113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 124 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and 
for other purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
and out of applicable corporate or other revenues,
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receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, 
corporations, and other organizational units of Govern-
ment for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, 
at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable ap-
propriations Acts for fiscal year 2014 and under the au-
thority and conditions provided in such Acts, for con-
tinuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct 
loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifi-
cally provided for in this joint resolution, that were con-
ducted in fiscal year 2014, and for which appropriations, 
funds, or other authority were made available in the fol-
lowing appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2014 (division A of Public Law 
113–76). 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division B 
of Public Law 113–76). 
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act, 2014 (division C of Public Law 113–76). 
(4) The Energy and Water Development and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division 
D of Public Law 113–76).
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(5) The Financial Services and General Govern-
ment Appropriations Act, 2014 (division E of Public 
Law 113–76). 
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2014 (division F of Public Law 
113–76). 
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environ-
ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division G of Public Law 113–76). 
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division H of Public 
Law 113–76). 
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division I of Public Law 113–76). 
(10) The Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division J of Public Law 113–76). 
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2014 (division L of Public Law 113–76).
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(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) 
is hereby reduced by 0.0554 percent. 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail-
able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 
Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new pro-
duction of items not funded for production in fiscal year 
2014 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 
above those sustained with fiscal year 2014 funds; or (3) 
the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, 
activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, 
subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 
subprogram within a program element, and for any invest-
ment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity 
within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 
includes a program element and subprogram element with-
in an appropriation account) for which appropriations, 
funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 
year 2014. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or au-
thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart-
ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro-
curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco-
nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap-
propriated later.
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SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 
be available to the extent and in the manner that would 
be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 
102, no appropriation or funds made available or author-
ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini-
tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro-
priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur-
ing fiscal year 2014. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant-
ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga-
tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity 
during the period for which funds or authority for such 
project or activity are available under this joint resolution. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 
resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2015, appropriations and funds made available and 
authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 
be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 
(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) 
the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2015 without any provision for such 
project or activity; or (3) December 11, 2014.
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SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 
resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 
fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 
enacted into law. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 
available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint 
resolution may be used without regard to the time limita-
tions for submission and approval of apportionments set 
forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but 
nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive 
any other provision of law governing the apportionment 
of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro-
grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper-
ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be-
ginning of fiscal year 2015 because of distributions of 
funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, 
such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu-
tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded 
for such programs funded by this joint resolution that 
would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 
so that only the most limited funding action of that per-
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mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 
provide for continuation of projects and activities. 
SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 
payments whose budget authority was provided in appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2014, and for activities under 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be 
continued at the rate to maintain program levels under 
current law, under the authority and conditions provided 
in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, 
to be continued through the date specified in section 
106(3). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man-
datory payments due on or about the first day of any 
month that begins after October 2014 but not later than 
30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con-
tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 
payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 
for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 
department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de-
partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro-
priations Act for fiscal year 2014, except that such author-
ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 
the department or agency has taken all necessary actions
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to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex-
penses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 
may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 
of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 
in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 
(b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this joint reso-
lution shall not apply to— 
(1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of 
this section; or
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in the second paragraph under such heading in division 
A of Public Law 113–76. 
SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 
Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 
for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 
Operational Environmental Satellite system. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, except sections 106 and 107 of this joint resolution, 
for ‘‘Department of Defense—Overseas Contingency Op-
erations—Operation and Maintenance—Operation and 
Maintenance, Army’’, up to $50,000,000, to be derived by 
reducing the amount otherwise made available by section 
101 for such account, may be used to conduct surface and 
subsurface clearance of unexploded ordnance at closed 
training ranges used by the Armed Forces of the United 
States in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds may 
only be used if the training ranges are not transferred to 
the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for use by its armed 
forces: Provided further, That the authority provided by 
this section shall continue in effect through the earlier of 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution 
or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing appro-
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priations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated as provided under section 114 for 
such account. 
SEC. 120. The following authorities shall continue in 
effect through the earlier of the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment 
of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 
for military activities of the Department of Defense: 
(1) Section 1004 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 
101–510; 10 U.S.C. 374 note). 
(2) Section 1215 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 
112–81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 
(3) Section 127b of title 10, United States 
Code, notwithstanding subsection (c)(3)(C) of such 
section. 
(4) Subsection (b) of section 572 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2006 (20 U.S.C. 7703b(b)), notwithstanding para-
graph (4) of such subsection. 
SEC. 121. (a) Funds made available by section 101 
for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Ura-
nium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning
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Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
necessary to avoid disruption of continuing projects or ac-
tivities funded in this appropriation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of 
the authority provided in subsection (a). 
SEC. 122. (a) Funds made available by section 101 
for ‘‘Department of Energy—Environmental and Other 
Defense Activities—Defense Environmental Cleanup’’ for 
the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may be obligated at a rate 
for operations necessary to assure timely execution of ac-
tivities necessary to restore and upgrade the repository. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate on each use of the spending rate authority 
provided in this section that exceeds customary apportion-
ment allocations. 
SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, except section 106, the District of 
Columbia may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘Dis-
trict of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities 
under title IV of H.R. 5016 (113th Congress), as passed 
by the House of Representatives on July 16, 2014, at the 
rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds—Sum-
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mary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2015 
Budget Request Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20–370), as modi-
fied as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Office of Special Counsel—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ at a rate for operations of $22,939,000. 
SEC. 125. The third proviso under the heading 
‘‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Pro-
gram Account’’ in division E of Public Law 113–76 is 
amended by striking ‘‘$17,500,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$18,500,000,000’’: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able by section 101 for such proviso under such heading 
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to accommodate increased demand for commitments to 
general business loans under section 7(a) of the Small 
Business Act: Provided further, That this section shall be-
come effective upon enactment of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 126. Sections 1101(a) and 1104(a)(2)(A) of the 
Internet Tax Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public 
Law 105–277; 47 U.S.C. 151 note) shall be applied by 
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution for ‘‘November 1, 2014’’. 
SEC. 127. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 
U.S.C. 121 note) shall be applied by substituting the date
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specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘Oc-
tober 4, 2014’’. 
SEC. 128. The authority provided by section 831 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall 
continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 129. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 
for the Department of Homeland Security for ‘‘U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’, 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Border Security 
Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’, ‘‘U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection—Air and Marine Operations’’, 
‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Construction and 
Facilities Management’’, and ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obli-
gated at a rate for operations as necessary to respec-
tively— 
(1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol 
agents in accordance with the provisos under the 
heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Sal-
aries and Expenses’’ in division F of Public Law 
113–76; 
(2) sustain border security and immigration en-
forcement operations;
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(3) sustain necessary Air and Marine oper-
ations; and 
(4) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to 
the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2014, 
and comply with the fifth proviso under the heading 
‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Sal-
aries and Expenses’’ in division F of Public Law 
113–76. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 
provided in this section. 
SEC. 130. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre-
ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘on the date that is 1 year after the date 
specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropria-
tions Resolution, 2015’’ for ‘‘10 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act’’. 
SEC. 131. (a) The authority provided by subsection 
(m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Ap-
propriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 
106–79) shall continue in effect through the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
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Administration for Children and Families—Children and 
Families Services Programs’’ in Public Law 113–76 shall 
not be included in the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in 
fiscal year 2015, as such term is used in section 
640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
9835(a)(7)(A)). 
SEC. 134. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 
for Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy 
Assistance’’ in division H of Public Law 113–76 shall be 
applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution 
by substituting ‘‘2015’’ for ‘‘2014’’. 
SEC. 135. Amounts provided by this joint resolution 
for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Admin-
istration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant 
Assistance’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
ations necessary to maintain program operations at the 
level provided in fiscal year 2014. 
SEC. 136. In addition to the amount otherwise pro-
vided by this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public 
Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’, there is ap-
propriated $58,000,000 for an additional amount for fis-
cal year 2015, to remain available until September 30, 
2015, for expenses necessary to support acceleration of
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countermeasure and product advanced research and devel-
opment pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health 
Service Act for addressing Ebola. 
SEC. 137. In addition to the amount otherwise pro-
vided by this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services—Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention—Global 
Health’’, 
there 
is 
appropriated 
$30,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 
2015, to remain available until September 30, 2015, for 
expenses necessary to support the responses of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘CDC’’) to the outbreak of Ebola virus in 
Africa: Provided, That such funds shall be available for 
transfer by the Director of the CDC to other accounts of 
the CDC for such support: Provided further, That the Di-
rector of the CDC shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 30 days after the date of any transfer under 
the preceding proviso. 
SEC. 138. Amounts made available by this joint reso-
lution for ‘‘Department of Education—Rehabilitation 
Services and Disability Research’’, ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation—Departmental Management—Program Adminis-
tration’’, and ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Administration for Community Living—Aging and
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Disability Services Programs’’ may be obligated in the ac-
count and budget structure set forth in section 491 of the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
3515e). 
SEC. 139. Of the unobligated balance of amounts pro-
vided 
by 
section 
108 
of 
Public 
Law 
111–3, 
$4,549,000,000 is rescinded. 
SEC. 140. Section 113 of division H of Public Law 
113–76 shall be applied by substituting the date specified 
in section 106(3) for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 
SEC. 141. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 
are made available for accounts in title I of division J of 
Public Law 113–76 at an aggregate rate for operations 
of $6,558,223,500. 
(b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this joint resolution, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report delin-
eating the allocation of budget authority in subsection (a) 
by account and project. 
SEC. 142. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart-
mental Administration—General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations 
of $2,524,254,000.
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SEC. 143. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart-
mental Administration—Office of Inspector General’’ at 
a rate for operations of $126,411,000. 
SEC. 144. Section 209 of the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied 
by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 
SEC. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors—International Broad-
casting Operations’’, ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance— 
Funds Appropriated to the President—Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Department 
of State—International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Depart-
ment 
of 
State—Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs’’, and ‘‘International Se-
curity Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the Presi-
dent—Foreign Military Financing Program’’ shall be obli-
gated at a rate for operations as necessary to sustain as-
sistance for Ukraine and independent states of the Former 
Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe to counter 
external, regional aggression and influence. 
