[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 719 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
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H.R.719
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen
An Act
To require the Transportation Security Administration to conform to
existing Federal law and regulations regarding criminal investigator
positions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``TSA Office of Inspection
Accountability Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Consistent with Federal law and regulations, for law
enforcement officers to qualify for premium pay as criminal
investigators, the officers must, in general, spend on average at
least 50 percent of their time investigating, apprehending, or
detaining individuals suspected or convicted of offenses against
the criminal laws of the United States.
(2) According to the Inspector General of the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS IG), the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) does not ensure that its cadre of criminal
investigators in the Office of Inspection are meeting this
requirement, even though they are considered law enforcement
officers under TSA policy and receive premium pay.
(3) Instead, TSA criminal investigators in the Office of
Inspection primarily monitor the results of criminal investigations
conducted by other agencies, investigate administrative cases of
TSA employee misconduct, and carry out inspections, covert tests,
and internal reviews, which the DHS IG asserts could be performed
by employees other than criminal investigators at a lower cost.
(4) The premium pay and other benefits afforded to TSA criminal
investigators in the Office of Inspection who are incorrectly
classified as such will cost the taxpayer as much as $17 million
over 5 years if TSA fails to make any changes to the number of
criminal investigators in the Office of Inspection, according to
the DHS IG.
(5) This may be a conservative estimate, as it accounts for the
cost of Law Enforcement Availability Pay, but not the costs of law
enforcement training, statutory early retirement benefits, police
vehicles, and weapons.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Administration.--The term ``Administration'' means the
Transportation Security Administration.
(2) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary''
means the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation
Security) of the Department of Homeland Security.
(3) Inspector general.--The term ``Inspector General'' means
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security.
SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT.
(a) Audit.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Inspector General shall analyze the data and methods
that the Assistant Secretary uses to identify Office of Inspection
employees of the Administration who meet the requirements of sections
8331(20), 8401(17), and 5545a of title 5, United States Code, and
provide the relevant findings to the Assistant Secretary, including a
finding on whether the data and methods are adequate and valid.
(b) Prohibition on Hiring.--If the Inspector General finds that
such data and methods are inadequate or invalid, the Administration
shall not hire any new employee to work in the Office of Inspection of
the Administration until--
(1) the Assistant Secretary makes a certification described in
section 5 to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate; and
(2) the Inspector General submits to such Committees a finding,
not later than 30 days after the Assistant Secretary makes such
certification, that the Assistant Secretary utilized adequate and
valid data and methods to make such certification.
SEC. 5. TSA OFFICE OF INSPECTION WORKFORCE CERTIFICATION.
(a) Certification to Congress.--The Assistant Secretary shall, by
not later than 90 days after the date the Inspector General provides
its findings to the Assistant Secretary under section 4(a), document
and certify in writing to the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate that only those Office of Inspection
employees of the Administration who meet the requirements of sections
8331(20), 8401(17), and 5545a of title 5, United States Code, are
classified as criminal investigators and are receiving premium pay and
other benefits associated with such classification.
(b) Employee Reclassification.--The Assistant Secretary shall
reclassify criminal investigator positions in the Office of Inspection
as noncriminal investigator positions or non-law enforcement positions
if the individuals in those positions do not, or are not expected to,
spend an average of at least 50 percent of their time performing
criminal investigative duties.
(c) Projected Cost Savings.--
(1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary shall estimate the
total long-term cost savings to the Federal Government resulting
from the implementation of subsection (b), and provide such
estimate to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate by not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Contents.--Such estimate shall identify savings associated
with the positions reclassified under subsection (b) and include,
among other factors the Assistant Secretary considers appropriate,
savings from--
(A) law enforcement training;
(B) early retirement benefits;
(C) law enforcement availability and other premium pay; and
(D) weapons, vehicles, and communications devices.
