be-
fore the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla-
tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any 
State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or 
defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative
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action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State 
or local government, except in presentation to the executive 
branch of any State or local government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 
111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any 
grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence the enact-
ment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administra-
tive action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or 
local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships or partici-
pation by an agency or officer of a State, local or tribal 
government in policymaking and administrative processes 
within the executive branch of that government. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 
any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction 
on any legal consumer product, including its sale or mar-
keting, including but not limited to the advocacy or pro-
motion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 
authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and
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$20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and 
expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official re-
ception and representation expenses; the Director of the 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized 
to make available for official reception and representation 
expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for 
‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 
Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation 
Board is authorized to make available for official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds 
available for ‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, re-
quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 
describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 
with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds 
included in this Act, including but not limited to State and 
local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, 
shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and
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(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 
are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any 
abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health bene-
fits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider or 
organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
including a life-endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.
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(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, 
or private person of State, local, or private funds (other 
than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid match-
ing funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as restricting the ability of any managed care provider 
from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 
locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 
coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s 
contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 
includes an individual physician or other health care pro-
fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 
health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan.
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SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected 
to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed 
for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 
46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human em-
bryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as 
a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, par-
thenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more 
human gametes or human diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legaliza-
tion of any drug or other substance included in schedule 
I of the schedules of controlled substances established under 
section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for nor-
mal and recognized executive-congressional communica-
tions. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic
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advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that 
federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to de-
termine therapeutic advantage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard 
under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing 
for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health 
identifier for an individual (except in an individual’s ca-
pacity as an employer or a health care provider), until leg-
islation is enacted specifically approving the standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the 
United States and is subject to the requirement in 38 
U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an annual 
report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employ-
ment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as re-
quired by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such entity. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
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suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by paragraph 
(1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Chil-
dren’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made 
the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2017, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or
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(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2017, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change
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in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to request that a candidate for appoint-
ment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the 
political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or 
the position that the candidate holds with respect to polit-
ical issues not directly related to and necessary for the work 
of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false 
or misleading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 
for fiscal year 2017 that are different than those specified 
in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
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ceding division A of this consolidated Act), or the fiscal year 
2017 budget request. 
SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 
and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments exceeding $500,000 in value and awarded by the De-
partment on a non-competitive basis during each quarter 
of fiscal year 2017, but not to include grants awarded on 
a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall in-
clude the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of 
funding, the governmental purpose, including a justifica-
tion for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such 
report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 30 
days after the end of the quarter for which the report is 
submitted. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
based on work performed under a social security account 
number that is not the claimant’s number and the perform-
ance of such work under such number has formed the basis
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for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 
208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the 
Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of 
employees of the Social Security Administration to admin-
ister Social Security benefit payments, under any agree-
ment between the United States and Mexico establishing to-
talization arrangements between the social security system 
established by title II of the Social Security Act and the 
social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise 
be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to pur-
chase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection 
of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limitation does not 
apply to the use of funds for elements of a program other 
than making such purchases if the relevant State or local 
health department, in consultation with the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or 
local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at 
risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an 
HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program 
is operating in accordance with State and local law.
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SEC. 521. (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, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available under this 
or any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may 
be provided to the Association of Community Organizations 
for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidi-
aries, allied organizations, or successors. 
SEC. 523. For purposes of carrying out Executive 
Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-
randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 
contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 
conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
sidered independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
included in agency totals. 
SEC. 524. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for adver-
1021 
tising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet 
postings, that the communication is printed, published, or 
produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer expense. The 
funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this require-
ment shall be derived from amounts made available to the 
agency for advertising or other communications regarding 
the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 525. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discre-
tionary funds that are made available in this Act to carry 
out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots 
shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 of division 
H of Public Law 113–76, except that in carrying out such 
Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘FISCAL 
YEAR 2017’’ for ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2014’’ in the title of sub-
section (b) and by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ for 
‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place it appears: Provided, That 
such pilots shall include communities that have experienced 
civil unrest. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to par-
ticipate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being 
carried out pursuant to the authority provided by section 
526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 524 of 
division G of Public Law 113–235, and section 525 of divi-
sion H of Public Law 114–113.
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(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and 
prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agen-
cies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such au-
thorities. 
SEC. 526. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of fiscal 
year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education and the Social Security Adminis-
tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate a quarterly report 
on the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That 
for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, com-
mitted, and obligated but unexpended, the quarterly reports 
shall separately identify the amounts attributable to each 
source year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 
2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from 
which balances were derived. 
SEC. 527. Section 5 of the Special Olympics Sport and 
Empowerment Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–406; 118 Stat. 
2296) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking all that follows 
after ‘‘3(a),’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be 
necessary for fiscal year 2017 and each of the 4 suc-
ceeding fiscal years;’’;
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking all that follows 
after ‘‘3(b),’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal year 2017 and each of the 4 suc-
ceeding fiscal years; and’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking all that follows 
after ‘‘3(c),’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal year 2017 and each of the 4 suc-
ceeding fiscal years.’’. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 528. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 
2017 under section 3403 of Public Law 111–148, 
$15,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 529. Amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment 
Contingency Fund from the appropriation to the Fund for 
the first semi-annual allotment period for fiscal year 2017 
under section 2104(n)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act 
and the income derived from investment of those funds pur-
suant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, shall not be 
available for obligation in this fiscal year. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 530. Of any available amounts appropriated 
under section 108 of Public Law 111–3, as amended, 
$541,900,000 are hereby rescinded.
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 531. Of the funds made available for purposes 
of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the Social Security 
Act, $5,750,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 532. Of any available amounts appropriated 
under 
section 
301(b)(3) 
of 
Public 
Law 
114-10, 
$1,132,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 533. As of the date of enactment of this Act, sec-
tion 170(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (di-
vision C of Public Law 114–223), as amended by the Fur-
ther Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations 
Act, 2017 (Public Law 114-254), shall no longer have any 
force or effect: Provided, That any amounts made available 
pursuant to that section of that Act as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act shall remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided further, That if any amounts made avail-
able pursuant to that section of that Act remain unobligated 
as of the date of enactment of this Act, then the balances 
available from those amounts shall be hereby rescinded im-
mediately upon enactment of this Act. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017’’.
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DIVISION I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; 
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority 
Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Chairmen of the Majority and 
Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 for each Chair-
man; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy 
Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $174,840. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY LEADERS 
For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; 
in all, $28,140. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$182,287,812, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
as follows:
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
$5,255,576. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 
$3,359,424. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$15,142,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
Chairman of each such committee, $1,658,000 for each such 
committee; in all, $3,316,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF 
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $817,402.
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POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such com-
mittee; in all, $3,385,810. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $436,886. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $24,772,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$70,900,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $1,810,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $49,952,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,808,500. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,120,000.
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EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE 
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
$7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 
$28,440. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 
by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 
the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 
(Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th 
Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, of which 
$26,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $508,000.
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SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $10,250,000 of which $4,350,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2021 and of which $4,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $126,535,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2021. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $20,870,349 which shall re-
main available until September 30, 2019. 
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE 
ACCOUNT 
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $390,000,000 of which $19,109,218 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFICIAL 
PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BE 
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE 
FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any amounts appropriated under this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EX-
PENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATORS’ 
OFFICIAL
PERSONNEL
AND
OFFICE
EXPENSE
ACCOUNT’’ 
shall be available for obligation only during the fiscal year 
or fiscal years for which such amounts are made available. 
Any unexpended balances under such allowances remaining 
after the end of the period of availability shall be returned 
to the Treasury in accordance with the undesignated para-
graph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ 
under chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used for deficit reduction 
(or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such pay-
ments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in 
such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers ap-
propriate). 
AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS 
SEC. 2. Section 3(c)(3) of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2004 (2 USC 2108(c)(3)) is amended—
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(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘and 
disbursements’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘disburse-
ments, and transfers’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) TRANSFERS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission 
may, for individual conservation or restora-
tion projects estimated to cost greater than 
$100,000, transfer amounts in the fund to 
the Architect of the Capitol for the cost of 
conservation or restoration, in whole or in 
part, by the Architect of the Capitol of 
works of art, historical objects, documents, 
or material relating to historical matters 
placed or exhibited, or to be placed or exhib-
ited, within the Senate wing of the United 
States Capitol or any Senate Office Build-
ing. 
‘‘(ii) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts trans-
ferred to the Architect of the Capitol under 
clause (i) and not subject to return under 
clause (v) shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(iii) APPROVAL AND OVERSIGHT OF 
CONSERVATION
OR
RESTORATION.—Before
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authorizing transfers under clause (i), in 
whole or in part, the Commission, or the 
chairman and vice chairman acting jointly 
on behalf of the Commission and after giv-
ing notice to the Commission, shall review 
and approve a conservation or restoration 
project for which such amounts are intended 
(referred to in this section as the ‘Project’). 
The Commission may require updated re-
ports on the Project before any additional 
amounts are transferred for the Project. No 
disbursements may be made from funds 
transferred under clause (i) that are incon-
sistent with the Project approved by the 
Commission upon which the relevant trans-
fer is based. 
‘‘(iv) ACCEPTANCE
OF
DONATIONS.— 
The Commission retains the discretion 
whether or not to approve the acceptance of 
any donation to the fund regardless of 
whether the donation is intended for a con-
servation or restoration Project under clause 
(i). 