SEC. 146. Section 7081(4) of division K of Public 
Law 113–76 shall be applied to amounts made available
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by this joint resolution by substituting the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 
30, 2014’’. 
SEC. 147. The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 
U.S.C. 635 et seq.) shall be applied through June 30, 
2015, by substituting such date for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ 
in section 7 of such Act. 
SEC. 148. (a) Section 44302(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) 
of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 
(b) Section 44303(b) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 
(c) Section 44310(a) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 
SEC. 149. (a) The Secretary of Defense is authorized, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide as-
sistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and 
sustainment, to appropriately vetted elements of the Syr-
ian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian 
groups and individuals for the following purposes:
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(1) Defending the Syrian people from attacks 
by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), 
and securing territory controlled by the Syrian oppo-
sition. 
(2) Protecting the United States, its friends 
and allies, and the Syrian people from the threats 
posed by terrorists in Syria. 
(3) Promoting the conditions for a negotiated 
settlement to end the conflict in Syria. 
(b) Not later than 15 days prior to providing assist-
ance authorized under subsection (a) to vetted recipients 
for the first time— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees and leadership of 
the House of Representatives and Senate a report, 
in unclassified form with a classified annex as ap-
propriate, that contains a description of— 
(A) the plan for providing such assistance; 
(B) the requirements and process used to 
determine appropriately vetted recipients; and 
(C) the mechanisms and procedures that 
will be used to monitor and report to the appro-
priate congressional committees and leadership 
of the House of Representatives and Senate on
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unauthorized end-use of provided training and 
equipment and other violations of relevant law 
by recipients; and 
(2) the President shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees and leadership of 
the House of Representatives and Senate a report, 
in unclassified form with a classified annex as ap-
propriate, that contains a description of how such 
assistance fits within a larger regional strategy. 
(c) The plan required in subsection (b)(1) shall in-
clude a description of— 
(1) the goals and objectives of assistance au-
thorized under subsection (a); 
(2) the concept of operations, timelines, and 
types of training, equipment, and supplies to be pro-
vided; 
(3) the roles and contributions of partner na-
tions; 
(4) the number of United States Armed Forces 
personnel involved; 
(5) 
any 
additional 
military 
support 
and 
sustainment activities; and 
(6) any other relevant details. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the Secretary of De-
fense submits the report required in subsection (b)(1), and
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every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide the 
appropriate congressional committees and leadership of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate with a 
progress report. Such progress report shall include a de-
scription of— 
(1) any updates to or changes in the plan, 
strategy, vetting requirements and process, and end- 
use monitoring mechanisms and procedures, as re-
quired in subsection (b)(1); 
(2) statistics on green-on-blue attacks and how 
such attacks are being mitigated; 
(3) the groups receiving assistance authorized 
under subsection (a); 
(4) the recruitment, throughput, and retention 
rates of recipients and equipment; 
(5) any misuse or loss of provided training and 
equipment and how such misuse or loss is being 
mitigated; and 
(6) an assessment of the effectiveness of the as-
sistance authorized under subsection (a) as meas-
ured against subsections (b) and (c). 
(e) For purposes of this section, the following defini-
tions shall apply:
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(1) The term ‘‘appropriately vetted’’ means, 
with respect to elements of the Syrian opposition 
and other Syrian groups and individuals, at a min-
imum, assessments of such elements, groups, and in-
dividuals for associations with terrorist groups, Shia 
militias aligned with or supporting the Government 
of Syria, and groups associated with the Government 
of Iran. Such groups include, but are not limited to, 
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), 
Jabhat al Nusrah, Ahrar al Sham, other al-Qaeda 
related groups, and Hezbollah. 
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(f) The Department of Defense may submit a re-
programming or transfer request to the congressional de-
fense committees for funds made available by section
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101(a)(3) of this joint resolution and designated in section 
114 of this joint resolution to carry out activities author-
ized under this section notwithstanding sections 102 and 
104 of this joint resolution. 
(g) The Secretary of Defense may accept and retain 
contributions, including assistance in-kind, from foreign 
governments to carry out activities as authorized by this 
section which shall be credited to appropriations made 
available by this joint resolution for the appropriate oper-
ation and maintenance accounts, except that any funds so 
accepted by the Secretary shall not be available for obliga-
tion until a reprogramming action is submitted to the con-
gressional defense committees: Provided, That amounts 
made available by this subsection are designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail-
able only if the President so designates such amounts and 
transmits such designations to the Congress. 
(h) The authority provided in this section shall con-
tinue in effect through the earlier of the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of 
the enactment of an Act authorizing appropriations for
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fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department 
of Defense. 
(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed to con-
stitute a specific statutory authorization for the introduc-
tion of United States Armed Forces into hostilities or into 
situations wherein hostilities are clearly indicated by the 
circumstances. 
(j) Nothing in this section supersedes or alters the 
continuing obligations of the President to report to Con-
gress pursuant to section 4 of the War Powers Resolution 
(50 U.S.C. 1543) regarding the use of United States 
Armed Forces abroad. 
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 124 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
2015, and for other purposes.