SEC. 6. INVESTIGATION OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE MISCONDUCT.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
or as soon as practicable, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on
the Judiciary of the Senate--
(1) materials in the possession or control of the Department of
Homeland Security associated with the Office of Inspection's review
of instances in which Federal Air Marshal Service officials
obtained discounted or free firearms for personal use;
(2) information on specific actions that will be taken to
prevent Federal Air Marshal Service officials from using their
official positions, or exploiting, in any way, the Service's
relationships with private vendors to obtain discounted or free
firearms for personal use; and
(3) information on specific actions that will be taken to
prevent the Federal Air Marshal Service from misusing Government
resources.
SEC. 7. STUDY.
Not later than 180 days after the date that the Assistant Secretary
submits the certification to Congress under section 5(a), the Inspector
General of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a study--
(1) reviewing the employee requirements, responsibilities, and
benefits of criminal investigators in the TSA Office of Inspection
with criminal investigators employed at agencies adhering to the
Office of Personnel Management employee classification system; and
(2) identifying any inconsistencies and costs implications for
differences between the varying employee requirements,
responsibilities, and benefits.
SEC. 8. INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE PERSONNEL
ISSUES.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Inspector General shall submit to the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a study that--
(1) reviews the Federal Air Marshal Service's existing
personnel policies and procedures for identifying misuse of
Government resources; and
(2) reviews the administration of the Federal Air Marshal
Service's existing code of conduct or integrity policies with
respect to instances of misconduct.
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or
other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments,
agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of Government
for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes, namely:
Sec. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal
year 2015 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts,
for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct
loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided
for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2015, and for which
appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the
following appropriations Acts:
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
(division A of Public Law 113-235), except section 743 and title
VIII.
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division B of Public Law 113-235).
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015
(division C of Public Law 113-235), except title X.
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division D of Public Law 113-235).
(5) The Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division E of Public Law 113-235).
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2015 (Public Law 114-4).
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division F of Public Law 113-
235).
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division
G of Public Law 113-235), except title VI.
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 (division H
of Public Law 113-235).
(10) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division I of Public Law
113-235).
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113-
235), except title IX.
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division K of Public Law
113-235).
(13) Section 11 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235).
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) is hereby
reduced by 0.2108 percent.
Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be
used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in
fiscal year 2015 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates
above those sustained with fiscal year 2015 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 investment 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 within
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other
authority were not available during fiscal year 2015.
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted
pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to
initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding
for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically
appropriated later.
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 authority granted pursuant to
section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available
during fiscal year 2015.
Sec. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to
this Act shall cover all obligations 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 Act.
Sec. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016, appropriations and
funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act 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 Act; (2) the enactment into law of the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016 without any provision for such
project or activity; or (3) December 11, 2015.
Sec. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged
to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill
in which such applicable 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 Act may be used without regard to
the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set
forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in
this Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing
the apportionment of funds.
Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except
section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial
rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the
beginning of fiscal year 2016 because of distributions of funding to
States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates
of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no grants
shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act that would
impinge on final funding prerogatives.
Sec. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the most
limited funding action of that permitted in the Act 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 appropriations Acts for fiscal year
2015, 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 2015, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments
due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October
2015 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section
106(3) may continue 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 department or agency, consistent with the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015, except that such
authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the
department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer
non-personnel-related administrative expenses.
Sec. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act 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 Authorization
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 Act
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 Terrorism 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 Act shall not apply
to--
(1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of this section; or
(2) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference to
the second paragraph under the heading ``Social Security
Administration--Limitation on Administrative Expenses'' in division
G of Public Law 113-235; or
(3) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference to
the paragraph under the heading ``Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services--Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Account'' in division
G of Public Law 113-235.
(c) Section 6 of Public Law 113-235 shall apply to amounts
designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
War on Terrorism.
Sec. 115. During the period covered by this Act, discretionary
amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2016 that were provided in advance
by appropriations Acts shall be available in the amounts provided in
such Acts, reduced by the percentage in section 101(b).
