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down of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared As-
tronomy or for the preparation therefor. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 542. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0 
(increased by $1,000,000). 
SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Commerce, the 
Department of Justice, or any other Federal agency to 
lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive 
fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in accord-
ance with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Per-
formance, dated May 24, 2011. 
SEC. 544. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available by this Act for the De-
partment of Justice or the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion may be used to mandate or request that a person 
(as defined in section 101(m) of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801(m)) alter the 
product or service of the person to permit the electronic 
surveillance (as defined in section 101(f) of such Act (50 
U.S.C. 1801(f)) of any user of such product or service. 
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(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to 
mandates or requests authorized under the Communica-
tions Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.). 
SEC. 545. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to execute a subpoena of tangible things 
pursuant to section 506 of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 876) that does not include the following sen-
tence: ‘‘This subpoena limits the collection of any tangible 
things (including phone numbers dialed, telephone num-
bers of incoming calls, and the duration of calls) to those 
tangible things identified by a term that specifically identi-
fies an individual, account, address, or personal device, 
and that limits, to the greatest extent reasonably prac-
ticable, the scope of the tangible things sought.’’. 
SEC. 546. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enforce section 221 of title 13, United 
States Code, with respect to the survey, conducted by the 
Secretary of Commerce, commonly referred to as the 
‘‘American Community Survey’’. 
SEC. 547. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-
sonnel of the Department of Justice to negotiate or con-
clude a settlement with the Federal Government that in-
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cludes terms requiring the defendant to donate or con-
tribute funds to an organization or individual. 
SEC. 548. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose or to issue a rule that would 
change the Chief Law Enforcement Officer certificate re-
quirement in a manner that has the same substance as 
the proposed rule published on September 9, 2013 (786 
Fed. Reg. 55014). 
SEC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Justice in violation 
of— 
(1) the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to 
the United States Constitution; or 
(2) to repeal the guidance provided in the 
memorandum issued by the Attorney General on 
March 31, 2015, and entitled ‘‘Guidance Regarding 
the Use of Asset Forfeiture Authorities in Connec-
tion with Structuring Offenses’’. 
SEC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require, pursuant to section 478.124 
of title 27, or section 25.7 of title 28, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or the Office of Management and Budget 
Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, Race and Ethnic 
Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Re-
porting, that any person disclose the race or ethnicity of 
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the person in connection with the transfer of a firearm 
to the person. 
SEC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to negotiate or enter into a trade agree-
ment that establishes a limit on greenhouse gas emissions 
for the United States. The limitation described in this sec-
tion shall not apply in the case of the administration of 
a tax or tariff. 
SEC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 
or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 
by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 
of its principals— 
(1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren-
dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi-
nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 
to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 
local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 
State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 
offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for-
gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed-
eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 
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(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer-
ated above in paragraph (1); or 
(3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 
an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil-
ity remains unsatisfied. 
SEC. 553. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to treat any M855 (5.56 mm x 45 mm) 
or SS109 type ammunition as armor piercing ammunition 
for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 554. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement the United States Global 
Climate Research Program’s National Climate Assess-
ment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 
Fifth Assessment Report, the United Nation’s Agenda 21 
sustainable development plan, or the May 2013 Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Im-
pact Analysis under Executive Order No. 12866. 
SEC. 555. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Department of Justice’s clemency 
initiative announced on April 23, 2014, or for Clemency 
Project 2014, or to transfer or temporarily assign employ-
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dustrial hemp, as defined in section 7606 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 
SEC. 558. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with re-
spect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, 
Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, 
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, 
Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Ten-
nessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and 
Wisconsin, or with respect to either the District of Colum-
bia or Guam, to prevent any of them from implementing 
their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, posses-
sion, or cultivation of medical marijuana. 
SEC. 559. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to compel a person to testify about infor-
mation or sources that the person states in a motion to 
quash the subpoena that he has obtained as a journalist 
or reporter and that he regards as confidential. 
SEC. 560. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to take any action to prevent a State 
from implementing any law that makes it lawful to pos-
sess, distribute, or use cannabidiol or cannabidiol oil. 
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SEC. 561. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of Justice to enforce 
the Fair Housing Act in a manner that relies upon an 
allegation of liability under section 100.500 of title 24, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 562. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms, and Explosives Special Advisory entitled 
‘‘Test, Examination and Classification of 7N6 5.45 x 39 
Ammunition’’, dated April 7, 2014. The limitation de-
scribed in this section shall not apply in the case of the 
administration of a tax or tariff. 
SEC. 563. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to operate or disseminate a cell-site simu-
lator or IMSI catcher in the United States except pursu-
ant to a court order that identifies an individual, account, 
address, or personal device. 
SEC. 564. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to prosecute or hold liable any person 
or corporation for a violation of section 2(a) of the Migra-
tory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703(a)). 
SEC. 565. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to carry out the program known as ‘‘Op-
eration Choke Point’’. 
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SEC. 566. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to negotiate or finalize a trade agreement 
that includes provisions relating to visas issued under sec-
tion 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)). The limitation described in this 
section shall not apply in the case of the administration 
of a tax or tariff. 
SEC. 567. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit-
imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 
Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 
SEC. 568. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to treat ammunition as armor piercing 
for purposes of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, 
except for ammunition designed and intended for use in 
a handgun (in accordance with 18 U.S.C. section 
921(a)(17)). 
SEC. 569. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology to consult with the National Security 
Agency or the Central Intelligence Agency to alter cryp-
tographic or computer standards, except to improve infor-
mation security (in accordance with section 20(c)(1)(A) of 
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the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act 
(15 U.S.C. 278g–3(c)(1)(A))). 
SEC. 570. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement Executive Order No. 13547 
(75 Fed. Reg. 43023, relating to the stewardship of 
oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes), including the Na-
tional Ocean Policy developed under such Executive order. 
SEC. 571. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to the case State of Texas, 
et al. v. United States of America, et al. (No. B–14–254 
in the United States District Court for the Southern Dis-
trict of Texas and No. 15–40238 in the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit). 
SEC. 572. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Justice—Office of 
Justice Programs—State and Local Law Enforcement As-
sistance’’ may be used in contravention of section 642(a) 
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-
sibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)). 
SEC. 573. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to implement in the California Central 
Valley Recovery Domain any existing recovery plan for 
salmon and steelhead populations listed under the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) as 
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threatened species or endangered species if that recovery 
plan does not address predation by non-native species. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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