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                 CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

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                            COMMITTEE  PRINT 

                                 of the

                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                     U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                   on

                      H.R. 244 / Public Law 115-31

              [Legislative Text and Explanatory Statement]

                                     
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                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

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             RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey, Chairman


  HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky \1\               NITA M. LOWEY, New York
  ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama               MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
  KAY GRANGER, Texas                        PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
  MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho                 JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
  JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas               ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
  JOHN R. CARTER, Texas                     DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
  KEN CALVERT, California                   LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
  TOM COLE, Oklahoma                        SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
  MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida                BARBARA LEE, California
  CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania             BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
  TOM GRAVES, Georgia                       TIM RYAN, Ohio
  KEVIN YODER, Kansas                       C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland
  STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas                    DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
  JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska                HENRY CUELLAR, Texas
  THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida                 CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine
  CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee         MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois
  JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington         DEREK KILMER, Washington
  DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio                      MATT CARTWRIGHT, Pennsylvania
  DAVID G. VALADAO, California              GRACE MENG, New York
  ANDY HARRIS, Maryland                     MARK POCAN, Wisconsin
  MARTHA ROBY, Alabama                      KATHERINE M. CLARK, Massachusetts
  MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada                    PETE AGUILAR, California
  CHRIS STEWART, Utah
  DAVID YOUNG, Iowa
  EVAN H. JENKINS, West Virginia
  STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi
  DAN NEWHOUSE, Washington
  JOHN R. MOOLENAAR, Michigan
  SCOTT TAYLOR, Virginia
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  \1\}Chairman Emeritus

                     Nancy Fox, Clerk and Staff Director

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                                  C O N T E N T S

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Provisions Applying to All Divisions of the Consolidated Act ......   1


 DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

 Title I--Agricultural Programs ...................................  11
 Title II--Conservation Programs ..................................  23
 Title III--Rural Development Programs ............................  24
 Title IV--Domestic Food Programs .................................  32
 Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs .................  35
 Title VI--Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration ........  36
 Title VII--General Provisions ....................................  39
 DIVISION A--Explanatory Statement ................................  59

  DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

 Title I--Department of Commerce .................................. 119
 Title II--Department of Justice .................................. 129
 Title III--Science ............................................... 149
 Title IV--Related Agencies ....................................... 154
 Title V--General Provisions ...................................... 157
 DIVISION B--Explanatory Statement................................. 169

       DIVISION C--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

 Title I--Military Personnel ...................................... 217
 Title II--Operation and Maintenance .............................. 219
 Title III--Procurement ........................................... 224
 Title IV--Research, Development, Test and Evaluation ............. 230
 Title V--Revolving and Management Funds .......................... 231
 Title VI--Other Department of Defense Programs ................... 231
 Title VII--Related Agencies ...................................... 233
 Title VIII--General Provisions ................................... 233
 Title IX--Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 265
 Title X--Department of Defense--Additional Appropriations ........ 283
 DIVISION C--Explanatory Statement ................................ 291

     DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

 Title I--Corps of Engineer--Civil ................................ 623
 Title II--Department of the Interior ............................. 628
 Title III--Department of Energy .................................. 632
 Title IV--Independent Agencies ................................... 644
 Title V--General Provisions ...................................... 647
 DIVISION D--Explanatory Statement ................................ 649



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 DIVISION E--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 
                               ACT, 2017

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 Title I--Department of the Treasury ...........................    755
 Title II--Executive Office of the President and Funds 
Appropriated to the President ..................................    766
 Title III--The Judiciary ......................................    772
 Title IV--District of Columbia ................................    777
 Title V--Independent Agencies .................................    781
 Title VI--General Provisions--This Act ........................    800
 Title VII--General Provisions--Government-wide ................    807
 Title VIII--General Provisions--District of Columbia ..........    821
 Title IX--SOAR Reauthorization  ...............................    825
 DIVISION E--Explanatory Statement .............................    837

  DIVISION F--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

 Title I--Departmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, 
and Oversight ..................................................    885
 Title II--Security, Enforcement, and Investigations ...........    887
 Title III--Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery ...    896
 Title IV--Research, Development, Training, and Services .......    902
 Title V--General Provisions ...................................    905
 Title VI--Department of Homeland Security--Additional 
Appropriations .................................................    915
 DIVISION F--Explanatory Statement  ............................    919