Sec. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``Department of Agriculture--Domestic Food Programs--Food and Nutrition
Service--Commodity Assistance Program'' at a rate for operations of
$288,317,000, of which $221,298,000 shall be for the Commodity
Supplemental Food Program.
Sec. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Department of
Agriculture--Rural Housing Service--Rental Assistance Program'' may be
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to pay ongoing debt
service for the multi-family direct loan programs under sections 514
and 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1485):
Provided, That the Secretary may waive the prohibition in the second
proviso under such heading in division A of Public Law 113-235 with
respect to rental assistance contracts entered into or renewed during
fiscal year 2015.
Sec. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Department of
Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Procurement,
Acquisition and Construction'' may be apportioned up to the rate for
operations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules for the
Joint Polar Satellite System.
Sec. 119. (a) The first proviso under the heading ``United States
Marshals Service--Federal Prisoner Detention'' in title II of division
B of Public Law 113-235 shall not apply during the period covered by
this Act.
(b) The limitation in section 217(c) of division B of Public Law
113-235 on the amount of excess unobligated balances available under
section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code, shall not apply
under this Act to the use of such funds for ``United States Marshals
Service--Federal Prisoner Detention''.
Sec. 120. (a) The authority regarding closeout of Space Shuttle
contracts and associated programs provided by language under the
heading ``National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Administrative
Provisions'' in the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8)
shall continue in effect through fiscal year 2021.
(b) This section shall be applied as if it were in effect on
September 30, 2015.
Sec. 121. (a) Notwithstanding section 1552 of title 31, United
States Code, funds made available, including funds that have expired
but have not been cancelled, and identified by Treasury Appropriation
Fund Symbol 13-09/10-0554 shall remain available for expenditure
through fiscal year 2020 for the purpose of liquidating valid
obligations of active grants.
(b) For the purpose of subsection (a), grants for which the period
of performance has expired but are not finally closed out shall be
considered active grants.
(c) This section shall be applied as if it were in effect on
September 30, 2015.
Sec. 122. The following provisions shall be applied by substituting
``2016'' for ``2015'' through the earlier of the date specified in
section 106(3) of this Act or the date of the enactment of an Act
authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense:
(1) Section 1215(f)(1) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note),
as most recently amended by section 1237 of the Carl Levin and
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291).
(2) Section 127b(c)(3)(C) of title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 123. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ``Department
of Energy--Energy Programs--Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and
Decommissioning Fund'' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to avoid disruption of continuing projects or activities
funded in this appropriation.
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees 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. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except
section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds under the
heading ``District of Columbia Funds'' for such programs and activities
under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2015 (title IV of
division E of Public Law 113-235) at the rate set forth under
``District of Columbia Funds--Summary of Expenses'' as included in the
Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request Act of 2015 (D.C. Act 21-99), as
modified as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided by
this Act for ``Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board--Salaries
and Expenses''.
Sec. 126. Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Small
Business Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' may be
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate
increased demand for commitments for general business loans authorized
under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)).
Sec. 127. 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 Act for ``October 1, 2015''.
Sec. 128. Section 101 shall be applied by assuming that section 7
of Public Law 113-235 was enacted as part of title VII of division E of
Public Law 113-235.
Sec. 129. 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 Act.
Sec. 130. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) shall be
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this
Act for ``September 30, 2015''.
Sec. 131. Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice,
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993
(8 U.S.C. 1153 note) shall be applied by substituting the date
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2015''.
Sec. 132. Subclauses 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and
(III)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section
106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2015''.
Sec. 133. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality
Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) shall be applied
by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for
``September 30, 2015''.
Sec. 134. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by striking all that follows after
``shall terminate'' and inserting ``September 30, 2017.''.