‘‘(v) ISSUANCE OF GUIDELINES.—The 
Commission may prescribe such guidelines
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as it deems necessary for the approval and 
transfer of any amounts under clause (i) 
and the return of any undisbursed amounts. 
‘‘(vi) RETURN OF UNUSED FUNDS.— 
The Commission may require the return of 
amounts transferred to the Architect of the 
Capitol under clause (i) and not disbursed 
pursuant to an approved Project within five 
years of the transfer. Such amounts will be 
returned to the fund for use or disposition 
as the Commission shall determine appro-
priate. For purposes of this subsection, the 
Commission may, at any time, specify a 
date of return greater than five years from 
the transfer. 
‘‘(vii) DISBURSEMENT AND AUDIT RE-
SPONSIBILITY.—Once amounts are trans-
ferred pursuant to clause (i), disbursements 
from transferred funds shall be made by the 
Architect of the Capitol upon review of 
vouchers by the Architect of the Capitol and 
not subject to the audit provisions of clause 
(c)(6) of this section. Such disbursements 
shall be limited to purposes for which funds 
may be disbursed pursuant to this section.
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‘‘(viii) TERMINATION.—The authority 
to transfer amounts to the Architect of the 
Capitol under clause (i) shall expire ten 
years after the date of its initial enactment. 
Any amounts transferred prior to the termi-
nation of authority to transfer may con-
tinue to be expended in accordance with 
this section.’’. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa-
tives, $1,189,050,766, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, $6,645,417, 
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 
of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, including $10,000 
for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 
Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major-
ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$1,886,632, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma-
jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,459,639, including $5,000 
for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con-
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ference, $1,505,426; Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Pro-
vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re-
main available from January 3, 2017 until January 2, 
2018. 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES 
OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$562,632,498. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe-
cial 
and 
select, 
authorized 
by 
House 
resolutions, 
$127,053,373: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
2018, except that $3,150,200 of such amount shall remain 
available until expended for committee room upgrading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro-
priations, $23,271,004, including studies and examinations 
of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 
such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 
202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 
to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services
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performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail-
able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2018. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employ-
ees, as authorized by law, $181,487,000, including: for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the 
positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including 
not more than $25,000 for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 
Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office 
of the Chaplain, $26,268,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 
of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 
Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $15,505,000, of 
which $5,618,902 shall remain available until expended; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administra-
tive Officer including not more than $3,000 for official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $117,165,000, of which 
$2,120,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
$4,963,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
General Counsel, $1,444,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamen-
tarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not
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more than $1,000 for official representation and reception 
expenses, $1,999,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,167,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $8,979,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; and for 
other authorized employees, $1,183,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $272,328,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$3,625,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 
and other applicable employee benefits, $245,334,000, to re-
main available until March 31, 2018; Business Continuity 
and Disaster Recovery, $16,217,000, of which $5,000,000 
shall remain available until expended; transition activities 
for new Members and staff $2,084,000, to remain available 
until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to 
remain available until expended; Office of Congressional 
Ethics, $1,658,000; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and
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gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 
$720,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESEN-
TATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT RE-
DUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 101. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ 
shall be available only for fiscal year 2017. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allow-
ances for fiscal year 2017 shall be deposited in the Treasury 
and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal 
budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for 
reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary 
of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin-
istration of the House of Representatives shall have author-
ity to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress.
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DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 
resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member requests 
a copy. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version 
of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of 
the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to the Congress). 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives to make any payments from any 
Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a 
vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 
amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month. 
LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO HOUSE 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide an aggregate number of more 
than 50 printed copies of any edition of the United States 
Code to all offices of the House of Representatives.
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DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the report 
of disbursements for the operations of the House of Rep-
resentatives under section 106 of the House of Representa-
tives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 
U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to the Congress). 
DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy of the Daily 
Calendar of the House of Representatives which is prepared 
by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Congres-
sional Pictorial Directory to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress). 
DELIVERY OF HOUSE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the United
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States House of Representatives Telephone Directory to the 
office of any Member of the House of Representatives (in-
cluding a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con-
gress). 
OVERSEAS TRAVEL TO ACCOMPANY MEMBERS OF HOUSE 
LEADERSHIP 
SEC. 110. (a) TRAVEL AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Capitol Po-
lice may travel outside of the United States for offi-
cial duty if— 
(A) that travel is with, or in preparation 
for, travel of a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives who holds a position in a House 
Leadership Office, including travel of the Mem-
ber as part of a congressional delegation; and 
(B) the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
Representatives gives prior approval to the travel 
of the member of the Capitol Police. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘House Leadership office’’ 
means an office of the House of Representatives 
for which the appropriation for salaries and ex-
penses of the office for the year involved is pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘House Leadership Of-
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fices’’ in the act making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year involved; 
(B) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ includes a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress; and 
(C) the term ‘‘United States’’ means each of 
the several States of the United States, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the territories and posses-
sions of the United States. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT FROM SERGEANT AT ARMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail-
able for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Ser-
geant at Arms of the House of Representatives, the 
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives 
shall reimburse the Capitol Police for the overtime 
pay, travel, and related expenses of any member of 
the Capitol Police who travels under the authority of 
this section. 
(2) USE OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—Any amounts 
received by the Capitol Police for reimbursements 
under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the accounts 
established for the general expenses or salaries of the 
Capitol Police, and shall be available to carry out the 
purposes of such accounts during the fiscal year in
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which the amounts are received and the following fis-
cal year. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
DELIVERY OF PRINTED BUDGET 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Budget 
of the United States Government; Analytical Perspectives, 
Budget of the United States Government; or the Appendix, 
Budget of the United States Government, to the office of 
any Member of the House of Representatives (including a 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
DELIVERY OF PRINTED FEDERAL REGISTER 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Federal 
Register to a Member of the House of Representatives (in-
cluding a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con-
gress) unless the Member requests a copy. 
CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 113. The head of any Federal entity that provides 
assistance to the House of Representatives in the House’s 
efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate cybersecu-
rity risks to, and incidents involving, the information sys-
tems of the House shall take all necessary steps to ensure
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the constitutional integrity of the separate branches of the 
government at all stages of providing the assistance, includ-
ing applying minimization procedures to limit the spread 
or sharing of privileged House and Member information. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi-
cian and his assistants, including: 
(1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the At-
tending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Sen-
ior Medical Officer;
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(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 
medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At-
tending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assist-
ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
ants; and 
(5) $2,780,000 for reimbursement to the Depart-
ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending 
Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to 
the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 
which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses 
are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 
thereof, $3,838,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,429,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government con-
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tributions for health, retirement, social security, profes-
sional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $325,300,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 
$36,805,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief 
of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu-
rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup-
plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 
employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of in-
structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses, $68,000,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap-
itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for 
the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center for fiscal year 2017 shall be paid by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 
Department of Homeland Security.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF FORFEITED AND ABANDONED 
PROPERTY AND TO ACCEPT SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE 
PROPERTY OFFERED BY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES 
SEC. 1001. (a) Section 1003(a) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1906(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘surplus or obsolete property of the 
Capitol Police’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘surplus or ob-
solete property of the Capitol Police, and property which 
is in the possession of the Capitol Police because it has been 
disposed, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or unclaimed,’’. 
(b) Upon notifying the Committees of Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate, the United 
States Capitol Police may accept surplus or obsolete prop-
erty offered by another Federal department, agency, or of-
fice. 
(c) This section and the amendment made by this sec-
tion shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each 
succeeding fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 
as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,959,000, of which 
$450,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2018:
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Provided, That not more than $500 may be expended on 
the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 
Compliance in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $46,500,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
ESTABLISHMENT OF SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS 
SEC. 1101. (a) Notwithstanding the fourth sentence of 
section 201(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(b)), the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office may establish and fix 
the compensation of senior level positions in the Congres-
sional Budget Office to meet critical scientific, technical, 
professional, or executive needs of the Office. 
(b) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.—The annual rate 
of pay for any position established under this section may 
not exceed the annual rate of pay for level II of the Execu-
tive Schedule.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all 
necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, op-
eration, and general and administrative support in connec-
tion with facilities and activities under the care of the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; elec-
trical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 
equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses, to be expended as the 
Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or ex-
change, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle, $92,957,000, of which $1,368,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2021. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $32,584,000, of which 
$8,584,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021.
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CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 
office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $12,826,000, 
of which $2,946,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2021. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $88,406,000, of which 
$27,944,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $185,731,000, 
of which $61,404,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, and of which $62,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the restoration and renovation 
of the Cannon House Office Building. 
In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 
Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $17,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 
water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House 
office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 
grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 
and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 
in any of such buildings; heating the Government Pub-
lishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating 
and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme 
Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood 
Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake-
speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re-
imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 
to the credit of this appropriation, $86,646,000, of which 
$9,505,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2017. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
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buildings and grounds, $47,080,000, of which $22,137,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, 
the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of the Cap-
itol security operations, $20,033,000, of which $2,500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $14,067,000, of which $4,054,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, the 
Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 
as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the National Garden established under section 
307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 
(2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 
of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee.
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CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap-
itol Visitor Center, $20,557,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 
OVER BUDGET 
SEC. 1201. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 
incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 
contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 
schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, 
or agency-employed designee, determines that any such de-
viations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven 
scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 
scope of the project and/or program. 
SCRIMS 
SEC. 1202. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 
building facades during restoration or construction projects 
performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 
FLAG OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
SEC. 1203. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund to 
be known as the ‘‘Flag Office Revolving Fund’’ (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’) for services provided by the
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Flag Office of the Architect of the Capitol (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Flag Office’’). 
