[House Document 113-106]
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113th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-106
 
                 REQUESTS FOR FY 2015 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

FY 2015 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, DEFENSE, 
  ENERGY, HOMELAND SECURITY, THE INTERIOR, AND STATE, AS WELL AS THE 
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER 
            SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA



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 May 2, 2014.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed

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                  U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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                                           The White House,
                                       Washington, DC, May 1, 2014.
Hon. John A. Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the 
enclosed Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Budget amendments for the 
Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, 
the Interior, and State, as well as the National Science 
Foundation and the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency for the District of Columbia. These amendments do not 
affect the proposed FY 2015 Budget totals.
    These amendments are necessary to reflect correctly 
policies assumed in the FY 2015 Budget. The details of these 
amendments are set forth in the enclosure from the Deputy 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
    Enclosure.















               [Estimate No. 1, 113th Cong., 2nd Session]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                            Office of Management and Budget
                                       Washington, DC, May 1, 2014.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration are amendments to your 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Budget for the Departments of 
Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, the Interior, 
and State, as well as the National Science Foundation and the 
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District 
of Columbia. These amendments do not affect the proposed FY 
2015 Budget totals. These amendments are necessary to reflect 
correctly policies assumed in your FY 2015 Budget.
Recommendation
    I reviewed these amendments and am satisfied that they are 
necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the heads of the 
affected Departments and agencies in recommending that you 
transmit the amendments to the Congress.
            Sincerely,
                                            Brian C. Deese,
                                                   Deputy Director.
    Enclosures.















                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                             Forest Service


                  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 173
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 
``2014'' and substitute 2015.)
    This amendment would revise the fiscal year referenced in 
the language to reflect correctly the policy assumed in the FY 
2015 Budget. Without this amendment, funding for the forest 
roads and trails activity becoming available in FY 2015 under 
the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) would not be 
transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury.
    The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 
this technical language amendment.

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 192
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 
section 716 and renumber the subsequent sections accordingly.)
    This amendment would remove a General Provision that was 
inadvertently retained in the FY 2015 Budget. Without this 
amendment, the Denali Commission, which is estimated to receive 
into its trust fund approximately $7 million in FY 2015 in 
interest payments on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund, 
would have access to these funds limited to a maximum of $4 
million in that year.
    The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 
this technical language amendment.

                DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY PROGRAMS


                       Operation and Maintenance


                    OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 252
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete 
the opening bracket after ``2017'' and insert a new opening 
bracket after ``procurement'' and before the colon.)
    This amendment would reinstate language inadvertently 
deleted in the FY 2015 Budget that is necessary to specify that 
a portion of the funds is available for procurement.
    The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 
this technical language amendment.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


                            Energy Programs


                             NUCLEAR ENERGY

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 393
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, add 
the following new language after ``direction'' and before the 
period:)

including official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $10,000
    The proposed language would provide $10,000 in reception 
and representation funding within the Nuclear Energy account to 
support the Gen IV International Forum Policy Group Meeting, a 
nuclear energy-specific event that will be hosted by the United 
States in the first quarter of FY 2016. Planning and funds 
obligation would need to occur in FY 2015 to support the 
meeting schedule.
    The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 
this technical language amendment.

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 566
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in 
section 543, paragraph (a)(1), delete ``37'' and substitute 
67.)
    This amendment corrects the citation to the Bipartisan 
Budget Act of 2013. The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would 
not be affected by this technical language amendment.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                         Bureau of Reclamation


                    INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 653
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in the 
second proviso delete ``111-390'' and substitute 110-390.)
    This amendment corrects the citation to the White Mountain 
Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act. The 
proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by this 
technical language amendment.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


        Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education


                      OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 692
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in the 
fifth proviso delete ``2013'' and substitute 2014.)
    This amendment would revise the fiscal year referenced in 
the language. Without this amendment, funds would be prohibited 
from being spent in FY 2015.
    The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 
this technical language amendment.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 732
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, add at 
the end the following new section:)

       REAUTHORIZE THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND

    Sec. 421. Provided further, That the language under the 
heading ``Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund'' in the 
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-88) is amended by 
striking ``2015'' each place it appears and inserting ``2020''.
    This amendment would extend from FY 2015 to FY 2020 the 
authority for the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Forest 
Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund to initiate forest ecosystem 
health and recovery projects, such as release from competing 
vegetation and density control treatments. The reauthorization 
allows receipts derived from these activities to be deposited 
back to the Fund and makes the receipts available for those 
purposes. If the authority were to lapse in FY 2015, the scope 
of the permanent authority from the FY 1993 Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (Public Law 
102-381) would only permit BLM to plan and prepare salvage 
timber sales and to complete subsequent site reforestation.
    The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 
this technical language amendment.

          DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS


                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 938
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in 
section 7062, after ``$160,000,000'' insert of unobligated 
balances; after ``under'' insert titles I, III, and IV of; and 
after ``title I of this Act'' insert no later than the end of 
the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such 
funds were made available.)
    This amendment would revise the special transfer language 
relating to Contributions to International Organizations that 
was included in the FY 2015 Budget to allow the appropriations 
provided in FY 2015 to be utilized more fully. The proposed 
language prospectively permits the capture of expired 
unobligated balances of FY 2015 appropriations prior to 
cancellation when it is certain that the original obligations 
will have been fully paid and closed out. This language would 
reflect more accurately the intent to associate accrued costs 
of U.S. membership in international organizations to the 
relevant fiscal year. This would be applicable in cases where 
U.S. financial participation is restricted.
    The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 
this technical language amendment.

                      NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


                 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 1218
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, add 
the following new proviso before the period:)

: Provided further, That, of the amount provided for costs 
associated with the acquisition, occupancy, and related costs 
of new headquarters space, not more than $27,370,000 shall 
remain available until expended
    This amendment would provide the National Science 
Foundation flexibility to implement its headquarters relocation 
and is similar to authority the agency possesses for other 
major projects.
    The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 
this technical language amendment.

  COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA


 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY 
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 1281
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --

(In the appropriations language under the above heading, after 
``2002;'' insert the following new language:)

of which $6,990,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, is for relocation of an offender supervision field 
office;
    This amendment would modify the appropriations language to 
make $6.99 million from the requested budget authority 
available for a three-year period, to be used only for the 
relocation expenses of an offender supervision field office. 
Subsequent to transmittal of the FY 2015 Budget, the agency 
learned from the General Services Administration that the 
relocation and expansion of the field office may not occur in 
FY 2015 as originally planned.
    The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by 
this technical language amendment.

                                  
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