Sec. 135. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by section
101 for ``Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire
Management'', there is appropriated $700,000,000 for an additional
amount for fiscal year 2016, to remain available until expended, for
urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such funds
shall only become available if funds previously provided for wildland
fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of
Agriculture notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate in writing of the need for these
additional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also available
for transfer to other appropriations accounts to repay amounts
previously transferred for wildfire suppression: Provided further,
That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such amount
shall be available only if the President subsequently so designates
such amount and transmits such designation to the Congress.
Sec. 136. The authorities provided by sections 117 and 123 of
division G of Public Law 113-76 shall continue in effect through the
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
Sec. 137. (a) The authority provided by subsection (m)(3) of
section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropriations 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 Act.
(b) For the period covered by this Act, the authority provided by
the provisos under the heading ``Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
Commission--Capital Construction'' in division E of Public Law 112-74
shall not be in effect.
Sec. 138. Section 3096(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck''
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 is
amended by inserting ``for fiscal year 2015'' after ``$37,000,000''.
Sec. 139. Funds made available in prior appropriations Acts for
construction and renovation of facilities for the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention may also be used for construction on leased
land.
Sec. 140. Subsection (b) of section 163 of Public Law 111-242, as
amended, is further amended by striking ``2015-2016'' and inserting
``2016-2017''.
Sec. 141. Section 101 shall be applied by assuming that section 139
of Public Law 113-164 was enacted as part of division G of Public Law
113-235, and section 139 of Public Law 113-164 shall be applied by
adding at the end the following: ``and of the unobligated balance of
amounts deposited or available in the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund
from appropriations to the Fund under section 2104(n)(2)(A)(i) of the
Social Security Act and the income derived from investment of those
funds pursuant to 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, $1,664,000,000 is
rescinded''.
Sec. 142. Section 114(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in
section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2015''.
Sec. 143. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there is
appropriated for payment to Tori B. Nunnelee, widow of Alan Nunnelee,
late a Representative from the State of Mississippi, $174,000.
Sec. 144. Of the discretionary unobligated balances of the
Department of Veterans Affairs from fiscal year 2015 or prior fiscal
years, or discretionary amounts appropriated in advance for fiscal year
2016, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer up to $625,000,000
to ``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--
Construction, Major Projects'', to be merged with the amounts available
in such account: Provided, That no amounts may be transferred from
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010: Provided further, That no amounts
may be transferred until the Secretary submits to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a request
for, and receives from the Committees written approval of, such
transfers: Provided further, That the Secretary shall specify in such
request the donor account and amount of each proposed transfer, the
fiscal year of each appropriation to be transferred, the amount of
unobligated balances remaining in the account after the transfer, and
the project or program impact of the transfer.
Sec. 145. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--General
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' at a rate for
operations of $2,697,734,000.
Sec. 146. Notwithstanding section 101, section 226(a) of division I
of Public Law 113-235 shall be applied to amounts made available by
this Act by substituting ``division I of Public Law 113-235'' for
``division J of Public Law 113-76'' and by substituting ``2015'' for
``2014''.
Sec. 147. 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 Act for ``September 30, 2015''.
Sec. 148. Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Broadcasting
Board of Governors--International Broadcasting Operations'',
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--
Economic Support Fund'', ``International Security Assistance--
Department of State--International Narcotics Control and Law
Enforcement'', ``International Security Assistance--Department of
State--Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related
Programs'', and ``International Security Assistance--Funds Appropriated
to the President--Foreign Military Financing Program'' shall be
obligated at a rate for operations as necessary to sustain assistance
for Ukraine to counter external, regional aggression and influence,
including for the costs of authorized loan guarantees.
Sec. 149. Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for
``October 1, 2015''.
Sec. 150. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ``Department
of Housing and Urban Development--Management and Administration--
Administrative Support Offices'' may be apportioned up to the rate for
operations necessary to maintain the planned schedule for the New Core
Shared Services Project.
(b) Not later than 3 days before the first use of the apportionment
authority in subsection (a), each 30 days thereafter, and 3 days after
the authority expires under this Act, the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report specifying each
use of the authority through the date of the report.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations Act,
2016''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.