(b) DEPOSIT OF FEES.—The Architect of the Capitol 
shall deposit any fees charged for services described in sub-
section (a) into the Fund. 
(c) CONTENTS OF FUND.—The Fund shall consist of 
the following amounts: 
(1) Amounts deposited by the Architect of the 
Capitol under subsection (b). 
(2) Any other amounts received by the Architect 
of the Capitol which are attributable to services pro-
vided by the Flag Office. 
(3) Such other amounts as may be appropriated 
under law. 
(d) USE OF AMOUNTS IN FUND.—Amounts in the 
Fund shall be available for disbursement by the Architect 
of the Capitol, without fiscal year limitation, for expenses 
in connection with the services provided by the Flag Office, 
including— 
(1) supplies, inventories, equipment, and other 
expenses; 
(2) the reimbursement of any applicable appro-
priations account for amounts used from such appro-
priations account to pay the salaries of employees of 
the Flag Office; and
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(3) amounts necessary to carry out the author-
ized levels in the Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016. 
USE OF EXPIRED FUNDS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION PAYMENTS 
SEC. 1204. (a) Available balances of expired Architect 
of the Capitol appropriations shall be available to the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol for reimbursing the Federal Employ-
ees Compensation Account (as established by section 909 of 
the Social Security Act) for any amounts paid with respect 
to unemployment compensation payments for former em-
ployees of the Architect of the Capitol, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, without regard to the fiscal year for 
which the obligation to make such payments is incurred. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2017 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL CONTRACTING 
SEC. 1205. In addition to recourses available under 
current policies and procedures, the Architect of the Capitol 
shall establish, document, and follow policies and proce-
dures for suspension and debarment of firms or individuals 
the Architect has determined should be excluded from future 
contracts. The Architect shall provide for notice to other 
government agencies of suspension or debarment actions 
taken via the government-wide excluded parties system ad-
ministered by the General Services Administration. The Ar-
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chitect shall consult the list of excluded parties when mak-
ing responsibility determinations prior to the award of any 
contract. 
AUTHORITY FOR A HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS SHUTTLE 
SEC. 1206. (a) The proviso in the item relating to 
‘‘Capitol Grounds’’ in title VI of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1977 (90 Stat. 1453; 2 U.S.C. 2163) is 
amended by striking ‘‘appropriated under this heading’’ 
and inserting ‘‘appropriated for any available account of 
the Architect of the Capitol’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal 
year. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean-
ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of mo-
tion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li-
brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 
other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Con-
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gress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the in-
come of any trust fund held by the Board, $457,017,000, 
of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from 
collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 
2017, and shall remain available until expended, under the 
Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 
150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from col-
lections during fiscal year 2017 and shall remain available 
until expended for the development and maintenance of an 
international legal information database and activities re-
lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 
not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 
under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 
Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for 
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec-
tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may 
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $8,444,000 
shall remain available until expended for the digital collec-
tions and educational curricula program: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,300,000 shall re-
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main available until expended for upgrade of the Legisla-
tive Branch Financial Management System: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $4,039,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019 to complete 
the first of three phases of the shelving replacement in the 
Law Library’s collection storage areas. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$68,825,000, of which not more than $33,619,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2017 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 
any funds derived from collections under such section, in 
excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi-
ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 
more than $5,929,000 shall be derived from collections dur-
ing fiscal year 2017 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 
803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 
the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 
by the amount by which collections are less than 
$39,548,000: Provided further, That $6,179,000 shall be de-
rived from prior year unobligated balances: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro-
1059 
priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter-
national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the 
Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals 
of developing countries in intellectual property laws and 
policies: Provided further, That not more than $6,500 may 
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for activities of the International Copyright 
Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and semi-
nars: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any provi-
sion of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any 
amounts made available under this heading which are at-
tributable to royalty fees and payments received by the 
Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 
10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred in the 
administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges program, 
with the exception of the costs of salaries and benefits for 
the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section 
802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con-
stitution of the United States of America, $107,945,234:
1060 
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 
any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 
Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con-
gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 
of either the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
$50,248,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide 
newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents 
at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 1301. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2017, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 
activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$188,188,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations to
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the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL COLLECTION 
STEWARDSHIP FUND 
SEC. 1302. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es-
tablished in the Treasury of the United States, as an ac-
count for the Librarian of Congress, the ‘‘Library of Con-
gress National Collection Stewardship Fund’’ (hereafter in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(b) CONTENTS OF FUND.—The Fund shall consist of 
the following amounts: 
(1) Such amounts as may be transferred by the 
Librarian from available amounts appropriated for 
any fiscal year for the Library of Congress under the 
heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 
(c) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Fund may be 
used by the Librarian as follows: 
(1) The Librarian may use amounts directly for 
the purpose of preparing collection materials of the 
Library of Congress for long-term storage. 
(2) The Librarian may transfer amounts to the 
Architect of the Capitol for the purpose of designing, 
constructing, altering, upgrading, and equipping col-
lections preservation and storage facilities for the Li-
brary of Congress, or for the purpose of acquiring real
1062 
property by lease for the preservation and storage of 
Library of Congress collections in accordance with 
section 1102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2009 (2 U.S.C. 1823a). 
(d) CONTINUING
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Any 
amounts in the Fund shall remain available until expended. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the end of each fiscal year, the Librarian shall submit a 
joint report on the Fund to the Joint Committee on the Li-
brary and the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate. 
(f) INITIAL 5–YEAR PLAN.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Librarian 
shall submit to the Joint Committee on the Library and 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate a report providing a plan for ex-
penditures from the Fund for the first 5 fiscal years of the 
Fund’s operation. 
(g) NOTIFICATION
OF TRANSFERS.—Prior to any 
transfer into the Fund, the Librarian shall notify the Joint 
Committee on the Library and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and the Senate of the amount and 
origin of funds to be transferred. 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional informa-
tion and the distribution of congressional information in 
any format; expenses necessary for preparing the semi-
monthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as 
authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States 
Code); publishing of Government publications authorized by 
law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and pub-
lishing, and distribution of Government publications au-
thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re-
cipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi-
tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 
under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 
section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
Act for printing and binding and related services provided 
to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code,
1064 
may be expended to print a document, report, or publica-
tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 
such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con-
gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print-
ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex-
pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 
the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re-
volving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of 
title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be 
used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 
a monthly and session basis. 
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE 
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of the 
Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide 
for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, 
other Government agencies, and designated depository and
1065 
international exchange libraries as authorized by law, 
$29,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than 
$2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author-
ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial 
sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2015 and 
2016 to depository and other designated libraries: Provided 
further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub-
lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for car-
rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Publishing Office 
Business Operations Revolving Fund, $7,832,000, to re-
main available until expended, for information technology 
development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 
in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
1066 
poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re-
volving Fund: Provided further, That not more than $7,500 
may be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
Government Publishing Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, 
That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be 
available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 pas-
senger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures 
in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils 
to the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall 
be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the Business 
Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for tem-
porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 
more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of such title: Provided further, That activities financed 
through the Business Operations Revolving Fund may pro-
vide information in any format: Provided further, That the 
Business Operations Revolving Fund and the funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘Public Information Programs of 
the Superintendent of Documents’’ may not be used for con-
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tracted security services at Government Publishing Office’s 
passport facility in the District of Columbia. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 
at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 
in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 
Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 
901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre-
scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 
rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $544,505,919: 
Provided, That, in addition, $23,350,000 of payments re-
ceived under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other de-
1068 
partment or agency which is a member of the National 
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovern-
mental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the 
respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 
non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments 
hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements 
to any appropriation from which costs involved are ini-
tially financed. 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$5,600,000: Provided, That funds made available to support 
Russian participants shall only be used for those engaging 
in free market development, humanitarian activities, and 
civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the 
central government of Russia. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Development Trust Fund established under section
1069 
116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train-
ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com-
mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 
by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2017 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
of compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
propriated for is different from that specifically established 
by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 
Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various
1070 
items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit-
tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 
hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
are a matter of public record and available for public in-
spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 
law. 
COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 
(LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.
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LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 206. 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 appropriation Act. 
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap-
itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 
tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ-
ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other 
offices of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap-
proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the 
Capitol. 
COMPUTER NETWORK ACTIVITY 
SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
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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 to carry out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 
or for any committee or other entity of Congress to carry 
out investigations or reports on any matter, or for the Li-
brary of Congress or the Copyright Office to carry out any 
of its responsibilities under law. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
DIVISION 
J—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE, 
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 
2017 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and 
the 
Foreign 
Service 
not 
otherwise 
provided 
for, 
$6,147,254,000, of which up to $637,166,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2018, and of which up to
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$1,899,479,000 may remain available until expended for 
Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall be allocated in accord-
ance with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary ex-
penses for training, human resources management, 
and salaries, including employment without regard to 
civil service and classification laws of persons on a 
temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as author-
ized by section 801 of the United States Information 
and 
Educational 
Exchange 
Act 
of 
1948, 
$2,529,387,000, of which up to $463,417,000 is for 
Worldwide Security Protection. 
(2) OVERSEAS
PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for the regional bureaus of the Department of 
State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 
$1,401,847,000. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC
POLICY
AND
SUPPORT.—For 
necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 
Department of State, including representation to cer-
tain international organizations in which the United 
States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pur-
suant to the advice and consent of the Senate or spe-
cific Acts of Congress, general administration, and
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arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament ac-
tivities as authorized, $757,713,000. 
