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13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made available by 
this or any other Act. 
SEC. 216. None of the funds made available under this 
Act, other than for the national instant criminal back-
ground check system established under section 103 of the 
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 
note), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 
to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-
vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-
pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless 
law enforcement personnel of the United States continu-
ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
SEC. 217. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 
to deny the Inspector General of the Department of Justice 
timely access to all records, documents, and other materials 
in the custody or possession of the Department or to prevent 
or impede the Inspector General’s access to such records, 
documents and other materials, unless in accordance with 
an express limitation of section 6(a) of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act, as amended, consistent with the plain language 
of the Inspector General Act, as amended. The Inspector 
General of the Department of Justice shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations within five calendar days 
any failures to comply with this requirement.
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SEC. 218. Section 8(e) of Public Law 108–79 (42 
U.S.C. 15607(e)) shall not apply to funds appropriated to 
or administered by the Office on Violence Against Women, 
including funds appropriated in previous appropriations 
acts that remain available for obligation. 
SEC. 219. Discretionary funds that are made available 
in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may be used 
to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots author-
ized under section 526 of division H of Public Law 113– 
76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, and 
such authorities as are enacted for Performance Partnership 
Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2016’’.
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TITLE III 
SCIENCE 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 
for official reception and representation expenses, and rent-
al of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 
$5,555,000. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of science research and develop-
ment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative
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aircraft, $5,295,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the formulation and devel-
opment costs (with development cost as defined under sec-
tion 30104 of title 51, United States Code) for the James 
Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed $8,000,000,000: Pro-
vided further, That should the individual identified under 
subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 30104 of title 51, United 
States Code, as responsible for the James Webb Space Tele-
scope determine that the development cost of the program 
is likely to exceed that limitation, the individual shall im-
mediately notify the Administrator and the increase shall 
be treated as if it meets the 30 percent threshold described 
in subsection (f) of section 30104. 
AERONAUTICS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of aeronautics research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-
ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative
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aircraft, $524,700,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2017. 
SPACE TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of space technology research and 
development activities, including research, development, op-
erations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-
cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 
and communications activities; program management; per-
sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $600,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2017: Provided, That $150,000,000 shall be for the RE-
STORE satellite servicing program for completion of pre- 
formulation and initiation of formulation activities for 
RESTORE, and such funds are independent of the asteroid 
rendezvous mission or satellite servicing demonstration ac-
tivities on the International Space Station. 
EXPLORATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 
the conduct and support of exploration research and devel-
opment activities, including research, development, oper-