   DIVISION G--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

 Title I--Department of the Interior ...........................   1021
 Title II--Environmental Protection Agency .....................   1055
 Title III--Related Agencies ...................................   1063
 Title IV--General Provisions ..................................   1080
 DIVISION G--Explanatory Statement .............................   1091

   DIVISION H--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
        EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

 Title I--Department of Labor ..................................   1203
 Title II--Department of Health and Human Services .............   1220
 Title III--Department of Education ............................   1246
 Title IV--Related Agencies ....................................   1256
 Title V--General Provisions ...................................   1263
 DIVISION H--Explanatory Statement .............................   1271

        DIVISION I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

 Title I--Legislative Branch ...................................   1377
 Title II--General Provisions ..................................   1397
 DIVISION I--Explanatory Statement .............................   1401

   DIVISION J--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
                   PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

 Title I--Department of State and Related Agency ...............   1429
 Title II--United States Agency for International 
 Development ...................................................   1439
 Title III--Bilateral Economic Assistance ......................   1440
 Title IV--International Security Assistance ...................   1448
 Title V--Multilateral Assistance ..............................   1452
 Title VI--Export and Investment Assistance ....................   1453
 Title VII--General Provisions .................................   1455
 Title VIII--Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism ......................................................   1562
 DIVISION J--Explanatory Statement .............................   1569

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 DIVISION K--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

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 Title I--Department of Transportation ........................   1641
 Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development ........   1673
 Title III--Related Agencies ..................................   1708
 Title IV--General Provisions--This Act .......................   1710
 DIVISION K--Explanatory Statement ............................   1717

  DIVISION L--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS--ADDITIONAL 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017

Title I--Overseas Contingency Operations ......................   1777
Title II--Department of Veterans Affairs ......................   1779
Title III--General Provisions--This Division ..................   1779
DIVISION L--Explanatory Statement .............................   1781
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                              Clerk's Note

    This committee print provides a compilation of the enacted 
text and applicable explanatory material for the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 244, P.L 115-31).
    This Act consists of twelve divisions related to 
Appropriations matters (divisions A through L). The Act also 
includes three additional divisions unrelated to appropriations 
matters (divisions M through O). This compilation includes only 
the divisions related to appropriations matters. It also 
includes the front section of the Act, which contains 
provisions applicable to the entire Act.
    Divisions A through L are the products of negotiations 
between the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on final 
fiscal year 2017 appropriations for eleven of the tweleve 
annual appropriations bills. Division L includes additional 
funding for programs in the Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs Subcommittee's jurisdiction. The fiscal year 2017 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill 
was passed separately by both Houses on September 28, 2016 and 
signed into law on September 29, 2016 (H.R. 5325, P.L. 114-
223).
    The legislative text resulting from these negotiations was 
submitted by Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen of the House 
Committee on Appropriations as a House amendment to the Senate 
amendment to an unrelated bill pending in the House, H.R. 244. 
The House agreed to the measure on May 3, 2017, and the Senate 
agreed to the measure on May 4, 2017. \1\ The President signed 
the legislation on May 5, 2017, and it became Public Law 115-
31.
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    \1\ The House agreed to the amendment by a vote of 309-118 (Roll 
Call No. 249). The Senate agreed to the amendment by a vote of 79-18 
(Record Vote No. 121).
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    Because an ``amendments-between-the-Houses'' process was 
used instead of a conference committee, there is no conference 
report and no ``joint Explanatory Statement of the managers'' 
for H.R. 244. An Explanatory Statement relating to the House 
amendment of H.R. 244 was filed by Chairman Frelinghuysen in 
the Congressional Record of May 3, 2017. \2\ Section 4 of the 
Act provides that this Explanatory Statement ``shall have the 
same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and 
implementation of divisions A through L of this Act as if it 
were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of 
conference.''

    \2\ The Explanatory Statement appears on pages H3327-H4112 in Books 
II and III of the May 3, 2017 Congressional Record.
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    For the convenience of users, the legislative text of each 
appropriations division is paired with the applicable section 
of the Explanatory Statement.


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