(4) SECURITY
PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for security activities, $1,458,307,000, of which 
up to $1,436,062,000 is for Worldwide Security Pro-
tection. 
(5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise made available under this 
heading— 
(A) as authorized by section 810 of the 
United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, may be credited to this 
appropriation from fees or other payments re-
ceived from English teaching, library, motion 
pictures, and publication programs and from 
fees from educational advising and counseling 
and exchange visitor programs; and 
(B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 
derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 
fees for use of Blair House facilities. 
(6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, AND 
OTHER MATTERS.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within
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and between paragraphs (1) through (4) under 
this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 
(B) Of the amount made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds made 
available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emer-
gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv-
ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu-
ations and rewards, as authorized. 
(C) Funds appropriated under this heading 
are available for acquisition by exchange or pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 
31, United States Code, for the field examination 
of programs and activities in the United States 
funded from any account contained in this title. 
(D) Funds appropriated under this heading 
may be made available for Conflict Stabilization 
Operations and for related reconstruction and 
stabilization assistance to prevent or respond to 
conflict or civil strife in foreign countries or re-
gions, or to enable transition from such strife. 
(E) Funds appropriated under this heading 
in this Act that are designated for Worldwide Se-
curity Protection shall continue to be made
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available for support of security-related training 
at sites in existence prior to the enactment of 
this Act. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 
Fund, as authorized, $12,600,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, $87,069,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it 
relates to post inspections: Provided, That of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading, $13,060,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2018. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange pro-
grams, as authorized, $634,143,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not less than $240,000,000 shall 
be for the Fulbright Program and not less than 
$111,360,000 shall be for Citizen Exchange Program, in-
cluding $4,125,000 for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Ex-
change: Provided, That fees or other payments received 
from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational 
advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor 
programs as authorized may be credited to this account,
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to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
a portion of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and 
Central Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. 
Muskie Fellowships, following consultation with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That Depart-
ment of State-designated sponsors may not issue a Form 
DS–2019 (Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor 
(J–1) Status) to place student participants in seafood prod-
uct preparation or packaging positions in the Summer 
Work Travel program in fiscal year 2017 unless prior to 
issuing such Form the sponsor provides to the Secretary of 
State a description of such program and verifies in writing 
to the Secretary that such program fully complies with part 
62 of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, notwith-
standing subsection 62.32(h)(16) of such part, and with the 
requirements specified in Senate Report 114–290: Provided 
further, That any substantive modifications from the prior 
fiscal year to programs funded by this Act under this head-
ing shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the reg-
ular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For representation expenses as authorized, $8,030,000.
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PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Sec-
retary of State to provide for extraordinary protective serv-
ices, as authorized, $30,344,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), pre-
serving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for build-
ings that are owned or directly leased by the Department 
of State, renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able, the Harry S Truman Building, and carrying out the 
Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized, 
$759,161,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $25,000 may be used for domestic and overseas 
representation expenses as authorized: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be avail-
able for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, or generators 
for other departments and agencies of the United States 
Government. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 
$358,698,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees
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on Appropriations the proposed allocation of funds made 
available under this heading and the actual and antici-
pated proceeds of sales for all projects in fiscal year 2017. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State 
to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic 
and Consular Service, as authorized, $7,900,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans 
Program Account’’, subject to the same terms and condi-
tions. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,433,545. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela-
tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $31,963,000.
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INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
Not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees col-
lected from other executive agencies for lease or use of facili-
ties at the International Center in accordance with section 
4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90–553), 
and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$1,320,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by 
such section, to be used for the purposes set out in that sec-
tion. 
PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
meet annual obligations of membership in international 
multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conven-
tions or specific Acts of Congress, $1,262,966,000: Provided, 
That the Secretary of State shall, at the time of the submis-
sion of the President’s budget to Congress under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, transmit to the 
Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial
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budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations 
of the United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at 
least 15 days in advance (or in an emergency, as far in 
advance as is practicable) of any United Nations action 
to increase funding for any United Nations program with-
out identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in the 
United Nations budget: Provided further, That not later 
than June 1, 2017, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 
2017, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations any credits attributable to the United 
States, including from the United Nations Tax Equali-
zation Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2017 and fis-
cal year 2018 assessment costs including offsets from avail-
able credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates: 
Provided further, That any such credits shall only be avail-
able for United States assessed contributions to the United 
Nations regular budget, and the Committees on Appropria-
tions shall be notified when such credits are applied to any 
assessed contribution, including any payment of arrearages: 
Provided further, That any notification regarding funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available under this head-
ing in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act,
1082 
section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan submitted 
pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, shall include an esti-
mate of all known credits currently attributable to the 
United States and provide updated assessment costs includ-
ing offsets from available credits and updated foreign cur-
rency exchange rates: Provided further, That any payment 
of arrearages under this heading shall be directed to activi-
ties that are mutually agreed upon by the United States 
and the respective international organization and shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for a United States contribution to an international organi-
zation for the United States share of interest costs made 
known to the United States Government by such organiza-
tion for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through 
external borrowings. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex-
penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 
the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
security, $552,904,000, of which 15 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That none
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of the funds made available by this Act shall be obligated 
or expended for any new or expanded United Nations peace-
keeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance of vot-
ing for such mission in the United Nations Security Coun-
cil (or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable), 
the Committees on Appropriations are notified of: (1) the 
estimated cost and duration of the mission, the objectives 
of the mission, the national interest that will be served, and 
the exit strategy; and (2) the sources of funds, including 
any reprogrammings or transfers, that will be used to pay 
the cost of the new or expanded mission, and the estimated 
cost in future fiscal years: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
available for obligation unless the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on 
a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that the United 
Nations is implementing effective policies and procedures 
to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, 
and peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from traf-
ficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or com-
mitting acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or other viola-
tions of human rights, and to bring to justice individuals 
who engage in such acts while participating in such mis-
sion, including prosecution in their home countries and 
making information about such prosecutions publicly avail-
1084 
able on the Web site of the United Nations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of State shall work with the United Na-
tions and foreign governments contributing peacekeeping 
troops to implement effective vetting procedures to ensure 
that such troops have not violated human rights: Provided 
further, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping ex-
penses unless the Secretary of State determines that United 
States manufacturers and suppliers are not being given op-
portunities to provide equipment, services, and material for 
United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being 
given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this heading may be used for any 
United Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve 
United States Armed Forces under the command or oper-
ational control of a foreign national, unless the President’s 
military advisors have submitted to the President a rec-
ommendation that such involvement is in the national in-
terest of the United States and the President has submitted 
to Congress such a recommendation: Provided further, That 
not later than June 1, 2017, and 30 days after the end of 
fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of State shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations any credits attributable to 
the United States, including those resulting from United 
Nations peacekeeping missions or the United Nations Tax
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Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2017 
and fiscal year 2018 assessment costs including offsets from 
available credits: Provided further, That any such credits 
shall only be available for United States assessed contribu-
tions to United Nations peacekeeping missions, and the 
Committees on Appropriations shall be notified when such 
credits are applied to any assessed contribution, including 
any payment of arrearages: Provided further, That any no-
tification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this heading in this Act or prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs submitted pursuant to sec-
tion 7015 of this Act, section 34 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any op-
erating plan submitted pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, 
shall include an estimate of all known credits currently at-
tributable to the United States and provide updated assess-
ment costs including offsets from available credits: Provided 
further, That any payment of arrearages with funds appro-
priated by this Act shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of State shall work with 
the United Nations and members of the United Nations Se-
curity Council to evaluate and prioritize peacekeeping mis-
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sions, and to consider a draw down when mission goals 
have been substantially achieved. 
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
meet obligations of the United States arising under treaties, 
or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 
For necessary expenses for the United States Section 
of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli-
cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 
$6,000 for representation expenses; as follows: 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
$48,134,000. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For detailed plan preparation and construction of au-
thorized projects, $29,400,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized. 
AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the 
International Joint Commission and the International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au-
thorized by treaties between the United States and Canada
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or Great Britain, and the Border Environment Cooperation 
Commission as authorized by the North American Free 
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 103– 
182), $12,258,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading for the International Joint Commission, 
up to $500,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2018, and $9,000 may be made available for representation 
expenses. 
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS 
For necessary expenses for international fisheries com-
missions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, 
$37,502,000: Provided, That the United States share of such 
expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions 
pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code. 
RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out 
international communication activities, and to make and 
supervise grants for radio, Internet, and television broad-
casting to the Middle East, $772,108,000: Provided, That 
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses, up to $32,501,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading may remain available until expended for sat-
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ellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of 
which not less than $13,800,000 shall be for Internet free-
dom programs: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $35,000 
may be used for representation expenses, of which $10,000 
may be used for such expenses within the United States as 
authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may be used for rep-
resentation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 
Provided further, That the BBG shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations within 15 days of any determination by 
the BBG that any of its broadcast entities, including its 
grantee organizations, provides an open platform for inter-
national terrorists or those who support international ter-
rorism, or is in violation of the principles and standards 
set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 
U.S.C. 6202) or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics: Pro-
vided further, That significant modifications to BBG 
broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including 
changes to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium 
wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all BBG lan-
guage services shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That in addition to funds made available under 
this heading, and notwithstanding any other provision of
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law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and rev-
enue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts 
from cooperating international organizations, and up to 
$1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice 
of America and the International Broadcasting Bureau, 
shall remain available until expended for carrying out au-
thorized purposes. 
BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 
For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preserva-
tion, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, and 
digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and 
installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, 
and digital transmission and reception, including to Cuba, 
as authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 
$9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as author-
ized. 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
THE ASIA FOUNDATION 
For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 
by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $17,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE 
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 
of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of
1090 
Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $37,884,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018, which shall not be used 
for construction activities. 
CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE 
TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle East-
ern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 
633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the interest and 
earnings accruing to such Fund on or before September 30, 
2017, to remain available until expended. 
EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel-
lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 
of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 
U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund 
on or before September 30, 2017, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensa-
tion, or to enter into any contract providing for the pay-
ment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by section 5376 
of title 5, United States Code; or for purposes which are 
not in accordance with section 200 of title 2 of the Code
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of Federal Regulations, including the restrictions on com-
pensation for personal services. 
ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 
U.S.C. 2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the 
Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 
2017, to remain available until expended. 
EAST-WEST CENTER 
To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car-
rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, 
by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical Inter-
change Between East and West in the State of Hawaii, 
$16,700,000. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY 
For grants made by the Department of State to the 
National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 
National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412), 
$170,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$117,500,000 shall be allocated in the traditional and cus-
tomary manner, including for the core institutes, and 
$52,500,000 shall be for democracy programs.
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OTHER COMMISSIONS 
COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 
HERITAGE ABROAD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $888,000, as 
authorized by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States Code: 
Provided, That the Commission may procure temporary, 
intermittent, and other services notwithstanding paragraph 
(3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Provided further, 
That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 2017: 
Provided further, That the Commission shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such au-
thority. 
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL 
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the United States Commis-
sion on International Religious Freedom, as authorized by 
title II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
(22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $3,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018, including not more than $4,000 
for representation expenses.
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COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security 
and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 
94–304, $2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 for 
representation expenses, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as author-
ized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 
(22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,000,000, including not more 
than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 
by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 
$3,500,000, including not more than $4,000 for representa-
tion expenses, to remain available until September 30,
1094 
2018: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limita-
tions, and conditions contained in the second through sixth 
provisos under this heading in the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) shall con-
tinue in effect during fiscal year 2017 and shall apply to 
funds appropriated under this heading as if included in 
this Act. 
TITLE II 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$1,204,609,000, of which up to $180,691,000 may remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 
the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title may 
be made available to finance the construction (including ar-
chitect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term 
lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, unless the USAID Administrator 
has identified such proposed use of funds in a report sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15
1095 
days prior to the obligation of funds for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That contracts or agreements entered into 
with funds appropriated under this heading may entail 
commitments for the expenditure of such funds through the 
following fiscal year: Provided further, That the authority 
of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 may be exercised by the Secretary of State to transfer 
funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such 
Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in accordance with the provi-
sions of those sections: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this heading, not to 
exceed $250,000 may be available for representation and 
entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may 
be available for entertainment expenses, and not to exceed 
$100,500 shall be for official residence expenses, for USAID 
during the current fiscal year. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 
related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of 
information technology and related capital investments, 
pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $174,985,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other-
wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
1096 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$67,600,000, of which up to $10,140,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018, for the Office of Inspector 
General of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment. 
TITLE III 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry 
out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
and for other purposes, as follows: 
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to funds 
otherwise available for such purposes, $3,054,950,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2018, and which shall 
be apportioned directly to the United States Agency for 
International Development: Provided, That this amount 
shall be made available for training, equipment, and tech-
nical assistance to build the capacity of public health insti-
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tutions and organizations in developing countries, and for 
such activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health 
programs; (2) immunization and oral rehydration pro-
grams; (3) other health, nutrition, water and sanitation 
programs which directly address the needs of mothers and 
children, and related education programs; (4) assistance for 
children displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; 
(5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and 
research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 
other infectious diseases including neglected tropical dis-
eases, and for assistance to communities severely affected 
by HIV/AIDS, including children infected or affected by 
AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness training for health crises; 
(7) programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to, unan-
ticipated and emerging global health threats; and (8) family 
planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this paragraph may be made available 
for a United States contribution to the GAVI Alliance: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available in this 
Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appropria-
tions Acts may be made available to any organization or 
program which, as determined by the President of the 
United States, supports or participates in the management 
of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary steriliza-
tion: Provided further, That any determination made under
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the previous proviso must be made not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and must be accom-
panied by the evidence and criteria utilized to make the 
determination: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available under this Act may be used to pay for the 
performance of abortion as a method of family planning 
or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: 
Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be 
construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions 
against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available under this Act may be used to lobby for 
or against abortion: Provided further, That in order to re-
duce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall 
be available only to voluntary family planning projects 
which offer, either directly or through referral to, or infor-
mation about access to, a broad range of family planning 
methods and services, and that any such voluntary family 
planning project shall meet the following requirements: (1) 
service providers or referral agents in the project shall not 
implement or be subject to quotas, or other numerical tar-
gets, of total number of births, number of family planning 
acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 
planning (this provision shall not be construed to include 
the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting
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and planning purposes); (2) the project shall not include 
payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial re-
ward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a fam-
ily planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achiev-
ing a numerical target or quota of total number of births, 
number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a par-
ticular method of family planning; (3) the project shall not 
deny any right or benefit, including the right of access to 
participate in any program of general welfare or the right 
of access to health care, as a consequence of any individual’s 
decision not to accept family planning services; (4) the 
project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehen-
sible information on the health benefits and risks of the 
method chosen, including those conditions that might render 
the use of the method inadvisable and those adverse side 
effects known to be consequent to the use of the method; and 
(5) the project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive 
drugs and devices and medical procedures are provided only 
in the context of a scientific study in which participants 
are advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less 
than 60 days after the date on which the USAID Adminis-
trator determines that there has been a violation of the re-
quirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of 
this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the 
requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso,
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the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations a report containing a description of such vio-
lation and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Pro-
vided further, That in awarding grants for natural family 
planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because 
of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment 
to offer only natural family planning; and, additionally, 
all such applicants shall comply with the requirements of 
the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes 
of this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family plan-
ning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provi-
sion, consistent with local law, of information or counseling 
about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That infor-
mation provided about the use of condoms as part of 
projects or activities that are funded from amounts appro-
priated by this Act shall be medically accurate and shall 
include the public health benefits and failure rates of such 
use. 
In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the pre-
vention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/ 
AIDS, $5,670,000,000, to remain available until September
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30, 2021, which shall be apportioned directly to the Depart-
ment of State: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except for the United States 
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), as amended, for a United 
States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tu-
berculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), and shall be ex-
pended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely pay-
ment for projects and activities: Provided further, That the 
amount of such contribution should be $1,350,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That section 202(d)(4)(A)(i) and (vi) of Pub-
lic Law 108–25, as amended, shall be applied with respect 
to such funds made available for fiscal years 2015 through 
2017 by substituting ‘‘2004’’ for ‘‘2009’’: Provided further, 
That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made 
available to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2017 may be 
made available to USAID for technical assistance related 
to the activities of the Global Fund, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this paragraph, up to $17,000,000 may be made 
available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office of 
the United States Global AIDS Coordinator.
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DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, 
and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, $2,995,465,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018. 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for inter-
national disaster relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction 
assistance, $498,483,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for international disaster reha-
bilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by the 
Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for 
International Development, pursuant to section 491 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $35,600,000, to remain 
available until expended, to support transition to democ-
racy and long-term development of countries in crisis: Pro-
vided, That such support may include assistance to develop, 
strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and proc-
esses, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful 
resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the USAID 
Administrator shall submit a report to the Committees on
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Appropriations at least 5 days prior to beginning a new 
program of assistance: Provided further, That if the Sec-
retary of State determines that it is important to the na-
tional interest of the United States to provide transition 
assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by 
this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this 
heading and under the authorities applicable to funds ap-
propriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
be made available subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
COMPLEX CRISES FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support programs and 
activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen 
foreign challenges and complex crises overseas, $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading may be made available on 
such terms and conditions as are appropriate and necessary 
for the purposes of preventing or responding to such chal-
lenges and crises, except that no funds shall be made avail-
able for lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head-
1104 
ing may be made available notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this 
Act and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be used for administrative expenses, in addition 
to funds otherwise available for such purposes, except that 
such expenses may not exceed 5 percent of the funds appro-
priated under this heading: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, except that such notifications shall be trans-
mitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds. 
DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY 
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees pro-
vided by the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $50,000,000 may be de-
rived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to 
carry out part I of such Act and under the heading ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, 
That funds provided under this paragraph and funds pro-
vided as a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph 
pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 shall be made available only for micro- and small 
enterprise programs, urban programs, and other programs
1105 
which further the purposes of part I of such Act: Provided 
further, That funds provided as a gift that are used for pur-
poses of this paragraph shall be subject to prior consultation 
with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and guar-
anteed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available by this paragraph may 
be used for the cost of modifying any such guaranteed loans 
under this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, and funds used for such cost, including if the cost 
results in a negative subsidy, shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the provisions of section 
107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable to the 
Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as 
reported by the House Committee on International Rela-
tions on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans 
and loan guarantees provided under this heading, except 
that the principal amount of loans made or guaranteed 
under this heading with respect to any single country shall 
not exceed $300,000,000: Provided further, That these funds
1106 
are available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion 
of which is to be guaranteed, of up to $1,750,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
credit programs administered by USAID, $10,000,000, 
which may be transferred to, and merged with, funds made 
available under the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title 
II of this Act: Provided, That funds made available under 
this heading shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$1,041,761,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
DEMOCRACY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of de-
mocracy globally, including to carry out the purposes of sec-
tion 502(b)(3) and (5) of Public Law 98–164 (22 U.S.C. 
