[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 137 (Tuesday, September 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6901-S6904]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2669. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Cochran) proposed an amendment to the 
joint resolution H.J. Res. 61, amending the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the 
Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; as follows:

       Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the 
     following:

     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

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     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

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     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.
       Sec. 151. (a) Section 48103(a) of title 49, United States 
     Code, shall be applied: (1) by substituting the amount 
     specified in such section with $1,610,000,000; and (2) by 
     substituting the fiscal year specified in such section with 
     the period beginning October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 
     2016.
       (b) Section 47104(c), 47107(r)(3), and 47115(j) of title 
     49, United States Code, shall each be applied by substituting 
     ``2016'' for ``2015''.
       (c) Section 47141(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall 
     be applied by substituting ``March 31, 2016'' for ``September 
     30, 2015''.
       (d) For purposes of calculating funding apportionments and 
     meeting other requirements under sections 47114, 47115, 
     47116, and 47117 of title 49, United States Code, for the 
     period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on March 31, 
     2016, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration shall--
       (1) first calculate funding apportionments on an annualized 
     basis as if the total amount available under section 48103 of 
     such title for fiscal year 2016 were $3,220,000,000; and
       (2) then reduce by 50 percent--
       (A) all funding apportionments calculated under paragraph 
     (1); and
       (B) amounts available pursuant to sections 47117(b) and 
     47117(f)(2) of such title.
       (e) Section 409(d) of the Vision 100--Century of Aviation 
     Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 41731 note) shall be applied 
     by substituting ``March 31, 2016'' for ``September 30, 
     2015''.
       (f) Nothing in this section shall affect the availability 
     of any balances of contract authority provided under section 
     48103 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2015 
     or any prior fiscal year.
       (g) Section 186(d) of the Vision 100--Century of Aviation 
     Reauthorization Act (117 Stat. 2518) is amended by inserting 
     ``and for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending 
     on March 31, 2016,'' after ``fiscal years 2012 through 
     2015''.
       (h) This section shall be in effect through March 31, 2016.
       Sec. 152. (a) Notwithstanding section 106, sections 
     4081(d)(2)(B), 4261(j), 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii), and 
     4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall 
     each be applied by substituting ``March 31, 2016'' for 
     ``September 30, 2015''.
       (b) Notwithstanding section 106, section 4083(b) and 
     subsections (d)(1) and (e)(2) of section 9502 of such Code 
     shall each be applied by substituting ``April 1, 2016'' for 
     ``October 1, 2015''.
       (c) Subparagraph (A) of section 9502(d)(1) of such Code is 
     amended by inserting ``or any Act making continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 2016'' before the 
     semicolon at the end.
       Sec. 153. (a) Congress finds the following:
       (1) State and county health departments, community health 
     centers, hospitals, physicians offices, and other entities 
     currently provide, and will continue to provide, health 
     services to women. Such health services include relevant 
     diagnostic laboratory and radiology services, well-child 
     care, prenatal

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     and postpartum care, immunization, family planning services 
     (including contraception), cervical and breast cancer 
     screenings and referrals, and sexually transmitted disease 
     testing.
       (2) Many such entities provide services to all persons, 
     regardless of the person's ability to pay, and provide 
     services in medically underserved areas and to medically 
     underserved populations.
       (3) All funds that are no longer available to Planned 
     Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. and its affiliates and 
     clinics pursuant to this section will continue to be made 
     available to other eligible entities to provide women's 
     health care services.
       (4) Funds authorized to be appropriated, and appropriated, 
     by subsection (e) of this section are offset by the funding 
     limitation under subsection (b) of this section.
       (b) For the one-year period beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, subject to subsection (c) of this 
     section, no funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law 
     may be made available for any purpose to Planned Parenthood 
     Federation of America, Inc., or any affiliate or clinic of 
     Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., unless such 
     entities certify that Planned Parenthood Federation of 
     America affiliates and clinics will not perform, and will not 
     provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an 
     abortion during such period.
       (c) Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to an 
     abortion--
       (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
     incest; or
       (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
     disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as 
     certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death 
     unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering 
     physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy 
     itself.
       (d) The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall seek repayment of any Federal 
     assistance received by Planned Parenthood Federation of 
     America, Inc., or any affiliate or clinic of Planned 
     Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., if it violates the 
     terms of the certification required by subsection (b) of this 
     section during the period specified in subsection (b) of this 
     section.
       (e) There is authorized to be appropriated, and 
     appropriated, $235,000,000 for the community health center 
     program under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 254b), in addition to any other funds made 
     available to such program, for the period for which the 
     funding limitation under subsection (b) of this section 
     applies.
       (f) None of the funds authorized or appropriated pursuant 
     to subsection (e) of this section may be expended for an 
     abortion other than as described in subsection (c) of this 
     section.
       (g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to reduce 
     overall Federal funding available in support of women's 
     health.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations 
     Resolution, 2016''.
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