4411), $145,375,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018, which shall be made available for the Human 
Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State: Provided, 
That funds appropriated under this heading that are made 
available to the National Endowment for Democracy and
1107 
its core institutes are in addition to amounts otherwise 
available by this Act for such purposes: Provided further, 
That the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall consult with 
the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation 
of funds appropriated under this paragraph. 
For an additional amount for such purposes, 
$65,125,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, 
which shall be made available for the Bureau for Democ-
racy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 
States Agency for International Development. 
ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Sup-
port Act (Public Law 102–511), and the Support for East-
ern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 
101–179), $291,638,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, which shall be available, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, except section 7070 of this Act, 
for assistance and related programs for countries identified 
in section 3 of Public Law 102–511 and section 3(c) of Pub-
lic Law 101–179, in addition to funds otherwise available 
for such purposes: Provided, That funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available for as-
1108 
sistance for such countries shall be administered in accord-
ance with the responsibilities of the coordinator designated 
pursuant to section 102 of Public Law 102–511 and section 
601 of Public Law 101–179: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be considered to be 
economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 for purposes of making available the administrative 
authorities contained in that Act for the use of economic 
assistance. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to 
enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions 
of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee and 
migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel and de-
pendents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; 
allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of 
title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, $912,802,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not less than $35,000,000 
shall be made available to respond to small-scale emergency 
humanitarian requirements, and $7,500,000 shall be made 
available for refugees resettling in Israel.
1109 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
ASSISTANCE FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act 
of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
PEACE CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including the 
purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
administrative purposes for use outside of the United 
States, $410,000,000, of which $5,500,000 is for the Office 
of Inspector General, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That the Director of the Peace Corps 
may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Ac-
count, as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso may not be derived from amounts made avail-
able for Peace Corps overseas operations: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to 
exceed $104,000 may be available for representation ex-
penses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made available
1110 
for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That any de-
cision to open, close, significantly reduce, or suspend a do-
mestic or overseas office or country program shall be subject 
to prior consultation with, and the regular notification pro-
cedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, except that 
prior consultation and regular notification procedures may 
be waived when there is a substantial security risk to volun-
teers or other Peace Corps personnel, pursuant to section 
7015(e) of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be used to pay for 
abortions: Provided further, That notwithstanding the pre-
vious proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 113– 
76 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading. 
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et 
seq.) (MCA), $905,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 
this heading, up to $105,000,000 may be available for ad-
ministrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Corpora-
tion (MCC): Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the 
funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail-
able to carry out the purposes of section 616 of the MCA 
for fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That section 605(e) 
of the MCA shall apply to funds appropriated under this
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heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be made available for a Millennium Chal-
lenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the 
MCA only if such Compact obligates, or contains a commit-
ment to obligate subject to the availability of funds and the 
mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact to proceed, 
the entire amount of the United States Government funding 
anticipated for the duration of the Compact: Provided fur-
ther, That the MCC Chief Executive Officer shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 15 days prior 
to commencing negotiations for any country compact or 
threshold country program; signing any such compact or 
threshold program; or terminating or suspending any such 
compact or threshold program: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs that are available to im-
plement section 609(g) of the MCA shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That no country should be eli-
gible for a threshold program after such country has com-
pleted a country compact: Provided further, That any funds 
that are deobligated from a Millennium Challenge Compact 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to re-obligation: Pro-
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vided further, That notwithstanding section 606(a)(2) of the 
MCA, a country shall be a candidate country for purposes 
of eligibility for assistance for the fiscal year if the country 
has a per capita income equal to or below the World Bank’s 
lower middle income country threshold for the fiscal year 
and is among the 75 lowest per capita income countries 
as identified by the World Bank; and the country meets the 
requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 606(b)(1) of the MCA, 
in addition to countries described in the preceding proviso, 
a country shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligi-
bility for assistance for the fiscal year if the country has 
a per capita income equal to or below the World Bank’s 
lower middle income country threshold for the fiscal year 
and is not among the 75 lowest per capita income countries 
as identified by the World Bank; and the country meets the 
requirements of section 606(a)(1)(B) of the MCA: Provided 
further, That any MCC candidate country under section 
606 of the MCA with a per capita income that changes in 
the fiscal year such that the country would be reclassified 
from a low income country to a lower middle income coun-
try or from a lower middle income country to a low income 
country shall retain its candidacy status in its former in-
come classification for the fiscal year and the 2 subsequent 
fiscal years: Provided further, That publication in the Fed-
1113 
eral Register of a notice of availability of a copy of a Com-
pact on the MCC Web site shall be deemed to satisfy the 
requirements of section 610(b)(2) of the MCA for such Com-
pact: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs shall be available for a threshold program in a 
country that is not currently a candidate country: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
not to exceed $100,000 may be available for representation 
and entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 
may be available for entertainment expenses. 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 
the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, 
$22,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representa-
tion expenses. 
UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out title V of the Inter-
national Security and Development Cooperation Act of 
1980 (Public Law 96–533), $30,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018, of which not to exceed $2,000
1114 
may be available for representation expenses: Provided, 
That funds made available to grantees may be invested 
pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized 
by the Board of Directors of the United States African De-
velopment Foundation (USADF): Provided further, That 
interest earned shall be used only for the purposes for which 
the grant was made: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 505(a)(2) of the African Development 
Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in exceptional 
circumstances the Board of Directors of the USADF may 
waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section 
with respect to a project and a project may exceed the limi-
tation by up to 10 percent if the increase is due solely to 
foreign currency fluctuation: Provided further, That the 
USADF shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations after each time such waiver authority is exercised: 
Provided further, That the USADF may make rent or lease 
payments in advance from appropriations available for 
such purpose for offices, buildings, grounds, and quarters 
in Africa as may be necessary to carry out its functions: 
Provided further, That the USADF may maintain bank ac-
counts outside the United States Treasury and retain any 
interest earned on such accounts, in furtherance of the pur-
poses of the African Development Foundation Act: Provided 
further, That the USADF may not withdraw any appro-
1115 
priation from the Treasury prior to the need of spending 
such funds for program purposes. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
which shall be available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law. 
TITLE IV 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $889,664,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That the De-
partment of State may use the authority of section 608 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its 
restrictions, to receive excess property from an agency of 
the United States Government for the purpose of providing 
such property to a foreign country or international organi-
zation under chapter 8 of part I of such Act, subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the For-
1116 
eign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appro-
priated under this heading, except that any funds made 
available notwithstanding such section shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be made available to support train-
ing and technical assistance for foreign law enforcement, 
corrections, and other judicial authorities, utilizing re-
gional partners: Provided further, That not less than 
$72,565,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, which shall be available 
for the same purposes as funds appropriated under this 
heading: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $7,000,000 shall be made 
available, on a competitive basis, for rule of law programs 
for transitional and post-conflict states, and for activities 
to coordinate rule of law programs among foreign govern-
ments, international and nongovernmental organizations, 
and other United States Government agencies: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading that 
are transferred to another department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States Government pursuant to sec-
tion 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued
1117 
in excess of $5,000,000, and any agreement made pursuant 
to section 632(a) of such Act, shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter-
rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 
$500,696,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism as-
sistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 
23 of the Arms Export Control Act, or the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of 
unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and 
related activities, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, including activities implemented through nongovern-
mental and international organizations, and section 301 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a United States con-
tribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 
Preparatory Commission, and for a voluntary contribution 
to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State shall inform the appro-
priate congressional committees of information regarding
1118 
any separate arrangements relating to the ‘‘Road-map for 
the Clarification of Past and Present Outstanding Issues 
Regarding Iran’s Nuclear Program’’ between the IAEA and 
the Islamic Republic of Iran, in classified form if necessary, 
if such information becomes known to the Department of 
State: Provided further, That for the clearance of 
unexploded ordnance, the Secretary of State should 
prioritize those areas where such ordnance was caused by 
the United States: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disar-
mament Fund shall be made available, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law and subject to prior consultation 
with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, to promote bilateral and multi-
lateral activities relating to nonproliferation, disarmament, 
and weapons destruction, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That such funds may also be 
used for such countries other than the Independent States 
of the former Soviet Union and international organizations 
when it is in the national security interest of the United 
States to do so: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading may be made available for the IAEA 
unless the Secretary of State determines that Israel is being 
denied its right to participate in the activities of that Agen-
cy: Provided further, That funds made available for conven-
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tional weapons destruction programs, including demining 
and related activities, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, may be used for administrative ex-
penses related to the operation and management of such 
programs and activities, subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$135,041,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of 
such Act, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of 
foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to 
participate in peacekeeping operations: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $34,500,000 shall be made available for a United 
States contribution to the Multinational Force and Observ-
ers mission in the Sinai: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obli-
gated except as provided through the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
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$110,300,000, of which up to $6,000,000 may remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018: Provided, That the civilian 
personnel for whom military education and training may 
be provided under this heading may include civilians who 
are not members of a government whose participation 
would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civil-
ian control of the military, or respect for human rights: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not to exceed $55,000 may be available for enter-
tainment expenses. 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for grants to enable the Presi-
dent to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act, $4,785,805,000: Provided, That to ex-
pedite the provision of assistance to foreign countries and 
international organizations, the Secretary of State, fol-
lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropriations 
and subject to the regular notification procedures of such 
Committees, may use the funds appropriated under this 
heading to procure defense articles and services to enhance 
the capacity of foreign security forces: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $3,100,000,000 shall be available for grants only for 
Israel: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading for grants only for Israel in fiscal year 2017
1121 
shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That to the extent that the Government 
of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, 
grants made available for Israel under this heading shall, 
as agreed by the United States and Israel, be available for 
advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 
$815,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in 
Israel of defense articles and defense services, including re-
search and development: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be made 
available to support or continue any program initially 
funded under the authority of section 1206 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 
Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), section 2282 of title 10, 
United States Code, section 333 of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by section 1241 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), 
or any successor authorities, unless the Secretary of State, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, has justified 
such program to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this heading shall be nonrepayable notwith-
standing any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading shall be obligated upon apportionment
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in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of section 1501(a) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
None of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be available to finance the procurement of defense arti-
cles, defense services, or design and construction services 
that are not sold by the United States Government under 
the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign country pro-
posing to make such procurement has first signed an agree-
ment with the United States Government specifying the 
conditions under which such procurement may be financed 
with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding 
level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the 
regular notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, 
and related activities, and may include activities imple-
mented through nongovernmental and international organi-
zations: Provided further, That only those countries for 
which assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military 
Sales Financing Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congres-
sional presentation for security assistance programs may 
utilize funds made available under this heading for procure-
ment of defense articles, defense services, or design and con-
struction services that are not sold by the United States
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Government under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 
payment for defense articles and services: Provided further, 
That not more than $80,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, 
including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only for use outside of the United States, for the 
general costs of administering military assistance and sales, 
except that this limitation may be exceeded only through 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading for general costs of admin-
istering military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 
may be available for entertainment expenses and not to ex-
ceed $130,000 may be available for representation expenses: 
Provided further, That not more than $920,200,000 of funds 
realized pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export 
Control Act may be obligated for expenses incurred by the 
Department of Defense during fiscal year 2017 pursuant 
to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, except that 
this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
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TITLE V 
MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of 
section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Par-
ticipation Act of 1973, $339,000,000: Provided, That sec-
tion 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not 
apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy 
Fund. 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY 
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development as trustee for the Global Envi-
ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$146,563,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
ASSOCIATION 
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,197,128,000, 
to remain available until expended.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR 
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury 
for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the 
increases in capital stock, $5,963,421, to remain available 
until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT 
BANK 
For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank 
by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share 
of the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 
$21,939,727, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 
Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$99,233,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For payment to the African Development Bank by the 
Secretary of the Treasury for the United States share of 
the paid-in portion of the increase in capital stock, 
$32,418,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
The United States Governor of the African Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to
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the callable capital portion of the United States share of 
such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $507,860,808. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For payment to the African Development Fund by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, $214,332,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR 
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the International Fund for Agricul-
tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
GLOBAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM 
For payment to the Global Agriculture and Food Secu-
rity Program by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
$23,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE VI 
EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES 
INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $5,700,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018.
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PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au-
thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora-
tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tations, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out 
the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation: 
Provided, That none of the funds available during the cur-
rent fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, con-
tracts, or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, 
fuel, or technology to any country, other than a nuclear- 
weapon state as defined in Article IX of the Treaty on the 
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive 
economic or military assistance under this Act, that has 
detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to 
exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses for members of the Board of Directors, not to exceed
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$110,000,000: Provided, That the Export-Import Bank (the 
Bank) may accept, and use, payment or services provided 
by transaction participants for legal, financial, or technical 
services in connection with any transaction for which an 
application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment 
has been made: Provided further, That the Bank shall 
charge fees for necessary expenses (including special services 
performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other 
personal services) in connection with the collection of mon-
eys owed the Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral 
or other assets acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of mon-
eys owed the Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any 
property, or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or tech-
nical aspects of any transaction for which an application 
for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been 
made, or systems infrastructure directly supporting trans-
actions: Provided further, That in addition to other funds 
appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be 
credited to this account for such purposes, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
RECEIPTS COLLECTED 
Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank 
Act of 1945, as amended, and the Federal Credit Reform 
Act of 1990, as amended, in an amount not to exceed the 
amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as offsetting
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collections to this account: Provided, That the sums herein 
appropriated from the General Fund shall be reduced on 
a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting collections so as 
to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the Gen-
eral Fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That amounts 
collected in fiscal year 2017 in excess of obligations, up to 
$10,000,000 shall become available on September 1, 2017, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
NONCREDIT ACCOUNT 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is au-
thorized to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, 
as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 
such expenditures and commitments within the limits of 
funds available to it and in accordance with law as may 
be necessary: Provided, That the amount available for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance 
programs (including an amount for official reception and 
representation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) 
shall not exceed $70,000,000: Provided further, That 
project-specific transaction costs, including direct and indi-
rect costs incurred in claims settlements, and other direct 
costs associated with services provided to specific investors 
or potential investors pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign
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Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered administra-
tive expenses for the purposes of this heading. 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, 
$20,000,000, as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, to be derived by transfer from the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Ac-
count: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
such sums shall be available for direct loan obligations and 
loan guaranty commitments incurred or made during fiscal 
years 2017, 2018, and 2019: Provided further, That funds 
so obligated in fiscal year 2017 remain available for dis-
bursement through 2025; funds obligated in fiscal year 2018 
remain available for disbursement through 2026; and funds 
obligated in fiscal year 2019 remain available for disburse-
ment through 2027: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation is authorized to undertake any program au-
thorized by title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the authority of the pre-
vious proviso shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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In addition, such sums as may be necessary for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out the credit program may be 
derived from amounts available for administrative expenses 
to carry out the credit and insurance programs in the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Noncredit Account 
and merged with said account. 
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $2,500,000 may be made available to provide 
comprehensive procurement advice to foreign governments 
to support local procurements funded by the United States 
Agency for International Development, the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation, and the Department of State: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not more than $5,000 may be available for rep-
resentation and entertainment expenses. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS 
SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 
Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for al-
lowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59
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of title 5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 
section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger transpor-
tation pursuant to section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT 
SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United 
States Government to which funds are appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumu-
lative unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended, 
balances by program, project, and activity, and Treasury 
Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by such depart-
ment or agency in fiscal year 2017 or any previous fiscal 
year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, That the report 
required by this section shall be submitted not later than 
30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter and should 
specify by account the amount of funds obligated pursuant 
to bilateral agreements which have not been further sub-obli-
gated. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and avail-
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able for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive Order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES 
SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING IN-
FORMATION.—The Secretary of State shall promptly inform 
the Committees on Appropriations of each instance in 
which a Federal department or agency is delinquent in pro-
viding the full amount of funding required by section 604(e) 
of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 
Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note). 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of 
section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (as enacted into law by sec-
tion 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and contained in 
appendix G of that Act), as amended by section 111 of the 
Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114–323), a project to construct a facility of 
the United States may include office space or other accom-
modations for members of the United States Marine Corps. 
(c) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the purposes 
of calculating the fiscal year 2017 costs of providing new 
United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with sec-
tion 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the
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Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the an-
nual program level and agency shares in a manner that 
is proportional to the contribution of the Department of 
State for this purpose. 
(d) CONSULTATION
AND
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, which may be made 
available for the acquisition of property or award of con-
struction contracts for overseas United States diplomatic 
facilities during fiscal year 2017, shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That noti-
fications pursuant to this subsection shall include the infor-
mation enumerated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, 
Construction, and Maintenance’’ in House Report 114–693 
and Senate Report 114–290: Provided further, That any 
such notification for a new diplomatic facility justified to 
the Committees on Appropriations in Appendix 1 of the 
Congressional Budget Justification, Department of State, 
Diplomatic Engagement, Fiscal Year 2017, or not pre-
viously justified to such Committees, shall also include con-
firmation that the Department of State has completed the 
requisite value engineering studies required pursuant to
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OMB Circular A–131, Value Engineering December 31, 
2013 and the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations Pol-
icy and Procedure Directive, P&PD, Cost 02: Value Engi-
neering. 
(e) INTERIM AND TEMPORARY FACILITIES ABROAD.— 
(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Main-
tenance’’ may be made available to address security 
vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United 
States diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical 
security upgrades and local guard staffing, except 
that the amount of funds made available for such 
purposes from this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs shall be a minimum of 
$25,000,000: Provided, That the uses of such funds 
should be the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary 
for Diplomatic Security, Department of State, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Bureau of Overseas 
Buildings Operations, Department of State: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be subject to prior con-
sultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the opening, closure, or any significant modification 
to an interim or temporary United States diplomatic
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facility shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
appropriate congressional committees and the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations, except that such consultation and notifica-
tion may be waived if there is a security risk to per-
sonnel. 
(f) TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY.—Funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’, including for Worldwide Security Protection, and 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ in titles I and VIII of this Act may be trans-
ferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by such ti-
tles under such headings if the Secretary of State determines 
and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to 
do so is necessary to implement the recommendations of the 
Benghazi Accountability Review Board, or to prevent or re-
spond to security situations and requirements, following 
consultation with, and subject to the regular notification 
procedures of, such Committees: Provided, That such trans-
fer authority is in addition to any transfer authority other-
wise available under any other provision of law. 
(g) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and 
Maintenance’’ may be made available for security upgrades 
to soft targets, including schools, recreational facilities, and
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residences used by United States diplomatic personnel and 
their dependents, except that the amount made available for 
such purposes shall be a minimum of $10,000,000: Pro-
vided, That the uses of such funds should be the responsi-
bility of the Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, 
Department of State, in consultation with the Director of 
the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations. 
(h) REPORTS.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Main-
tenance’’ in this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, made available through 
Federal agency Capital Security Cost Sharing con-
tributions and reimbursements, or generated from the 
proceeds of real property sales, other than from real 
property sales located in London, United Kingdom, 
may be made available for site acquisition and miti-
gation, planning, design, or construction of the New 
London Embassy: Provided, That the reporting re-
quirement contained in section 7004(f)(2) of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of 
Public Law 112–74) shall remain in effect during fis-
cal year 2017.
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(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act and 
every 4 months thereafter until September 30, 2018, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a report on the new Mexico City 
Embassy and Beirut Embassy projects: Provided, 
That such report shall include, for each of the 
projects— 
(A) a detailed breakout of the project factors 
that formed the basis of the initial cost estimate 
used to justify such project to the Committees on 
Appropriations, as described under the heading 
‘‘Embassy Security Construction and Mainte-
nance’’ in House Report 114–693; 
(B) a comparison of the current project fac-
tors as compared to the project factors submitted 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subsection, 
and an explanation of any changes; and 
(C) the impact of currency exchange rate 
fluctuations on project costs. 
(i) STRENGTHENING
OVERSIGHT.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 
Programs’’ for Worldwide Security Protection shall be made 
available to strengthen oversight of the local guard force at
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a critical post abroad through the use of United States Gov-
ernment employees or contractors who are United States 
citizens: Provided, That such funds are in addition to funds 
otherwise made available by such Acts for such purposes: 
Provided further, That the total annual operating costs as-
sociated with providing such oversight in fiscal year 2017 
and subsequent fiscal years shall be shared among agencies 
through the International Cooperative Administrative Sup-
port Services program: Provided further, That not later 
than 45 days after enactment of this Act, and prior to the 
obligation of funds for such purposes, the Secretary of State 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on 
plans to carry out the requirement of this subsection: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available pursuant to 
this subsection from prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs that were previously designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operation/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act.
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PERSONNEL ACTIONS 
SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 
agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per-
sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in-
cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
etary resources available under title I to such department 
or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 
carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 
included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 7015 of this Act. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7006. (a) FINANCIAL SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act for the operations of the 
Department of State under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ shall 
be made available to implement the recommendations con-
tained in the Foreign Assistance Data Review Findings Re-
port (FADR) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) re-
port entitled ‘‘Department Financial Systems Are Insuffi-
cient to Track and Report on Foreign Assistance Funds’’: 
Provided, That not later than 45 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations a plan, including timeline and
1141 
costs, for implementing the FADR and OIG recommenda-
tions: Provided further, That such funds may not be obli-
gated for enhancements to, or expansions of, the Budget 
System Modernization Financial System, Central Resource 
Management System, Joint Financial Management System, 
or Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System 
until such plan is submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That such funds may not be 
obligated for new, or expansion of existing, ad hoc electronic 
systems to track commitments, obligations or expenditures 
of funds unless the Secretary of State, following consulta-
tion with the Chief Information Officer of the Department 
of State, has reviewed and certified that such new system 
or expansion is consistent with the FADR and OIG rec-
ommendations. 
(b) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department 
of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may 
only be used for the service centers included in Appendix 
1 of the Congressional Budget Justification, Department of 
State, Diplomatic Engagement, Fiscal Year 2017: Provided, 
That the amounts for such service centers shall be the 
amounts included in such budget justification, except as 
provided in section 7015(b) of this Act: Provided further, 
That Federal agency components shall be charged only for
1142 
their direct usage of each Working Capital Fund service: 
Provided further, That prior to increasing the percentage 
charged to Department of State bureaus and offices for pro-
curement-related activities, the Secretary of State shall in-
clude the proposed increase in the Department of State 
budget justification or, at least 60 days prior to the in-
crease, provide the Committees on Appropriations a jus-
tification for such increase, including a detailed assessment 
of the cost and benefit of the services provided by the pro-
curement fee: Provided further, That Federal agency compo-
nents may only pay for Working Capital Fund services that 
are consistent with the purpose and authorities of such com-
ponents: Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund 
shall be paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will 
return the full cost of each service. 
(c) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 45 
days after the initial obligation of funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act that are made available 
to a Department of State bureau or office with responsi-
bility for the oversight or management of such funds, the 
Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Committees 
on Appropriations, on an individual bureau or office basis, 
that such bureau or office is in compliance with Depart-
ment and Federal financial management policies, proce-
dures and regulations, as appropriate: Provided, That if
1143 
the Secretary is unable to make such certification for an 
individual bureau or office, the Secretary shall submit a 
plan and timeline to such Committees detailing the steps 
to be taken to ensure such compliance. 
(d) REPORT ON SOLE SOURCE AWARDS.—Not later 
than December 31, 2017, the Secretary of State shall submit 
a report to the appropriate congressional committees detail-
ing all sole-source awards made by the Department of State 
during the previous fiscal year in excess of $2,000,000: Pro-
vided, That such report should be posted on the Department 
of State Web site. 
PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba, 
North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for purposes 
of this section, the prohibition on obligations or expendi-
tures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, and 
guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 
COUPS D’E´TAT 
SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly
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any assistance to the government of any country whose duly 
elected head of government is deposed by military coup 
d’e´tat or decree or, after the date of enactment of this Act, 
a coup d’e´tat or decree in which the military plays a deci-
sive role: Provided, That assistance may be resumed to such 
government if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that subsequent 
to the termination of assistance a democratically elected 
government has taken office: Provided further, That the pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to assistance to pro-
mote democratic elections or public participation in demo-
cratic processes: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to 
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY 
SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROAD-
CASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 
(1) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of State under title I of this Act may be 
transferred between, and merged with, such appro-
priations, but no such appropriation, except as other-
wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers, and no such
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transfer may be made to increase the appropriation 
under the heading ‘‘Representation Expenses’’. 
(2) Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
made available for the current fiscal year for the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors under title I of this 
Act may be transferred between, and merged with, 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex-
cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be in-
creased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-
fers. 
(3) Any transfer pursuant to this subsection 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 7015 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section. 
(b) TITLE VI AGENCIES.—Not to exceed 5 percent of 
any appropriation other than for administrative expenses 
made available for fiscal year 2017, for programs under 
title VI of this Act may be transferred between such appro-
priations for use for any of the purposes, programs, and 
activities for which the funds in such receiving account may 
be used, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise spe-
cifically provided, shall be increased by more than 25 per-
cent by any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of
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such authority shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF FUNDS BETWEEN 
AGENCIES.— 
(1) None of the funds made available under titles 
II through V of this Act may be transferred to any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
or any other appropriations Act. 
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition 
to transfers made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this 
Act, funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the 
purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may 
be allocated or transferred to agencies of the United 
States Government pursuant to the provisions of sec-
tions 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. 
(3) Any agreement entered into by the United 
States Agency for International Development or the 
Department of State with any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government pur-
suant to section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 valued in excess of $1,000,000 and any agree-
ment made pursuant to section 632(a) of such Act,
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with funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under the 
headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the re-
quirement in the previous sentence shall not apply to 
agreements entered into between USAID and the De-
partment of State. 
(d) TRANSFER
OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 
None of the funds made available under titles II through 
V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations 
account to which such funds were not appropriated, except 
for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless the 
President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise of any 
authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
to transfer funds, consults with and provides a written pol-
icy justification to the Committees on Appropriations. 
(e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.— 
Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations and related 
programs, entered into between the Department of State or
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USAID and another agency of the United States Govern-
ment under the authority of section 632(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law, 
shall expressly provide that the Inspector General (IG) for 
the agency receiving the transfer or allocation of such funds, 
or other entity with audit responsibility if the receiving 
agency does not have an IG, shall perform periodic program 
and financial audits of the use of such funds and report 
to the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate, upon 
completion of such audits: Provided, That such audits shall 
be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations by the 
Department of State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided 
further, That funds transferred under such authority may 
be made available for the cost of such audits. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Adminis-
trator shall each submit a report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations detailing all transfers to another agency of the 
United States Government made pursuant to sections 
632(a) and 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
with funds provided in the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2016 (division K of Public Law 114–113) as of the date 
of enactment of this Act: Provided, That such reports shall 
include a list of each transfer made pursuant to such sec-
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tions with the respective funding level, appropriation ac-
count, and the receiving agency. 
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used for first-class 
travel by employees of United States Government depart-
ments and agencies funded by this Act in contravention of 
section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
(b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act for the operating expenses of any 
United States Government department or agency may be 
used to establish or maintain a computer network for use 
by such department or agency unless such network has fil-
ters designed to block access to sexually explicit Web sites: 
Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall limit the 
use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local 
law enforcement agency, or any other entity carrying out 
the following activities: criminal investigations, prosecu-
tions, and adjudications; administrative discipline; and the 
monitoring of such Web sites undertaken as part of official 
business. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.—None 
of the funds made available by this Act shall be available 
to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products,
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or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country 
of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts, except for restrictions which are not applied equally 
to all tobacco or tobacco products of the same type. 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so pro-
vided by this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 
the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part I, section 661, 
chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
Act, and funds provided under the headings ‘‘Development 
Credit Authority’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 
Central Asia’’ shall remain available for an additional 4 
years from the date on which the availability of such funds 
would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially 
obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of 
availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any funds 
made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements in 
order to address balance of payments or economic policy 
reform objectives, shall remain available for an additional